[gentoo-user] Re: Any DSDT/AML gurus out there?

2012-05-17 Thread James
Paul Hartman gmail.com> writes: > I have a laptop which apparently has a buggy DSDT. Hello Paul, We could fiddle around here, but your best bet is the old linux bios group; who now call themselves coreboot: http://www.coreboot.org Find (google) where those guys hang out online, and they can

[gentoo-user] Re: perl versioning problem, how to get beyond for @world

2012-05-17 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan McKinnon writes: [...] >> | Checking prerequisites... >> | build_requires: >> | ! Parse::CPAN::Meta (1.40) is installed, but we need version >= >> | 1.4401 >> | ERRORS/WARNINGS FOUND IN PREREQUISITES. You may wish to install >> the versions | of the modules indicated above befor

Re: [gentoo-user] In X: wants to "save screenshot". How do I stop this?

2012-05-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 17 May 2012 18:44:51 Alan McKinnon wrote: > No problems with KDE-4.8.3 and libevent-2.0.19 here Nor here with KDE 4.8.1 and libevent 2.0.18. -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 17 May 2012 20:25:01 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Outlook Express? Not even MS would attach the label "flagship" to > Outlook Express. A recent experience has suggested a reason for OE to work the way it does. Using it the way it's designed to be used, the entire conversation so far is in

[gentoo-user] Any DSDT/AML gurus out there?

2012-05-17 Thread Paul Hartman
Hi, I have a laptop which apparently has a buggy DSDT. It is possible to decompile and recompile it, including it in an in-kernel initramfs to override the one in BIOS, as described by the somewhat outdated example at: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/overridingDSDT.php My main problem is t

[gentoo-user] Re: HP A8 laptop install

2012-05-17 Thread James
Mick gmail.com> writes: > Unlike other bootloaders it does not interfere much with the original > installation and you can easily reverse the edits in the MSWindows boot menu > and re-expand the original partition before you return the laptop to Costco. OK thanks for all the input from every

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Michael Mol
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2012-05-17 12:14 PM, Michael Scherer wrote: >> >> If bottom-most is really that important to you, I will of course >> comply, though with outlook express which I'm forced to use most of >> the time this is a bit tedious. > > > Interesting...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Alex Schuster
Michael Scherer writes: > 1) make output: > > CHK include/linux/version.h > CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h > CALLscripts/checksyscalls.sh > CHK include/generated/compile.h > LD init/mounts.o > ls -Al -m elf_x86_64 -r -o init/mounts.o init/do_mounts.o > init/do_m

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Michael Scherer
On Thu, 17 May 2012 22:13:02 +0200 Michael Scherer wrote: > On Fri, 18 May 2012 01:06:02 +0700 > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On May 17, 2012 11:19 PM, "Michael Scherer" > > wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 16 May 2012 07:41:32 +0700 > > > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > > > > On May 15, 2012 7:50 AM, "Da

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17.05.2012 22:13, Michael Scherer wrote: > > 1) make output: > > CHK include/linux/version.h CHK > include/generated/utsrelease.h CALLscripts/checksyscalls.sh CHK > include/generated/compile.h LD init/mounts.o ls -Al -m > elf_x86_64

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Michael Scherer
On Fri, 18 May 2012 01:06:02 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > On May 17, 2012 11:19 PM, "Michael Scherer" > wrote: > > > > On Wed, 16 May 2012 07:41:32 +0700 > > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > > On May 15, 2012 7:50 AM, "Dale" wrote: > > > > > > > > Maybe like me, you blabber more than you think: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Michael Scherer
On Thu, 17 May 2012 13:47:56 -0400 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2012-05-17 12:14 PM, Michael Scherer > wrote: > > If bottom-most is really that important to you, I will of course > > comply, though with outlook express which I'm forced to use most of > > the time this is a bit tedious. > > Interesting

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 17 May 2012 12:14:08 -0700 ny6...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 01:47:56PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > > On 2012-05-17 12:14 PM, Michael Scherer > > wrote: > > > If bottom-most is really that important to you, I will of course > > > comply, though with outlook express which I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Michael Scherer
On Thu, 17 May 2012 12:05:07 -0500 Dale wrote: > Michael Scherer wrote: > > On Wed, 16 May 2012 07:41:32 +0700 > > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > >> On May 15, 2012 7:50 AM, "Dale" wrote: > >>> > >>> Maybe like me, you blabber more than you think: > >>> > >>> http://archives.gentoo.org/stats/gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread ny6p01
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 01:47:56PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2012-05-17 12:14 PM, Michael Scherer wrote: > > If bottom-most is really that important to you, I will of course > > comply, though with outlook express which I'm forced to use most of > > the time this is a bit tedious. > > Interest

