Re: [gentoo-user] Transferring an existing install to new disk

2008-11-11 Thread Dirk Uys
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I should know how to do this but so many changes have happened > recently and I haven't done anything like this for a very long time. > > My desktop version of gentoo is pretty far out of date. And I think > there have been

[gentoo-user] Transferring an existing install to new disk

2008-11-11 Thread Harry Putnam
I should know how to do this but so many changes have happened recently and I haven't done anything like this for a very long time. My desktop version of gentoo is pretty far out of date. And I think there have been enough changes that I don't even want to try to get it cleaned up. Rather, I'd

Re: [gentoo-user] Pb emerge cups

2008-11-11 Thread Andrey Vul
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 23:42, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Qian Qiao wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 03:48, denis cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Tried that but keep getting the error. >>> >> >> Did you do a emerge --sync then? >> >> I had the same issue a few days ago, but I had a

Re: [gentoo-user] understanding --depclean

2008-11-11 Thread Dale
Michael P. Soulier wrote: > I'm new to gentoo, and I recently changed my USE flags, so I ran > > emerge -p --depclean > > to see what it suggests removing. > > Along with many others, I see > > dev-lang/python > selected: 2.4.4-r13 >protected: none > omitted: 2.5.2-r7 > > [EMAIL P

Re: [gentoo-user] Pb emerge cups

2008-11-11 Thread Dale
Qian Qiao wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 03:48, denis cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Tried that but keep getting the error. >> > > Did you do a emerge --sync then? > > I had the same issue a few days ago, but I had a up-to-date portage > tree, so in my case, removing the file did t

[gentoo-user] understanding --depclean

2008-11-11 Thread Michael P. Soulier
I'm new to gentoo, and I recently changed my USE flags, so I ran emerge -p --depclean to see what it suggests removing. Along with many others, I see dev-lang/python selected: 2.4.4-r13 protected: none omitted: 2.5.2-r7 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ equery list | grep dev-lang/python d

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Noven
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:19:33 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Noven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:55 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Allistar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Nov 11

Re: [gentoo-user] Pb emerge cups

2008-11-11 Thread Qian Qiao
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 03:48, denis cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tried that but keep getting the error. Did you do a emerge --sync then? I had the same issue a few days ago, but I had a up-to-date portage tree, so in my case, removing the file did the trick. -- There are 3 kinds of peopl

Re: [gentoo-user] Pb emerge cups

2008-11-11 Thread denis cohen
Tried that but keep getting the error. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 04:44, Qian Qiao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 03:40, denis cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to emerge several packages that need cups but I keep getting > > this error (tried several mirror site

Re: [gentoo-user] Pb emerge cups

2008-11-11 Thread Qian Qiao
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 03:40, denis cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to emerge several packages that need cups but I keep getting > this error (tried several mirror sites). > Any help appreciated. > Thanks > Denis > > > spcc08 ~ # emerge xscreensaver > Calculating dependencies... don

[gentoo-user] Pb emerge cups

2008-11-11 Thread denis cohen
I am trying to emerge several packages that need cups but I keep getting this error (tried several mirror sites). Any help appreciated. Thanks Denis spcc08 ~ # emerge xscreensaver Calculating dependencies... done! >>> Verifying ebuild Manifests... >>> Emerging (1 of 7) net-print/cups-1.3.8-r2 to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Noven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:55 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Allistar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Noven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:55 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Allistar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Noven
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:55 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Allistar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> wrote: > >>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrot

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Andrey Falko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:57:48 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> >>> Server was also nice because I could create new VMs with it, which >>> Workstati

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:03:55 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > The workstation bundle runs an installer that wants a runlevel > directory, but rejects > the /etc/runlevels directory and subdirectories. I'm guessing it > wants something > more like SYSV. Yes, just tell it to use /etc/rc.d and it wil

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Allistar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>> I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-conf

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:20:55 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> Server was also nice because I could create new VMs with it, which > >> Workstation would not do. > > > > Really? I created three today. > > > > Maybe now. But when I made the choice, workstation would not do that. I've been cre

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread William Kenworthy
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 16:20 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:57:48 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > >> Server was also nice because I could create new VMs with it, which > >> Workstation would not d

