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Hi there, I normally use KDE4 as a fallback WM, so I don't know when exactly this problem started to occur: I start KDE with a startx from the terminal (I don't use a login manager) and when I get to KDE there is no windows decoration. Worse than that, every windows is placed on the left top corner, and they cannot be ... | Given the number of updates on that list, are you mixing different versions of kde packages (that is you have i.e. some from KDE 4.8 and some from KDE 4.9) ? |
Hello, I have a brand new install going here, and for some reason, in gnome, I am having issues with being able to click on menu's, icons, etc, and keyboard shortcuts do not always register properly either. It does work when I first log in until I open something, or click on a menu once. every so often I regain normal ... | For others that may see this issue, I have a R.A.T.7 Mouse, and apparently evdev isnt up to the task of configuring this thing automatically. After some searching, I found a config that worked (the problem in that forum was unrelated but fixed my issue, so... OK! In /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-mouse.conf, add the following... |
I just installed kdebase-startkde and in the System Settings, I don't see the Oxygen theme listed, even though Portage says liboxygenstyle is installed. Any ideas? | Thanks! |
Recently I updated my world which pulled Gnome 3.6.x. Now I can't login to Gnome although fall back mode is working. Revdep rebuild is not showing anything. Preserved rebuild is empty. My :0-greeter.log is looking lie this: Code: Ostrzeżenie menedżera okien: Log level 16: Failed to load apps: Failed to look up menu_fil... | andrzejk, this is probably late but did you try doing a emerge --depclean after emerging gnome-3.6? Without it, I got similar error messages (both :0-slave.log and .cache/gdm/session.log), in particular: Code: (...) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the give... |
When using Fluxbox and xlock, how do I ask for the password when the computer wakes up from either hibernation or suspend? It looks like when xlock is locking the screen, I have no way to initiate hibernation/suspend. And when I suspend without locking, the computer never asks for the password upon resuming. __ sol | I'm sure there must be a more tasteful way of doing it, but I'm going to settle with something simple; just map a hotkey (for my case, it's Mod4 + h) to xlock and hibernate commands. Basically I'm running xlock in the background before hibernating. When the computer wakes up, it's already locked. Code: ~/.fluxbox/keys ... |
I installed the new enlightenment E17 window manager (emerge -av enlightenment:0.17). It is just great and I would like to know if I can use ecomorph with it ? And if yes, where do I find it ? The only place I found it is in the "enlightenment" overlay, but I would have to install the enlightenment-9999 from the overla... | afaik ecomorph is WAAAY out of sync w/e since it stopped being updated quite awhile back. ecomorph requires its own modified e src so the two were a matched set, sort of like a fork. you could still run it but you'd be going quite a ways backwards in e releases to do so. e has been adding its own fairly rudimentary com... |
Hello, After a recent update to my system, evince doesn't seem to see all my printers anymore. Here's my printcap: Code: # cat /etc/printcap # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the # /etc/cups/printers.conf file. All changes to this file # will be lost. HL2270DW|HL2270DW:rm=maya:rp=HL2270DW: HP_Col... | Ah - I didn't notice that but I am seeing the same behaviour. I notice that it doesn't happen in konqueror, which makes me think even more strongly that it's a gnome thing... |
Edit: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454208 related bug. Never had major problems with claws so far, but today it started acting up. When I run it, it shows parts of the window, not loading the rest and not responding to anything execpt `kill -9 $pid`. Backed up my .claws-mail folder, started fresh. Setup dial... | I see that claws depends on gtk. Do any other gtk programs misbehave? If not, maybe you could downgrade and file a bug. |
oi, newbie here I had great fortune to get new computer. Installing gentoo took 3 hours from inserting a usb to reboot. but this X thing has me occupied since... Problem is I can not get X to work, so kernel and some configuration problem I suspect. Whit kernel "set to go" I get at boot time a pause at secon point seve... | oi BillWho, That looks promising, thank you. In kernel I do not have firmware for my model options: Code: Device Drivers ---> Generic Driver Options ---> -*- Userspace firmware loading support [*] Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary I can not get in here, and here I should choose my card This is connected... |
Hallo, ich habe Gentoo als Gast in einer VirtualBox 4.2.6 mit aptosid als Host laufen. In Gentoo habe ich einen Ordner durch Eintragung in der /etc/samba/smb.conf freigegeben. Code: ... [DOWNLOADS] path = /home/benutzer/DOWNLOADS guest ok = yes read only = no Das war notwendig, weil die Freigabe via Dolphin nicht wirks... | I have no knowledge about Samba myself, so I can't be of help there. But please mind that the main forums are English-only. You can either switch to English or, alternatively, post on the German subforum . |
Hi there. I've done some tests, and like some other users out here, i could no longer boot into lightdm. I can however, start X with startx on my user session. Also, if i install slim, it does work ( but amazingly enough does not recognize razorqt as a valid desktop environment... ). Only lightdm does not start. I edit... | Rhiakath wrote: Ok, so i've just confirmed it. The lightdm package has now removed the other greeters ( gtk and qt ) which were in the previous version. Now, they're on separate packages. But this means, that, if one emerges lightdm, it is unusable. It should include at least the gtk greeter, as per standard. gonna try... |
Hello Xfce4 doesn't restore all the terminals open when the session was closed down and, for the only one it does restore, it forgets its position. In "Session and Startup" in "Settings", "Automatically save session on logout" is checked. Once upon a time it saved both the number and position, I haven't changed the con... | Thanks -- I've just looked in .cache/sessions and it has nothing more recent than Oct 25... I'll try removing the .config/xfce4 and .config/xfce4-session and start again ... hmmm .config/xfce4-session/ is empty ... suspicious. Thanks again, Chris |
