Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Awesome WM, io.popen() attempt to index io nil value

2012-03-05 Thread Claudio Roberto França Pereira
Repeat the question on awes...@naquadah.org. Subscribe to it as usual, awesome+subscr...@naquadah.org.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook

2012-03-05 Thread Alex Schuster
Pandu Poluan writes: > On Mar 5, 2012 3:37 AM, "Alex Schuster" wrote: > > Now I have a related question: My new seagate Barracuda > > Green 2TB ST2000DL003-9VT166 drive has 4096 bytes per sector, but uses > > something that is called SmartAlign(TM) [*]. Seagate says that there > > are no perform

[gentoo-user] php 5.2 ebuild ?

2012-03-05 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Does anyone know where to get working ebuilds for PHP 5.2 ... ? Thanks, Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] Photo management programs

2012-03-05 Thread Todd Goodman
* Michael Mol [120304 15:12]: > So I take a lot of pictures. A *lot* of pictures. Sometimes around > 500/month, sometimes twice that if I manage to get out more. I've got > a large number of 'DCIM' directories from different cameras, different > camera models, etc, going back ten years. Sometimes

[gentoo-user] EFI Boot Gentoo DVD-Live amd64 und HP-EFI-Bios

2012-03-05 Thread claude angéloz
Hi, If eyeverone has an experience with that. I can boot in EFI Mode and install some other Linux distros on my Hp8440p . And I will do the same for Gentoo, but until today I cannot do that, or exactly only in legacy-boot. And this is perturbing my GPT Partition Table... I guess that actually i

[gentoo-user] x11-wm/razorqt

2012-03-05 Thread James
http://razor-qt.org Well, KDE seems to know no end to "bloat". So my search has begun. I like QT, so I'm looking for something based on QT, but not bloated like KDE. razorqt seems new and interesting. Has anyone any feedback about this ebuild? James

Re: [gentoo-user] php 5.2 ebuild ?

2012-03-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:46:32 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Does anyone know where to get working ebuilds for PHP 5.2 ... ? http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/php/?hideattic=0 -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 27: Military Intelligence signature.asc D

Re: [gentoo-user] php 5.2 ebuild ?

2012-03-05 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 05.03.2012 14:58, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:46:32 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > >> Does anyone know where to get working ebuilds for PHP 5.2 ... ? > > http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/php/?hideattic=0 oh, thanks ... Now it doesn't

Re: [gentoo-user] php 5.2 ebuild ?

2012-03-05 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 05.03.2012 15:06, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Am 05.03.2012 14:58, schrieb Neil Bothwick: >> On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:46:32 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know where to get working ebuilds for PHP 5.2 ... ? >> >> http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/de

Re: [gentoo-user] php 5.2 ebuild ?

2012-03-05 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 05.03.2012 15:27, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Am 05.03.2012 15:06, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: >> Am 05.03.2012 14:58, schrieb Neil Bothwick: >>> On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:46:32 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >>> Does anyone know where to get working ebuilds for PHP 5.2 ... ? >>> >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook

2012-03-05 Thread Alex Schuster
Grant writes: > > The performance is only impacted if the sector size is something other > >  than 512 bytes. The newer 4K sector size used by some higher density > > drives requires that you start partitions on a sector boundary or they > > will perform badly. There isn't an actually performance

Re: [gentoo-user] Photo management programs

2012-03-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Dale wrote: > Michael Mol wrote: >> So I take a lot of pictures. A *lot* of pictures. Sometimes around >> 500/month, sometimes twice that if I manage to get out more. I've got >> a large number of 'DCIM' directories from different cameras, different >> camera models

Re: [gentoo-user] EFI Boot Gentoo DVD-Live amd64 und HP-EFI-Bios

2012-03-05 Thread Stroller
On 5 March 2012, at 13:51, claude angéloz wrote: > ... > What is missing in the DVD-Live or Minimal CD Install to boot correctly > in EFI Mode ? > > The path /boot/efi/ is missing ... like one of the working other > distro... Use a different liveCD. Try systemRescueCD first. Earlier today Gran

