Re: [gentoo-user] partitioning for multimedia performance and dual-booting linux/windex

2006-05-10 Thread Liviu
in is Open-Source (GPL). Version 1.3 fixes read errors with newer ReiserFS partitions."-- Liviu

[gentoo-user] which file is currently being written to disk?

2011-03-07 Thread Liviu Andronic
locating them. I've tried lsof | grep opera but the output is messy and not really helpful. Any other ideas? Regards Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write?

[gentoo-user] repair damaged pdf?

2011-04-14 Thread Liviu Andronic
ption in open_reader() Error: Failed to open PDF file: Class 1.pdf Errors encountered. No output created. Done. Input errors, so no output created. Regards Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#spee

Re: [gentoo-user] repair damaged pdf?

2011-04-14 Thread Liviu Andronic
ild/mupdf-0.8. ... /pdfclean" "/tmp/Class 1.pdf" (1173) returned >'0' liv@liv-laptop:/tmp$ pdftops out.pdf Error: Top-level pages object is wrong type (null) Error: Couldn't read page catalog Regards Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] replacement for pdftk

2010-05-30 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Dan Johansson wrote: > Any suggestions for a good command line tool to manage PDFs like pdftk (split > (burst) a PDF, combine two or more PDFs, Rotate PDFs and so on)? > http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/05/26/pdf-linux Liviu

[gentoo-user] Re: xfce: unable to perform shutdown

2010-01-04 Thread Liviu Andronic
en hitting the shutdown/restart button. Liviu [1] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-xfce-devel/2009-April/008492.html [2] http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-u...@lists.debian.org/msg553778.html

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

2009-02-07 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Grant wrote: > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf editing while traveling. Does > There's also wpa_gui. Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge R

2009-02-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
gt; driven. > Although clearly under-developed, there are various GUIs for R. Couple of links below: http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/ http://wiki.r-project.org/rwiki/doku.php?id=guides:stats-with-r:01intro-to-r#gui_--_or_lack_thereof http://wiki.r-project.org/rwiki/doku.php?id=tips:using-gui:find_gui

Re: [gentoo-user] perfect IDE

2009-02-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
t open > source and I've not used it. > Komodo IDE is indeed closesource, but Komodo Edit seems LGPLed. There's an ebuild on bugzilla [1]. Another package missing your list is Geany [2]. It's less fancy, but you might appreciate its being simple. Liviu [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/

Re: [gentoo-user] backup program recommendations?

2009-03-13 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Dale wrote: > I use Kbackup and then k3b to burn them.  Works well so far.  Just > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Robin Atwood wrote: > DAR - http://dar.linux.free.fr/. There is also a gui, kdar. > Are there GUIs not depending on KDE? -- Do you know how to

Re: [gentoo-user] simple firewall

2009-04-06 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 12:24 AM, gigli wrote: > kmyfirewall and others, didn't really like them. Something like ufw > would be nice. > The other day I filed a bug report for gufw [1], but there's no ebuild sofar. Liviu [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264912 --

[gentoo-user] on-line info on masked packages

2009-04-10 Thread Liviu Andronic
Dear all, Where can I find on-line information about masked packages, basically the current /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask? It seems no such info is either here [1], here [2] or here [3]. I'd like to know why the package is masked prior to syncing Portage. Thanks, Liviu [1]

Re: [gentoo-user] on-line info on masked packages

2009-04-10 Thread Liviu Andronic
formation without syncing? > # Markus Ullmann (5 Apr 2009) > # mask until gnome 2.26 is in-tree (needs libsoup 2.26) >>=www-client/midori-0.1.5 >>=net-libs/webkit-gtk-0_p42000 > Thanks. I was looking for this info. Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com

[gentoo-user] SLiM fails to load Fluxbox

2009-04-16 Thread Liviu Andronic
unny: selecting Fluxbox I get Xfce loaded on top of Fluxbox; in this case, when I log out of Xfce I fall back onto Fluxbox. I suspect that an "xfce" entry is left in some init script, but i cannot figure out where it would be. Thanks, Liviu [1] http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/SLiM [I] x11

Re: [gentoo-user] SLiM fails to load Fluxbox

2009-04-16 Thread Liviu Andronic
> would explain why you have fluxbox and xfce both started simultaneously. You > need to put the whole thing in quotes, like so: > >  DEFAULT_SESSION="dbus-launch startxfce4" > That's news to me. Now it works fine. I also put the info in the wiki article. Thanks. Liviu

[gentoo-user] pdf thumbnailer

2009-04-18 Thread Liviu Andronic
ge to another. To work around, I'm currently using Thunar in Icon view with max zoom-in, but I'd still prefer a less hack-ish solution. If you know of any, please post it here. Best, Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] audio convert splitter etc...

