Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Searching for a solution to a logical problem...

Albert W. Hopkins [11-11-06 12:08]: > On Sun, 2011-11-06 at 07:45 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The problem for which I am looking for a workaround is not based on > > a bug -- it is a logical problem. > > > > I am using session manager like KDE/Gnome/XFCE and others but ope

[gentoo-user] [OT] Searching for a solution to a logical problem...

Hi, The problem for which I am looking for a workaround is not based on a bug -- it is a logical problem. I am using session manager like KDE/Gnome/XFCE and others but openbox as a window manager. The mapping of keystrokes to certain funtionalities is a common feature or most applications nowad

Re: [gentoo-user] Consistency checking

Urs Schutz [11-11-01 18:04]: > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 04:45:25 +0100 > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I know of three commands to check the consistency of a > > Gentoo system: > > > > > > eix-sync && emerge --color=n -p -v --newuse --update > > --deep world emerge -p -v --depclea

[gentoo-user] Consistency checking

Hi, I know of three commands to check the consistency of a Gentoo system: eix-sync && emerge --color=n -p -v --newuse --update --deep world emerge -p -v --depclean revdep-rebuild --ignore -p -v of course, one has to remove the -p and -v flags after checking the putput of the command

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] How fast was ... ?

Paul Hartman [11-10-27 18:36]: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:52 AM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > By the way: > > > > There is an old CPM 2.2 manual available. Unfortunately in > > AMIPRO-format. > > > > I tried to load it with libreoffice from the commandline > > with no success. > > > > What can I do

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] How fast was ... ?

Hi, By the way: There is an old CPM 2.2 manual available. Unfortunately in AMIPRO-format. I tried to load it with libreoffice from the commandline with no success. What can I do to load and convert this manual to a "normal" format? Thank you very much in advance for any help! Best regards, mc

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] How fast was ... ?

Florian Philipp [11-10-27 17:10]: > Am 27.10.2011 06:34, schrieb Pandu Poluan: > > > > On Oct 27, 2011 9:50 AM, > > wrote: > >> > >> Michael Mol mailto:mike...@gmail.com>> [11-10-26 > > 20:40]: > >> > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:56 PM, > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] How fast was ... ?

Michael Mol [11-10-26 20:40]: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:56 PM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On www.archive.org I found videos of the series "Computer Chronicle" > > with Richard Cheifet and Gary Kildall (the inventor of CP/M and the > > founder of Intergalactical Digital Research, later known as Dig

[gentoo-user] [OT] How fast was ... ?

Hi, On www.archive.org I found videos of the series "Computer Chronicle" with Richard Cheifet and Gary Kildall (the inventor of CP/M and the founder of Intergalactical Digital Research, later known as Digital Research or short DR). Totally amazed by the things which were "brandnew" those days (19

[gentoo-user] asfrecord

Hi, I want to install asfrecord. It is not installed in a different version right now. eix asfrecord gives me this: * media-video/asfrecorder Available versions: *1.1 Homepage:http://sourceforge.net/projects/asfrecorder/ Description: ASFRecorder - Download Wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Build error on poppler

Jonas de Buhr [11-10-19 17:05]: > Am 19.10.2011 04:28, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > >Hi, > > > >this morning I got this (after update poppler and xorgserver had to be > >updated): > > > >/var/tmp/portage/app-text/poppler-0.16.7/work/poppler-0.16.7/glib/poppler-private.h:125: > > > >syntax error

Re: [gentoo-user] Build error on poppler

meino.cra...@gmx.de [11-10-19 04:48]: > Mark Knecht [11-10-19 04:40]: > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:28 PM, wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > this morning I got this (after update poppler and xorgserver had to be > > > updated): > > > > > It seems poppler wants a library which version is not availab

Re: [gentoo-user] Build error on poppler

Mark Knecht [11-10-19 04:40]: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:28 PM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > this morning I got this (after update poppler and xorgserver had to be > > updated): > > > It seems poppler wants a library which version is not available for > > gentoo. > > > > > > If there is need for mor

