Re: [gentoo-user] kde 3.5 packages blocking each other

2009-06-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 15 June 2009 03:32:57 Francisco Ares wrote: > I've found out that there are some packages out of kde-basse that are > pulling 3.5.10 packages while they're still masked ~x86 > > One is Amarok. Another, probably, is Ktorrent. Amarok-1.4 will pull in kdelibs-3.5.10 Amarok-2.1 will pull in

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE menu missing: not solved !

2009-06-14 Thread Philip Webb
090614 Tal2baro wrote: > I also had a problem with the KDE menu missing after the upgrade to 3.5.10 > I've investigated starting from the message from kbuildsycoca > & found there was nothing in ~/.config/menus/ expected by kbuildsyscoca > So I copied /usr/kde/3.5/etc/xdg/menus/ content to ~/

Re: [gentoo-user] kde 3.5 packages blocking each other

2009-06-14 Thread Francisco Ares
I've found out that there are some packages out of kde-basse that are pulling 3.5.10 packages while they're still masked ~x86 One is Amarok. Another, probably, is Ktorrent. Anyone has seen it or am I the only one not using KDE 4 ;-) ? Best regards to all Francisco On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 5:58

[gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-14 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group, My fresh install of 2.6.29-r5 goes kablooey just after 'Loading module dm-mod' Then the boot console reports: Couldn't find device with uuid 'ldwVeS-gw14-HE42-M3Gw-DILI-Dbjh-2lHroF' and Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group vg. and Volume group "vg" not found The abo

Re: [gentoo-user] Whey two dangling symlinks /etc/init.d/ depscan.sh runscript.sh

2009-06-14 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Montag 15 Juni 2009, Harry Putnam wrote: > This is a very new install but somehow I have two dangling symlinks in > /etc/init.d. > > depscan.sh and runscript.sh > > Anyone know where these come from or if they are signs of a problem? have you switched to baselayout2/openrc?

[gentoo-user] Whey two dangling symlinks /etc/init.d/ depscan.sh runscript.sh

2009-06-14 Thread Harry Putnam
This is a very new install but somehow I have two dangling symlinks in /etc/init.d. depscan.sh and runscript.sh Anyone know where these come from or if they are signs of a problem?

[gentoo-user] Re: About procmail and getline

2009-06-14 Thread Harry Putnam
Sebastian Günther writes: > First of all the bug is fixed, and a working patch was there 1 day after > the opening. I call this a fast response... > > For ~x86 this is a working solution, and if you use ~x86: b.g.o *is* the > users information system and applying patches should be no problem.

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing python packages for different versions

2009-06-14 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:53:38 +0200 Florian Philipp wrote: > eselect maintains a list of all enabled python slots and a primary one, > not just the primary one like now. If nothing else is specified, every > program uses this primary python version (just like now). Portage > installs or symlinks a

Re: [gentoo-user] Web application for contact management...

2009-06-14 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Steve wrote: > I am looking for a web-application to manage contacts... but I'm not looking > for "just an address book"... I guess this isn't especially gentoo, but I'd > ideally like to run a server on my gentoo box, so I hope I can be forgiven > for asking here.

Re: [gentoo-user] Web application for contact management...

2009-06-14 Thread Mick
On Sunday 14 June 2009, Steve wrote: > I am looking for a web-application to manage contacts... but I'm not > looking for "just an address book"... I guess this isn't especially > gentoo, but I'd ideally like to run a server on my gentoo box, so I hope > I can be forgiven for asking here. > > Perso

[gentoo-user] Web application for contact management...

2009-06-14 Thread Steve
I am looking for a web-application to manage contacts... but I'm not looking for "just an address book"... I guess this isn't especially gentoo, but I'd ideally like to run a server on my gentoo box, so I hope I can be forgiven for asking here. Personally, I'm absolutely awful at remembering p

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: About procmail and getline

2009-06-14 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Harry Putnam (rea...@newsguy.com) [14.06.09 19:46]: > Sebastian Günther writes: > > > * Harry Putnam (rea...@newsguy.com) [12.06.09 16:41]: > >> > >> There is a patch offered but still one would think using standard > >> emerge on a package that is outside the `~' daredevil stage and is not >

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing python packages for different versions

2009-06-14 Thread Florian Philipp
Mike Kazantsev schrieb: > On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:03:58 +0200 > Florian Philipp wrote: > > ... >> Thanks for your answer but I have to say, this looks like a really >> cumbersome workaround. Wouldn't it be better to make portage and >> python-updater aware of this problem? >> >> The update from py

[gentoo-user] Re: About procmail and getline

2009-06-14 Thread Harry Putnam
Sebastian Günther writes: > * Harry Putnam (rea...@newsguy.com) [12.06.09 16:41]: >> >> There is a patch offered but still one would think using standard >> emerge on a package that is outside the `~' daredevil stage and is not >> masked, it should `just work' [tm]. >> >> > > When I read the b

[gentoo-user] Re: About procmail and getline

2009-06-14 Thread Harry Putnam
Sebastian Günther writes: > * Harry Putnam (rea...@newsguy.com) [12.06.09 16:41]: >> >> There is a patch offered but still one would think using standard >> emerge on a package that is outside the `~' daredevil stage and is not >> masked, it should `just work' [tm]. >> >> > > When I read the b