2009-04-18 Thread Liviu Andronic
e are: media-sound/soundconverter media-sound/audacity Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail

Re: [gentoo-user] pdf thumbnailer

2009-04-19 Thread Liviu Andronic
and. Now I can easily browse the images with any image viewer. Thanks all for the suggestions, Liviu [1] http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/basics/#mogrify -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail

Re: [gentoo-user] audio convert splitter etc...

2009-04-19 Thread Liviu Andronic
s then *exports* (do not use "save project as") Item: /tmp/temp/Brigada.ogg Type: Ogg data, Vorbis audio, stereo, 44100 Hz, ~192000 bps, created by: Xiph.Org libVorbis I Mime: application/ogg Size: 4,600,477 bytes Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest

Re: [gentoo-user] audio convert splitter etc...

2009-04-19 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Vasya Volkov wrote: > Thanks. But audacity writes to me that it doesn't recognize my wav format. > Maybe I have really different form of this format? How can I get informatin > about format of my files? > `file music.wav' -- Do you know how to read? http://www.

[gentoo-user] corrupted start-up services (and file-system)

2009-04-19 Thread Liviu Andronic
, for example, MPD will not remember it's last state before shutdown, and will be unable to recover the it's last state. I have no idea where to start correcting the issue; any ideas welcome. Thanks, Liviu Start-up messags: ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin':

Re: [gentoo-user] corrupted start-up services (and file-system)

2009-04-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
did the checks using Gparted (on its own LivecD), and it corrected a handful of errors. Now the system seems to boot fine. Thanks all, Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail

Re: [gentoo-user] audio convert splitter etc...

2009-04-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Vasya Volkov wrote: > Here: > 01.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, MPEG Layer 3, stereo 48000 Hz > An idea: try to convert it with soundcoverter (or sox, or whatever) to .wav, and try to load the new .wav in audacity. Liviu -- Do you know ho

[gentoo-user] boot gentoo in 5 seconds?

2009-04-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
Dear all, Today I stumbled on several posts [1] [2] concerning start-up speed of Linux. Compared with the 5-17 secs posted in the posts, my (slightly old) Gentoo needs around two minutes from power button to DE idle. Are there any developments in Gentoo concerning this? Thanks, Liviu [1] http

Re: [gentoo-user] boot gentoo in 5 seconds?

2009-04-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
2009/4/20 Sebastián Magrí : > There are a few tweaks one can do to speed up things... > Such as.. -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail

[gentoo-user] generic command monitor

2009-06-07 Thread Liviu Andronic
mand, re-run it regularly, print the output. Any suggestions? Thank you, Liviu [1] http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-genmon-plugin -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail

Re: [gentoo-user] generic command monitor

2009-06-08 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 6/8/09, Mike Kazantsev wrote: > watch(1) (part of sys-process/procps) > Perfect. Thank you Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail

[gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues

2008-08-25 Thread Liviu Andronic
ing with /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi to no avail. It seems to me that X uses evdev, no matter what I try. Also, I have only en_US as layout and "left shift" launches xfce's help, although as a shortcut key F1 is disabled here. I also disabled my .Xmodmap. Can anyon

[gentoo-user] Re: hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues

2008-08-25 Thread Liviu Andronic
the X server Liviu On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Liviu Andronic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Gentoo users, > > I have installed the latest stable hal-0.5.11-r1 and hal-info-20080508 > yesterday, and I give up: i cannot configure the keyboard layout as it > was previously

Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues

2008-08-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
lution be to re-compile xorg-server with -hal? Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues

2008-08-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
fine thing, if you get a little time to > configure it. > If readily available, could you please point to some example fdi files (or appropriate documentation)? Thank you, Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacement for FPM

2008-08-31 Thread Liviu Andronic
ctively maintained, as of July 2008. I've also found an ebuild [2] for the latter. The port is a pure GTK+2 application, i.e. there are no Gnome dependencies. Revelation is in Portage, but Gnome dependent and no longer maintained since 2007. If anyone knows other candidates, pleas

[gentoo-user] xorg-server-1.5 and xf86-video-i810 [SOLVED]

2008-09-14 Thread Liviu Andronic
(EE) TouchPad Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware. (EE) PreInit failed for input device "TouchPad" expected keysym, got circumflex: line 257 of fr (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed xinit: Resource temporarily unavailab

