Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about Seamonkey and a test.

2010-03-18 Thread Dale
stosss wrote: On Wednesday, March 17, 2010, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: Am Mittwoch 17 März 2010 schrieb Dale: I only want plain text to the mailing lists and html for everyone else. I send pics and other things to other folks. Ya don’t need HTML for that. ;-) I have even s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-18 Thread Willie Wong
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 06:57:59PM -0700, walt wrote: > On 03/17/2010 05:29 PM, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > >...That's why we have programming languages, because English is too > >forgiving and fuzzy! > > By George, I think you've got it. From now on, all political campaign > speeches should be wri

Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

2010-03-18 Thread Alex Schuster
Mick writes: > In an aterm I launch top. Then press z c and Shift+W. I get: > >Wrote configuration to '/home/michael/.toprc' Cool. Didn't know about this yet. > Fine I think, Ctrl+c to end it and move on. Next time I fire up top, > even from the same terminal, it's all looking white with

[gentoo-user] mplayer: xvid and lavc

2010-03-18 Thread Arnau Bria
Hi all, I'm trying to add some sub to a video with menconder (following a receipt). I run something like: mencoder mi_video.avi -oac pcm -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=xvid:mbd=2:trell:autoaspect -sub mis_subs.srt -subfont-text-scale 3 -o video_final.avi but I get the error: [...] Selected audio

Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

2010-03-18 Thread o0o . atlantis . o0o
Le Thursday 18 Mar 2010 à 12:06:12 (+0100), Alex Schuster a écrit : > Mick writes: > > > In an aterm I launch top. Then press z c and Shift+W. I get: > > > >Wrote configuration to '/home/michael/.toprc' > > Cool. Didn't know about this yet. > > > Fine I think, Ctrl+c to end it and move on

Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer: xvid and lavc

2010-03-18 Thread Norman Rieß
Am 03/18/10 12:20, schrieb Arnau Bria: Hi all, I'm trying to add some sub to a video with menconder (following a receipt). I run something like: mencoder mi_video.avi -oac pcm -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=xvid:mbd=2:trell:autoaspect -sub mis_subs.srt -subfont-text-scale 3 -o video_final.avi b

Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

2010-03-18 Thread Alex Schuster
o0o.atlantis@gmail.com writes: > Same thing here, nothing was highlighted and my .toprc looked like > yours I added Def, Job, Mem and usr in the file and it's fine now. > The question is why is the file not having the right syntax? > here: > top: procps version 3.2.8 on amd64 I tried with sy

Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer: xvid and lavc

2010-03-18 Thread Arnau Bria
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:38:01 +0100 Norman Rieß wrote: > Hello, Hi Norman, > i allways had problems with lavc so i used xvid in mplayer directly: > mencoder sourcefile -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=vbitrate -oac > mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=abitrate -o result_path I don't get it source file

Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

2010-03-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:06:20 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: > I tried with sys-process/procps-3.2.7, sys-process/procps-3.2.8 and sys- > process/procps-3.2.8-r1 (all x86), all without the problem. I had a similar problem in that I could save changes as a user but not when logged in as root. In that

[gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread James
Hello, I've successfully set up many printers, using cups and HPLIP before. I prefer to use CUPS. So I cannot find an explicit listing for this new model HP printer: "OfficeJet Pro 8500"; so I'm using this driver: HP OfficeJet Pro 1150C. Everything works, admin from localhost:631 for CUPS; HP

Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread Dale
James wrote: Hello, I've successfully set up many printers, using cups and HPLIP before. I prefer to use CUPS. So I cannot find an explicit listing for this new model HP printer: "OfficeJet Pro 8500"; so I'm using this driver: HP OfficeJet Pro 1150C. Everything works, admin from localhost:63

Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer: xvid and lavc

2010-03-18 Thread Norman Rieß
Am 03/18/10 13:14, schrieb Arnau Bria: On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:38:01 +0100 Norman Rieß wrote: Hello, Hi Norman, i allways had problems with lavc so i used xvid in mplayer directly: mencoder sourcefile -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=vbitrate -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=abitrat

Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

2010-03-18 Thread Renat Golubchyk
Hi! On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:19:34 + Mick wrote: > In an aterm I launch top. Then press z c and Shift+W. I get: > >Wrote configuration to '/home/michael/.toprc' > > Fine I think, Ctrl+c to end it and move on. Next time I fire up top, > even from the same terminal, it's all looking

Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer: xvid and lavc

2010-03-18 Thread Arnau Bria
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:54:12 +0100 Norman Rieß wrote: > Um...it is not the exact command you should use in your case with the > subs, it is an example on how to bypass the lavc problem. > Producing a working command, that suits _your_ needs is still your > job ;-). Oh! thanks, going to see into

[gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread James
Dale gmail.com> writes: > http://opensolaris.org/jive/message.jspa?messageID=400875#400875 I tried those drivers: 6450 and the clj2605 and it made matters worse. Any other ideas? Maybe I need to start hacking the /etc/cups/printers.conf file? thanks, James

[gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread James
Dale gmail.com> writes: > http://opensolaris.org/jive/message.jspa?messageID=400875#400875 > About the third one down. Maybe that will help. The best driver I have found, is the HP OfficeJet Pro 1150C Foomatic/cdj550 (color). It works fine except no duplex printing. Maybe some printer

[gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread James
James tampabay.rr.com> writes: > Maybe some printer wiz will figure out how to just > edit the /etc/cups/printers.conf file directly Well, I hate to keep answering my own posts surely one of the more astute admins will jump in? (and keep me from looking.foolish?) So continuing to

Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer: xvid and lavc

2010-03-18 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Donnerstag 18 März 2010 schrieb Arnau Bria: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to add some sub to a video with menconder (following a > receipt). > > I run something like: > > mencoder mi_video.avi -oac pcm -ovc lavc -lavcopts > vcodec=xvid:mbd=2:trell:autoaspect -sub mis_subs.srt -subfont-text-scale 3

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread Dale
James wrote: James tampabay.rr.com> writes: Maybe some printer wiz will figure out how to just edit the /etc/cups/printers.conf file directly Well, I hate to keep answering my own posts surely one of the more astute admins will jump in? (and keep me from looking.fooli

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Strategy for using SAN/NAS for storage with Gentoo...

2010-03-18 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 17.03.2010 22:00, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:44:34 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: > >> Just for clarification: Is it really necessary to unplug the broken disk >> for this to work? >> If read access fails on sda and the BIOS tries sdb, would this also >> work? Isn't grub's h

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-18 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Donnerstag 18 März 2010 schrieb walt: > On 03/17/2010 05:29 PM, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > ...That's why we have programming languages, because English is too > > forgiving and fuzzy! > > By George, I think you've got it. From now on, all political campaign > speeches should be written in C. We

[gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread James
Dale gmail.com> writes: > I think ppds and hpcups is the key ones. I would at least start with > those. So hplip and cups work together? I thought is was one or the other? You use the hpcups flag and not the new-hpcups flag? James

[gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread James
Dale gmail.com> writes: > [ebuild R ] net-print/cups-1.3.11-r1 USE="X acl avahi dbus gnutls > java jpeg ldap pam perl png ppds python ssl tiff zeroconf -kerberos -php > -samba -slp -static -xinetd" LINGUAS="en -de -es -et -fr -he -id -it -ja > -pl -sv -zh_TW" 0 kB I could not help but

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:50:14 + (UTC), James wrote: > So hplip and cups work together? I thought is was one > or the other? hplip is a set of drivers, for use by CUPS and other programs. -- Neil Bothwick Programmer (n): A red-eyed, mumbling mammal capable of conversing with inanimate objec

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with script calling OOCalc on amd64

2010-03-18 Thread Mick
On Thursday 18 March 2010 03:29:00 Dan Wallis wrote: > On 16 March 2010 12:41, Mick wrote: > > On a x86 system, oocalc launches, I use the file and when I close it > > shred removes it. On the amd64 system, the file is shredded as soon as > > it is opened. This is what happens: > > I get somet

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:50:14 + (UTC), James wrote: So hplip and cups work together? I thought is was one or the other? hplip is a set of drivers, for use by CUPS and other programs. I think Neil is correct. I have both. I don't know if it will work