Re: [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in

2009-06-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:06:04 +0100, AG wrote: > > Look at the alternate install docs. Although these relate to using a > > live CD like Knoppix, you can also use an already installed system > > for this. So you can install Gentoo from a chroot in your existing > > Debian system (you will may a liv

Re: [gentoo-user] About procmail and getline

2009-06-14 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Harry Putnam (rea...@newsguy.com) [12.06.09 16:41]: > > There is a patch offered but still one would think using standard > emerge on a package that is outside the `~' daredevil stage and is not > masked, it should `just work' [tm]. > > When I read the bug rightfully, procmail did not build w

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to veiw absolute latest on partage without syncing

2009-06-14 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Harry Putnam (rea...@newsguy.com) [12.06.09 18:15]: > > I can sync fine... just didn't want to do an update world just now as > my sources are quite new, but still didn't want to get sources too far > ahead of installed packages. > I think, you did not understand, what a sync does. It updates

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing python packages for different versions

2009-06-14 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:03:58 +0200 Florian Philipp wrote: ... > > Thanks for your answer but I have to say, this looks like a really > cumbersome workaround. Wouldn't it be better to make portage and > python-updater aware of this problem? > > The update from python-2.4 to 2.5 was a minor one w

Re: [gentoo-user] inkscape won't start

2009-06-14 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 14/06/09 Ward Poelmans said: > Try unmerging app-text/poppler*. It's being replaced by dev-libs/poppler* Ok, after completely rebuilding inkscape, it works now. With warnings mind you (inkscape:25661): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing python packages for different versions

2009-06-14 Thread Florian Philipp
Khanh Nguyen schrieb: > Hi Florian. > > ** (Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 06:44:27PM +0200) Florian Philipp wrote: >> Hi! >> >> This is actually a follow-up for my thread "Trouble installing Plone". >> >> Following scenario: I have packages which run on python-2.4 and other >> packages which work with 2.5.

Re: [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in

2009-06-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 14 June 2009 15:24:24 AG wrote: > What you will do is spend an insane amount of time trying to figure out > what a certain USE flag actually does an if you want it. Debian doesn't > give you that choice. > > > Is this an example of that infinite adaptability of Gentoo as a > metadistro?

Re: [gentoo-user] Considering launching into Gentoo

2009-06-14 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 13 June 2009 14:02:26 AG wrote: > How compatible are Gentoo and Debian in terms of using a shared /home > directory - I am concerned about uid for the directory for instance > which, if I changed it for Gentoo, may not work for Debian and vice > versa. I've run multi-boot systems too,

Re: [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in

2009-06-14 Thread AG
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sunday 14 June 2009 13:02:50 AG wrote: Hi all Thanks for the responses to my earlier query regarding co-location of Debian and Gentoo on the same HDD. I still have a few questions regarding an installation before I take the plunge: (1) Looking through the backgroun

Re: [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in

2009-06-14 Thread AG
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:02:50 +0100, AG wrote: (1) Looking through the background docs, it occurs to me that if I wanted to install Gentoo on my system, I would need access to a second machine that is running all of the on-line docs that guide one through the installat

Re: [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in

2009-06-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 14 June 2009 13:02:50 AG wrote: > Hi all > > Thanks for the responses to my earlier query regarding co-location of > Debian and Gentoo on the same HDD. > > I still have a few questions regarding an installation before I take the > plunge: > > (1) Looking through the background docs, it o

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE menu missing: not solved !

2009-06-14 Thread Tal2baro
I also had a problem with the KDE menu missing after the upgrade to 3.5.10 I've investigated starting from the message form kbuildsycoca and found a solution to get the KDE menu to be build. I found that in ~/.config/menus/ nothing was there as expected by kbuildsyscoca So I did: Copy /usr/kde/3.

Re: [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in

2009-06-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:02:50 +0100, AG wrote: > (1) Looking through the background docs, it occurs to me that if I > wanted to install Gentoo on my system, I would need access to a second > machine that is running all of the on-line docs that guide one through > the installation process. Is t

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing python packages for different versions

2009-06-14 Thread Khanh Nguyen
Hi Florian. ** (Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 06:44:27PM +0200) Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi! > > This is actually a follow-up for my thread "Trouble installing Plone". > > Following scenario: I have packages which run on python-2.4 and other > packages which work with 2.5. Zope is a prominent example of

[gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in

2009-06-14 Thread AG
Hi all Thanks for the responses to my earlier query regarding co-location of Debian and Gentoo on the same HDD. I still have a few questions regarding an installation before I take the plunge: (1) Looking through the background docs, it occurs to me that if I wanted to install Gentoo on m

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Considering launching into Gentoo

2009-06-14 Thread bn
walt ha scritto: > Heh. I laughed out loud when I read this link about dselect, especially > the quote from Andrew Morton who captured my sentiments exactly: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dselect Oh well but it's kinda obvious that dselect is HELL and no one uses it anymore I think. I though

Re: [gentoo-user] inkscape won't start

2009-06-14 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 01:17, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > Wow. How'd I get in this state? Try unmerging app-text/poppler*. It's being replaced by dev-libs/poppler* Ward

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Idle Process Scheduling

2009-06-14 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:07:16 + (UTC) Jason Lynch wrote: > Thus, I have five processes, four at nice 19, one at nice 0, a load > average of just over 5, but only 3 out of the 4 cores are actually doing > anything. That's an interesting observation with quite a trivial scenario. So I thoug