Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] stretching AVI in time

2008-08-26 Thread Florian Philipp
Andrew Gaydenko schrieb: Sorry, my initial message wasn't clear: the final goal is to prepare DVD to adjust a geometry of a TV with CRT. P.S. Oh, this mencoder magic... :-) Most DVD-players nowadays can handle photo-CDs/DVDs. Have you tried to just put the JPEG on a CD? signature.asc D

[gentoo-user] fdisk - expanding a partition beyond 2TB

2008-08-26 Thread Dave Oxley
All, I've just added a fourth disk to my Raid 5 set increasing the capacity from 1.5TB to 2.25TB. I have 4 partitions on this volume set; the fourth of which is 1.49TB which is then further subdivided using lvm2. So using fdisk I deleted partition 4 and recreated it from the same position whi

Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues

2008-08-26 Thread Sascha Hlusiak
Am Dienstag 26 August 2008 23:09:37 schrieb Liviu Andronic: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Sascha Hlusiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This worked like a charm. Would another solution be to re-compile > >> xorg-server with -hal? > > > > It would, but I find runtime-tuning much easier and tr

Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues

2008-08-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Sascha Hlusiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This worked like a charm. Would another solution be to re-compile >> xorg-server with -hal? > It would, but I find runtime-tuning much easier and transparent. > input-hotplugging really is a fine thing, if you get a littl

[gentoo-user] solved: dev-python/PyQt4

2008-08-26 Thread James
James tampabay.rr.com> writes: OOPS, Further goolgling led me to bug 218874: reemerging dev-python/sip fixed this bug for me. fixed and closed. James

[gentoo-user] dev-python/PyQt4

2008-08-26 Thread James
Hello, It fails to build on one particular system: Traceback (most recent call last): File "configure.py", line 30, in import sipconfig ImportError: No module named sipconfig make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. * ERROR: dev-python/PyQt4-4.3.3 failed. * Call stac

Re: [gentoo-user] prelink on AMD64 with no "--conserve-memory"

2008-08-26 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag, 26. August 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > (I originally posted this on gmane.linux.gentoo.amd64, but even though > GMane authorized me to post there, my posts don't get through. So I'm > reposting it here.) > > Usually, when prelinking a system, it's recommended to use prelink's > "

Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues

2008-08-26 Thread Sascha Hlusiak
Am Dienstag 26 August 2008 20:06:57 schrieb Liviu Andronic: > Thank you a lot, Sascha. > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Sascha Hlusiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Put the following line in Section "ServerFlags" in the xorg.conf: > >Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" > > This worked like a

Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues

2008-08-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
Thank you a lot, Sascha. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Sascha Hlusiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Put the following line in Section "ServerFlags" in the xorg.conf: >Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" > This worked like a charm. Would another solution be to re-compile xorg-server with -hal?

[gentoo-user] prelink on AMD64 with no "--conserve-memory"

2008-08-26 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
(I originally posted this on gmane.linux.gentoo.amd64, but even though GMane authorized me to post there, my posts don't get through. So I'm reposting it here.) Usually, when prelinking a system, it's recommended to use prelink's "-m" (or "--conserve-memory") option: When assigning addres

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT : DSL modems & changing ISP

2008-08-26 Thread Philip Webb
080826 Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2008-08-25, Philip Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've decided to change my ISP from Sympatico to Uniserve >> & need to check a couple of things re which others may have advice. >> (1) the best option seems to be to buy a DSL modem: Uniserve offers >>Zoom x4

[gentoo-user] Re: building kde-meta

2008-08-26 Thread James
Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > > Is is OK (a good idea) to place "-nsl" into the make.conf settings? > Gut feel tells me to leave well enough alone in this case. Well, I did it anyway and all is fine. I intend to add -nls, to servers, firewalls, routers, GNAP and such, but not workstation

[gentoo-user] Re: OT : DSL modems & changing ISP

2008-08-26 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-08-26, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 26 August 2008 08:06:38 Robert Bridge wrote: >> > I have done this a couple times and it has always worked well for >> > me. Hope that helps. >> >> Or just run your own email server... It makes life so much easier. :) > > Or just

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] stretching AVI in time

2008-08-26 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
=== On Tuesday 26 August 2008, Willie Wong wrote: === > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:34:00PM +0400, Penguin Lover Andrew Gaydenko squawked: > > I have a very short (probably one or few frames) avi file (display > > geometry test image). How to stretch the avi in time to long period > > (say,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] stretching AVI in time

2008-08-26 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:34:00PM +0400, Penguin Lover Andrew Gaydenko squawked: > I have a very short (probably one or few frames) avi file (display geometry > test image). How to stretch the avi in time to long period (say, minutes)? > Software? Steps? If you worry just about display, look

Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues

2008-08-26 Thread Sascha Hlusiak
> Can anyone suggest how to revert to my xorg.conf configuration, and to > make "left shift" a "proper" modifier key, again? Thank you, > Liviu The easiest way probably is to disable input hotplugging: Put the following line in Section "ServerFlags" in the xorg.conf: Option "AutoAddDevices" "f

[gentoo-user] [OT] stretching AVI in time

2008-08-26 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
Hi! I have a very short (probably one or few frames) avi file (display geometry test image). How to stretch the avi in time to long period (say, minutes)? Software? Steps?

Re: [gentoo-user] How to disable the display power save mode

2008-08-26 Thread Zhou Rui
2008/8/25 Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Monday 25 August 2008, Zhou Rui wrote: >> 2008/8/25 Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > Or if you want to save the planet you could just press Alt every time you >> > want to wake up the console screen - it works over here. > > >> You know, I'm testing some app