From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from chamber.cco.caltech.edu (chamber.cco.caltech.edu [131.215.48.55]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82E9C2015F99 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 22:13:02 -0600 (CST) Received: from there (91-pppold-its.caltech.edu [131.215.138.91]) by chamber.cco.caltech.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA06314 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 20:10:11 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200203050410.UAA06314@chamber.cco.caltech.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251" From: George Shapovalov To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Questions & XMMS Problem Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 20:17:05 -0800 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: dd108589-e3e9-4724-8139-9e462262b90c X-Archives-Hash: 177f30caed67034486d4533f9e63c3d1 Try to check/change your output plug-in. If you have OSS selected, this i= s=20 what xmms will be looking for. If you want to use alsa you need to=20 emerge/enable xmms-alsa. Also check permissions in /dev/sound if you have all modules loaded prope= rly. Generally I find that xmms tends to behave somewhat strange if you have=20 things slightly misconfigured. I am using alsa and I installed xmms-alsa=20 plugin. In order to use xmms I need to load all appropriate alsa modules=20 before I launch xmms, otherwise it segafaults and says, that I triggered = the=20 bug.=20 Please see below for more. On Monday 04 March 2002 17:50, you wrote: > I alsao have a few questions concerning Gentoo : > 2- Is there some tools can can tell me what packgae I have installed an= d > what version are they? I read the emerge man page and it seems you cant= do > that with an emerge command (or am I wrong)? Check out app-admin/{gentool,gentoolkit}. 1st is web interface for cmd li= ne=20 tools (best probably for browsing installed/possible packages), 2nd is a=20 collection of additional scripts. See below as well. > > 3- Where does Gentoo stores its install log? (or is there a place where > gentoo stores install log???) /var/db/pkg - mirrors /usr/portage structure, contains only installed=20 packages.=20 > > 4- Is there a way to update a package (only a package and not the world= ) > with emerge (rather than used ebuild as it is said on the GentooFAQ)? try emerge pkg-name, it will remerge the package. > > 5- Quesiton about the dependency mechanism : if I emerge softwareA with > dependency with softwareB and I update softwareB, will softwareA be > automatically remerge (a kind of broken depencies mechanism...)? =09I think it is supposed to do just that. Never worked for me though. George