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server-1.5 and xf86-video-i810 [SOLVED]

2008-09-14 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 9/14/08, Sascha Hlusiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since the driver was renamed from i810 to intel in upstream, I vote for > Gentoo to rename the package as well, from xf86-video-i810 to > xf86-video-intel. > Second this. Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server-1.5 and xf86-video-i810 [SOLVED]

2008-09-14 Thread Liviu Andronic
mes in 5.0 seconds = 632.845 FPS" glxgears loads, though. The FPS are still in regression compared to what I had around a year ago, 1200+ FPS. Regards, Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive

2008-09-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
ing it. Sometimes it's so bad > that I have to manually power down the machine and restart it... > # emerge app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools # lm-profiler Liviu

[gentoo-user] Password strength checker

2008-10-04 Thread Liviu Andronic
Dear everyone, I'm looking for a Linux password strength checker, and so far I found this GPLed Java-Script-based solution [1]. Could you please suggest other utilities to test the strength of passwords? Regards, Liviu PS I'm curious whether such a JS password strength checker can be

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't play audio cds!

2008-10-06 Thread Liviu Andronic
nel cannot mount Audio CDs. The one programme that on my system works with Audio CDs is Gnome-mplayer. You might also try VLC. Another option is to rip them with Grip. Regards, Liviu

[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Продажа квартир.Скидки становятся меньше...

2008-10-09 Thread Liviu Andronic
;wtf" feeling would be: "С какой херовой стати?". (There might, just might be a misspelling there; never got to truly grasping Russian grammar.) Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-15 Thread Liviu Andronic
ion 1.3.0 was more stable. Regards, Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-15 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 10/15/08, Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this actually a bug or intended behaviour? If it's a bug, is there a > version that works properly? > The bug would relate more to /etc/init.d/xdm than to SLiM. Liviu

[gentoo-user] AbiWord 2.6.4 build failure

2008-10-18 Thread Liviu Andronic
(like goffice). Not sure whether necessary, but ./.configure complained, so I installed dev-util/valgrind. I also tried this suggestion by CJoeB, to re-emerge XML-Parser, but to no avail. Below you will find the messages towards the error. Could anyone suggest a work around? Thank you, Liviu x11

Re: [gentoo-user] AbiWord 2.6.4 build failure

2008-10-18 Thread Liviu Andronic
eads x264 matroska vorbis -xinerama nsplugin -xosd amr javascript \ dri hal ddloader scanner libnotify libcaca aalib pdf sqlite texlive \ lyx kpathsea directfb seamonkey -firefox -eds xfce -evo cdparanoia" #SANE_BACKENDS="the_name_of_your_backend_goes_here" #source /usr/local/portage/layman/make.conf PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save save_summary echo" PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error info log" Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] AbiWord 2.6.4 build failure

2008-10-19 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Arttu V. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/18/08, Liviu Andronic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage" > > PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" > > I don't really know an answer,

Re: [gentoo-user] AbiWord 2.6.4 build failure

2008-10-19 Thread Liviu Andronic
Regarding PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" if you have overlays > there you should remove the # comment. I suggest you to read this [1] > and the portage man pages again carefully. > Thank you for the hints. Liviu -- --- Do you know how to read? http://www.a

Re: [gentoo-user] AbiWord 2.6.4 build failure

2008-10-19 Thread Liviu Andronic
the error message essentially didn't change from my first posting, so the second time I posted only the diff. Below is the topmost error; if not, please tell me how you would expect it to be. Thank you, Liviu make[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/app-office/abiword-2.6.4

Re: [gentoo-user] AbiWord 2.6.4 build failure

2008-10-21 Thread Liviu Andronic
nd normal rules. Stop." I will post below the configuration options reported by Portage; perhaps it contains clues. Liviu ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --loca

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Abiword build failure

2008-10-22 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello Erik, First two questions that come to me: - did you already emerge -DNu abiword and - did you try with the -gnome USE flag? Liviu On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm unsuccesfully trying to compile app-office/abiword-2.6.4. Th

Re: [gentoo-user] AbiWord 2.6.4 build failure

2008-10-22 Thread Liviu Andronic
tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=05207412456599355087 I also added "emerge --info" output below. Liviu #### localhost liviu # emerge --info Portage 2.1.4.4 (default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22-gentoo-r5-0.2 i686) ==

Re: [gentoo-user] AbiWord 2.6.4 build failure

2008-10-22 Thread Liviu Andronic
ad.com/index.php?file_id=69162862283435311671 [3] http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=65647828039080848641 Is there other information that could be of help? Liviu ## localhost dwn # emerge -va =abiword-2.6.4 [..] [ebuild U ] app-office/abiword-2.6.4 [2.4.6] USE="

Re: [gentoo-user] What heppined with intel driver in xorg?