When my laptop starts up, both GDM and LightDM start X and cause the display to switch to TTY7. The odd thing is that TTY7 is just a black screen with a cursor or mouse. The display manager is on another TTY. LightDM is on TTY2 and GDM is on either 8 or 9 (can't remember which). Also, if xdm is not added to a run level... | Let me start off by saying I have no idea what is causing your problems. Myself I've never been happy with any of the current display managers. Really its because I never figured them out. Anyway, During my exploring I discovered an application called qingy that is really cool. It makes running multiple x sessions a sn... |
Hi there, and happy new year! After an emerge world, every QT-based app I have fails to work. For example, we have: Code: gfaccin@piranha ~ $ kcalc Segmentation fault Trying the same as root provides: Code: piranha gfaccin # kcalc kcalc(3163)/kdeui (kdelibs): Session bus not found To circumvent this problem try the fol... | gfaccin wrote: Yes, and it says that everything is ok. just for the sake of it, run revdep-rebuild -i |
As the topic says I'm having problems getting my shutdown and reboot buttons to work. My kernel is 3.7.1 gentoo-sources. I have followed https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-905296-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-xfce4+shutdown-start-25.html and https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-858965-highlight-xfce4+shutdown.... | You need to get 'active = TRUE' Use ~/.xinitrc with content of: Code: # cd ~ # cat .xinitrc startxfce4 --with-ck-launch Then use `startx` instead of `startxfce4 --with-ck-launch` Then make sure the 'nox11' parameter is present as it should: Code: # grep nox11 /etc/pam.d/system-login -session optional pam_ck_connector.s... |
I'm using Gnome Overlay for Gnome 3.6 two months ago. After a world update, I can login to Gnome Shell with gdm, but all apps are missing. Only an empty app menu. If I login as root, and run startx , Gnome Shell started without any problem. Now, Gnome 3.6 is unmasked. But my issue still exist... Why? And how to resolve... | what theme do u use . i got this prob with my shell-theme |
hi , yesterday i performed a full upgrade of my lenovo x120e netbook (amd e350 apu) and now it is unable to start x server. the error i get is "DRM REPORT MODESETTING ISNT SUPPORTED"...here is an screenshot http://imgur.com/ybPrL i have disabled mode setting since one year because it leads to a greyed out display soon ... | Do you have the firmware for radeon installed? If you build radeon as module, you need to ensure that it loads before X starts. If you can, please provide the dmesg output once the screen becomes corrupted (you may need to do this via ssh). |
I would like to login without a password. I have previously achieved this with the following at the end of my /etc/iniittab : Quote: xp:5:respawn:su - admin -l -c 'exec startx -- :1 vt8 >& ~/.xsession-errors' When startx was working for users the SUID bit for /usr/bin/Xorg was set, but this is no-longer the case. Now: ... | Works fine here. Code: # emerge -pv xorg-server [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.13.1 USE="ipv6 nptl suid udev xorg -dmx -doc -kdrive -minimal (-selinux) -static-libs -tslib -xnest -xvfb" 0 kB # stat /usr/bin/Xorg File: ‘/usr/bin/Xorg’ Size: 2198856 Blocks: 4296 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 805h/2053d Inode: 2... |
Like title. The HDD is working fine on Windows and other ditros and lsusb recognize it. Code: * sys-fs/udiskie Latest version available: 0.4.1 Latest version installed: 0.4.1 Size of files: 10 kB Homepage: http://bitbucket.org/byronclark/udiskie Description: An automatic disk mounting service using udisks License: MIT ... | This is a line from my fstab that deals with a microSDHC NTFS filessystem Code: /dev/disk/by-label/MSDHC /mnt/msdhc auto noauto,user,exec,nodev,nosuid 0 0 I don't want it automounted at boot up, so I use noauto. As CrankyPenguin believes, I do also that you would need a udev rule to automount upon insertion. Good Luck ... |
Hello, At some point in time somebody decided that when using Bulgarian phonetic layout the numpad dot sign should produce the coma sign instead. Besides being nonsense it is very irritating, because most of the software expect '.' for decimal separator and I have to switch layouts every few seconds. So the question is... | O.K. found the solution myself: 1. cd /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ 2. edit the corresponding file. In my case the file called "bg" 3. change the line that defines the KP_Delete to be a KP_Decimal instead KP_Separator 4. restart the X server |
My idea is to move the whole desktop between my workstation and notebook. It's like suspend the workstation and restore it on the notebook and vise versa. Perhaps this idea is a bit crazy, but I think it's ultimately useful. Example: on my workstation, there're: 1. a gimp window editing /home/fpemud/a.png, unsaved. 2. ... | What you;'re looking for is something called "checkpoint and restatrt" (c/r for short). Some supports exists in Linux, it is being merged in little pieces (like the kcmp syscall, /proc enhancements, a new PTCRL_SET_MM prctl, the F_GETOWNER_UIDS fcntl) both a part of better container support and for its own sake. The pi... |
Hello, I recently updated gnome from 3.4.1 to 3.6.2 and since then i don't receive chat notification no more... Both empathy & gnome notifications are enabled, and i just don't know where to look, i tried to enable some notification tools from gnome-shell-extensions with no luck. anyone familiar with that? emerge --inf... | i created a new user and it works again, though every other notifications were actually working properly the problem seemed to be my user profile...anyway (solved) |
Hi, I've followed the Unofficial Gentoo Wiki Userspace Suspend to implement hibernation on an Asus UX21e because xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager always had the "Hibernate" option greyed out/unavailable. Suspend to RAM worked fine using this and it could control the same on lid closure. This was ok, but it only lasted in... | slack---line wrote: Hibernates and suspends fine from the command line after following the HowTo (including custom initramfs), but still no Hibernate option in the Xfce4 Power Manager utility. Did some digging, and it appears "Hibernate" (to disk) isn't working as the following output from hibernate shows... Code: # hi... |