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook

2012-03-05 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mar 5, 2012 11:04 PM, "Alex Schuster" wrote: > > Grant writes: > > > > The performance is only impacted if the sector size is something other > > > than 512 bytes. The newer 4K sector size used by some higher density > > > drives requires that you start partitions on a sector boundary or they

[gentoo-user] Color profiles and colorspace awareness

2012-03-05 Thread Michael Mol
What's the current state of color space awareness and color profiles on Linux? I'm at the point where I'd be willing to spring for a calibration kit to calibrate my monitors, which did not themselves come with color profiles...except all the kits I've seen seem to assume Windows. I'd like to move

Re: [gentoo-user] Color profiles and colorspace awareness

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > What's the current state of color space awareness and color profiles > on Linux? I'm at the point where I'd be willing to spring for a > calibration kit to calibrate my monitors, which did not themselves > come with color profiles...except all

Re: [gentoo-user] Color profiles and colorspace awareness

2012-03-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Michael Mol wrote: >> What's the current state of color space awareness and color profiles >> on Linux? I'm at the point where I'd be willing to spring for a >> calibration kit to calibrate my monitors, which

Re: [gentoo-user] Photo management programs

2012-03-05 Thread Dale
Michael Mol wrote: > Based on this and other posts in the thread, I'll probably give > digikam a try. I did want to clarify one point, though: I don't > connect the camera to the computer; I put the SD card into a card > reader, and copy from there. > It is a nice program and I'm pretty sure it

Re: [gentoo-user] Photo management programs

2012-03-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Dale wrote: > Michael Mol wrote: > >> Based on this and other posts in the thread, I'll probably give >> digikam a try. I did want to clarify one point, though: I don't >> connect the camera to the computer; I put the SD card into a card >> reader, and copy from th

Re: [gentoo-user] Photo management programs

2012-03-05 Thread Todd Goodman
* Dale [120305 12:09]: [..] > Honestly, if digikam worked right with my camera, I'd use it in a heart > beat. I like it but I can't get my pics to show up right. I can't > figure out why tho. Maybe I should try getting from the stick like you > do? Thing is, I leave my camera on the tri-pod ab

Re: [gentoo-user] php 5.2 ebuild ?

2012-03-05 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
It seems as if I solved the original problem by *simply* correcting a typo ... you know ... Thanks, Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] Photo management programs

2012-03-05 Thread Dale
Todd Goodman wrote: > * Dale [120305 12:09]: > [..] >> Honestly, if digikam worked right with my camera, I'd use it in a heart >> beat. I like it but I can't get my pics to show up right. I can't >> figure out why tho. Maybe I should try getting from the stick like you >> do? Thing is, I leave

Re: [gentoo-user] EFI Boot Gentoo DVD-Live amd64 und HP-EFI-Bios

2012-03-05 Thread claude angéloz
Hi, Thank. With the last SytemRescueCD (copied to an usb-stick) my efi bios see that the usb-stick coulb be "efi-bootable". I see both HD and the USB Devices in my "EFI Navigator".. I can navigate within the SystemRescueCD trough my EFI "FileSystem Navigator" . I cannot boot on this usb (open an

Re: [gentoo-user] Photo management programs

2012-03-05 Thread Dale
Michael Mol wrote: > Check out the Eye-Fi? > > http://www.eye.fi/ > > When I first heard about it, someone had just gotten a receiving > daemon written in Python to work with it. > Well, I don't have any wi-fi around here. I live in the sticks but I still don't want that, not yet at least.

