Re: [gentoo-user] cdrtools incomplete?
Am Montag, 7. Mai 2007 schrieb ext Leonhard Gruener: equery belongs /usr/bin/cdrecord [ Searching for file(s) /usr/bin/cdrecord in *... ] app-cdr/cdrkit-1.1.5.1 (/usr/bin/cdrecord - /usr/bin/wodim) So install cdrkit. Hope this helps # equery belongs /usr/bin/cdrecord [ Searching for file(s) /usr/bin/cdrecord in *... ] app-cdr/cdrtools-2.01.01_alpha25 (/usr/bin/cdrecord) Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] upload problem in seamonkey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 pat wrote: I have problem with uploading some sorts of the files by seamonkey (e.g. *.pdf, *.jpg, etc.) ... in 90%. What kinds of problems? R -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGPsR87So1xaF/eR8RAnMtAJ0fgTe1gh5GYCqY1A9U3Qo7yMSrowCfeRRV sNA3aoXZiNMYIfIzBxZZPQY= =GKZi -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Intel D975X or NVidia 680i for stable, fast Linux box?
Denis schrieb: I'm looking into upgrading to Intel Core 2 Duo (or Quad) family - perhaps the E6600 Conroe. I'm trying to figure out which motherboard/chipset would suit my needs best. I'm planning to install Gentoo Linux on the system, and I need it to be, first and foremost, stable and reliable - mainly to be used for number crunching (e. g., Mathematica), simulations, etc... No gaming. I'm between getting an Intel board with the D975X chipset and a board with the NVidia 680i chipset. Which of these chipsets is more favored in the Linux community and which might do better with number crunching applications? Why not use the 965P-chipset on a board like the Intel DP965LT? Should be a bit cheaper than the D975X and if you don't need the RAID-functionality, this is a very good board for working purposes IMO. The 965-chipset even beat the 975 in some benchmarks I read ... I use one here with a E6600, running gentoo on a 2.6.21-kernel (dynticks), and everything runs fine and stable. You have to use a kernel =2.6.20 or so if you want to use the Marvell-PATA-Chip (for CD-ROM or so), but no problem with this, also all the other features (sata, sound, usb, Gbit-LAN, cpu frequency scaling ...) work fine. Dunno about the nvidia-chipset, I personally chose the Intel-board after reading some tests in the german c't-magazine where it did score good points and seemed to fit my needs for a decent workhorse here. Greets, Stefan. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Enable the mouse for the console
Hello Richard Broersma Jr, Thanks everyone for the pointers! GROAN -- Neil Bothwick I cna ytpe 300 wrods pre mniuet!!! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Intel D975X or NVidia 680i for stable, fast Linux box?
Hello Stefan G. Weichinger, Why not use the 965P-chipset on a board like the Intel DP965LT? Should be a bit cheaper than the D975X and if you don't need the RAID-functionality, this is a very good board for working purposes IMO. Which board are you using? -- Neil Bothwick What's the greatest world-wide use of cowhide? To hold cows together. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Intel D975X or NVidia 680i for stable, fast Linux box?
Neil Bothwick schrieb: Hello Stefan G. Weichinger, Why not use the 965P-chipset on a board like the Intel DP965LT? Should be a bit cheaper than the D975X and if you don't need the RAID-functionality, this is a very good board for working purposes IMO. Which board are you using? As mentioned above: Intel DP965LT. Stefan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Intel D975X or NVidia 680i for stable, fast Linux box?
Hello Stefan G. Weichinger, Why not use the 965P-chipset on a board like the Intel DP965LT? Should be a bit cheaper than the D975X and if you don't need the RAID-functionality, this is a very good board for working purposes IMO. Which board are you using? As mentioned above: Intel DP965LT. Doh! Too early in the morning for me :( I was looking at a Gigabyte board but I'll give this one a look too. -- Neil Bothwick Help! I've fallen and I can't get down! - James Brown signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Intel D975X or NVidia 680i for stable, fast Linux box?