last year I have modified the original C++ xml code used in KDE's kate text editor to highlight most common parts of the hoc code. hoc is the scripting language of NEURON simulation environment. Its syntax is similar to C and C++ but it has lots of built-in functions. a year ago when I was a ubuntu user I was able to u... | keivan wrote: However, in Gentoo when I copy that neuron.xml file to the "~/.kde/share/apps/katepart/" directory it does not work. Shouldn't that be "~/.kde/share/apps/katepart/syntax/" directory? |
With the upgrade to Gnome 3.6.3 and upgrade to the new Nautilus there have been some changes, such as changing the interface of Nautilus where I can no longer find options ... But what is bothering me the most is the inability to execute a bash script exclusively by double clicking on it. With the old Nautilus if a scr... | doom555 wrote: With the upgrade to Gnome 3.6.3 and upgrade to the new Nautilus there have been some changes, such as changing the interface of Nautilus where I can no longer find options ... The preferences are in the new AppMenu. There you will find "Behavior -> Executable Text Files". see https://live.gnome.org/Gnome... |
Hello, My xorg does not regnize my mouse and my keyboard. It only recognize my touchpad Thx. | Overengineered configured files... So: - not quite important, but drop the '"touchpad ignore duplicates" ' thing and just filter by path in in the first section (the commented out line) - for mouse, the standard Code: Section "InputClass" Identifier "mouses" Driver "evdev" MatchIsPointer "on" MatchDevicePath "/dev/inpu... |
Hi! My System language is Russian. Spellchecking won't work in kopete even if hunspell-ru, aspell-ru and myspell-ru are installed, but automatic spellchecking checkbox is enabled. it's not work even for English. Code: [I] app-text/hunspell Available versions: 1.3.2-r3 {{linguas_af linguas_bg linguas_ca linguas_cs lingu... | Solved by adding English (USA) and Russian (Russia) to Orthography |
I ran a system update this weekend, and now gnucash is locking up X whenever I click on a button that pops up a list (e.g. the button to select a date on an entry in an account register window). I can ssh into the box after it's locked and top's not showing excessive CPU load. I tried killing everything related to gnuc... | This could be a graphics driver issue. Your kernel is rather old and will probably not work very well with current xf86-video-intel. If upgrading the kernel to the latest stable version does not help, you can try one or more of the following: start gnucash with LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 Use uxa acceleration instead of sn... |
After ten years as happy gentoo user, time has come to activly ask on this forum: Since a few weeks I'm having the following strange problem with QtCurve: Rounded corners (of buttons or input boxes) and radiobuttons look strange/ wrong/ugly in GTK applictions (like Qalculate). They do look correct in KDE applications. ... | They look fine here, see http://i.imgur.com/MPG3p.jpg The applications other than the qtcurve and kde setting dialog are all gtk applications - rox, lxappearance, and a font dialog. Maybe you need to set a system wide antialiasing from your graphics drivers? |
I got this message when trying to "emerge -av kde-meta". Can someone help me solve it? Btw, Im quite new to Gentoo so I don't really get what the error messages mean, if you can help me explain the problem and solution, I would appreciate that a lot! Thanks Code: Total: 454 packages (2 upgrades, 450 new, 1 in new slot,... | naviehuynh, There are packages required from the testing repo ~x86 and dev-python/PyQt4-4.9.6-r1 needs to have these use flags set webkit declarative sql script You would add the testing packages to package.accept_keywords and >=dev-python/PyQt4-4.9.6-r1 webkit declarative sql script to package.use both found in /etc/p... |
hi, I'm running openbox without a login manager. So after booting, I'm in the CLI-environment and when I want to start my openbox-desktop I run startx with .xinitrc: exec openbox-session the manual tells me that openbox-session takes no command line arguments and the only thing I've found so far is: openbox --config-fi... | When I was running Openbox, I had similar problems … unfortunately, I don't remember how I solved them. But did you have a look at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openbox.xml ? This should provide lots of ideas. |
Can someone help me fix this? Code: emerge --info Password: Portage 2.2.0_alpha149 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.5.4, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.3.0-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.3.0-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-2630QM_CPU_@_2.00GHz-with-ge... | This is most likely just a missing virtual/glu dep in the ebuild. |
Hi, I changed my old ATI for new NVIDIA graphics card (660 ti) and I am having issues with unstable X. I am using newest nvidia-drivers (310.19) and newest Xorg-server (1.13.1). everything boots ok but after some time X freezes (sound works) and I have to do hardware reboot (control+F# doesnt work), the /var/lof/Xorg.0... | try without xorg.conf |
Hello there and merry xmas to you all. I've installed the qt overlay. A couple days ago I updated my Portage tree and noticed a new update for Qt libraries (4.8.4). I keep them in stable. However, Qt-Webkit crashes when emerging and I can't figure out the reason: I see a "undefined reference to `WebCore::DragController... | *bumps carefully* |
hi there, just done emerge --sync and after emerge -Dvp world i have got below : -- How can i sort this out ? [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-core-4.8.4:4 [4.8.2:4] USE="exceptions glib iconv icu qt3support ssl (-aqua) -c++0x -debug -pch (-optimized-qmake%) (-qpa%)" 231,048 kB [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.8.4:4 [4.8.2:4] USE... | vintoo wrote: hi there, just done emerge --sync and after emerge -Dvp world i have got below : -- How can i sort this out ? Nothing... it already is. A lower case b indicates that portage can handle it. A capital B indicates something you need to sort out. |
Since I updated a bunch of gnome apps and libs to 3.6, nautilus has lost most of its toolbar and sidebar icons. I just see the generic "broken" icon. Other gtk-3 apps (evince, eog) have all their icons. I tried with the default theme and with faenza, same results. Anyone else? (edit) With USE="gnome" nautilus installs ... | I recently upgraded to GNOME 3.6, too, and I noticed a similar problem. I'm not sure if it's exactly the same. Nautilus' sidebar has different icons than all other applications. Black/white icons (I don't like them), while the others are colored. I use the gnome profile, so the gnome USE flag is set. I haven't managed ... |
