[gentoo-user] return of SOD

Hi group, That's (S)creen (O)f (D)eath. I thought I had fixed this problem on my eee. I would get these SODs, black usually, but sometimes white and once green while connected to the web(don't know if that's significant). At first I thought it was the browser, so I tried firefox-3.0, firefox-3.5,

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world -> @preserved-rebuild -> @preserved-rebuild -> what next?

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:33 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> > >> > Was it an endless loop? AIUI you emerged twice and the >> > @preserved-rebuild count decreased. In my experience, it can >> > occasionally take a few runs to clear the list, s

Re: [gentoo-user] udev problem during boot SOLVED

Thanks a lot, that was it. There's an issue with genkernel too, as it didn't disabled CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED as stated during an still failing boot. Compiled again with that key disabled, and now I'm on my favorite environment without rescue CDs. Have some polishing to do, though ;-) Thanks ag

Re: [gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI

On Thursday 12 November 2009 23:08:18 Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 22:18 +, Mick wrote: > > On Thursday 12 November 2009 22:09:01 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > Gdm itself has a config option to disallow root logins > > > > Ahh, unfortunately I can only access it remotely via ssh at

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world -> @preserved-rebuild -> @preserved-rebuild -> what next?

Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:33 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Was it an endless loop? AIUI you emerged twice and the @preserved-rebuild count decreased. In my experience, it can occasionally take a few runs to clear the list, sometimes subsequent runs add packages that were not

Re: [gentoo-user] kdemultimedia-arts-3.5.10 and the arts flag

Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:37:28 -0600, Dale wrote: Well, if it would let me ditch it, I would ditch it. I guess it is KDE that wants this thing so badly. I dunno. Nope, otherwise it wouldn't have a USE flag to make it optional. I ran KDE£ with -arts for years.

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world -> @preserved-rebuild -> @preserved-rebuild -> what next?

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:33 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > Was it an endless loop? AIUI you emerged twice and the > > @preserved-rebuild count decreased. In my experience, it can > > occasionally take a few runs to clear the list, sometimes subsequent > > runs add packages that were not there

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world -> @preserved-rebuild -> @preserved-rebuild -> what next?

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:19:26 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> I agree that we want to be in agreement but then what are our options >> if emerge @preserved-rebuild goes into an endless loop as it seems it >> was doing yesterday? > > Was it an e

Re: [gentoo-user] kdemultimedia-arts-3.5.10 and the arts flag

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:37:28 -0600, Dale wrote: > Well, if it would let me ditch it, I would ditch it. I guess it is KDE > that wants this thing so badly. I dunno. Nope, otherwise it wouldn't have a USE flag to make it optional. I ran KDE£ with -arts for years. -- Neil Bothwick Those who l

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world -> @preserved-rebuild -> @preserved-rebuild -> what next?

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:19:26 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > I agree that we want to be in agreement but then what are our options > if emerge @preserved-rebuild goes into an endless loop as it seems it > was doing yesterday? Was it an endless loop? AIUI you emerged twice and the @preserved-rebuild c

Re: [gentoo-user] Quoting style on HTC Dream

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:39:20 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Try K9-Mail, a proper POP/IMAP mailer that now supports push mail (the > > only reason I stuck with the GMail app for the past year). > Good link, thanks :-) > > I downloaded it and so far it looks OK, but need to play more. First > t

Re: [gentoo-user] udev problem during boot

Francisco Ares schrieb am 13.11.2009 23:19: > Hi > > After a lot of updates without rebooting (I`ve been keeping my computer on > during several weeks), now it can`t boot anymore. Thanks to the LiveDVD I`m > able to try somethings, including a "emerge --sync" and a "emerge -vuDN > world", followed

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world -> @preserved-rebuild -> @preserved-rebuild -> what next?

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 13 November 2009 21:46:04 Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: >> > On Friday 13 November 2009 14:39:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

[gentoo-user] udev problem during boot

Hi After a lot of updates without rebooting (I`ve been keeping my computer on during several weeks), now it can`t boot anymore. Thanks to the LiveDVD I`m able to try somethings, including a "emerge --sync" and a "emerge -vuDN world", followed up by a "etc-update" and a "revdep-rebuild" - nothing s

[gentoo-user] Re: Quoting style on HTC Dream

Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > Do you mean "droid" as a synonym for Android? yes, Verizon is offering the HTC ERIS (DROID) phone, in addition to the Mot DROID phone: http://www.htc.com/us/product/droideris/specification.html > To flash it you need root privileges which is a trivial hack;

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world -> @preserved-rebuild -> @preserved-rebuild -> what next?