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Michael Scherer
On Thu, 17 May 2012 18:13:14 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 17 May 2012 18:14:20 +0200, Michael Scherer wrote: > > > I had no idea what a flood of angry comments my post > > on preferring top-most would start off. > > It wasn't your preference, it was your attitude, with this comment > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Pandu Poluan
On May 17, 2012 11:19 PM, "Michael Scherer" wrote: > > On Wed, 16 May 2012 07:41:32 +0700 > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On May 15, 2012 7:50 AM, "Dale" wrote: > > > > > > Maybe like me, you blabber more than you think: > > > > > > http://archives.gentoo.org/stats/gentoo-user-per-year.xml > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-05-17 12:14 PM, Michael Scherer wrote: If bottom-most is really that important to you, I will of course comply, though with outlook express which I'm forced to use most of the time this is a bit tedious. Interesting... so, you have someone standing next to you most of the time, pointi

Re: [gentoo-user] In X: wants to "save screenshot". How do I stop this?

2012-05-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 17 May 2012 17:24:57 + Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Paul. > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 05:30:50PM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > Hi, Gentoo! > > > > Just this past hour, I've noticed that in Gnome 2, any depression > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] In X: wants to "save screenshot". How do I stop this?

2012-05-17 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Paul. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 05:30:50PM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hi, Gentoo! > > Just this past hour, I've noticed that in Gnome 2, any depression of > > wants to create a .png image of my current desktop.  This is > > regar

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 17 May 2012 18:14:20 +0200, Michael Scherer wrote: > I had no idea what a flood of angry comments my post > on preferring top-most would start off. It wasn't your preference, it was your attitude, with this comment "from now on I'm going follow my habits and damn the flames." Did you re

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Dale
Michael Scherer wrote: > On Wed, 16 May 2012 07:41:32 +0700 > Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> On May 15, 2012 7:50 AM, "Dale" wrote: >>> >>> Maybe like me, you blabber more than you think: >>> >>> http://archives.gentoo.org/stats/gentoo-user-per-year.xml >>> >>> I didn't put them in any certain order b

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

2012-05-17 Thread Michael Scherer
On Wed, 16 May 2012 07:41:32 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > On May 15, 2012 7:50 AM, "Dale" wrote: > > > > Maybe like me, you blabber more than you think: > > > > http://archives.gentoo.org/stats/gentoo-user-per-year.xml > > > > I didn't put them in any certain order but you have fallen a bit > > t

Re: [gentoo-user] ffmpeg and libav

2012-05-17 Thread john
On Thu, 17 May 2012 02:43:17 +0100 Stroller wrote: > > On 16 May 2012, at 23:29, john wrote: > > ... > > I have changed by use flag for ffmpeg to include theora. When i try > > emerge I get the following > > > > [blocks B ] media-video/ffmpeg ("media-video/ffmpeg" is > > blocking media-vid

Re: [gentoo-user] I want to play movies without hangs

2012-05-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >>> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: >> > sys-process/htop Huh? I only see the total amount of swa

Re: [gentoo-user] I want to play movies without hangs

2012-05-17 Thread Michael Mol
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: > sys-process/htop >>> >>> Huh? I only see the total amount of swap being used, but no entry per >>> process. >> >> Hit F2, and

Re: [gentoo-user] I want to play movies without hangs

2012-05-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: >>> sys-process/htop >> >> Huh? I only see the total amount of swap being used, but no entry per >> process. > > Hit F2, and go down to 'columns'. Anything per-process found under > /proc

Re: [gentoo-user] I want to play movies without hangs

2012-05-17 Thread Alex Schuster
Michael Mol wrote: > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Alex Schuster > wrote: [about showing which processes use how much swap] > > Michael Mol writes: [...] > >> sys-process/htop > > > > Huh? I only see the total amount of swap being used, but no entry per > > process. > > Hit F2, and go down

[gentoo-user] anybody using openvas here?

2012-05-17 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
Hi, after the last nvt-sync I can not login. Openvasad and md.log give me: 'Authentication information could not be loaded'. Anybody got an idea how to get around this? I tried openvasmd --rebuild and --update both didn't help. Regards, Konstantin -- Dipl-Inf. Konstantin Agouros aka Elwood Blu

Re: [gentoo-user] merging or fitting images together

2012-05-17 Thread Philip Webb
120517 Pandu Poluan wrote: > On May 17, 2012 1:07 PM, "Stroller" wrote: >> On 17 May 2012, at 05:34, Philip Webb wrote: >>> Please do (smile) & send me the result off-list >>> with the steps you followed to get there. >> I have been really enjoying following this thread. >> I felt sure from previo