hi, after running conky without problems in my last gentoo system, I have a problem this time. I've enabled the USE-flags "X, gtk, xtf, freefonts -ivp6" and emerged conky but when I start it, the following message appears (btw, I've run dispatch-conf after I've emerged conky without xtf): Code: Conky: Xft not enabled a... | LoTeK. Did you enable truetype According to the ebuild that would pull x11-libs/libXft. |
I upgraded xf86-video-intel (all x11-drivers actually) with use +udev today which pulled a new udev -171-r9 (running stable). After reboot I cannot see any text typed in gdm's login box and I can't see the text on the buttons for (Continue) or Cancel or start again, or whatever those buttons said but I can see the unde... | Thanks, I'll try that.. in the meantime I ldd'd gdm and didn't see anything missing. I suppose I could always try back the previous xf86-video-intel which might be causing this trouble. |
I've upgraded my small box to xorg-server-1.13.0-r1 and get a bank screen. I can only log-in via ssh. Code: emerge --info Portage 2.1.11.31 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.5.4, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.2.12-gentoo i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.2.12-gentoo-i... | Could be this: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53307 |
Hi, I've update xorg from 1.12 to 1.13 e nvidia-driver to 304, but now X don't start. I'm using gnome 2.23 x64 with xdm as display manager and i've just updated all the xorg drivers and rebuild the graphics modules. Here my log: xorg.log Code: [ 21.323] X.Org X Server 1.13.0 Release Date: 2012-09-05 [ 21.323] X Protoco... | Code: [ 22.846] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X [ 22.846] (EE) NVIDIA(0): log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X [ 22.846] (EE) NVIDIA(0): server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. If [ 22.846] (EE) NVIDIA(0): you continue to encounter problems, Pl... |
I thought I'd give cinnamon a try out, so I tried to emerge it with the --autounmask-write flag to flag all the required packages with ~x86. (package.keywords at the end of my post) I then did an "emerge -uavDN world" and "revdep-rebuild", followed by "emerge --depclean", just so I could update any needed packages that... | Updating packages to a more recent unstable version usually your best bet. your gtk+ and gnome-control-center are already the latest ~ do the math next time: conflicts are simply unsolved inequality between required versions gtk+-3.6.2::gentoo>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.5.13:3 thats o.k gtk+-3.6.2::gentoo≠<x11-libs/gtk+-3.5:3 th... |
I was a week on vacation and since coming back I can no longer print. Neither via usb or wirelessly. What has changed in that week? Well, I moved from stable to unstable. I've tried adding the printer quite a few times in KDE's system settings, both wired and wireless. I've also tried to add it in cups's webconfig (loc... | After running a simple revdep-rebuild, it became clear that cups-filters was broken. Issue solved. Thanks to Neddy for pointing in the right direction |
i've just updated the xfce4 terminal from 0.4.8 to 0.6.0. for some reason there is a new ebuild with a new name (x11-terms/xfce4-terminal). this version won't use my color settings anymore. i there a new place for the configuration file instead of "~/.config/Terminal/terminalrc" or is there a new way to set up colors i... | Maybe Gentoo bug is useful. |
Weird. I rebooted my machine - first time in 4 months. On the virtual console, I can log in fine. On X, I can log in fine. But when I launch a terminal emulator, it doesn't work. Konsole loads but no prompt appears. xterm just won't load. Within emacs, M-x shell works, but not M-x term. Tried different window managers.... | Yes, and both state they've started. |
I get a strange focus behaviour with URxvt. I open a term and lauch mc. I find a file I want to lock and press Enter. mc lauch the corresponding application, as example mplayer, and I can watch the movie. But mplayer didn't get the focus until I click onto the movie. With any other term I try, mplayer did get the focus... | truc wrote: Hey Dominique_71! It is nice to see you are still using fvwm/fvwm-cristall! Before I felt in the tiling WM world, I remember having lots of fun with FVWM, how is it evolving now? I mean, is the development still active? Hey truc! Of course, the development of fvwm is still active. It is slow, but well, this... |
Hello there, can somebody give me a hint for solving my problem? I am updated world on my laptot with gentoo-hardened kernel. After everything gone without errors update-world also installed new nvidia-drivers. And now, when i run Code: eselect opengl list system returns me only x11-xorg record. So there is no nvidia. ... | Then maybe nvidia-drivers are not install then. you can check it with Code: emerge -pv nvidia-drivers provide your xorg.log if you want more help about the no screen found error. |
Hi I'm trying to define some rules (always on top, run on a specific tag) for some independent .jar applications at awesome wm. In order to execute a .jar file, I have to do java -jar program.jar However if I define any other name than java in rc.lua file including the tittle of the program, it simply avoids the new ru... | You can use class, name or instance to define rules, have you tried that? awesome faq about that |
I installed x11-misc/cairo-dock today from the Sabayon overlay. I also installed x11-plugins/cairo-dock-plugins from the same overlay. The program appears to have installed correctly, however it can't find the plugins folder. It appears to be looking for something in 'lib64/cairo-dock'. The leading slash mark isn't pre... | With sabbayon's ebuild, your pwd must be /usr when you launch the docks. BTW, warning : sabbayon's ebuild is faulty. It has critical problems in terms of hidden dependencies and, if I remember correctly, exhibits a major security warning at the end of the build. I am trying to make my ebuilds for cairo-docks-3.1.2 make... |