Neil Bothwick schrieb: Hello Stefan G. Weichinger, Why not use the 965P-chipset on a board like the Intel DP965LT? Should be a bit cheaper than the D975X and if you don't need the RAID-functionality, this is a very good board for working purposes IMO. Which board are you using? As mentioned above: Intel DP965LT. Doh! Too early in the morning for me :( I was looking at a Gigabyte board but I'll give this one a look too. A Gigabyte board with the P965-chipset? I have a comparison here with the Gigabyte 945P-DS3, somewhat cheaper than the Intel, no firewire, and a bit slower in the SATA-benchmarks ... and 4GB of RAM max, while the P965 accepts up to 8GB (depends on if one needs that now or plans to use the board for quite a while ...) Stefan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Firefox generates zombies.
When I run firefox 2.0.0.3 on my x86 laptop, the ps -eHF command produces following output: UIDPID PPID CSZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD ... ... marek 5788 5765 12 50526 730880 09:02 ?00:13:42 /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin marek 5869 5788 0 0 0 0 09:02 ? 00:00:00 [netstat] defunct Firefox is a parent of defunct netstat process. Of course, when I close firefox, the zombie disappears too. Could someone explain me how to get rid of it? Marek Miller -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about java, Seamonkey and random hangs.
Dale wrote: OK. I emerged the one you mentioned. I mostly did it because now when I go to the weather radar, Seamonkey starts to load the page then crashes completely. Even Konqueror doesn't work most of the time. What the heck is going on with this? I need my weather because we have some really nasty storms this time of year and I would like to see it coming, so I know to duck. Any ideas? Is it me or the website? Thanks. Dale :-) :-) Well, after not knowing anything else to do, I did a emerge -ev world. It seems to work like it was before. Read that as Seamonkey hangs until the page is completely loaded. It doesn't crash at least. Still open to ideas. Dale :-) :-) :-) -- www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967 Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part.
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Intel D975X or NVidia 680i for stable, fast Linux box?
On Mon, 07 May 2007 10:31:06 +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: I was looking at a Gigabyte board but I'll give this one a look too. A Gigabyte board with the P965-chipset? I have a comparison here with the Gigabyte 945P-DS3, somewhat cheaper than the Intel, no firewire, and a bit slower in the SATA-benchmarks ... and 4GB of RAM max, while the P965 accepts up to 8GB (depends on if one needs that now or plans to use the board for quite a while ...) The 945P-DS3P has Firewire and a faster FSB, but no one seems to have them in stock at a decent price right now, so I'll keep looking. -- Neil Bothwick We all know what comes after 'X', said Tom, wisely. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox generates zombies.
On Monday 07 May 2007, Marek Miller wrote: When I run firefox 2.0.0.3 on my x86 laptop, the ps -eHF command produces following output: UIDPID PPID CSZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD ... ... marek 5788 5765 12 50526 730880 09:02 ?00:13:42 /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin marek 5869 5788 0 0 0 0 09:02 ? 00:00:00 [netstat] defunct Firefox is a parent of defunct netstat process. Of course, when I close firefox, the zombie disappears too. Could someone explain me how to get rid of it? Two things: 1. Please don't hijack threads. It's very rude. 2. You can't get rid of zombies. They are unkillable, hence the name. A zombie is a process whose immediate parent died without cleaning up it's children's PIDs. They end up being attached to the another parent further up the chain, end consume no resources except taking up one PID. There's a kernel thread that runs every 5 minutes or so sweeping them out of the way. So you can ignore zombies. The above might be wrong, it's been a while since I verified it for myself; so I paraphrased the Red Hat 4 training materials. That is for 2.6.9, it might be different these days in mainline kernels alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] eix way too verbose
On Friday 04 May 2007, Vaeth wrote:
nazgul ~ # eix gimp-print
[I] media-gfx/gimp-print
Available versions: 4.2.7 (~)5.1.0 {cups foomaticdb gimp gtk
nls ppds readline}
Installed versions: 5.1.0(20:50:45 05/02/07)(cups foomaticdb
gimp gtk -nls ppds readline)
Homepage:http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net
Description: Gimp Print Drivers
I have no need to see that full list of USE flags between braces on
the Available versions line - the information is already on
the Installed versions line.