Re: [gentoo-user] EFI Boot Gentoo DVD-Live amd64 und HP-EFI-Bios

2012-03-05 Thread claude angéloz
Hi, I found the following link to create an usblive http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml I will try this to check if this will be efi-able bootable Claude Le lundi 05 mars 2012 à 19:38 +0100, claude angéloz a écrit : > Hi, > > Thank. > With the last SytemRescueCD (copied to an usb-s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook

2012-03-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 23:33:20 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Mar 5, 2012 11:04 PM, "Alex Schuster" wrote: > > > > Grant writes: > > > > > > The performance is only impacted if the sector size is > > > > something other than 512 bytes. The newer 4K sector size used > > > > by some higher density dr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook

2012-03-05 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Alex Schuster wrote: > Grant writes: > >> > The performance is only impacted if the sector size is something other >> >  than 512 bytes. The newer 4K sector size used by some higher density >> > drives requires that you start partitions on a sector boundary or they

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook

2012-03-05 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Mar 5, 2012 4:59 AM, "Grant" wrote: >> >> >> All my drives says this from fdisk: >> >> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >>

[gentoo-user] kscreensaver

2012-03-05 Thread Stephane Guedon
Hi I wonder how to solve my problem with kscreensaver : it launch when idle, ok, but also when a film is on (witch looks like idle, but not actually, obviously). So, what to do, do you think ? Thanks for help guys ! -- Stéphane Guedon | www.22decembre.eu Protegez vos courriers sur internet au

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-wm/razorqt

2012-03-05 Thread john
On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 13:53:04 + (UTC) James wrote: > http://razor-qt.org > > > Well, KDE seems to know no end to "bloat". > > So my search has begun. I like QT, so I'm > looking for something based on QT, but not > bloated like KDE. > > razorqt seems new and interesting. > Has anyone any f

[gentoo-user] Why can't I print in landscape?

2012-03-05 Thread Mick
Is there some secret setting to allow me to print in landscape from FF, or Chromium, or Okular? No matter what I set in the application my printer (HP 930c) will only print in portrait and chop off half the page. :-( -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed mess

Re: [gentoo-user] EFI Boot Gentoo DVD-Live amd64 und HP-EFI-Bios

2012-03-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 16:22:35 +, Stroller wrote: > Use a different liveCD. Try systemRescueCD first. Earlier today Grant > mentioned success with a kbuntu disk (I thought they'd stopped making > that?). They have, or at least they've stopped financing it, so it will be purely community supporte

Re: [gentoo-user] Photo management programs

2012-03-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 12:10:40 -0500, Michael Mol wrote: > Well, I use scp to move the files from machines with with card readers > to the machines I do processing. If digikam has any kind of 'import' > support, that'd do it. Just drop the files into Digikam's working directory and run "Scan for new

Re: [gentoo-user] Photo management programs

2012-03-05 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 11:04:47AM -0600, Dale wrote: > Michael Mol wrote: > > > Based on this and other posts in the thread, I'll probably give > > digikam a try. I did want to clarify one point, though: I don't > > connect the camera to the computer; I put the SD card into a card > > reader, and

[gentoo-user] Re: Why can't I print in landscape?

2012-03-05 Thread walt
On 03/05/2012 02:24 PM, Mick wrote: > Is there some secret setting to allow me to print in landscape from FF, or > Chromium, or Okular? > > No matter what I set in the application my printer (HP 930c) will only print > in portrait and chop off half the page. :-( In FF I see buttons for portrai

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Why can't I print in landscape?

2012-03-05 Thread Mick
On Monday 05 Mar 2012 23:55:31 walt wrote: > On 03/05/2012 02:24 PM, Mick wrote: > > Is there some secret setting to allow me to print in landscape from FF, > > or Chromium, or Okular? > > > > No matter what I set in the application my printer (HP 930c) will only > > print in portrait and chop off

Re: [gentoo-user] kscreensaver

2012-03-05 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 05.03.2012 22:41, schrieb Stephane Guedon: > Hi > > I wonder how to solve my problem with kscreensaver : it launch when idle, ok, > but also when a film is on (witch looks like idle, but not actually, > obviously). > > So, what to do, do you think ? > > Thanks for help guys ! mplayer, mpla