On Friday 13 November 2009 21:46:04 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Friday 13 November 2009 14:39:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> > Almost invariably it's an automagic dependency where th

Re: [gentoo-user] making a file-list at (a) for fetching at (b)

On Friday 13 November 2009 22:24:34 Maxim Wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > Can someone explain to me how to generate a list of files to be > fetched, eg -fuDN world, on a slow desktop that can be downloaded onto > a netbook later? emerge -pf redirect to a file, bash it into suitable shape with y

Re: [gentoo-user] making a file-list at (a) for fetching at (b)

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:36:27 -0500, Marcus Wanner wrote: > On 11/13/2009 3:24 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: >> Hi group, >> >> Can someone explain to me how to generate a list of files to be >> fetched, eg -fuDN world, on a slow desktop that can be downloaded onto >> a netbook later? >> >> Maxim >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] making a file-list at (a) for fetching at (b)

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:24:34 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > Can someone explain to me how to generate a list of files to be > fetched, eg -fuDN world, on a slow desktop that can be downloaded onto > a netbook later? Add -p or --pretend, and redirect the output to a file. emerge -f

Re: [gentoo-user] making a file-list at (a) for fetching at (b)

On 11/13/2009 3:24 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: Hi group, Can someone explain to me how to generate a list of files to be fetched, eg -fuDN world, on a slow desktop that can be downloaded onto a netbook later? Maxim You want to generate a list of packages to be upgraded, and then upgrade them on

[gentoo-user] making a file-list at (a) for fetching at (b)

Hi group, Can someone explain to me how to generate a list of files to be fetched, eg -fuDN world, on a slow desktop that can be downloaded onto a netbook later? Maxim

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

Julien Gormotte a gentiment tapote: > > Ok, this is interesting : > libpng12.so.0 > libQtSvg.so.4 > I suppose the icons are in png or svg format, and k3b is not able to > load them because this lib is missing... > > Did you tried a revdep-rebuild ? maybe an update broke these libs ? > > Well, i

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

Julien Gormotte wrote: Ok, this is interesting : libpng12.so.0 libQtSvg.so.4 I suppose the icons are in png or svg format, and k3b is not able to load them because this lib is missing... Did you tried a revdep-rebuild ? maybe an update broke these libs ? Well, it's a possibility, but try thi

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server-1.6.5 build errors (~x86 upgrade)

On 11/12/2009 11:36 PM, Roy Wright wrote: On Nov 12, 2009, at 5:39 PM, Marcus Wanner wrote: Spoke too soon...now I'm getting this: ../doltcompile i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../include-DHAVE_ssing-declarations -Wnested-externs -fno-strict-aliasing -DDBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_C

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world -> @preserved-rebuild -> @preserved-rebuild -> what next?

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 13 November 2009 14:39:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> > Almost invariably it's an automagic dependency where the offending >> > package is not in DEPEND. If you have been thro

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

Jacques Montier a écrit : Julien Gormotte a gentiment tapote: Ah, and of course, replace xclock by k3b... I used xclock to test the -e option on my machine, because I don't have k3b... If you made the first attempt with xclock, please do it again (and I'm pretty sure you have, considering t

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world -> @preserved-rebuild -> @preserved-rebuild -> what next?

On Friday 13 November 2009 14:39:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Almost invariably it's an automagic dependency where the offending > > package is not in DEPEND. If you have been through the cycle at least > > once, it is safe to delete /var/li

Re: [gentoo-user] Quoting style on HTC Dream

On Friday 13 November 2009 14:49:02 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:25:31 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > My new! improved! shiny! Android phone has a Gmail app. It's nice to > > use but it's quoting style is horrible and looks thusly: > > Try K9-Mail, a proper POP/IMAP mailer that n

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann a gentiment tapote: > > On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: > >> Volker Armin Hemmann a gentiment tapote: > >>> On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Since i u

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting style on HTC Dream

On Friday 13 November 2009 18:29:49 James wrote: > Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > > It's not an iPhone and Apple's psychosis doesn't enter the picture, I can > > install any user-space app I feel like. The warranty is already invalid > > though, for a different reason - I flashed it with an OS

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

Julien Gormotte a gentiment tapote: > > Ah, and of course, replace xclock by k3b... > I used xclock to test the -e option on my machine, because I don't have > k3b... > If you made the first attempt with xclock, please do it again (and I'm > pretty sure you have, considering the few results you h

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

Paul Hartman a gentiment tapote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Jacques Montier > wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> Since i upgraded k3b-1.05-r6 to k3b-1.68.0_alpha3, i have lost quite a >> lot of icons (newcd project icon, newdvd project icon...) inside k3b. >> They are replaced by a beautiful "?

