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Thus spake lists on Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 08:25:36AM CST |
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> I needed lots of sleep. Right now I don't have a CD burner. I am using it |
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> to boot from. I am running from a knoppix CD. I think there is a way to |
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> fix this without starting over. I have chrooted in to my new HD, I |
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> downloaded a 2006.1 stage3, I did the env-update && source etc/profile... |
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> I will be working on this and reading through as much as I can find about |
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> it today. If I can't get anywhere with it, I can get a CD from my friend |
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> some time next week. Good luck with the ALSA stuff. You may need to |
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> recompile the kernel with that. |
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Lack of sleep on top of frustration makes it really difficult to do good |
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diagnostic work. Please take the time to obtain, and then work from a current |
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install disk. Please report carefully, concisely and accurately any ebuild |
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errors you get. Full compile records aren't helpful, just the topmost error in |
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an ebuild output down to the ebuild boilerplate about reporting the error above |
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that point. It might be helpful to post the output of 'emerge info'. If you |
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are having app crashes, run the problem GUI apps from a CLI and report the |
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output to your terminal - segfaults, GTK messages, etc. Keep a good record of |
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what you do. |
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I would strongly advise you to follow the Gentoo install step-by-step docs _to |
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the letter_! Gentoo generally has very good instructions, and many times I've |
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found that problems I've had in installs and complex upgrades have been the |
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result of leaving out some step which at first didn't seem important but in |
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retrospect was critical. This will also help people on this list help you |
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since everyone can be on the same page as far as the steps you've taken and |
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where things have failed. |
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> It is hard for me to even get to my email now. I need my evolution and |
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> firefox passwords!! damn!! |
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FWIW, Evolution is a real bear! It's an absolutely brilliant piece of design |
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supported by very mediocre software engineering. It's no wonder the Ximian |
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people aren't on the scene anymore. I also use Evolution, and have fights |
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with it periodically. My mail access is all via IMAP, and I have a cron job |
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which backs up my calendar, and my contacts are all backed up in LDAP on my |
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servers, so when Evolution trashes my personal data, which it does |
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periodically, I have working backups. My favorite MUA is still Mutt, which I |
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fall back on with relative ease when Evo craps out on me. Thunderbird is |
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coming along, and with the Lightning plugin (and it's standalone equiv. |
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Sunbird) it's going to be running Evo some good competition in a year or two. |
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512-259-1190 | trying to eradicate | <http://pubkeys.fmp.com> |
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