I have trouble with my XFCE (4.10). It starts up really slowly. Wine programmes won't run at all, existing with "wineserver: mkdir /tmp/.wine-1000 : No space left on device". Dropbox won't start, neither. I get a lot of errors in my xsession.errors (see below) that are gconf related . I assume what causes this is some ... | lxg, I would add /var/log/* to that. I have seen some huge log files 10G+ with lots of kernel debug options on. Warning to the unwary. rm'ing a file will not free the space it uses until the file is no longer used. That means that if its a log file and the program that owns it is running, you need to restart that progr... |
Hello I wanna execute the X but i give this error when I ran startx Code: [ 980.843] X.Org X Server 1.13.0 Release Date: 2012-09-05 [ 980.843] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 980.843] Build Operating System: Linux 3.5.7-gentoo i686 Gentoo [ 980.843] Current Operating System: Linux notebook-lucas 3.5.7-gentoo #1 SMP... | add Screen0 section in xorg.conf remove xorg.conf as it is auto generated and for 98% of the times is not needed. |
Hi, I'm having the following conflict with emerge -uDNvp world: Code: One or more updates have been skipped due to a dependency conflict: x11-base/xorg-server:0 (x11-base/xorg-server-1.13.0-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with <x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.99 required by (x11-drivers/xf86-video-neomagic-... | What do you have in /etc/make.conf for VIDEO_CARDS? Or do you have a USE=VIDEO_CARDS_? Look for neomagic there and remove it, you probably don't need it. Suspicion is that somehow you're requesting the neomagic driver, and it was not updated by the maintainer (since it's an old card) due to some semi-major API change i... |
Hello I use libreoffice-bin and would like to have some more fonts. For instance Times New Roman. I don't have it in the fonts of libreoffice. How can I add it? The fonts I have installed on the system are: Code: eix font |grep I [I] app-admin/eselect-fontconfig Installed versions: 1.1(14:41:58 10/10/12) [I] media-font... | Clad in Sky wrote: There is a package called corefonts. Emerge it. The fonts should show up in libreoffice. You can also copy fonts to /usr/share/fonts/corefonts if you already have them as files somewhere. Thanks a lot. I didn't have it. I emerged it and restarted libreoffice. Now it works nicely. Best Queen |
After a fresh install from ground up, pcmanfm (within a LXDE environment, lxde-meta) does not handle any file types. A double click to a PDF, GIF or any other file type does not start its application, even it is insalled (in my example PDF: evince, GIF: gpicview). All described applications provide their mime types in ... | Just as an fyi I just did a fresh install about three weeks ago using LXDE and I did not experience the problem you're having. In addition I have no such file ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list I did not have to anything special to be able to open a pdf file from pcmanfm |
I just noticed that lowriter crashes if I right click on a mis-spelled word. Nothing in my logs that I can see about this but starting in a terminal gives this on the crash: Code: terminate called after throwing an instance of 'com::sun::star::loader::CannotActivateFactoryException' Anyone have any idea how to fix this... | FWIW, I cannot reproduce this in libreoffice-bin-3.5.2.2-r1 -- the mispelled word context menu seems to work correctly here. |
After doing a world update (emerge -uDN world) I have xorg-1.13.0-r1 that don' start. I tried to downgrade to 1.12.4 without success. I tried also to upgrade the kernel from 3.3.8 to 3.5.7 no success. Now I have kernel-3.5.7, with this xorg.conf Code: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "prova" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 End... | m.rizz wrote: Code: [ 21.783] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported. Enough said. |
Hi, recently I installed gentoo in a new computer, all goes fine and the boot process is very fast (20 seconds or less), but when it reaches the moment when it starts local and the dm (slim), it goes into black screen and slim only appears after more than 30 seconds, maybe around 1 minute, it takes very long and I don'... | Thanks, I have this in my "everything" log: Code: Dec 25 20:52:29 [kernel] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 310.19 Thu Nov 8 00:52:03 PST 2012 Dec 25 20:52:29 [kernel] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00: GPU-7d5b83ff-eceb-9b58-854b-787132318a34 Dec 25 20:52:29 [kernel] NVRM: Your system is not currently configured t... |
Hey everyone, since serveral weeks I have some graphic problems. The borders of the windows look sometimes strange and if I use programs which need graphic power -for examples games-, the gui crashes completely. The screen gets black and pops up again after a few seconds and I cannot use the mouse any more. Via CTRL+AL... | GPU lockup can be a problem in kernel drm. Try upgrading to a newer kernel. |
Hello, I just migrate from fglrx to radeon. Now I am trying to show two stretched display with my laptop and my TV via hdmi. I just consulted the guide here. http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/X.Org/Dual_Monitors But I still have some questions. The following configuration context is from the guide that I mentioned. My que... | not sure what de are you using but if is kde, have you tried to see what the screen resolution applet in system settings allows you to do? |
I have followed all Gentoo manuals on localizing the system and ultimately with great success it seems. Yet I managed to discover one thing that is not working as intended. I am using Opera as my main browser. One of many great features it offers is integration of search engines inside address bar. For example you can ... | maybe its just font fail? go to preferences ->advanced -> fonts and set browser toolbar fonts to some supporting UTF-8 ? ( maybe also set polish language in general options if u haven't set yet ) edit: I made some simpler script, just to show google maps in opera options is just http://maps.google.pl/maps?q=%s it redir... |
I'm on unstable amd64. Did an update that was for the last 3 or so weeks from the last update. I have the e-warnings going to my email and read them before rebooting - didn't see anything like a xorg update or anything. When I rebooted I lost my logitech wireless usb mouse (usb receiver) and usb wacom tablet. My logite... | hunky wrote: I did rebuild the x11-drivers with no effect. That's strange - it always works for me Did you try revdep-rebuild |