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

Julien Gormotte a écrit : Jacques Montier a écrit : Julien Gormotte a gentiment tapote: A violent but maybe efficient way to do this would be : strace -e desc xclock 2>&1 | grep 'No such file or directory' This will show all files that k3b tries to access, but cannot find. Volker Armin H

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Jacques Montier wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Since i upgraded k3b-1.05-r6 to k3b-1.68.0_alpha3, i have lost quite a > lot of icons (newcd project icon, newdvd project icon...) inside k3b. > They are replaced by a beautiful "?". > The k3b icons are in /usr/share/apps/

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

Jacques Montier a écrit : Julien Gormotte a gentiment tapote: A violent but maybe efficient way to do this would be : strace -e desc xclock 2>&1 | grep 'No such file or directory' This will show all files that k3b tries to access, but cannot find. Volker Armin Hemmann a écrit : On Freita

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

Julien Gormotte a gentiment tapote: > A violent but maybe efficient way to do this would be : > > strace -e desc xclock 2>&1 | grep 'No such file or directory' > > This will show all files that k3b tries to access, but cannot find. > > Volker Armin Hemmann a écrit : > >> On Freitag 13 November

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

A violent but maybe efficient way to do this would be : strace -e desc xclock 2>&1 | grep 'No such file or directory' This will show all files that k3b tries to access, but cannot find. Volker Armin Hemmann a écrit : On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann a

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann a gentiment tapote: > > On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: > >> Volker Armin Hemmann a gentiment tapote: > >>> On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Since i u

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

Volker Armin Hemmann a gentiment tapote: > On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: >> Volker Armin Hemmann a gentiment tapote: >>> On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: Hi everybody, Since i upgraded k3b-1.05-r6 to k3b-1.68.0_alpha3, i have lost quite a

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann a gentiment tapote: > > On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: > >> Hi everybody, > >> > >> Since i upgraded k3b-1.05-r6 to k3b-1.68.0_alpha3, i have lost quite a > >> lot of icons (newcd project icon, newdvd pr

[gentoo-user] Re: Quoting style on HTC Dream

Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > It's not an iPhone and Apple's psychosis doesn't enter the picture, I can > install any user-space app I feel like. The warranty is already invalid > though, for a different reason - I flashed it with an OS and firmware that's > far superior to the one my car

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

Volker Armin Hemmann a gentiment tapote: > On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> Since i upgraded k3b-1.05-r6 to k3b-1.68.0_alpha3, i have lost quite a >> lot of icons (newcd project icon, newdvd project icon...) inside k3b. >> They are replaced by a beautiful "

[gentoo-user] Mmplayer-1.0_rc4_p20091113 (standard or multi-thread/multi-core support)

(This is the "FFmpeg-mt branch" which incorporates the mplayer-supported FFmpeg-mt, which speeds up the playback of 1080 H.264 files on multi-core cpus.) mplayer-1.0_rc4_p20091113.ebuild 115 new ffmpeg-mt commits since the last ebuild and latest mp

Re: [gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Mick wrote: > On Thursday 12 November 2009 21:34:24 Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Mick wrote: >> > I should know how to do this ... >> > >> > It isn't as simple as commenting out vc7 in /etc/securetty, right? The >> > persistent offender

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

On Freitag 13 November 2009, Jacques Montier wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Since i upgraded k3b-1.05-r6 to k3b-1.68.0_alpha3, i have lost quite a > lot of icons (newcd project icon, newdvd project icon...) inside k3b. > They are replaced by a beautiful "?". > The k3b icons are in /usr/share/apps/k3b/

[gentoo-user] Missing icons in K3b

Hi everybody, Since i upgraded k3b-1.05-r6 to k3b-1.68.0_alpha3, i have lost quite a lot of icons (newcd project icon, newdvd project icon...) inside k3b. They are replaced by a beautiful "?". The k3b icons are in /usr/share/apps/k3b/icons/, but it seems that k3b doesn't find them. Any idea ? Th

[gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Font recommendations for netbook?

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 09:27:47PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote > Speaking of Fluxbox, I have it installed. I've experimented with some > fonts. I find that regardless of the fonts I install, xterm runs a > tiny, almost unreadable font. And what's worse, I *CANNOT* resize the > font. xterm total

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati drivers.

On Freitag 13 November 2009, igwasm wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Volker Armin Hemmann" > To: > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 4:08 PM > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati drivers. > > On Freitag 13 November 2009, igwasm wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: "Volker

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati drivers.

- Original Message - From: "Volker Armin Hemmann" To: Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati drivers. On Freitag 13 November 2009, igwasm wrote: - Original Message - From: "Volker Armin Hemmann" To: Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 2:26

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati drivers.