[gentoo-user] Build error on poppler

Hi, this morning I got this (after update poppler and xorgserver had to be updated): /var/tmp/portage/app-text/poppler-0.16.7/work/poppler-0.16.7/glib/poppler-private.h:125: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting ',' or ';' in ' time_t *gdate);' at ')' g-ir-scanner: compile: gcc -Wall

Re: [gentoo-user] libpng15: fltk & graphicsmagick failed to build

Mark Knecht [11-10-17 18:40]: > On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 7:42 PM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > after updating to lipng15 and rebuilding all needed stuff, fltk > > and graphicsmagick exhibit build failures: > > > > I got similar errors for some other package on my wife's machine last > night. In that c

[gentoo-user] libpng15: fltk & graphicsmagick failed to build

Hi, after updating to lipng15 and rebuilding all needed stuff, fltk and graphicsmagick exhibit build failures: === FLTK === Compiling FileIcon2.cxx... Compiling Fl_Guess_Image.cxx... Compiling fl_jpeg.cxx... Compiling fl_png.cxx... fl_png.cxx: In member function ‘virtual bool fltk::pngImage::fet

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dennis Ritchie

Jonas de Buhr [11-10-15 19:16]: > Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:47:07 +0300 > schrieb Nikos Chantziaras : > > > On 10/15/2011 03:26 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: > > > On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote: > > > > > > I have spent the last few hours trying to explain his work to the > > > folks here who were

Re: [gentoo-user] Where to get the gentoo kernel?

Lavender <448463...@qq.com> [11-10-13 15:48]: > I want to download it . I have searched in the distfiles directory on the > mirorrs , but I don't know where to get it . Anyone can tell me ? Hi, try eix gentoo-sources and than (as superuser) emerge gentoo-sources HTH! Best regards, m

Re: [gentoo-user] "/usr/bin/[" and coreutils

William Kenworthy [11-10-12 07:40]: > I have been checking my system for some deep seated problems and in the > process, ran across the fact that "equery files sys-apps/coreutils-8.7" > shows a file included called "/usr/bin/[" - thats right, left square > bracket! > > Is that a bug or if real, w

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

Nikos Chantziaras [11-10-10 20:56]: > On 10/10/2011 09:45 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Nikos Chantziaras [11-10-10 19:52]: > >>On 10/10/2011 08:33 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I have read several docs to figure out this...all docs do changes > >>>in /etc/conf.d but I fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

Nikos Chantziaras [11-10-10 19:52]: > On 10/10/2011 08:33 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I have read several docs to figure out this...all docs do changes > >in /etc/conf.d but I found no hint how to transfer that settings > >to the "real" configuration files of the according program

[gentoo-user] transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

Hi, I have read several docs to figure out this...all docs do changes in /etc/conf.d but I found no hint how to transfer that settings to the "real" configuration files of the according programs. env-update & etc-update do not help... What tool do I have to call to acchieve this? Thank you very

Re: [gentoo-user] DVB-T and "Teletext"

Volker Armin Hemmann [11-10-09 19:00]: > Am Sonntag 09 Oktober 2011, 08:47:09 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > > Hi, > > > > (sorry if this may only apply to german television...) > > > > Kaffeine/vlc are installed for watching DVB-T broadcast, > > but I cannot access Teletext. > > > > How can I

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?