This is the error i get i couldnt solve please helpp? http://i49.tinypic.com/oh8tcl.jpg | That tells us nothing. We need an actual error. If you do not have wgetpaste installed, install it. ( emerge -av wgetpaste ) and then post the urls returned by Code: wgetpaste emerge --info' =media-plugins/gst-plugins-v412-0.10.30' wgetpaste /var/tmp/portage/media-plugins/gst-plugins-v412-0.10.30 |
Hello guys, I've got some issues with my KDE setup. I installed most of kde, except games and such. My problem is that Amarok and KDE is mute. I've got a Xonar DX soundcard, driver is ok, alsamixer levels are ok, and if I launch for example firefox and play a youtube song i get sound as well, so its not a sound issue, ... | Emerging gstreamer with alsa flag solved the issue. |
Hello, I have trouble with DRI support in Xorg xorg server log file Code: (II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull! but glxinfo Code: maczeta@bestia :) glxinfo | grep render direct rendering: No OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect please help me... | Code: # eselect opengl set ati |
Hello, I ran a big emerge -u last sunday (230+ packages) and all hell broke loose. The emerging was ok, but the X system is almost unusable. The most obvious symptom is an X-application freezing, with 100% CPU use. The mouse still moves, but the desktop is totally unresponsive. I first thought it was an application-rel... | can you post the list of the 230 pkgs you've upgraded? |
I tried to set my keyboard to the layout "fr" like this : Quote: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" # Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" # Option "XkbVariant" ",multi" EndSection ...But when I login with gdm or any other logging manager my keyboard is in qwerty...My other tty don't... | oui you're using old style xorg.conf to configure your keyboard, this won't work, you need use the new style explain here : http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/ (lookout for xorg server version you use upgrade guide) or add this file to your system & it should work (as /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/97-evdev.conf) Code: ... |
hi, I have a keyboard pb within KDE. Among others , instead of (e-accute) I get é and instead of (e-grave) i get è . I am using KDE that was emerged with LINGUAS="fr FR" (with underscore in between but I cannot do it) The trouble is the same with both bepo and azerty layouts. What can I do ? | I have no '-' between 'F' and '8' but I don't know if it really makes a difference. What is in /etc/inputrc (or your ~/.inputrc) ? |
Hi, I am using a gnome ~amd64 machine and today after a world update I noticed that each time I launch gnome-terminal I received Quote: There was an error creating the child process for this terminal. getpt failed: No such file or directory. A google search indicated it might be a devpts issue, like this one indicated ... | It was my fault. I forgot the read the update warning and it appeared that I needed to add "udev-mount" to sysinit level. Since other people may run into similar problems, I will leave this post here as reference. |
Had the system working fine w/ Intel internal graphics. Cant get the ATI proprietary driver (fglrx) working. I pulled the DRI/AGP stuff all out of my kernel and recompiled. I recompiled xorg-drivers after changing my VIDEO_CARDS variable from intel to fglrx. The fglrx module auto-starts after booting. When I try to sta... | Any chance fglrx drivers no longer support your card ? If not, pastebin your xorg log. |
Hello. I have the problem of X not finding any screens, and runing it with -configure will just inform me it's missing output drivers as expected. The drivers won't install. I want the proprietary due to me needing "MOAR PERFORMANCE". The chip in question is an AMD HD6850 (barts i think?) Kernel is manually configured ... | Looks like more GLU fallout... https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-943260-highlight-.html |
Hi everyone! I use KDE 4.9.3. After update if the world, some graphics in gtk applications looks rough. Especially when I use firefox the buttons with round corners have extra pixels in corners. Checkboxes also look not nice - also have extra pixels. Checkbox - example 1 Checkbox - example 2 Rough corners in edit box | emerge x11-themes/oxygen-gtk. Also, check you picture links. They appear to be dead. |
Hi, After update my gentoo I'm not able to start xorg. lspci: Code: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Madison [Radeon HD 5000M Series] lsmod: Code: Module Size Used by snd_hda_codec_hdmi 21065 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek 89031 1 snd_hda_intel 18911 0 snd_hda_codec 64356 3 snd_hda_codec... | xorg <=> fglrx support is very fragile, any small change may cause X not to work due to ABI changes. try either upgrading fglrx or downgrading xserver |
hello! after the last: Code: emerge -p --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world gdm doesn't start anymore while starting the X-server from console(startx) works. in the logs I get the following error: Code: kernel: X[29712]: segfault at ffffffff ip b757ceb8 sp bf9e9ecc error 4 in libc-2.15.so[b7441000+183000] ker... | I don't suppose you tried revdep-rebuild first? That may have saved a few hours, but emerge -e world should do about the same thing. |
Hi, I am a newish Linux user and I've just finished a fresh installation of Gentoo and I'm trying to get X running. I've emerged xorg-server and everything builds fine but when I type startx there is an error. Before I list the contents of the Xorg log file let me mention that I read the X Server Configuration HOWTO bu... | ts1971, From your log we can tell that the peferred drivers for your hardware are in order, Code: [ 41.841] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0 [ 41.841] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 1 [ 41.841] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2 [ 41.841] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured dr... |
Hi, after updateing kde from 4.9.3 to 4.9.4 and xorg-server from 1.12.2 to 1.13.0-r1 (and back in the meanwhile) (and more packages..) the icons, font and background in kde is broken (looks a bit interlaced?) looks like: http://s11.postimage.org/a3mkc6phf/Bildschirmfoto1.png Font looks good in eg firefox. Broken in all... | Any chance your video card is intel ? |
