Re: [gentoo-user] Acer 5103 WLMi laptop

2006-12-04 Thread Ian Porter
Daniel Barkalow wrote: On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Ian Porter wrote: Hi All, I have just purchased an new Acer laptop, 5103 WLMi and I am using gentoo on my desktop machine but would like to have an dual boot on the laptop as well. I had good luck going to http://gentoo-wiki.com

[gentoo-user] Acer 5103 WLMi laptop

2006-12-04 Thread Ian Porter
Hi All, I have just purchased an new Acer laptop, 5103 WLMi and I am using gentoo on my desktop machine but would like to have an dual boot on the laptop as well. I have tried the am64 since it dual turion 64 processors, but get kernel panics. Was just wondering if there is any advice on wh

Re: [gentoo-user] mencoder: error encoding, following howto

2006-06-21 Thread Ian Porter
Hi > Having given up on dvdrip for ripping dvd's, i've since moved on to a > howto I was pointed at: > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Rip_DVD_mencoder > Not sure how much of a help it is, but ages ago I was playing about with linux avi/mpeg - dvd ripping etc.. and did write up a couple of notes

Re: [gentoo-user] Yipes I lost the ability to smb:// browse

2006-02-08 Thread Ian Porter
Hi On Wednesday 08 February 2006 21:24, Harry Putnam wrote: > Crosspost Alert: gmane.linux.gentoo.use gmane.comp.kde.general > > Setup: Gentoo linux (kernel 2.6.15-r3) >kde-3.5 > > I don't use konquerors ability to browse a network with smb protocol > to often, but it has always been ther

Re: [gentoo-user] problem emerging UT2004

2006-02-03 Thread Ian Porter
Hi > Hey everybody, > > Â This is kind of stupid problem, but I just can't seem to figure this > one out. Â I can't emerge UT2004. Â I set my CD_ROOT to my cdrom > (/media/hdc) and the first CD copies fine, but it never gives me time > to umount and mount the second CD. Â It simply tries (and t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge R

2005-11-07 Thread Ian Porter
Hi, On Thursday 27 October 2005 12:30, Ian Porter wrote: > Hi, > > > You should definitely use these drivers - they're excellent. I'm sure > > that once you `emerge rt2500` your problems will be resolved. The name > > of the interface will change from wlan0 to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Ian Porter
Hi, > > On Oct 27, 2005, at 9:03 am, Ian Porter wrote: >> >> ...I am running ndiswrapper (forgot >> the version because I am at work at present), but using rt2500.inf for >> the >> windows drivers. I am thinking about trying out the rtx00 drivers, >&g

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Ian Porter
Hi, >> Oh soz, thought that "R" meant re-compile. sorry. > > it does mean recompile, however what your saying is: > emerge -p = compile newest stable version of package > > and if the newest stable version is the one you've already got, then it > will "Recompile" it. K, cheers, I am still learni

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Ian Porter
Hi Iain :) > Hi Ian, Iain here! > > On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 08:03 +0000, Ian Porter wrote: >> > >> > I am just wondering if there is an option within emerge that will >> > tell me which packages need to be re-compiled >> > [ R ] > > recompile

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Ian Porter
Hi, > Ian Porter wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I am just wondering if there is an option within emerge that will tell >> me which packages need to be re-compiled >> [ R ] > > try: > module-rebuild list > (and change list to rebuild if you want to rebuild t

[gentoo-user] Re: emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Ian Porter
Hi, > Hi All, > > I am just wondering if there is an option within emerge that will tell > me which packages need to be re-compiled > [ R ] > Soz, forgot to say that the wpa_supplicant is now 0.3.9 and I have tried going back to 0.3.8, but both do not work. I am running ndiswrapper (forgot the

[gentoo-user] emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Ian Porter
Hi All, I am just wondering if there is an option within emerge that will tell me which packages need to be re-compiled [ R ] Because I have just updated the wpa_supplicant and now my wireless card is not working but found out that baselayout, ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant are all saying that

Re: [gentoo-user] Newcomer: Nvidia from GRP and MX4000

2005-10-24 Thread Ian Porter
Hi On Sunday 23 October 2005 02:55, Alan E. Davis wrote: > On AMD64 system with an MX 4000 video card. > > I have made it through an installation, installing everything from the > Packages (GRP) disk. This has been a no-net install so far. > > Trying to configure Xorg, after installing nvidia-kerne

[gentoo-user] printing - via windows PC

2005-09-25 Thread Ian Porter
Hi all, I am trying to print on my linux pc via a windows xp pro pc (the printer is a HP 1110 PSC), but I have followed the advice on http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_print_winserver but keep on either getting NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED message via the smb url or ERRDOS via the lpd method. I have tri