Re: [gentoo-user] blocking packages when emerge gnome-light

2008-05-05 Thread Ian Graeme Hilt
few days or weeks and try again. If you don't believe me, visit these links: <http://packages.gentoo.org/package/gnome-base/control-center?full_cat> <http://packages.gentoo.org/package/gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon?full_cat> <http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-util/gtk-d

Re: [gentoo-user] tar a brand new Gentoo install to a USB drive for safe keeping?

2008-05-05 Thread Ian Graeme Hilt
On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 09:37:49AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 5 May 2008 00:04:44 -0400, Ian Graeme Hilt wrote: > > > > tar xvfp SYSTEM.tar.bz2 > > > > To extract bzip2 files with tar, you need to add the "j" option. > > That hasn&#x

Re: [gentoo-user] tar a brand new Gentoo install to a USB drive for safe keeping?

2008-05-04 Thread Ian Graeme Hilt
tly under UTC with the date command. For help with it, <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=5> Then, you might try setting the TZ variable in the shell environment to the timezone in which the tar'ed files resided. Afterwards, untar the tarball. Not sure how this will work in an "install" environment. -- Ian Graeme Hilt ian.hilt (at) gmail.com GnuPG key: 0x4AFC1EE3 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] who does fire HDD led?

2008-05-03 Thread Ian Graeme Hilt
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 03:37:21PM -0400, Ian Graeme Hilt wrote: > Is hdd a hard drive, dvd-rom drive, etc.? If it's a hard drive, > do you have media in the dvd drive when this "polling" occurs? Is hdd a hard drive, dvd-rom drive, etc.? If it's a *dvd-rom drive, do

Re: [gentoo-user] who does fire HDD led?

2008-05-03 Thread Ian Graeme Hilt
olling. Also, like I said in my previous post, look at dmesg and the log files under /var/log/. It may tell you which process is "polling". Is hdd a hard drive, dvd-rom drive, etc.? If it's a hard drive, do you have media in the dvd drive when this "polling" occurs? &qu

Re: [gentoo-user] who does fire HDD led?

2008-05-03 Thread Ian Graeme Hilt
al may provide useful output as well. -- Ian Graeme Hilt ian.hilt (at) gmail.com GnuPG key: 0x4AFC1EE3 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] strange blocks b behavior

2008-04-29 Thread Ian Graeme Hilt
ed to know what to do. <http://packages.gentoo.org/categories/> may have some helpful information. -- Ian Graeme Hilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-04-29 Thread Ian Graeme Hilt
kly, updating a 2006 install to 2008 is counter-productive. You'll have a much easier time doing a fresh 2008 install. -- Ian Graeme Hilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ftdi usb-serial converter broken

2008-04-28 Thread Ian Graeme Hilt
James wrote: > I cannot find it. cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig Then, hit the "/" key. Type in FTDI. This should bring up the path for that driver. In any case, why can you not use a module? -- Ian Graeme Hilt -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Doubt about FLAG use

2008-04-27 Thread Ian Graeme Hilt
r future use. However, for temporary configurations this is OK. -- Ian Graeme Hilt -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Doubt about FLAG use

2008-04-26 Thread Ian Graeme Hilt
se. However, for temporary configurations this is OK. -- Ian Graeme Hilt -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list