Hi, Unlike the previous post (log are not the same), I have some trouble running X after an upgrade. I have already run Code: emerge -1av $(qlist -IC x11-drivers) X.org.log.0 Code: [ 358.404] X.Org X Server 1.13.0 Release Date: 2012-09-05 [ 358.427] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 358.435] Build Operating System: L... | Code: [ 358.444] Current Operating System: Linux gentoo 2.6.35-gentoo-r12 #4 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 6 16:07:47 CEST 2011 i686 That kernel is rather old, can you try a newer one? Also try starting X without any xorg.conf or xorg.conf.d/* at all. |
Hi, I have downgraded xorg and nvidia drivers in order to be able to use TwinView... and lost my inputs. The mouse pointer doesn't move and the keyboard doesn't work. I didn't change my xorg.conf, thee input devices are kbd0 and /dev/input/mice. I vaguely remember something like that a long time ago, there was a proble... | Make sure they're plugged in. Oh, and and don't forget to: Code: emerge -1av $(qlist -I -C x11-drivers/) Edit: ah, you already got it. |
Hi, ALL, I have a PC with GNOME2 installed. I need to install KDE4 on the same machine and be able to choose what to load at startup. Installing is easy, but how to configure this "dual-boot" environment? Thank you. | You can actually use GDM, KDM, LXDM or slim with no extra configuration. They only catch is that some options like switch user may not be available with some login managers. |
Hello, while updating to kde 4.9.3 I got the following error: Code: [ 92%] Building CXX object kinfocenter/Modules/opengl/CMakeFiles/kcm_opengl.dir/opengl.o cd /mnt/store/portage/portage/kde-base/kinfocenter-4.9.3/work/kinfocenter-4.9.3_build/kinfocenter/Modules/opengl && /usr/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DMAKE_KCM_OPENG... | Please paste the output of `$ equery l -i mesa glu` |
After recent xorg-upgrade I get a blank screen. xdm.log only gives me: Code: nouveau: 0x00000000 nouveau: 0x00fffff0 xdm info (pid 3102): Shutting down XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0" after 176 requests (169 known processed) with 0 events remaining. xdm info (pid 3102): displa... | There's also the "nv" driver, which is nVidia's official open source driver. |
If you look at the picture I attached you can see that Firefox is rendering the element in a weird way. The border around the "Go" is pixelated. The bloody thing draws it nicely off Gentoo 12.1 LiveDVD system. But on my Gentoo box it is just plain ugly: http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k122/CkoTuHa/firefoxrenderingfla... | Looks like it's not drawing antialiased lines there (or the container box corners). That could be a bug in Cairo or the video driver itself. See if it breaks in other apps if you change your GTK theme to something with round buttons. |
Hi, guys! Can't fix a small problem. The matter is sometimes I booting system with detached monitor. In this case on monitor attach I have a system that was booted in 800x600 mode. And I have to reboot to get native 1280x1024 mode. The same behavior with both nvidia and nouveau drivers. So I think this is Xorg issue. I... | xrandr tells: Can't open display. No matter which option was specified. KRandrTray also doesn't helps: only 800x600 option is available when booting with monitor detached. Unfortunately I am not familar bash scripting and can't write proper script |
Hi Folks How can I remove all of the unwanted dictionaries from Mozilla Thunderbird? I only want en_GB. http://www.paully.co.uk/images/thunderbird_dictionaries.png Code: [I] mail-client/thunderbird Available versions: 10.0.5 10.0.6 10.0.7 10.0.9 10.0.10 (~)16.0.1-r1 {{+alsa bindist +crashreporter +crypt custom-cflags c... | LINGUAS="en-GB" |
emerge -av nepomuk requires to add such line to /etc/portage/package.use so I did: Code: +#required by kde-base/nepomuk-4.8.5, required by nepomuk (argument) +=kde-base/kdelibs-4.8.5 semantic-desktop +#required by dev-db/virtuoso-server-6.1.6, required by dev-libs/soprano-2.7.6[virtuoso], required by kde-base/nepomuk-4... | Most likely reason is that after you toggle semantic-desktop on kde-base/kdelibs, other already installed, packages want that useflag toggled too. |
I compiled amarok with (embedded lastfm linguas_pl semantic-desktop utils) and I don't have plugin for krunner. Is it normal? | it's called " Control Audio Player " In the plugin settings you can select which player it controls. |
I have a netbook (~x86) with up to date gnome3.4 which works quite good, wireless and everything, but there are two little probs with wlan, that I'd like to fix. Now I don't know wether this is related to NetworkManager itself oder gnome/udev specific or openrcspecific: - When I unplug AC-Adapter and it's changing to b... | I don't know if you're willing to try this, but the first thing I would do is try something not-Gnome, something more light-weight such as LXDE or XFCE (or Blackbox, Fluxbox, Awesome, etc.). The idea is to see whether Gnome itself is the problem (I suspect it might be, in which case you'd file a bug report to Gnome). I... |
Hi, I am new to Gentoo as well as to KDE. I managed to have a KDE system working (with much help from guys here) but I have only one trouble left. I cannot get a non US keyboard at login time in KDM. I would like to use my French bépo kbd but I cannot even use a classic fr azerty one. I have seen a lot of things on the... | For a French Bépo keyboard, for the console you will need to specify something like keymaps="fr-bepo" (no accent) in /etc/conf.d/keymaps. Check to see you have the keymap, though: Code: ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/fr* And for X Windows you'll need to have something either in /etc/X11/xorg.conf or in /etc/X11/xorg... |
Hello, X doesn't start at boot time anymore, after I've upgraded some packages with emerge -pvDu world (x11-base/xorg-server-1.13.0-r1, x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev, x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.6.2, x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.3, x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.2, x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.8.1, among ot... | After upgrading of xorg-server you've to upgrade depending package/s too, either use revdep-rebuild for that and/or follow what the elog/ewarn messages of that packages said during install phase. |
I'm having trouble installing Gnome 3, from this web: http://oleeekchoff.blogspot.co.il/2011/10/gnome-3-on-gentoo.html I already have Gnome 2, so i get this when i try to emerge -avuND world Code: Conflict: 7 blocks (4 unsatisfied) !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into th... | The above seems to simply say, that you need to keyword a more recent version of net-wireless/bluez. |