Lavender <448463...@qq.com> [11-10-09 03:07]: > It seems that no matter I build gentoo manually or with genkernel I can't > have a fine-working kernel finally. Obviously I must solve it by myself , so > I determined to build entire kernel all manually , it requests a lot of linux > knowlege . Al

[gentoo-user] DVB-T and "Teletext"

Hi, (sorry if this may only apply to german television...) Kaffeine/vlc are installed for watching DVB-T broadcast, but I cannot access Teletext. How can I access Teletext on DVB-T ??? Best regards, mcc

[gentoo-user] TMux bindkey with "-"

Hi here http://blog.hawkhost.com/2010/06/28/tmux-the-terminal-multiplexer/ I found the hint to do the following key binding: unbind % bind | split-window -h bind – split-window -v But doing so results in the following message on the console, when starting tmux /home/use

[gentoo-user] [OT]: Searching for information aboyt a VFD/flourescenz display

Hi, I am looking for informations about a VFD (Flourescenz Display) module. Its product number is DS M202-MD-07g-2, where DS stands for "Display Systems", which was part of the "Hegener & Glaser" company. The rest of the product number uses the same numbering scheme as FUTABA uses for its VFDs b

Re: [gentoo-user] "pstree" for modules ?

Florian Philipp [11-09-28 04:05]: > Am 27.09.2011 20:24, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > > Hi, > > > > ist there a tool, which displays the dependencies of loaded modules as > > a tree like pstree does for tasks? > > > > Thank you very much for any help in advance! :) > > > > Best regards > > mc

[gentoo-user] "pstree" for modules ?

Hi, ist there a tool, which displays the dependencies of loaded modules as a tree like pstree does for tasks? Thank you very much for any help in advance! :) Best regards mcc

[gentoo-user] ftp.kernel.org is dead...long lives...what?

Hi, for a longer time now ftp.kernel.org is not reachable and it seems it is not in the DNS anymore. What is another main server of the kernel sources and not a mirror of the now dead one ftp.kernel.org? Best regards, mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] TMux urxvt and Unicode

Pandu Poluan [11-09-16 17:26]: > On Sep 16, 2011 9:59 AM, wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I am using urxvt in conjunction with the terminus font without > > problems. > > When I call > > > >pstree -G -p > > > > everything is fine. > > > > Now I start tmux inside urxvt and do the same > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] TMux urxvt and Unicode

Scott Stevenson [11-09-16 17:27]: > On 16/09/11 at 04:54 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > How can I make pstree make work in tmux with the above mentioned > > options? > > Adding the following line to ~/.tmux.conf should do it: > > setw -g utf8 on > > -- > Scott Stevenson Hi Scott, utf

[gentoo-user] TMux urxvt and Unicode

Hi, I am using urxvt in conjunction with the terminus font without problems. When I call pstree -G -p everything is fine. Now I start tmux inside urxvt and do the same pstree -G -p and now all horizontal and vertical lines are no existing any more. Crosspoints are drawn as '+'. C

[gentoo-user] Compose key and UTF8

Hi, I am using the US layout for my keyboard in the altgr-intlk variant. UTF8 is activated. Furthermore I use CAPS LOCK as compose key. I tried compose key sequences from /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose and many do work. So I think the basic mechanism is ok. But some came out as

[gentoo-user] Keyboard hangs after wake up from hinernation

Hi, I run my IBM model M keyboard (1987 :) via a Belkin USB->PS2 converter. This results in a problem Sometimes after wakeup from supsend to disk (supend to RAM is not check yet) the keyboard "hangs": All LEDs are flashing and not key is accepted. "Power cycling" via USB plug helps. I a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X keyboard model insists of being "pc104"

walt [11-09-12 04:34]: > On 09/11/2011 04:29 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > ... > > I copied /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf to > > /etc/X11/xorg-conf.d/99-evdev.conf and edited it > > > > The relevant part of xorg.conf says: > > ... > > I may be misreading your post (of course :) but my

[gentoo-user] X keyboard model insists of being "pc104"

Hi, when doing a setxkbmap -v -query I get: Trying to build keymap using the following components: keycodes: evdev+aliases(qwerty) types: complete compat: complete symbols:pc+us(altgr-intl)+inet(evdev)+capslock(none) geometry: pc(pc104) xkb_key

Re: [gentoo-user] ALTGR-INTL keymapping for the Linux console?

