Re: [gentoo-user] Extended file attributes: ext4

2012-04-10 Thread Stroller
On 9 April 2012, at 15:09, Michael Mol wrote: … So, ext2's extended attribute set listed support for compression (among other things), but it wasn't implemented. … Digging into the kenrel source for ext4 in linux-3.2.1.-gentoo-r2, there are symbols defined for managing compression, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Extended file attributes: ext4

2012-04-10 Thread Stroller
On 9 April 2012, at 13:04, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: … This means ext4 mandatory if you want to use it, and this (usually) means GRUB2, which is still considered beta. … Interesting. Do you have extents enabled in the filesystem? Mine does: # tune2fs -l /dev/sda4 | grep features

Re: [gentoo-user] User can mount/umount but not write to top the new drive

2012-04-10 Thread Stroller
On 9 April 2012, at 20:59, Mark Knecht wrote: … In the past I've gotten around this by having root mount the drive and then change ownership to mark:users once it's mounted. Linux remembers I've done that once and no longer requires me to do anything else as root. Is that truly

[gentoo-user] PCI video cards, hardware accel, upported by open-source drivers?

2012-04-10 Thread Walter Dnes
With the recent speed bump on my ADSL service from 5 megabps to 6 (don't laugh), I can now download 1080p Youtube Flash videos almost fast enough to keep up. E.g. a 20 or 25 second headstart will allow me to play a 5 minute video before it has to buffer. On some html5 videos (Firefox with

Re: [gentoo-user] User can mount/umount but not write to top the new drive

2012-04-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:18:38 +0100 Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 9 April 2012, at 20:59, Mark Knecht wrote: … In the past I've gotten around this by having root mount the drive and then change ownership to mark:users once it's mounted. Linux remembers I've done

[gentoo-user] Re: PCI video cards, hardware accel, upported by open-source drivers?

2012-04-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/04/12 14:26, Walter Dnes wrote: With the recent speed bump on my ADSL service from 5 megabps to 6 (don't laugh), I can now download 1080p Youtube Flash videos almost fast enough to keep up. E.g. a 20 or 25 second headstart will allow me to play a 5 minute video before it has to buffer.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: PCI video cards, hardware accel, upported by open-source drivers?

2012-04-10 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/04/12 14:26, Walter Dnes wrote:   With the recent speed bump on my ADSL service from 5 megabps to 6 (don't laugh), I can now download 1080p Youtube Flash videos almost fast enough to keep up.  E.g. a 20 or 25

Re: [gentoo-user] Extended file attributes: ext4

2012-04-10 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 6:00 AM, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 9 April 2012, at 13:04, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: … This means ext4 mandatory if you want to use it, and this (usually) means GRUB2, which is still considered beta. … Interesting. Do you have extents

Re: [gentoo-user] PCI video cards, hardware accel, upported by open-source drivers?

2012-04-10 Thread Stroller
On 10 April 2012, at 12:26, Walter Dnes wrote: With the recent speed bump on my ADSL service from 5 megabps to 6 (don't laugh), I can now download 1080p Youtube Flash videos almost fast enough to keep up. E.g. a 20 or 25 second headstart will allow me to play a 5 minute video before it has

[gentoo-user] Re: PCI video cards, hardware accel, upported by open-source drivers?

2012-04-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/04/12 17:19, Michael Mol wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Nikos Chantziarasrea...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/04/12 14:26, Walter Dnes wrote: With the recent speed bump on my ADSL service from 5 megabps to 6 (don't laugh), I can now download 1080p Youtube Flash videos almost fast

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE compose key with Fluxbox

2012-04-10 Thread Philip Webb
120409 Mick wrote: On Monday 09 Apr 2012 20:35:33 Philip Webb wrote: The gruesome details cb found in KDE bug 294949 . I add the second keyboard as Option XkbLayout in my xorg.conf and Option XkbOptions grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll to be able to use Alt+Shift to activate it. That's

[gentoo-user] Openvz Vserver

2012-04-10 Thread siefke_lis...@web.de
Hello, i have Vserver from Strato. I want installed Gentoo, because i like Gentoo. I have found two Howtos, but what i not really understand, what is with the Kernel and Grub, i can nothing read there. Or understand i something wrong? Have someone experience with it? Thanks, Regards Silvio

[gentoo-user] Gnome without PulseAudio?

2012-04-10 Thread Alex Schuster
Hi there! Recently, PulseAudio got installed. Seems like gnome-settings-daemon version 3 no longer has the pulseaudio use flag, so it wants pulseaudio, which needs alsa-plugins built with the pulseaudio use flag. I wouldn't mind using PulseAudio, but ist starts automatically when I play movies,

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome without PulseAudio?

2012-04-10 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Hi there! Recently, PulseAudio got installed. Seems like gnome-settings-daemon version 3 no longer has the pulseaudio use flag, so it wants pulseaudio, which needs alsa-plugins built with the pulseaudio use flag. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome without PulseAudio?

2012-04-10 Thread Alex Schuster
Canek Peláez Valdés writes: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Recently, PulseAudio got installed. Seems like gnome-settings-daemon version 3 no longer has the pulseaudio use flag, so it wants pulseaudio, which needs alsa-plugins built with the

[gentoo-user] Heads up, remote root vulnerability discovered in Samba

2012-04-10 Thread Paul Hartman
Samba versions 3.6.3 and all versions previous to this are affected by a vulnerability that allows remote code execution as the root user from an anonymous connection. As this does not require an authenticated connection it is the most serious vulnerability possible in a program, and users and

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome without PulseAudio?

2012-04-10 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Canek Peláez Valdés writes: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Recently, PulseAudio got installed. Seems like gnome-settings-daemon version 3 no longer has the pulseaudio use

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome without PulseAudio?

2012-04-10 Thread Alecks Gates
Alecks Gates, sent from Android on an HTC G2 On Apr 11, 2012 12:04 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Canek Peláez Valdés writes: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome without PulseAudio?

2012-04-10 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Alecks Gates aleck...@gmail.com wrote: Alecks Gates, sent from Android on an HTC G2 On Apr 11, 2012 12:04 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Canek Peláez Valdés

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome without PulseAudio?

2012-04-10 Thread Alecks Gates
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Alecks Gates aleck...@gmail.com wrote: Alecks Gates, sent from Android on an HTC G2 On Apr 11, 2012 12:04 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at

Re: [gentoo-user] Openvz Vserver

2012-04-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 11.04.2012 01:14, schrieb siefke_lis...@web.de: Hello, i have Vserver from Strato. I want installed Gentoo, because i like Gentoo. I have found two Howtos, but what i not really understand, what is with the Kernel and Grub, i can nothing read there. Or understand i something wrong?

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome without PulseAudio?

2012-04-10 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Alecks Gates aleck...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Alecks Gates aleck...@gmail.com wrote: Alecks Gates, sent from Android on an HTC G2 On Apr 11, 2012 12:04