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| 381980 | 2005-08-24 22:53:00 | Hmmm, seems Gentoo grew on me more than I realised. When I went back to FC4 and watching it set up and install, then run; I thought 'How boring' Seems I miss the fixing-it-up and get-it-going aspect, as well as the satisfaction of 'creation' (probably a throwback to my mIRC scripting days). Back on the horse I get ... :D BTW.. what can anyone tell me about curl, when compiling openoffice I got a configure: curl not functioning or non-existant error. Will play with it later I suppose |
Myth (110) | ||
| 381981 | 2005-08-25 07:16:00 | BTW.. what can anyone tell me about curl, when compiling openoffice I got a configure: curl not functioning or non-existant error. Will play with it later I suppose cURL (http://curl.haxx.se/) Areas to look at when troubleshooting that error: USE Flags Whether curl is installed emerge --pretend --verbose openoffice Were you trying to emerge openoffice or openoffice-ximian? |
Jen (38) | ||
| 381982 | 2005-08-25 08:12:00 | OK, I managed to get OpenOffice complie working earlier today (updated portage then emerged curl). Having done that, OO compiled with no issues (took ages, hence why I have only just got back). One issue I did discover last night, and I am curious about... When Grub did its thing, I went to the Windows partition just to make sure it would, and that all was ok (which it was). I then restarted the computer, and let Grub take me to Gentoo. When Gentoo was booting up, I got (and kept getting on each restart) an error similar to this: 'usb 2-1: device descriptor' then something like 'read/64, error -71' I searched online for a fix but couldn't find anything of help. I then shut the computer down (not restart), let it sit for 10 seconds, then booted up - no error. I then restarted a few more times, still no error. Has anyone heard of this issue? Can I stop it from happening again if I go from Windows to Gentoo on a restart? (i.e. is there a patch?) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 381983 | 2005-08-25 08:54:00 | A USB device is causing that error, so what USB devices do you have attached to your computer? Any that might not of initialised fully during a restart? Try removing the ones you can and then see if you can reproduce the error. Linux loves logs :D Time to check out what they are saying about all this. Look at them out after receiving that error: dmesg | grep usb tail -20 /var/log/messages [note: the '20' specifies the last 20 lines in that log - adjust accordingly] |
Jen (38) | ||
| 381984 | 2005-08-25 09:42:00 | Incidentally, the issue I WAS having with K3b is outlined here.... (forums.gentoo.org) Just tried this idea and it seems to be working :) Xmms issue is sorted as well .... just need to get the mp3 codec (if its still available). Otherwise might have to get rid of it and see if I can get Xine working (to play mpeg and mp3) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 381985 | 2005-08-25 10:40:00 | Actually the issue with k3b continued, however I got it fixed with the help of a mod in an IRC room and this site (forums.gentoo.org) | Myth (110) | ||
| 381986 | 2005-08-25 11:48:00 | Give amaroK a whirl, it integrates a lot nicer than Xmms :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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