Canek Peláez Valdés [11-09-10 07:28]: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 1:01 AM, wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > is it possible to use an pc101,us,altgr-intl keymapping for the linux > > console > > as I use it under X-Windows without mapping each "special key" > > manually? > > > > Under /usr/share/keymaps

[gentoo-user] ALTGR-INTL keymapping for the Linux console?

Hi, is it possible to use an pc101,us,altgr-intl keymapping for the linux console as I use it under X-Windows without mapping each "special key" manually? Under /usr/share/keymaps I didn't find anything named that way... Thank you very much for any help in advance! Have a nice weekend! Best re

[gentoo-user] USB-reset after hibernate?

Hi, I am using a IBM Model M (139031) with my Linux Box and a Belkin PS2/USB/converter (active) To connect the PS2 cord to my PC (Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter). As long as I am booting the PC everything is fine. But if I wake the PC from hibernate, the keyboard get screwe

[gentoo-user] altgr-intl keyboard layout

Hi, from here I learned the altgr-intl keyboard layout: http://dry.sailingissues.com/us-international-keyboard-layout.html which I will try. It seems to be a good choice for daily programming and writing (I need german Umlauts...;) Instead of altgr-intl: Is there a windows equivalent, for which I

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Keyboard LEDs driven by what?

Michael Mol [11-09-06 23:55]: > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:43 PM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > short question: > > Are the LEDs of a PC-keyboard driven by the keyboard > > processor itsself or do they react on signals send > > back from the system when recogizing a - for example > > -- "Caps Lock event"

[gentoo-user] OT: Keyboard LEDs driven by what?

Hi, short question: Are the LEDs of a PC-keyboard driven by the keyboard processor itsself or do they react on signals send back from the system when recogizing a - for example -- "Caps Lock event" ? Thank you very much in advance for any help! Best regards, mcc

[gentoo-user] Correct way to modify keymaps for X & console

Hi, I want to modify some of the keymappings of my keyboard. The last time (some ages ago ;) ) I did this with the help of xkeycaps, xmodmap and an appropiate .xmodmap file at $HOME. And time passes by... Now I have: /etc/X11/xorg.conf with its Options for the Input Device class /etc/X11/xorg.con

[gentoo-user] xorg.xonf, Input_class keyboard

Hi, in my xorg.conf I have set this: Section "InputClass" Identifier "keyboard-all" Driver "evdev" # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps,compose:ralt,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,caps:super" MatchIsKeyboard "on"

[gentoo-user] My keyboards works, when not exspected ?!?

Hi, this posting is somehow the opposite of an error report: My keyboard works and I dont know why... The board is a PS2 one, connected via a Belkin PS2-USB converter (active) to an USB port. Exept of a few and seldom stuck CTRL-key situations it works fine. BUT! When starting xkeycaps, select

Re: [gentoo-user] Important package blocked by another important package

Sebastian Beßler [11-08-30 18:01]: > Am 30.08.2011 09:15, schrieb Pandu Poluan: > > > Personally, I'd put '<=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r99 ~amd64 ~x86' in that > > file. I have the conviction that versions with greater '-r' would be > > better, since it's a revision to the same version. > > '~sys-a

Re: [gentoo-user] urxvt kesyms

Marc Joliet [11-08-30 18:01]: > Am Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:05:19 +0200 > schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > > > Hi, > > Hi, > > > I want to remap the "create new tab", "next tab" and "previous tab" > > keybindings to the keycombo I used to use with my previous mrxvt. > > > > Urxvt has keysym support

Re: [gentoo-user] Important package blocked by another important package

Hi, is it normal/ok, that an unmasked package pulls in a masked one? Best regards, mcc Pandu Poluan [11-08-30 04:56]: > Your sysvinit is 2.88-r1. Try upgrading it to 2.88-r3, as wanted by > util-linux. > > You may have to unmask it in /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords > > Rgds, > > >

