Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 3.0.0 with dead keys

2009-05-08 Thread Florian Philipp
Jim Cunning schrieb: > I´m trying to get OpenOffice 3.0.0 to recognize and enter French accented > characters (e.g., ´ + e or ^ + a , etc.) I´ve set up KDE keyboard layouts > and can get the proper characters displayed on console, xterm, kmail and > other windows, but the dead key combinations

Re: [gentoo-user] no scroll back on eee

2009-05-08 Thread James Rowe
* maxim wexler (bliss...@yahoo.com) wrote: > I checked my kernel config and found that console scrollback is enabled and > given 64k capacity. Guess that's the default. But the console can't be > scrolled back a single line. I upped the capcity to 128k, same thing. On the > desktop I can hold do

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 3.0.0 with dead keys

2009-05-08 Thread Dave Jones
Jim Cunning wrote on 08/05/09 06:49: >>> I´m trying to get OpenOffice 3.0.0 to recognize and enter French accented >>> characters (e.g., ´ + e or ^ + a , etc.) I´ve set up KDE keyboard >>> layouts and can get the proper characters displayed on console, xterm, >>> kmail and other windows, but the

Re[3]: [gentoo-user] MAC addresses

2009-05-08 Thread Sergey A. Kobzar
Thursday, April 30, 2009, 10:48:06 PM, Sergey wrote: > Thursday, April 30, 2009, 10:34:28 PM, Daniel wrote: >> On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 18:09 +0300, Sergey A. Kobzar wrote: >>> Hello. >>> >>> I have Gentoo server Linux 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 x86_64 connected to >>> LinkSys switch. It has 2 NICs onboard:

Re: [gentoo-user] A networking question...

2009-05-08 Thread Steve
Mick wrote: An adaptor can have more than one public IP address (multi-homing) and you can use something like: ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up to set them up (increment eth0:1, eth0:2, etc accordingly). However, if your SSL vhost is listening on a random port you don't nee

[gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Stroller
Hi there, I've just realised that grep hasn't been highlighting results in colour, and it occurred to me that I was sure it has supported this facility for some time. Thus I discovered the --colour=always flag to grep and trying to make this permanent I stumbled upon this site: http://www.c

Re: [gentoo-user] CVS ebuild not working: "Connection refused"

2009-05-08 Thread Grant
>> The dvda-author-cvs ebuild here: >> >> http://gentoo.zugaina.org/portage/media-sound/dvda-author-cvs/dvda-author-cvs-0.1.ebuild >> >> gives me this: >> >> * Running  cvs -q -f -z1 -d >> ":pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dvd-audio" login >> Logging in to :pserver:anonym...@cvs.sou

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Fri, 8 May 2009 14:38:58 +0100 Stroller wrote: > To find the part to which I refer you'll need to scroll down about > halfway through that page to "Colorize grep"; the author advises adding: > >if echo hello|grep --color=auto l >/dev/null 2>&1; then > export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=a

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Stroller
On 8 May 2009, at 15:01, Mike Kazantsev wrote: On Fri, 8 May 2009 14:38:58 +0100 Stroller wrote: To find the part to which I refer you'll need to scroll down about halfway through that page to "Colorize grep"; the author advises adding: if echo hello|grep --color=auto l >/dev/null 2>&1

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 08 May 2009 16:01:14 Mike Kazantsev wrote: > On Fri, 8 May 2009 14:38:58 +0100 > > Stroller wrote: > > To find the part to which I refer you'll need to scroll down about > > halfway through that page to "Colorize grep"; the author advises adding: > > > >if echo hello|grep --color=aut

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Christian
Hi Alan, Am Freitag, 8. Mai 2009 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > Some greps (like BSD one) might not support '--color' option, so "echo > > hello|grep --color=auto l" will return error code, skipping if clause, > > and won't break grep operation by adding an unsupported option. is this really right?

Re: [gentoo-user] A networking question...

2009-05-08 Thread Mick
2009/5/8 Steve : > Mick wrote: >> >> An adaptor can have more than one public IP address (multi-homing) and you >> can use something like: ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up >> to set them up (increment eth0:1, eth0:2, etc accordingly).  However, if >> your SSL vhost is listening

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 08 May 2009 16:38:30 Christian wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Am Freitag, 8. Mai 2009 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > > Some greps (like BSD one) might not support '--color' option, so "echo > > > hello|grep --color=auto l" will return error code, skipping if clause, > > > and won't break grep operatio

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Friday 8 May 2009, 16:10, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 08 May 2009 16:01:14 Mike Kazantsev wrote: > > On Fri, 8 May 2009 14:38:58 +0100 > > > > Stroller wrote: > > > To find the part to which I refer you'll need to scroll down about > > > halfway through that page to "Colorize grep"; the au

