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

2011-07-02 Thread meino . cramer
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)

2011-07-02 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-07-02 Thread meino . cramer
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] [OT] Difficulties to use scripts from openbox menu.xml

2011-07-03 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-07-03 Thread meino . cramer
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] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-09 Thread meino . cramer
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] Re: Thunderbugs

2011-07-10 Thread meino . cramer
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] Re: Thunderbugs

2011-07-10 Thread meino . cramer
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] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-12 Thread meino . cramer
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] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread meino . cramer
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

2011-07-13 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-07-15 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-07-18 Thread meino . cramer
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] glew/glewmx or what?

2011-07-31 Thread meino . cramer
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] Looking for a different way to rsync (or similiar)

2011-07-31 Thread meino . cramer
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!)

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

2011-08-01 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-08-01 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-08-08 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-08-08 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-08-08 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-08-09 Thread meino . cramer
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] [OT] Where is this IP/site ?

2011-08-09 Thread meino . cramer
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??? > >

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

2011-08-09 Thread meino . cramer
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] Re: Network Topology Diagrams

2011-08-09 Thread meino . cramer
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. >

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

2011-08-10 Thread meino . cramer
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] Zynaddsubfx connected to Rosegarden WITHOUT Jack?

2011-08-11 Thread meino . cramer
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?

2011-08-11 Thread meino . cramer
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?

2011-08-11 Thread meino . cramer
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?

2011-08-11 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-08-16 Thread meino . cramer
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] [OT]: "Reset" of USB when switching to console and back to X?

2011-08-17 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-08-17 Thread meino . cramer
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] Suspend to RAM caused crashes

2011-08-21 Thread meino . cramer
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

[gentoo-user] Question regarding UTF-8 settings

2011-08-28 Thread meino . cramer
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] Question regarding UTF-8 settings

2011-08-28 Thread meino . cramer
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. >

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

2011-08-28 Thread meino . cramer
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

2011-08-28 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-08-29 Thread meino . cramer
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-

[gentoo-user] urxvt kesyms

2011-08-29 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-08-29 Thread meino . cramer
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, > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] urxvt kesyms

2011-08-30 Thread meino . cramer
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

2011-08-31 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-09-02 Thread meino . cramer
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

[gentoo-user] xorg.xonf, Input_class keyboard

2011-09-02 Thread meino . cramer
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] Correct way to modify keymaps for X & console

2011-09-03 Thread meino . cramer
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] OT: Keyboard LEDs driven by what?

2011-09-06 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-09-06 Thread meino . cramer
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] altgr-intl keyboard layout

2011-09-07 Thread meino . cramer
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

[gentoo-user] USB-reset after hibernate?

2011-09-08 Thread meino . cramer
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 keymapping for the Linux console?

2011-09-09 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-09-09 Thread meino . cramer
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] X keyboard model insists of being "pc104"

2011-09-11 Thread meino . cramer
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] Re: X keyboard model insists of being "pc104"

2011-09-11 Thread meino . cramer
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] Keyboard hangs after wake up from hinernation

2011-09-12 Thread meino . cramer
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

[gentoo-user] Compose key and UTF8

2011-09-12 Thread meino . cramer
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] TMux urxvt and Unicode

2011-09-15 Thread meino . cramer
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

Re: [gentoo-user] TMux urxvt and Unicode

2011-09-16 Thread meino . cramer
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

Re: [gentoo-user] TMux urxvt and Unicode

2011-09-16 Thread meino . cramer
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 > > > >

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

2011-09-19 Thread meino . cramer
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

[gentoo-user] "pstree" for modules ?