[gentoo-user] urxvt kesyms

Hi, I want to remap the "create new tab", "next tab" and "previous tab" keybindings to the keycombo I used to use with my previous mrxvt. Urxvt has keysym support with a somehow complicate syntax. What is the spelling/nameing of the commands I want to remap? Or more generally: Where can I get

[gentoo-user] Important package blocked by another important package

Hi, How can I get out of this: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ~] sys-apps/util-linux-2.20 [2.19.1-r1] USE="cramfs crypt ncurses nls perl unicode -loop-aes -old-linux (-selinux) -slang -static-libs% (-uclibc)" 4,507 kB [blocks B ] =sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by (sys-

Re: [gentoo-user] Question regarding UTF-8 settings

Mick [11-08-28 18:08]: > On Sunday 28 Aug 2011 12:41:54 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Mick [11-08-28 13:08]: > > > On Sunday 28 Aug 2011 09:51:36 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > following this guide: > > > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/utf-8.xml > > > > > > > > Doing a

Re: [gentoo-user] Question regarding UTF-8 settings

Mick [11-08-28 13:08]: > On Sunday 28 Aug 2011 09:51:36 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > following this guide: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/utf-8.xml > > > > Doing a > > > > locale -a | grep de_DE | grep utf > > > > I got: > > > > de_DE.utf8 > > > > . > > > > Then I cr

Re: [gentoo-user] Question regarding UTF-8 settings

Andrea Conti [11-08-28 12:08]: > > rc-update > > You meant "env-update", right? > > > . The output was -- despite of what the guide exspected -- > > The guide shows the output from setting LANG. You set LC_CTYPE, so > unless I'm missing something obvious your result is perfectly normal. >

[gentoo-user] Question regarding UTF-8 settings

Hi, following this guide: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/utf-8.xml Doing a locale -a | grep de_DE | grep utf I got: de_DE.utf8 . Then I created the file /etc/init.d/02locale with the contents: LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 . As root I did a rc-update , which runs without

Re: [gentoo-user] Suspend to RAM caused crashes

Mick [11-08-21 12:32]: > Here's a strange one: > > Suspending a Pentium4 32bit machine used to work a treat. For years. Then > around 9 months ago or so, I can't recall exactly, it started causing > crashes. > What happens is that the monitor will go to sleep and the disk will stop > immed

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: "Reset" of USB when switching to console and back to X?

Paul Hartman [11-08-17 21:08]: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 1:42 PM, wrote: > > Paul Hartman [11-08-17 18:02]: > >> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:01 PM,   wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I have attached an old keyboard (PS/2-connector) via an > >> > USB-PS/2-adaptor to my PC. > >> > > >> > When typin

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: "Reset" of USB when switching to console and back to X?

Paul Hartman [11-08-17 18:02]: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:01 PM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have attached an old keyboard (PS/2-connector) via an > > USB-PS/2-adaptor to my PC. > > > > When typing too fast (...) the three LEDs of the keyboard flashes > > and everything typed then is typed as if

[gentoo-user] [OT]: "Reset" of USB when switching to console and back to X?

Hi, I have attached an old keyboard (PS/2-connector) via an USB-PS/2-adaptor to my PC. When typing too fast (...) the three LEDs of the keyboard flashes and everything typed then is typed as if the CTRL-Key constantly locked (I am using the X-window-system with openbox as windowmanager. There is

Re: [gentoo-user] Zynaddsubfx connected to Rosegarden WITHOUT Jack?

pk [11-08-11 20:12]: > On 2011-08-11 13:04, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > How can I prevent to scratch my skin by the roses of this garden over > > and over again.? > > Quick question, have you tried this?: > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/JACK > > Disclaimer: I haven't used nor am

Re: [gentoo-user] Zynaddsubfx connected to Rosegarden WITHOUT Jack?