2008-10-22 Thread Liviu Andronic
el vodeocard will work after this update? > The i810 driver was recently renamed to intel. After the upgrade, if you have problems starting X, put "intel" in xorg.conf. Please search the archives; there was a recent thread on this. Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] AbiWord 2.6.4 build failure

2008-10-23 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Fabrice Delliaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please try again with the following new patch (replace the older one > with it) : > Worked like a charm. Please see the relevant bug report [1]. Liviu [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243448

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo-wiki.com - Needs your help!

2008-10-24 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 10/24/08, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please read the latest news @ www.gentoo-wiki.com > > > We can't. It's down. > Here it opens. Perhaps try this: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] gimp-9999 failed to compile

2008-10-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
you try renaming the gegl ebuild to smth like 0.0.21, in /usr/local overlay, and emerging it? Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] New "intel" xorg-server USE flag

2008-10-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
i: > "Intel Corporation 82801H". > Please search recent posts. Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] gimp-9999 failed to compile

2008-10-27 Thread Liviu Andronic
quot;manually", and see if the GIMP ./configure complains. Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-intel-2.5.0 emerge error

2008-11-04 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Markos Chandras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could try upgrade xorg-server too . If this doesnt fix your problem, i > would suggest filling a bug on gentoo bugzilla :) > Even better would be to opt for emerge -DNu (unless you already did so).

[gentoo-user] howto downgrade to opera 9.52 ?

2008-11-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
onger have the ebuilds accessible in Portage; renaming current ebuilds was of little help. Is there a way to retrieve old ebuilds, after removal from Portage? Thank you, Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.

Re: [gentoo-user] howto downgrade to opera 9.52 ?

2008-11-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Daniel Pielmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/www-client/opera/?hideattic=0 > > Thanks. Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how

Re: [gentoo-user] Flash Busted

2008-11-22 Thread Liviu Andronic
re net-www/netscape-flash-10.0.12.36-r1 (in Opera and SeaMonkey) black-outs everything. Didn't yet do so, but I'd suggest downgrading to 9.0.151.0. I'm currently on Gnash, but it is still well alpha. Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/s

Re: [gentoo-user] mp3/ogg editing

2008-12-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
they'd suggest an alternative, or even be willing to implement this.. Liviu [1] http://gentoo-portage.com/media-sound/mp3splt-gtk On 11/29/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Fred, > > no problem...I am also no native english speaker...so, well, >

Re: [gentoo-user] Automounting of USB drives

2008-12-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about the gnome-volume-manager? (If you use Gnome)... > Or thunar-volman? (If you use Xfce)... -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.n

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread Liviu Andronic
You might be interseted in rezound; it is graphical, however. Liviu On 1/24/08, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi group, > > Anybody know of a gentoo/linux tone generator that > will output test tones, sine waves, triangle waves and > the like. > >

[gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
puter screen. Basically, I would like to issue a command (restart with a certain grub temporary setup change), go make myself a cup of tee and come back and see the Windows login screen. Could anyone suggest a way to do something similar? Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
Thanks all for their respective input. From the information provided, I've assembled a short Gentoo Wiki Tip [1]. Regards, Liviu [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Reboot_to_Windows_(using_grub) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] [Slightly OT] ext3 for Windows XP/Vista?

2008-02-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
y trip to the dark side I'm wondering if there are any > 'better' ext2/3 drivers for Windows XP and Vista? This will not give you information much different to that already presented, but could still take a look here [1]. Liviu [1] http://gentoo-wiki

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-09 Thread Liviu Andronic
s.] The idea: Windows feels lame, offering however certain functionality out-of-the-box; Gentoo (in combination with Xfce) feels sweet, breaking however too often too easy without much contribution from my side. Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] (OT) Freezing: does encryption become useless?

