Re: [gentoo-user] Proper way of updating mysql from 5.0.90-r2 to 5.1.50?

2010-09-04 Thread Mick
On Saturday 04 September 2010 22:43:01 kashani wrote: > On 9/3/2010 10:53 PM, Jarry wrote: > > On 31. 8. 2010 20:30, Mick wrote: > >> I stop apach& mysql, run the update, dispatch-conf and then restart them > >> both. Haven't had problems since. > > > > I tried it that way: > > > > /etc/init.d/ap

Re: [gentoo-user] Proper way of updating mysql from 5.0.90-r2 to 5.1.50?

2010-09-04 Thread kashani
On 9/3/2010 10:53 PM, Jarry wrote: On 31. 8. 2010 20:30, Mick wrote: I stop apach& mysql, run the update, dispatch-conf and then restart them both. Haven't had problems since. I tried it that way: /etc/init.d/apache2 stop /etc/init.d/mysql stop emerge --ask --update --deep --newuse world eme

Re: [gentoo-user] is Hal required for a Synaptics touchpad ?

2010-09-04 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 04.09.2010 14:13, schrieb Philip Webb: > I successfully removed Hal from my desktop machine some time ago. > Today, I tried removing it from my ASUS EEE netbook : > I dropped 'hald' from the default runlevel, > & recompiled Xorg-server + Xf86-input-synaptics with USE="-hal", > but after X opens,

[gentoo-user] Re: Lilo vs. LVM

2010-09-04 Thread walt
On 09/04/2010 07:11 AM, Konstantinos Agouros wrote: Hi, I have a VM with a gentoo guest. For testing I set it up with an LVM Volume Group that consisted of only one disk. Now I added a 2nd resized the FS but lilo stopped working. When I call it I get: Way back when I was using LILO, it had to

[gentoo-user] Re: is Hal required for a Synaptics touchpad ?

2010-09-04 Thread walt
On 09/04/2010 05:13 AM, Philip Webb wrote: I successfully removed Hal from my desktop machine some time ago. Today, I tried removing it from my ASUS EEE netbook : I dropped 'hald' from the default runlevel, & recompiled Xorg-server + Xf86-input-synaptics with USE="-hal", but after X opens, every

Re: [gentoo-user] Lilo vs. LVM

2010-09-04 Thread Al
2010/9/4 Konstantinos Agouros : > Hi, > > I have a VM with a gentoo guest. For testing I set it up with an LVM > Volume Group that consisted of only one disk. Now I added a 2nd resized > the FS but lilo stopped working. When I call it I get: > > # lilo > device-mapper: table ioctl failed: No such d

Re: [gentoo-user] Baselayout 1.12.13 & bug 291916

2010-09-04 Thread Mick
On Saturday 04 September 2010 13:20:06 Philip Webb wrote: > Today -- some time after most other users (smile) -- I ran into bug 291916 > . I updated my Asus EEE netbook to Baselayout 1.12.13 & got the messages > "assuming udev failed somewhere, as /dev/zero does not exist" etc ; > downgrading back

Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED: problem with PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI

2010-09-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 12:15:01 +0100, Stroller wrote: > > Needed to use: > > > > PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="use...@mydomain.com mymailserver.com" > > I've got it without that, Portage 2.1.8.3. > > $ grep ELOG /etc/make.conf > PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error log" > PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save mail" > PO

[gentoo-user] Lilo vs. LVM

2010-09-04 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
Hi, I have a VM with a gentoo guest. For testing I set it up with an LVM Volume Group that consisted of only one disk. Now I added a 2nd resized the FS but lilo stopped working. When I call it I get: # lilo device-mapper: table ioctl failed: No such device or address Fatal: device-mapper: dm_task

[gentoo-user] Baselayout 1.12.13 & bug 291916

2010-09-04 Thread Philip Webb
Today -- some time after most other users (smile) -- I ran into bug 291916 . I updated my Asus EEE netbook to Baselayout 1.12.13 & got the messages "assuming udev failed somewhere, as /dev/zero does not exist" etc ; downgrading back to Baselayout 1.12.11.1 solved the problem. I've been using 1.12.1

[gentoo-user] is Hal required for a Synaptics touchpad ?

2010-09-04 Thread Philip Webb
I successfully removed Hal from my desktop machine some time ago. Today, I tried removing it from my ASUS EEE netbook : I dropped 'hald' from the default runlevel, & recompiled Xorg-server + Xf86-input-synaptics with USE="-hal", but after X opens, everything is frozen (no touchpad, no keys). Is an

Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED: problem with PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI

2010-09-04 Thread Stroller
On 4 Sep 2010, at 12:15, Stroller wrote: On 4 Sep 2010, at 04:53, David Relson wrote: Needed to use: PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="use...@mydomain.com mymailserver.com" I've got it without that, Portage 2.1.8.3. $ grep ELOG /etc/make.conf PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error log" PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="

Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED: problem with PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI

2010-09-04 Thread Stroller
On 4 Sep 2010, at 04:53, David Relson wrote: Needed to use: PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="use...@mydomain.com mymailserver.com" I've got it without that, Portage 2.1.8.3. $ grep ELOG /etc/make.conf PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error log" PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save mail" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="root" POR

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Plasmoid colour scheme

2010-09-04 Thread Mick
On Saturday 04 September 2010 11:44:09 Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > KDE-4.3.5 used to have nice yellow/red colours to show the upload/download > KiB/s on the System Monitor (Network) plasmoid. In the KDE-4.4.* updates > the colours are grey/white. > > The settings tab does not offer any means of ch

Re: [gentoo-user] gawk and filefuncs

2010-09-04 Thread Al
>> You say it is mandatory on a Gentoo system, because there are awk >> scripts that rely on. Do this functions break because of the missing >> kernel? What would be the workaround? > > How are you building it? It needs special commands because it needs to > become a shared object, not an executabl

[gentoo-user] [OT] Plasmoid colour scheme

2010-09-04 Thread Mick
Hi All, KDE-4.3.5 used to have nice yellow/red colours to show the upload/download KiB/s on the System Monitor (Network) plasmoid. In the KDE-4.4.* updates the colours are grey/white. The settings tab does not offer any means of changing the colours. How could I do that by editing the config

Re: [gentoo-user] gawk and filefuncs

2010-09-04 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:25:32 +0200 Al wrote: > Thank you very much. That is the best explanation a read to this. It > should be deliverd with the sources. > > Still the procedure is unusual. They could apply a patch to > extensions/ filefuncs.c and exclude it for vanilla. Since it's critical for

Re: [gentoo-user] Blocks migrating from KDE 4.4.3 to 4.5.1

2010-09-04 Thread Alex Schuster
Dale writes: > Looking forward to seeing how your upgrade works out. Everything compiled without a problem, and so far things seem to work fine. Well, as fine as before. Konqueror still cannot open the correct URL when clicking a link in kmail or kopete. Kontact is still at version 4.4.5, but

Re: [gentoo-user] cleaning:/usr/tmp/portage

2010-09-04 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 04 September 2010, Gregory Shearman wrote: > In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > > On Friday 03 September 2010, James wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> What the usual admin cycle/tools/habits > >> for pruning /usr/tmp/portage > >> for a Gentoo workstation > >> or server? > >> > >> > >> Jam

[gentoo-user] Re: Old IDE drives and the "newer" PATA kernel drivers

2010-09-04 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/04/2010 01:31 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Friday 03 September 2010 22:19:47 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:31:08 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: Just open konqueror and where URLs go, just type in "man:ls" or "info:ls" and the man or info page will pop up. Yes, thanks, I can d