Hi Michael, I will try (again) to be a friend of Jack (NOT "Daniels" ;) )... What I dont understand: Why all this hassle with Jack if Rosegarden has the ability to connect directly to Zynaddsubfx without any other gadget (see Studio->Manage Midi Devices, start Zynaddsubfx first)??? And if in

Re: [gentoo-user] Zynaddsubfx connected to Rosegarden WITHOUT Jack?

Hi Michael, Thank you for your help ! :) Here are the versions: media-sound/rosegarden 11.02 media-sound/zynaddsubfx 2.4.1 media-sound/jack-audio-connection-kit 0.118.0 I did a aconnect -lio, which says: client 0: 'System' [type=kernel] 0 'Timer ' 1 'Announce'

Re: [gentoo-user] Zynaddsubfx connected to Rosegarden WITHOUT Jack?

Hi Michael, I had * experiments with jack and nothing works... Sometimes there was no connection at all, sometimes after a short time rosegarden crashes and/or reports taht the connection has gone, and so on May be I has simply combined the wrong things... I have no midi hardware in the sen

Re: [gentoo-user] Zynaddsubfx connected to Rosegarden WITHOUT Jack?

Hi Michael, thank you for your info ! :) What do I need for a midi connection (sorry, I am at the very beginning of exploring these kind of tools and jack is everywhere... ;) ) Best regards, mcc Michael Schreckenbauer [11-08-11 02:45]: > Hi Meino, > > Am Dienstag, 9. August 2011, 21:13:42 s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Network Topology Diagrams

Hi, lanmap2's github -- what it seems the only source for the source of it -- points to a 404 Error page. Is there any other, valid link to it? Best regards, mcc James [11-08-10 03:00]: > Yohan Pereira gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Zenmap - part of net-analyzer/nmap can do that for you. >

[gentoo-user] Zynaddsubfx connected to Rosegarden WITHOUT Jack?

Hi, may be this is a RDQ(tm) (real dumb question), but Is it possible to connect rosegarden and ZynAddSubFX without using jack ??? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Best regards, mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Where is this IP/site ?

Paul Hartman [11-08-08 20:56]: > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:37 PM, wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > is there a tool, which can display the place on earth, > > where is given IP-address is located ? Vidalia has this > > abilitity for sites of the tor network, but for other > > sites/IP-addresses??? > >

Re: [gentoo-user] IOMMU and other oddities...

pk [11-08-09 13:11]: > On 2011-08-09 07:32, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Why does it look for an AGP-bridge??? > > Not that it helps but, I also have an AMD system (AM3+, FX990/SB950) and > I get the "No AGP bridge found" message too... > > > The dmesg says I should switch on IOMMU, which I

Re: [gentoo-user] IOMMU and other oddities...

Adam Carter [11-08-09 08:04]: > > The dmesg says I should switch on IOMMU, which I did. But that does > > not impress the kernel that much since it still recommends to switch > > on IOMMU. > > Did you remember to copy the new kernel over to boot etc :) > Yepp! (...and I not only remember it...I

[gentoo-user] IOMMU and other oddities...

Hi, my PC consists -- beside other things -- of a AMD Phenom II X6 1090T, a ASUS Crossfire Formula IV and a NVidia GeForce GT 430 by MSI (PCIe). Furthermore I am using the vanilla Linux kernel 3.0.1. . I browsed through the output of dmesg and found these lines: Checking aperture... No A

[gentoo-user] [OT] Where is this IP/site ?

Hi, is there a tool, which can display the place on earth, where is given IP-address is located ? Vidalia has this abilitity for sites of the tor network, but for other sites/IP-addresses??? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Best regards, mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Looking for a different way to rsync (or similiar)

Harry Putnam [11-08-01 15:12]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I have to old (technical identical) harddisks formerly used for backup > > purposes. They contain each a different set of files -- the > > partitioning is identical. Both disks are nearly filled. > > > > The harddisk i

Re: [gentoo-user] glew/glewmx or what?