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 08 May 2009 16:59:19 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Friday 8 May 2009, 16:10, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Friday 08 May 2009 16:01:14 Mike Kazantsev wrote: > > > On Fri, 8 May 2009 14:38:58 +0100 > > > > > > Stroller wrote: > > > > To find the part to which I refer you'll need to scroll down

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Eray Aslan
On 08.05.2009 17:10, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>>if echo hello|grep --color=auto l >/dev/null 2>&1; then >>> export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=auto' GREP_COLOR='1;32' >>>fi >>> >>> to ~/.bashrc >>> >>> Why does he echo hello, please? >> Some greps (like BSD one) might not support '--color' opti

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Friday 8 May 2009, 16:51, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > except that STDERR is combined with STDOUT and sent to /dev/null > > > so the script will never get it, the if is always true and the > > > entire check is redundant. Better would be > > > > > > if echo hello|grep --color=auto l >/dev/null ;

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy (when Amarok 2 is running)

2009-05-08 Thread Alex Schuster
Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > On Mittwoch 06 Mai 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: > > Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > > > On Dienstag 05 Mai 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: > > > > I cannot access /dev/dsp once Amarok 2 has started playback, even > > > > if the playback was stopped. I have to close Amarok, t

Re: [gentoo-user] Cursor keys stopped working in VMware workstation

2009-05-08 Thread Michael Higgins
On Fri, 8 May 2009 09:46:55 +0800 Mike Mazur wrote: > But since you're seeing this issue too with existing VMs, perhaps > it's related to the recent Xorg upgrade? I guess, yes. Happened like this for me too. Found the same fix. -- |\ /|| | ~ ~ | \/ ||---|

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy (when Amarok 2 is running)

2009-05-08 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 08 Mai 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > > On Mittwoch 06 Mai 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: > > > Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > > > > On Dienstag 05 Mai 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: > > > > > I cannot access /dev/dsp once Amarok 2 has started playback, even > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] bind chrooting: mount permission denied...

2009-05-08 Thread Jarry
Mark Shields wrote: I just emerged bind and at the end I tried to set-up chroot for it just as it is adviced in messages: # emerge --config '=net-dns/bind-9.4.3_p2' Configuring pkg... * * Setting up the chroot directory...mount: permission denied Done. Where can

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy (when Amarok 2 is running)

2009-05-08 Thread Alex Schuster
Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > when you go to the multimedia settings in system settings - are those ok? > right devices? xine set? The backend is still set to Xine. As devices I have "HDA ATI SB (HDA Generic)", "HDA ATI HDMI, ATI HDMI (HDMI Audio Output)", "Jack Audio Connection Kit" and "Esou

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy (when Amarok 2 is running)

2009-05-08 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 08 Mai 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > > when you go to the multimedia settings in system settings - are those ok? > > right devices? xine set? > > The backend is still set to Xine. As devices I have "HDA ATI SB (HDA > Generic)", "HDA ATI HDMI, ATI HDMI (HDMI

Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc

2009-05-08 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2009 22:53:18 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > Mirrored - no problem. But how else would you boot off a striped / with > /boot not on a separate partition? /boot is _always_ a separate partition, isn't it? Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc

2009-05-08 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 14:04, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2009 22:53:18 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > >> Mirrored - no problem. But how else would you boot off a striped / with >> /boot not on a separate partition? > > /boot is _always_ a separate partition, isn't it? > AFAIK, that's

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Carlos Hendson
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 08 May 2009 16:01:14 Mike Kazantsev wrote: >> On Fri, 8 May 2009 14:38:58 +0100 >> >> Stroller wrote: >>> To find the part to which I refer you'll need to scroll down about >>> halfway through that page to "Colorize grep"; the author advises adding: >>> >>>if e

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy (when Amarok 2 is running)

2009-05-08 Thread Alex Schuster
Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > On Freitag 08 Mai 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: > > The backend is still set to Xine. As devices I have "HDA ATI SB (HDA > > Generic)", "HDA ATI HDMI, ATI HDMI (HDMI Audio Output)", "Jack Audio > > Connection Kit" and "Esound (ESD)" listed. All except for the 2nd one >

Re: [gentoo-user] no scroll back on eee

2009-05-08 Thread maxim wexler
>   Shift + PgUp/PgDown scrolls a half page at a time on > the console, to aha! Shift +PgUp/PgDn+*fn*= scroll back. Thanks. BTW, are you using a frame buffer? I can't seem to get uvesafb to work. Maxim __ Be smarter than sp