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread Dale
James wrote: Dale gmail.com> writes: [ebuild R ] net-print/cups-1.3.11-r1 USE="X acl avahi dbus gnutls java jpeg ldap pam perl png ppds python ssl tiff zeroconf -kerberos -php -samba -slp -static -xinetd" LINGUAS="en -de -es -et -fr -he -id -it -ja -pl -sv -zh_TW" 0 kB I co

Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

2010-03-18 Thread Mick
On Thursday 18 March 2010 14:07:37 Renat Golubchyk wrote: > Hi! > > On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:19:34 + Mick > > wrote: > > In an aterm I launch top. Then press z c and Shift+W. I get: > > > >Wrote configuration to '/home/michael/.toprc' > > > > Fine I think, Ctrl+c to end it and move on.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 18 March 2010 21:55:14 Dale wrote: > James wrote: > > Dale gmail.com> writes: > >> [ebuild R ] net-print/cups-1.3.11-r1 USE="X acl avahi dbus gnutls > >> java jpeg ldap pam perl png ppds python ssl tiff zeroconf -kerberos -php > >> -samba -slp -static -xinetd" LINGUAS="en -de -es

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread Mick
On Thursday 18 March 2010 19:55:14 Dale wrote: > James wrote: > > Dale gmail.com> writes: > >> [ebuild R ] net-print/cups-1.3.11-r1 USE="X acl avahi dbus gnutls > >> java jpeg ldap pam perl png ppds python ssl tiff zeroconf -kerberos -php > >> -samba -slp -static -xinetd" LINGUAS="en -de -es

Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
James schrieb am 18.03.2010 14:37: > So I cannot find an explicit listing for this new model HP printer: > "OfficeJet Pro 8500"; so I'm using this driver: > HP OfficeJet Pro 1150C. According to http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html your printer is supported sine hplip

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 3/18/2010 3:55 PM, Dale wrote: > I think avahi is a KDE thing. I don't really know what zeroconf is. If > I recall correctly, some package said it had to have that so I turned it > on. No clue what it is even after looking up the definition with euse. > May as well be Greek. ;-) Zeroconf

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server performance

2010-03-18 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 13.03.2010 19:25, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: >> If you are on linux soft raid you might check your disks for errors >> with smartmontools. Other than that the only thing I can think of is >> something like a performance regression in the ide/scsi/sata >> controller (on host or virtual) or m

[gentoo-user] [HELP] Intermittent software RAID failures

2010-03-18 Thread Carlos Hendson
Hello, I've got a Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop with dual 2.5" hard drives setup using software RAID1. I've had this computer for about a year and half and all's been working well. I've experienced intermittent software RAID errors like those found in the "softraid-fail.txt" attachment. Initially I

Re: [gentoo-user] [HELP] Intermittent software RAID failures

2010-03-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Carlos Hendson wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop with dual 2.5" hard drives setup > using software RAID1.  I've had this computer for about a year and half > and all's been working well. > > I've experienced intermittent software RAID errors

[gentoo-user] Setting up WLAN and VPN the right way

2010-03-18 Thread Stefan Schulte
Hi at all, I'm trying to setup VPN on my Laptop but I'm stuck. When I'm at the university I have to connect to their WLAN and then setting up a VPN-Connection. All packets should take the VPN-tunnel. Here's what I've got so far: 1) W-LAN connection works and I get an ip, default route and DNS-Ser

Re: [gentoo-user] [HELP] Intermittent software RAID failures

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Thu, 03/18, Carlos Hendson wrote: === > I've experienced intermittent software RAID errors like those found in > the "softraid-fail.txt" attachment. === That's most likely your disk starting to fail. -- Keith Dart -- --

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with script calling OOCalc on amd64

2010-03-18 Thread Dan Wallis
On 19 March 2010 08:42, Mick wrote: > Is there some bash incantation I can use then with OOo compiled from source, > to keep the terminal open until I close OOo? I guess something like this might do the trick: while pgrep ooffice >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done Although I'm not at my Gentoo box

Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread Philip Webb
100318 Daniel Pielmeier wrote: >> hpcups > Is the new printer driver which replaces the hpijs driver. >> hpijs > See above. Well, I replaced 'hpijs' with 'hpcups' & my printer wouldn't work, so I restored 'hpijs' & dropped 'hpcups' & all was ok. It's an ancient Deskjet 500C with the b+w '500' driv