Michael Schreckenbauer [11-07-31 21:04]: > Hi, > > Am Sonntag, 31. Juli 2011, 17:09:08 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > > Hi, > > > > to compile the Mitsuba renderer I need "glewmx" (whatever this means). > > Postings on the net let me believe, that "glewmx" is a part of glew, > > which in turn is

[gentoo-user] [OT] Looking for a different way to rsync (or similiar)

Hi, I have to old (technical identical) harddisks formerly used for backup purposes. They contain each a different set of files -- the partitioning is identical. Both disks are nearly filled. The harddisk in my PC has more free space (they contain a totally different system than the old disks!)

[gentoo-user] glew/glewmx or what?

Hi, to compile the Mitsuba renderer I need "glewmx" (whatever this means). Postings on the net let me believe, that "glewmx" is a part of glew, which in turn is a gentoo package. But I found no USE-flags telling the package to build glew with "glewmx"...or I misunderstood the whole thing ... C

[gentoo-user] [OT]: grep -Z not working ???

Hi, the manual page of grep mentioned the following: -Z, --null Output a zero byte (the ASCII NUL character) instead of the character that normally follows a file name. For example, grep -lZ outputs a zero byte after each file name instead of the usual newli

[gentoo-user] [OT]: Converting flv to what?

Hi, As a Blender-fan over the time my harddisk has been filled (by me ;) ) with lots of video-tutorials in the flv (flash video)-format. Now I need some space to store more *.blend files ... So I think I need to convert the flvs into another format... What is the most recommended format to pre

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

Grant [11-07-13 19:20]: > >> >>> When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of > >> >>> fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers.  xf86-video-nouveau didn't > >> >>> have the same problem.  Now I've switched to an ATI video card and > >> >>> unfortunately I have the same pro

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

Roger Mason [11-07-13 18:12]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > > > Hi Grant, > > > > another shot into an even much deeper dark ;) > > > > May be you have a problem here, which it is called "Brummschleife" > > in german...sorry dont know the English equivalent...may be something > > like

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

Grant [11-07-13 03:13]: > >>> When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of > >>> fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers.  xf86-video-nouveau didn't > >>> have the same problem.  Now I've switched to an ATI video card and > >>> unfortunately I have the same problem with xf

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

john [11-07-10 12:08]: > On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:25:42 +0200 > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Nikos Chantziaras [11-07-10 08:12]: > > > On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote: > > > >Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > >>On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>Help. > > > >>> > > > >>>I h

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

Nikos Chantziaras [11-07-10 08:12]: > On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote: > >Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >>On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote: > >>> > >>>Help. > >>> > >>>I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing > >>>havoc > >>>behind my screen. Small black mites have taken

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

Grant [11-07-10 01:42]: > When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of > fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers. xf86-video-nouveau didn't > have the same problem. Now I've switched to an ATI video card and > unfortunately I have the same problem with xf86-video-ati. I

Re: [gentoo-user] What's up with the "hardened" USE flag?

Nikos Chantziaras [11-07-04 04:08]: > After syncing, some heavy packages wanted to rebuild because of the > "hardened" USE flag. (I don't use the hardened profile, but they > wanted to rebuild anyway.) Really heavy stuff including libreoffice > and firefox-5. It took a few hours. Then, next

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Difficulties to use scripts from openbox menu.xml

Neil Bothwick [11-07-04 03:03]: > On Sun, 3 Jul 2011 07:13:16 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > I have a script, which cd into a certain > > directory and starts a program from there > > with "./". > > > > This scripts works fine from the commandline. > > > > But when I use the same scrip

[gentoo-user] [OT] Difficulties to use scripts from openbox menu.xml

Hi, a weird problem hit me... ;) I have a script, which cd into a certain directory and starts a program from there with "./". This scripts works fine from the commandline. But when I use the same script inside the ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml, I does not work: No program start. My setup: recen

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

JD [11-07-03 05:57]: > On 07/02/2011 06:26 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Grant [11-07-03 01:12]: > >The most important thing is reliability and Linux compatibility > >but I > >also need HDMI and I figure USB 3.0 is a good idea. The system is > >for > >playing music and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

