Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-11-30 Thread bill.longman
Take a look at rename, Dale.Its usage syntax wasn't obvious to me at first but after using it a few times I got the hang of it.Bill-- Sent from my HP TouchPad which is really braindead when trying not to toppost.On Nov 30, 2011 5:50 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Greets, I ran into a

Re: [gentoo-user] 200MB waste from /usr/share/locale ?

2011-11-25 Thread bill.longman
Have you looked at localepurge?-- Sent from my HP TouchPadOn Nov 25, 2011 7:00 PM, Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote: 26 Florian Philipp wrote: Am 26.11.2011 01:28, schrieb Sebastian Pipping: It seems that /usr/share/locale is keeping files for many languages not of any use to me:

Re: [gentoo-user] ext4/ext3 for /boot?

2011-11-08 Thread bill.longman
I have a script that does the menuconfig + diff .config + make + install (including kernel copying to /boot, automagically mounting /boot if needed), so I can get away with noauto ;-) Oh, and it also auto-modifies grub.cfg for me :-DOh, you use genkernel, too?:-}

Re: [gentoo-user] ext4/ext3 for /boot?

2011-11-08 Thread bill.longman
I call it "pepo's kernel factory". pfk, for short :-}(and it's obvious that not yet having my first cup of coffee for the day does wonders to my spelling ability)But, for some reason, I like pfk much better than pkf. Maybe because it types a little faster! Or maybe your first coffee wasn't coffee

Re: Re:[gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] How to show Chinese or write Chinese on console ?

2011-11-06 Thread bill.longman
On Nov 6, 2011 8:01 PM, Lavender lavender_mat...@163.com wrote: Lavender,You should look into changing your locale, as a start. You can start herehttp://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xmlbut for chinese you will also need to choose a console font that displays double byte. 在 2011-11-07

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] laptop desktop serial connection don't work on one direction

2011-11-05 Thread bill.longman
Is there some inittab setting that's different on your laptop?-- Sent from my HP TouchPadOn Nov 5, 2011 2:21 AM, Kfir Lavi lavi.k...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I have a problem connecting my laptop to my server at home with a serial cable. I have cable end for /dev/ttyS0 and 2 cable ends for

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] laptop desktop serial connection don't work on one direction

2011-11-05 Thread bill.longman
Pardon my top post please.You'll have too ensure that you have only three wires. Line 2 to 3, line 3 to 2 and line 5 straight through. I don't think you'll be able to get bi directional serial links if you have the other hardware lines connected.-- Sent from my HP TouchPadOn Nov 5, 2011 3:17 AM,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard drives not detected in repeatable order.

2011-10-04 Thread bill.longman
You can use whatever you want whenever you want. Exactly. Just start naming them different birds or your favorite genus and species. Just pick something and stick with it. I don't know if you have enough room for Anas_platyrhynchos, but you get my drift.