First update world after new install fails with nautilus problem. Code: don ~ # emerge -auDN world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] sys-process/psmisc-22.16 USE="X*" [ebuild R ] sys-devel/gcc-4.5.4 USE="gtk*" [ebuild R ] app-editors/nano-2.3.1-r2 USE="... | Try changing '=gnome-base/nautilus-2.32.2.1' to just 'gnome-base/nautilus' in package.use. Though, IIRC, introspection for gtk2 makes little sense - only since gtk3 it was embraced sufficiently. |
I used until now virtualbox 4.2.4 without problems. I am not sure what happened but I can't launch a machine due to the following errors: Code: WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module available for the current kernel (3.4.9-gentoo) or it failed to load. Please recompile the kernel mo... | queen, dmesg may give more information about version mismatches but the fix is always the same. Code: vboxdrv: disagrees about version of symbol sched_setscheduler vboxdrv: Unknown symbol sched_setscheduler (err -22) vboxdrv: disagrees about version of symbol wake_up_process suggests that either the module you are tryi... |
Hi, I've setup the swsusp hibernation and it works perfects, but I would like to tweak certain options. I would like to disable for my laptop to hibernate when I close my screen. I would like to do nothing when I close my screen. How can I do that. If you can provide a link to a tutorial that explains it, it's even bet... | I have to add that I don't use acpid and that I'm using awesome WM. |
Hi, It is my first Gentoo install and I use KDE, In system settings I can add fr and fr-bepo keyboards but when I chose one, other than us , it has no effect at all and I stay with us Even the icon in notification area continue to display us What could I do ? | I have found a solution. In fact at the same time I was having a warning message at login Quote: Warning: Cannot open ConsoleKit session : Unable to open session : Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/System bus socket : No such file or directory The following command fixed everything Code: rc-update add dbus defa... |
Somehow my laptop has been converted to the KDE plasma-netbook interface, and I can't get it to stop. I don't want any of this fancy shit, I want my KDE3 desktop back. Please somebody help me. Why WHY do they impose user interface changes on me that I DON'T WANT. | What KDE3 desktop? Please do tell whether you want to get actual help or this is just a rant. Right now it sounds as if some magick has planted the "Air for netbooks" plasma theme over your pretty KDE3, which is impossible without your own action. Also, you surely would notice a truckload of KDE4 packages getting emerg... |
Hi, I'm having trouble getting a terminal to run in my environment, not sure what the problem is. When I start a terminal, I get the following error: Code: There was an error creating the child process for this terminal getpt failed: No such file or directory not sure what to do to solve this. I've tried searching it o... | Thanks Btoo for the advice! I was going to try that, but when I booted back into my environment, I tried the terminal again and it works now! I assume that emerge fixed the problem itself, even though I was unable to open the terminal inside the environment, I was able to ssh in from another machine and continue to eme... |
Hi! After a fresh install on an older Mac-mini, everything works except starting X. I can log on to the physical terminal and type startx but what happens is the screen clears to black and the (unblinking) text-mode cursor moves to the top-left of the screen. I must ssh log-in from another machine to restart the comput... | First of all, your kernel is more than recent enough, so stop using radeonfb. But other than that, it seem everything is working correctly, startx doesn't do anything noteworthy on its own, you need some clients (a window manager at very least). If the mouse cursor doesn't move, then you failed to post a large enough p... |
I've been hit by this problem: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-937814-start-0.html I have libgraphite2.so.3.0.1 installed. How do I downgrade to libgraphite2.so.2.0.0? Thanks. | If you have libreoffice installed and not libreoffice-bin, run revdep-rebuild (from the gentoolkit package). If you use libreoffice-bin, downgrade to graphite2 to 1.1.3. Code: # emerge --ask --oneshot =graphite2-1.1.3 |
As I said in the title, libreoffice is failing. Here is the output of emerge --info '=app-office/libreoffice-3.6.3.2' and here is the build log is here . | Quote: Chances are that either you're mixing and didn't keyword enough or dep in the ebuild isn't high enough and you don't use '-D' during 'emerge -u @world'. No, and no Unfortunately. I am on unstable and I always run "emerge -avuvNDt world" It seems the file is too big to upload to pastbin, but it looks like this ma... |
I have KDE 4 and I do not have a full-blown GNOME installation. When I try to run same-gnome, I get the following message: Code: GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: CORBA error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0 GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: CORBA error: IDL:omg.org/CORB... | I had a similar problem after upgrading glibc. Switching from gvonf-2.32.4 to 3.2.5 solved it for me. |
kdelibs-4.9.3 failing with the following Code: Linking CXX executable ../../bin/nepomuk-rcgen cd /var/tmp/portage/kde-base/kdelibs-4.9.3/work/kdelibs-4.9.3_build/nepomuk/rcgen && /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/nepomuk-rcgen.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -O2 -pipe -Wnon-virtua... | Code: $ equery b /usr/lib64/soprano/libsoprano_raptorparser.so * Searching for /usr/lib64/soprano/libsoprano_raptorparser.so ... dev-libs/soprano-2.8.0 (/usr/lib64/soprano/libsoprano_raptorparser.so) So, what versions of icu and gnutls do you have installed? |
Greetings, I recently upgraded my video card from an ATI card to an nVidia card. I am trying to set up the kernel. However, with the 3.3.8 gentoo-sources kernel there is no option for nVidia in the Direct Rendering section within menuconfig or within the .config file itself. Also, the module installs fine but when I la... | xorg.conf overrides settings in /usr/share/... Proprietary nVidia driver has it's own DRI. You need also a minimal xorg.conf Code: Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" EndSection |
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