2011-09-27 Thread meino . cramer
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

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

2011-09-27 Thread meino . cramer
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] [OT]: Searching for information aboyt a VFD/flourescenz display

2011-10-03 Thread meino . cramer
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

[gentoo-user] Xserver switch keyboard settins by random

2010-01-16 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am using X.Org X Server 1.7.4. >From time to time for currently unknown reasons the XServer switches from "de" keyboard layout to "us" layout or do a caps-lock. I cannot revert those "hickups" without restarting X. What is triggering this misbehaviour, what can I do to prevent this ? Hav

Re: [gentoo-user] Xserver switch keyboard settins by random

2010-01-23 Thread meino . cramer
Mick [10-01-23 15:08]: > On Saturday 16 January 2010 12:24:46 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am using X.Org X Server 1.7.4. > > > > From time to time for currently unknown reasons > > the XServer switches from "de" keyboard layout > > to "us" layout or do a caps-lock. I cannot > >

[gentoo-user] POT (partly offtopic): Firefox + Polipo + Tor switching advice needed...

2010-01-26 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I successfully configured firefox to work with tor over polipo. And I successfully configured firefox to work with polipo without tor. But anything I tried to conveniently switch firefox to either use tor or not to tor ended up in ugly scripts, which switch config files for polipo and/

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get a backtrace from a core dump?

2010-01-27 Thread meino . cramer
Nikos Chantziaras [10-01-27 17:09]: > I need to get a backtrace from a core dump file. I followed the > instructions here: > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml > > I added -g to CFLAGS and splitdebug to FEATURES and built the > application with those new setting (that would b

[gentoo-user] Kaffeine-1.0_pre2: No dvbt source

2010-01-30 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, As desktop I am using openbopx, no session manager like xfce, gnome, kde and such. But I am using kde-applications as needed like k3b and kaffeine. My previous installation of kaffeine (0.98/KDE3* or something like this) works same goes for k3b in the kde3 version. No I installed kaffe

Re: [gentoo-user] Kaffeine-1.0_pre2: No dvbt source

2010-01-30 Thread meino . cramer
meino.cra...@gmx.de [10-01-31 06:28]: > > Hi, > > As desktop I am using openbopx, no session manager like > xfce, gnome, kde and such. > But I am using kde-applications as needed like k3b and kaffeine. > My previous installation of kaffeine (0.98/KDE3* or something like > this) works same g

[gentoo-user] Updateing kills metadatabase

2010-02-04 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I reported this before and it was suggested, that my harddisc/filessystem may be corrupted. Now I am sure that is not and I am beging for help again ... :) After doing a (as root): ionice -c 3 nice -19 eix-sync && emerge -pv --verbose --update --deep world and than a (as user) qsearch se

Re: [gentoo-user] Updateing kills metadatabase

2010-02-04 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [10-02-05 04:04]: > On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:14:56 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > qsearch > > search: Updating ebuild metacache ... > > search: initialize_flat(): opening > > '/usr/portage/metadata/cache/.metadata.x' failed: Permission denied > > search: initialize_flat(): Yo

[gentoo-user] Am I an Erasee ?

2010-02-08 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I wanted to unsubscribe from this list, but the mlmmj said, that I cannot unsubscribe since I am not subscribed. Which isn't quite right as you can see here. I fear if I would subscribe now a second time and unsubscribe than, I will become two erasees... What can I do to become real ag

[gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-01 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I googled down some - often fairly outdated - texts about "the best filesystem" fpr a Linux box. Other texts focussed on uses, which do not aplly to me: Fileservers, webservers, database machines etc. Wnat I want is a fast and stable (!) filesystem for a desktop PC with one 1TByte harddi

Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-01 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [10-04-01 20:36]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I googled down some - often fairly outdated - texts about "the > >best filesystem" fpr a Linux box. Other texts focussed on > >uses, which do not aplly to me: Fileservers, webservers, database > >machines etc. > > > >Wnat I want is

Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-02 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [10-04-02 10:52]: > On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 21:09:30 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > So I have a lot of docs (specs of microcontrollers, howtos, programm > > and source code docs...etc) on my disk. > > This one part. > > Those are fairly normal files. > > > Then: I often transe

Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-02 Thread meino . cramer
William Kenworthy [10-04-02 11:32]: > On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 11:11 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Neil Bothwick [10-04-02 10:52]: > > > On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 21:09:30 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > > > So I have a lot of docs (specs of microcontrollers, howtos, programm > > > > a

Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-02 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [10-04-02 12:48]: > On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:11:30 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > A question to LVM: As much as I know, LVM combines several partition > > to one big partition, and if one partition fails, at least other > > others of that volume are damaged, too. > > It can b

Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-02 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [10-04-02 14:08]: > On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 13:04:53 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > only to be sure to have understood everything correctly: > > Suggestion is to create for example one root partition and a swap > > partion. And I will create on big "rest of the disk"-partition.

Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-02 Thread meino . cramer
stosss [10-04-03 05:31]: > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:47 PM, wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I googled down some - often fairly outdated - texts about "the > > best filesystem" fpr a Linux box. Other texts focussed on > > uses, which do not aplly to me: Fileservers, webservers, database > > machines  e

[gentoo-user] Checking sanity of system...

2010-04-03 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, this is no security issue in sense of attacks...it is related to the consistency of the system. Simple question (and may be complicate to answer... ;) ) How can I check, that my Gentoo system is uptodate, consistent and sane? Best regards, mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Power

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Checking sanity of system...

2010-04-04 Thread meino . cramer
Nikos Chantziaras [10-04-04 08:28]: > On 04/04/2010 08:18 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >this is no security issue in sense of attacks...it is related > >to the consistency of the system. > > > >Simple question (and may be complicate to answer... ;) ) > > > >How can I check, that

Re: [gentoo-user] Checking sanity of system...

2010-04-04 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [10-04-04 08:20]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Hi, > > > >this is no security issue in sense of attacks...it is related > >to the consistency of the system. > > > >Simple question (and may be complicate to answer... ;) ) > > > >How can I check, that my Gentoo system is uptodate, consistent

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Checking sanity of system...

2010-04-04 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [10-04-04 08:36]: > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >On 04/04/2010 08:18 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >> > >>Hi, > >> > >>this is no security issue in sense of attacks...it is related > >>to the consistency of the system. > >> > >>Simple question (and may be complicate to answer... ;) ) > >> >

[gentoo-user] alsa-update not in sync with kernel version

2010-04-04 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am running a vanilla kernel (linux-2.6.32.11), This kernel uses alsa-1.0.21. When doing the eix-sync-thingy, emerge always suggests to update to alsa-1.0.22. Is there a way that emerge/eix or whatever relizes the version of alsa which the kernel is runnig and only suggests updates which a

[gentoo-user] Moving the system from one disk to another

2010-04-04 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I have to move my whole system from one disk to another bigger one. I think of doing as follows: Boot a system via CD/DVD (knoppix for example). Mount small disk read-only Mount bigger disk read-write cd into mountpoint of the first one cp -a . ../ Seems to me slow but correct? Or? (I ha

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-update not in sync with kernel version

2010-04-04 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [10-04-05 01:32]: > On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:42:48 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > I am running a vanilla kernel (linux-2.6.32.11), This kernel uses > > alsa-1.0.21. > > > > When doing the eix-sync-thingy, emerge always suggests to update > > to alsa-1.0.22. > > The 1.0.22 us

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: alsa-update not in sync with kernel version

2010-04-04 Thread meino . cramer
walt [10-04-05 05:02]: > On 04/04/2010 11:42 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >I am running a vanilla kernel (linux-2.6.32.11), This kernel uses > >alsa-1.0.21. > > > >When doing the eix-sync-thingy, emerge always suggests to update > >to alsa-1.0.22. > > Do you have media-sound/al

[gentoo-user] ZSH: Gentoo-completion...how to modifiy?

2010-04-04 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, adding Gentoo/emerge related stuff to the completion system of the zsh is nice...but getting a dark blue color for parts of the prompt with that is not. Where can I tuirn what to modifiy the color or get back my previous prompt? Best regards, mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powe

[gentoo-user] lzma conflicting man?

2010-04-08 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, this morning an update wants to install coreutils with coreutils-patches, which are compressed via the lzma-tool, which is not found on my system. app-arch/lzma is masked. I unmasked it and now emerge -pv reports: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N] app-arch/lzma-4.65 USE="-d

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server 1.7.