On Freitag 13 November 2009, igwasm wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Volker Armin Hemmann" > To: > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 2:26 PM > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati drivers. > > On Freitag 13 November 2009, Igor wrote: > > В сообщении от Пятница 13 ноября 2009 05:38:24 а

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati drivers.

- Original Message - From: "Volker Armin Hemmann" To: Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati drivers. On Freitag 13 November 2009, Igor wrote: В сообщении от Пятница 13 ноября 2009 05:38:24 автор Nikos Chantziaras написал: > On 11/12/2009 11:55

Re: [gentoo-user] Quoting style on HTC Dream

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:36:29 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > The kernel is Linux so it's OSS and so are most of the APIs. License is > GPL. The user-space apps are not necessarily GPL though (just like on > the desktop) and I haven't seen the code for the GMail app It must be available, K9-Mail use

Re: [gentoo-user] Quoting style on HTC Dream

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:25:31 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > My new! improved! shiny! Android phone has a Gmail app. It's nice to > use but it's quoting style is horrible and looks thusly: Try K9-Mail, a proper POP/IMAP mailer that now supports push mail (the only reason I stuck with the GMail app

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world -> @preserved-rebuild -> @preserved-rebuild -> what next?

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Almost invariably it's an automagic dependency where the offending > package is not in DEPEND. If you have been through the cycle at least > once, it is safe to delete /var/lib/portage/preserved_libs_registry and > continue on your way.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati drivers.

On Freitag 13 November 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 11/12/2009 11:55 PM, Igor wrote: > > В сообщении от Пятница 13 ноября 2009 00:30:35 автор Volker Armin Hemmann > > > > написал: > >> [...] > >> yeah, unpacking in /usr/portage is completly wrong. Just follow the > >> instructions. > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati drivers.

On Freitag 13 November 2009, Igor wrote: > В сообщении от Пятница 13 ноября 2009 05:38:24 автор Nikos Chantziaras > > написал: > > On 11/12/2009 11:55 PM, Igor wrote: > > > В сообщении от Пятница 13 ноября 2009 00:30:35 автор Volker Armin > > > Hemmann > > > > > > написал: > > >> [...] > > >> yea

Re: [gentoo-user] _exists command not found [URGENT]

On Friday 13 November 2009 11:22:06 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > a big upgrade on one of my machines (since September = > 750 packages) > broke this machine unexpectedly > It cannot start the network since in the script > /etc/init.d/net.lo > a command '_exists' is used but not found anymore.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati drivers.

В сообщении от Пятница 13 ноября 2009 05:38:24 автор Nikos Chantziaras написал: > On 11/12/2009 11:55 PM, Igor wrote: > > В сообщении от Пятница 13 ноября 2009 00:30:35 автор Volker Armin Hemmann > > > > написал: > >> [...] > >> yeah, unpacking in /usr/portage is completly wrong. Just follow the

[gentoo-user] _exists command not found [URGENT]

Hi, a big upgrade on one of my machines (since September = > 750 packages) broke this machine unexpectedly It cannot start the network since in the script /etc/init.d/net.lo a command '_exists' is used but not found anymore. Does anybody what might be broken? Many many thanks for a hint, Helmu

Re: [gentoo-user] Quoting style on HTC Dream

On Friday 13 November 2009 10:15:43 Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 01:25 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > My new! improved! shiny! Android phone has a Gmail app. It's nice to use > > but it's quoting style is horrible and looks thusly: > > Isn't Android "supposed" to be Open Source?

Re: [gentoo-user] ati drivers.

В сообщении от Пятница 13 ноября 2009 09:33:56 автор Alan McKinnon написал: > On Friday 13 November 2009 02:11:55 Igor wrote: > > В сообщении от Пятница 13 ноября 2009 02:45:36 автор Volker Armin Hemmann > > > > написал: > > > On Freitag 13 November 2009, Igor wrote: > > > > > it. It only knows ab

Re: [gentoo-user] Quoting style on HTC Dream

On Friday 13 November 2009 08:43:39 Paul Hartman wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > My new! improved! shiny! Android phone has a Gmail app. It's nice to use > > but it's quoting style is horrible and looks thusly: > > Oh my :) > > I've never used or even seen Android, but I googled and found this:

Re: [gentoo-user] Quoting style on HTC Dream

On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 01:25 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > My new! improved! shiny! Android phone has a Gmail app. It's nice to use but > it's quoting style is horrible and looks thusly: > Isn't Android "supposed" to be Open Source? What's to stop you from fixing the code yourself and recompilin