Dale [11-07-03 03:08]: > Grant wrote: > >>>Is Nvidia still the way to go instead of ATI? I use the nouveau > >>>drivers with my onboard Nvidia chipset now and they've been fine for > >>>the most part. I use a threaded ffmpeg to decode HD video instead > >>>of > >>>VDPAU so I don't bother with n

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

Grant [11-07-03 01:12]: > >>> The most important thing is reliability and Linux compatibility but I > >>> also need HDMI and I figure USB 3.0 is a good idea.  The system is for > >>> playing music and movies, no gaming whatsoever.  If you're familiar > >>> with the current hardware scene, where wo

Re: [gentoo-user] Feeding /etc/cron.dail and such into ?

Bill Longman [11-07-02 23:57]: > Meino, I don't know fcron but I just put cron lines in a file and do > "crontab filename" Hi Bill, sorry for the confusion, Bill, my English screws the things up. Problem has solved itsself... Best regards, mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Detecting frames at aspect-ratio-changes in a video file?

David Haller [11-07-02 09:04]: > Hello, > > On Sat, 02 Jul 2011, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >David Haller [11-07-02 07:12]: > >> On Sat, 02 Jul 2011, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >> >is there a software, a tool, a "something" which with it is possible > >> >to print the frame numbers of those

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Detecting frames at aspect-ratio-changes in a video file?

David Haller [11-07-02 07:12]: > Hello, > > On Sat, 02 Jul 2011, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >is there a software, a tool, a "something" which with it is possible > >to print the frame numbers of those frames in a video file, which are > >at positions, where the aspect-ratio changes? > > Try >

[gentoo-user] Feeding /etc/cron.dail and such into ?

Hi, what mechanism is responsible for feeding the contents of /etc/cron.* into the fcron which is installed on this system instead of cron? Best regards, mcc

[gentoo-user] [OT]: Detecting frames at aspect-ratio-changes in a video file?

Hi, is there a software, a tool, a "something" which with it is possible to print the frame numbers of those frames in a video file, which are at positions, where the aspect-ratio changes? Best regards, mcc

[gentoo-user] VLC: Blackouts...

Hi, wgen watching television (DVB-T) with vlc it ofen happens, that vlc "forgets" that there is something to display. For example: When screen aspect changes if the commercials ends and the program is proceeded. Or between scene changes or sometimes when there seems no "reason" at all... Soetime t

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/machine-id ???

Joost Roeleveld [11-06-23 17:52]: > On Thursday 23 June 2011 04:49:57 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I found a file /etc/machine-id on my linux box. > > I did a qfile for this and nothing was found. > > > > What purpose is that file and can I delete it without problems? > > > > Best

[gentoo-user] /etc/machine-id ???

Hi, I found a file /etc/machine-id on my linux box. I did a qfile for this and nothing was found. What purpose is that file and can I delete it without problems? Best regards, mcc

[gentoo-user] hal?

Hi, this morning I got a block while updateing: upower and hal cannot be installed at the same time: * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (sys-apps/hal-0.5.14-r4, installed) pulled in by sys-apps/hal required b

Re: [gentoo-user] To be a dvd drive or not to be dvd drive...

Matthew Finkel [11-06-21 01:24]: > On 06/20/11 13:50, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Attached to a USB port of my PC (linux-2.6.39.1 vanilla) there is a > > USB to IDE converter, which makes my "old" dvd burner accessible via > > my SATA only PC. > > I thought... > > When I connect eve

[gentoo-user] To be a dvd drive or not to be dvd drive...

Hi, Attached to a USB port of my PC (linux-2.6.39.1 vanilla) there is a USB to IDE converter, which makes my "old" dvd burner accessible via my SATA only PC. I thought... When I connect everything as described, insert an empty DVD and start k3b, an error message is displayed saying that there is n

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