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:57:48 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> Server was also nice because I could create new VMs with it, which >> Workstation would not do. > > Really? I created three today. > Maybe now. But when I mad

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:57:48 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > Server was also nice because I could create new VMs with it, which > Workstation would not do. Really? I created three today. -- Neil Bothwick I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me. signature.asc Des

[gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Allistar
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> >>> I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-config.pl, and prayed. >>> I still cannot do >>>/etc/init.d/vmware start >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Andrey Falko
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > >> I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-config.pl, and prayed. >

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread William Kenworthy
reinstall vmware-modules vmware-workstation creates new VM's! BillK On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:57 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon,

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> >>> I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-config.pl, and prayed. >>> I st

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-config.pl, and prayed. >> I still cannot do >>/etc/init.d/vmware start >> because this one part fails: Viru

[gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Allistar
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-config.pl, and prayed. >> I still cannot do >>/etc/init.d/vmware start >> because this one part fails: Virutal machine Monitor >> and trying "vmware&" says I n

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:53:39 +1300, Allistar wrote: > > Have you updated your kernel? VMware Workstation gives me problems > > like this with each new kernel, which is why I'm still running 2.6.26 > > on my desktop. > > You're running 2.6.26 and have VMWare Workstation working properly? What >

Re: [gentoo-user] ftp login with ASCII characters?

2008-11-11 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 11 November 2008, David Relson wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:21:43 + > > Mick wrote: > > I am getting perplexed why WYSINWYG: > > > > I was trying to login to an ftp server from the CLI. Typing in the > > passwd failed every time. > It looks like your problem is the percent si

[gentoo-user] rerouting buttons in X

2008-11-11 Thread Andrey Vul
My laptop (ASUS M50VM-B2) has no dedicated Home, End, PageUp, and PageDown buttons. Is there a way to force it if numlock is disabled then map the keys from numpad 7,1,9,3 to Home,End,PageUp,PageDown? Basically, how do I reroute the numpad? In kernel mode (virtual console), the buttons work norma

Re: [gentoo-user] win32codecs / realcodecs / amd64codecs (and the -real USE flag) was: Re: How do I fix multiple versions for the same package slot have been pulled

2008-11-11 Thread Stroller
On 9 Nov 2008, at 05:01, Stroller wrote: ... It's not clear to me from this post whether Realplayer & these codecs are actually needed by mplayer in order to play .rm & .ram playlists & audio files. One would assume so, except for beandog's statement "Chances are, you don't need them anywa

[gentoo-user] mutt + gnupg

2008-11-11 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Hello, I've been using Mutt with GnuPG for years on various distributions. I recently set up Gentoo, and I'm having some problems with the integration. Initially I couldn't get any of my encrypted files open, as gpg said it couldn't find my secret key. I noticed the new gpg-agent material in the

Re: [gentoo-user] ftp login with ASCII characters?

2008-11-11 Thread David Relson
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:21:43 + Mick wrote: > I am getting perplexed why WYSINWYG: > > I was trying to login to an ftp server from the CLI. Typing in the > passwd failed every time. I then set it up as a network connection > in Konqueror and I had no problem at all connecting using the same

Re: [gentoo-user] howto downgrade to opera 9.52 ?

2008-11-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Daniel Pielmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/www-client/opera/?hideattic=0 > > Thanks. Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.

Re: [gentoo-user] howto downgrade to opera 9.52 ?

2008-11-11 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
2008/11/11 Liviu Andronic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm currently experiencing problems with Opera 9.6x. Although per all > the builds are blistering fasts, they consistently cause temporary > lock-ups on sites like Gmail or Reuters (probably flash related, but > i'm not sure of this). I would like to

[gentoo-user] howto downgrade to opera 9.52 ?

2008-11-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
Dear all, I'm currently experiencing problems with Opera 9.6x. Although per all the builds are blistering fasts, they consistently cause temporary lock-ups on sites like Gmail or Reuters (probably flash related, but i'm not sure of this). I would like to downgrade to 9.52, but I no longer have the

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

2008-11-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-config.pl, and prayed. > I still cannot do >/etc/init.d/vmware start > because this one part fails: Virutal machine Monitor > and trying "vmware&" says I need to run the config script (a