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy (when Amarok 2 is running)

2009-05-08 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 08 Mai 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > > On Freitag 08 Mai 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: > > > The backend is still set to Xine. As devices I have "HDA ATI SB (HDA > > > Generic)", "HDA ATI HDMI, ATI HDMI (HDMI Audio Output)", "Jack Audio > > > Connection Kit" an

[gentoo-user] persistent desktop (kde 4)

2009-05-08 Thread James
Hello, Well after using kde4 for a month or so on a desktop (amd64) today when I booted up the system, all the konsoles were gone. I poked around the 'systems settings' but did not see where/how you make whatever apps. you want to be persistent (survive reboots). I'd like to recover the old konso

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Fri, 8 May 2009 16:10:20 +0200 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 08 May 2009 16:01:14 Mike Kazantsev wrote: > > > Some greps (like BSD one) might not support '--color' option, so "echo > > hello|grep --color=auto l" will return error code, skipping if clause, > > and won't break grep operation

Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

2009-05-08 Thread James Rowe
* Carlos Hendson (skyc...@gmx.net) wrote: > [1] The reason an error message is shown here is because it's bash > that's reporting the broken pipe error. Grep's error message was > redirected to /dev/null, which was: > > grep: unrecognized option '--unsupported' > Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [

Re: [gentoo-user] persistent desktop (kde 4)

2009-05-08 Thread Alex Schuster
James writes: > Well after using kde4 for a month or so on a desktop (amd64) > today when I booted up the system, all the konsoles > were gone. I had similar problems with KDE 3.x a couple of times. I think the konsoles still started, but all on the first desktop, and many settings were lost. So

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy (when Amarok 2 is running)

2009-05-08 Thread Alex Schuster
Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > On Freitag 08 Mai 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: > > But still, /dev/dsp is busy with amarok running. > hmm, I have to admit, I have no idea. Me too. Well, thanks anyway for your support. I will live with that for a while, there are worse things I will need to take ca

Re: [gentoo-user] bind chrooting: mount permission denied...

2009-05-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 08 May 2009 18:10:10 Jarry wrote: > Mark Shields wrote: > >> I just emerged bind and at the end I tried to set-up chroot > >> for it just as it is adviced in messages: > >> > >> # emerge --config '=net-dns/bind-9.4.3_p2' > >> Configuring pkg... > >> * > >> * Setting up th

Re: [gentoo-user] no scroll back on eee

2009-05-08 Thread maxim wexler
> BTW, are you using a frame buffer? I can't seem to get > uvesafb to work. > Whoa! Scratch that, now the framebuffer works but not scrollback! Not really worth it. mw __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the

[gentoo-user] mouse button mapping with evdev+hal+xorg-1.5.3

2009-05-08 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Hello, After an evdev+hal+xorg-1.5.3 upgrade, I suppose I don't need a input device section for a mouse in my xorg.conf. (I do need xorg.conf so I can get an external monitor working with my laptop correctly). However I would like to reverse the order of the buttons and this old xorg.conf section

Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc

2009-05-08 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, 8. Mai 2009 19:17:28 schrieb Daniel da Veiga: > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 14:04, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2009 22:53:18 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > >> Mirrored - no problem. But how else would you boot off a striped / with > >> /boot not on a separate partition? > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc

2009-05-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 8 May 2009 22:58:22 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > /boot is _always_ a separate partition, isn't it? > > > > AFAIK, that's not a rule. Most people consider it the best option, but > > its definetly not a rule... > > This is Gentoo, so you as the user define the rules. And for _me_

Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc

2009-05-08 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, 8. Mai 2009 23:12:22 schrieb Neil Bothwick: > But that only applies to you, not always. Yes, of course it applies to me - always ;) > I stopped using /boot > partitions a few years ago and removed my last one earlier this year. Shame on you :) Bye... Dirk signature.asc D

[gentoo-user] Re: mouse button mapping with evdev+hal+xorg-1.5.3

2009-05-08 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Hello, > > After an evdev+hal+xorg-1.5.3 upgrade, I suppose I don't need a input > device section for a mouse in my xorg.conf. (I do need xorg.conf so I > can get an external monitor working with my laptop correctly). However I > would like to reverse the order of the bu

[gentoo-user] Re: mouse button mapping with evdev+hal+xorg-1.5.3

2009-05-08 Thread ABCD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Valmor de Almeida wrote: >> Hello, >> >> After an evdev+hal+xorg-1.5.3 upgrade, I suppose I don't need a input >> device section for a mouse in my xorg.conf. (I do need xorg.conf so I >> can get an external monitor working wi