2008-02-23 Thread Liviu Andronic
Dear Gentoo users, http://iht.com/articles/2008/02/22/technology/chip.php I'm curious if anyone has any ideas/comments on this (e.g. is this data recovery method realistic, can it be worked around, etc). Regards, Liviu PS And this is for the curious (way OT): http://www.iht.com/articles/20

Re: [gentoo-user] Synaptics touchpad mistaken(?) for Logitech Wheel Mouse

2008-03-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
c udev. Still, this did not solve the problem. Then I was blocked. Following the Wiki Howtos for configuring the Touchpad did not help much, either. How do you think that I could verify that this is a "coldplug/udev" problem? Could this be the problem, at all? What information that would

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim DM and shutdown

2008-03-23 Thread Liviu Andronic
d. Perhaps with a custom theme ? > I would doubt that this is possible. I once feature-requested on the slim-dev mailing list [1] for the root password to be removed [2], but dunno if the devels took this into account. Since recently SLiM got back to active development, it might be worth asking

Re: [gentoo-user] HELP! partition table is corrupted

2008-03-23 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 1:18 PM, pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - I'm going to buy ne disk and to make dd of the corrupted one Maybe sys-fs/ddrescue is suited for this job (?). Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim DM and shutdown

2008-03-23 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Galevsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for you reply Liviu. I am going to ask to the dev team :) > I myself much hope that they react. :) Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

2008-03-25 Thread Liviu Andronic
minutes in order to become the super user of your system. Basically, the password seems useful only to know whether anyone has changed it behind your back. I am starting to wonder why am I so attached to my root password being strong.. :) Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

2008-03-25 Thread Liviu Andronic
would be as efficient. As Alan and Wael suggested, the approaches that can work in protecting your data are a physical key to a locked door or a root encrypted system. Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Emergency shutdown, how to?

2008-04-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
ALT + SysRq + S + > U + O then correct? Are there any potential harms to the hardware / system in case one tends to abuse (i.e. use more often than necessary) of this command? It's so often so tempting to shut down your system fast. Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X (i810) won't start with undefined symbol

2008-04-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
emerge -tva -D x11-base/xorg-x11 x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810 revdep-rebuild -i -tva -X Also, beware of the 2* series of xf86-video-i810. Personally, I've noticed regressions. Might be reasonable to try a pre-2 version, say 1.7.4. Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend a program for line art and text

2008-04-16 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 1:26 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Should I use something else to author my diagrams? > You might try Dia or grace. Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] OT Best font selection?

2008-04-17 Thread Liviu Andronic
CD display font, that would look good with anti-aliasing disabled (I already have -bindist for media-libs/freetype). So, what font do you use for the User Interface? Thank you in advance, Liviu [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xorg_and_Fonts#Emerging_the_necessary_packages -- gentoo-user@lists.

Re: [gentoo-user] Synaptics touchpad mistaken(?) for Logitech Wheel Mouse

2008-04-18 Thread Liviu Andronic
I am, who knows whether it works. A last suggestion, try upgrading synaptics to the last unstable version, update the config files and cross your fingers. Regards, Liviu [1] http://web.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/trouble-shooting.txt [2] http://web.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/files/changes.txt [3]

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] gentoo-wiki.com

2008-04-27 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 4/26/08, Dan Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it only me or does someone else have problems with gentoo-wiki.com today? > On 4/15/08, ionut cucu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a fine page to bookmark: > http://downforeveryoneorj

Re: [gentoo-user] Batch audio converter?

2008-04-27 Thread Liviu Andronic
r less > a single step? Directory hierarchy is basically > band/album/audio_files. > ogg2mp3 can do a nice job (tags and everything). For the rest try sox. Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] to which package scrbook.cls belongs?

2008-05-07 Thread Liviu Andronic
> > "equery b scrbook.cls" returns > > dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2007 > > (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/koma-script/scrbook.cls) > There is also dev-tex/texmfind [1]. Liviu [1] http://gentoo-portage.com/dev-tex/texmfind -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] What version of netscape-flash to use with konqueror?

2008-05-07 Thread Liviu Andronic
. This has, however, been in 9.5 snapshots for a while now - please check out the Beta2 and see if that resolves your issues: http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/next/"; Regards, Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] What version of netscape-flash to use with konqueror?

2008-06-06 Thread Liviu Andronic
usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins:/opt/Adobe/Reader8/Browser/intellinux:/usr/share/amsn/plugins Regards, Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] What version of netscape-flash to use with konqueror?

2008-06-07 Thread Liviu Andronic
on't think so. On my system, in order to make Opera behave properly, I unchecked /opt/opera/lib/opera/plugins:/opt/netscape/plugins:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Try with /usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins alone, and see what it gives. Otherwise, experiment checking/unchecking paths. Liviu -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] tools to detect hardware

2007-08-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 8/8/07, Chuanwen Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi,guys! > I need tools to detect the details of my hardware. Take a look here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Detecting_your_Hardware -- Liviu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] proper proxy syntax to synchronize time via rdate

2007-09-01 Thread Liviu Andronic
on how to correctly specify the proxy server in the NTP server address. I am wondering if there is a syntax similar to proxy.address.dom:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternatively, how can I make rdate honour the proxy settings? Regards, Liviu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] linux desktop search engines are ugly!