2010-04-09 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [10-04-10 05:08]: > Hi folks, > > I did my updates a bit ago. I notice xorg and a lot of friends were > updated. The update went fine as far as it compiled and installed > fine. I did my config updates and such as well. To make sure > everything stayed sane, I logged out of KDE, then

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server 1.7.

2010-04-09 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [10-04-10 05:48]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Dale [10-04-10 05:08]: > > > >>Hi folks, > >> > >>I did my updates a bit ago. I notice xorg and a lot of friends were > >>updated. The update went fine as far as it compiled and installed > >>fine. I did my config updates and such as we

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server 1.7.

2010-04-09 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [10-04-10 06:16]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Dale [10-04-10 05:48]: > > > >>meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >> > >>> > >>>Hi Dale, > >>> > >>>Somne shots into the dark: > >>>I am running a non-kde and non-gnome Gentoo here (Openbox is my > >>>friend) and after upgrading X nothing w

[gentoo-user] X11 and HP2475w: First steps?

2010-04-10 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, before damaging "delicate electronic equipment" I want to ask, what the best way is to switch from a 1600x1200 pixel analogous Iiyama monitor to an Flat panel HP2475w (LCD) with 1980x1200 pixel monitor? Graphics card is a (info via lspci): nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GT] (rev

[gentoo-user] DVB-T and EPG

2010-04-11 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, is there any application beside kaffeine to receive EPG text data in a human readable form? I am using vlc to look DVB-T... Thank you very much in advance for any help! Best regards, mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send

[gentoo-user] Hot can I remove a non-existent package

2010-04-18 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I came accross this problem: I did a revdepü-rebuild, which reports, that media-video/cinepaint:0 is broken and no ebuild could be found: * Portage could not find any version of the following packages it could build: * media-video/cinepaint:0 * * (Perhaps they are masked, blocked, or re

[gentoo-user] Winchester Digital HD: Advanced Format

2010-04-18 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, b the Winchester Digital WD10EARS S-ATA II 300MB/s GreenPower WD Caviar Green 1TByte Harddiscs offers something which WD calls "Advanced Format" which turns out to be sectors of 4096 bytes size instead of 512 bytes. To use it, one needs a tool made by WD which only runs under windows. Or? I

[gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo via Gentoo ?

2010-04-18 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, currently I am reading the Gentoo-Handbokk about installing a new Gentoo-System via boot-CD. If I have a running Gentoo-Sytem on my PC...would it be possible to install a new Gentoo-System on a fresh harddisk, which is currently unpartitioned and unformatted electrically wired with my PC (S

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Installing Gentoo via Gentoo ?

2010-04-18 Thread meino . cramer
Zeerak Mustafa Waseem [10-04-18 15:28]: > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:57:05PM +1000, Lie Ryan wrote: > > On 04/18/10 22:21, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > currently I am reading the Gentoo-Handbokk about installing a > > > new Gentoo-System via boot-CD. > > > > > > If I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Installing Gentoo via Gentoo ?

2010-04-18 Thread meino . cramer
Grant Edwards [10-04-18 16:00]: > On 2010-04-18, Lie Ryan wrote: > > > Yes, you should be able to, installing Gentoo is basically just copying > > a bunch of files to a partition in a harddisk, nothing magical. > > Precisely. > > > However, you will have to be able to compile a compatible kern

Re: [gentoo-user] Winchester Digital HD: Advanced Format

2010-04-18 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann [10-04-18 16:12]: > On Sonntag 18 April 2010, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > b > > the Winchester Digital WD10EARS S-ATA II 300MB/s GreenPower WD Caviar Green > > 1TByte Harddiscs offers something which WD calls "Advanced Format" > > which turns out to be sectors

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Installing Gentoo via Gentoo ?

2010-04-18 Thread meino . cramer
dhk [10-04-18 16:20]: > On 04/18/2010 09:58 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2010-04-18, Lie Ryan wrote: > > > >> Yes, you should be able to, installing Gentoo is basically just copying > >> a bunch of files to a partition in a harddisk, nothing magical. > > > > Precisely. > > > >> However, you

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