2007-09-01 Thread Liviu Andronic
tp://emelfm2.net> very nice and attractive. Essentially, it is a GUI combining grep / find / etc. It also provides a plugin on tracker. For a find / locate frontend (not mentioning doodle, tracker, beagle, strigi and pinot), look at catfish <http://software.twotoasts.de/?page=catfish> . Still young, but looking promising. -- Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] proper proxy syntax to synchronize time via rdate

2007-09-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
te, I receive the following output: localhost liviu # /usr/sbin/htpdate -dq -P PROXY_ADDRESS:PROXY_PORT www.linux.org www.opera.com pool.ntp.org www.linux.org 03 Sep 2007 07:32:19 GMT (0.477) => -24738 www.linux.org 03 Sep 2007 07:32:20 GMT (0.325) => -24738 www.opera.com 03 Sep 2007 07:32:21

Re: [gentoo-user] proper proxy syntax to synchronize time via rdate

2007-09-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 9/3/07, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 03:00:05 -0500, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > This setting is only used when emerging timezone-data, to copy the > correct file to /etc/localtime. Either re-emerge timesone-data or > cp /usr/share/zonein

Re: [gentoo-user] proper proxy syntax to synchronize time via rdate

2007-09-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
Thread wikified: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Synchronize_time:_simple_and_lightweight_solutions On 9/3/07, Liviu Andronic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/3/07, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 03:00:05 -0500, Liviu Andronic wrote: > &g

Re: [gentoo-user] openMosix? Now what?

2007-09-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
/Index:HOWTO#Build_a_Gentoo_High_Performance_Cluster http://wiki.neuralbs.com/index.php/Installing_Gentoo_as_a_Beowulf_Head_node#Cluster_Management -- Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] keyboard layout

2007-09-10 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello, I use x11-base/xorg-server [1.1.1-r3]. In my xorg.conf, I have the following: Driver "keyboard" ..and.. Option "XkbLayout" "gb,fr,ru,ro" Try to change "uk" to "gb". Regards, Liviu On 9/10/07, Matthew R. Lee <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [gentoo-user] keyboard layout

2007-09-10 Thread Liviu Andronic
ption "XkbLayout" "gb,fr,ru,ro" Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle" Option "XkbVariant" ",,winkeys,std" EndSection Try to play with the options. Regards, Liviu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with Xorg 7.2 and i810

2007-09-14 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 9/14/07, J.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly the same is happening to me, but I am using Compiz-Fusion... Well, I didn't yet run into these problems, but I do intend to upgrade my Xorg to 7.3 these days and give a try to compiz. Will post here if everything is OK. -- Li

Re: [gentoo-user] font corruption ???

2007-09-27 Thread Liviu Andronic
lution. You could also try PostScript: instead of sending to the printer, in the same "print.." dialog save it to a file. Then print as many copies as you need (use xpp, gv, etc.). -- Regards, Liviu

Re: [gentoo-user] Looking into zip files

2007-09-29 Thread Liviu Andronic
archive and using up both time and disk space. emelFM2 has a handy file.open entry: "List contents". Select the item, right-click and select "List contents". It might suit your needs. If you synced portage recently, then you can simply emerge emelfm2. -- Regards, Liviu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] To Neil Bothwick: Question re ntfs-3g

2007-10-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 10/4/07, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using ntfs-3g w/o issues. I'm not using in-kernel fuse modules > though. I'm compiling it from the version in portage Same here, and it works OK so far. -- Regards, Liviu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] insatiable revdev-rebuild

2007-10-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
merge -tva -DNu world. I learnt one way to deal efficiently with revdep-rebuild: run revdep-rebuild -i. It will make it ignore his current temporary files about your system's libraries. This should solve your problem. -- Regards, Liviu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Can RAM render useless the encryption of the / and swap partitions?

2007-10-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
someone encrypt at a software level the data stored on RAM? Third: Is smem -ll efficient? The man page (Gentoo edited, I imagine) states "Beware: BETA! smem is still beta." Fourth: How can one deal with the data stored on RAM, and that before shutdown? Thanks in advance if you can answer at least some of these questions. Regards, Liviu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

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