It is accidental that the informations are identical in this case.
The first one are the useflags of all ebuilds for the package, the
second one are that stored in /var/db/pkg. You will see a
difference for other packages (e.g. probably for gcc or *-sources).
Note that if you use -l (--versionlines) the IUSE output will be even
more verbose, but I guess if you look at the gcc/*-sources example
you will understand the reason.
I do understand the reason perfectly well and I do know what eix is
doing and why. I just wanted to disable the Available display, as
there are other means I use to find what's in a packages' IUSE.
Bo did provide the information I was looking for:
EIX_PRINT_IUSE='false'
thanks
alan
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Reducing disk usage
On Saturday 05 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Surely you meant move the /tmp, /usr and /var to the / partition? Let me rephrase myself... - *PHYSICALLY* moving /tmp /usr and /var to the /home partition. - bind mount (or symlink) these directories to the / partition OK, I see what you mean. Personally, I would have done it slightly differently: - create a partition with /home, /usr, /tmp, /var directories - mount this somewhere, say /stuff - mount -o bind /stuff/home /home - etc ... But that's because I know myself and I know if I did it your way I'd confuse the dickens out of myself three days later when finding a usr/, var/, tmp/ inside /home. It seems that human memory is like those Flash NAND things - it deterioriates with age, hehehe :-) alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] slocate's index
Hi! I would like to know if there is a package, daemon or whatever that automatically updates an index to seach the file system. I'm a bit tired of slocate -u [wait 5min] every time I emerge something. Thanks in advance Florian Philipp pgpwO3E2pMnjz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox generates zombies.
On Monday 7 May 2007 13:09, Marek Miller wrote: Firefox is a parent of defunct netstat process. Of course, when I close firefox, the zombie disappears too. Could someone explain me how to get rid of it? It's an ancient bug. See this bug report: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51429 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] slocate's index
On Monday 07 May 2007 12:02:41 Florian Philipp wrote: Hi! I would like to know if there is a package, daemon or whatever that automatically updates an index to seach the file system. I'm a bit tired of slocate -u [wait 5min] every time I emerge something. Thanks in advance Florian Philipp sys-apps/rlocate -- A really nice number: 09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Re: slocate's index
Florian Philipp wrote: I would like to know if there is a package, daemon or whatever that automatically updates an index to seach the file system. What about a cron script? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Enable the mouse for the console
El Sun, 6 May 2007 09:23:27 -0700 (PDT) Richard Broersma Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Can anyone point me to a howto link so that I can enable my mouse for the console? emerge gpm rc-update add gpm default /etc/init.d/gpm start -- Jesús Guerrero -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] slocate's index
On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 12:02 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: Hi! I would like to know if there is a package, daemon or whatever that automatically updates an index to seach the file system. I'm a bit tired of slocate -u [wait 5min] every time I emerge something. slocate already has such a feature (so long as you have cron installed) /etc/cron.daily/slocate contains instructions for updating the database, using updatedb. Move it to /etc/cron.weekly or whatever if you want. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] slocate's index
Iain Buchanan wrote: /etc/cron.daily/slocate contains instructions for updating the database, using updatedb. Move it to /etc/cron.weekly or whatever if you want. Better copy it, and replace the body of the daily one with '## Placeholder, do not delete.' Otherwise a revision of the slocate ebuild will put the script back into the daily dir without saying anything. Quite annoying. The placeholder will cause an etc-update message. Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] slocate's index
On Monday 07 May 2007, Benno Schulenberg wrote: Iain Buchanan wrote: /etc/cron.daily/slocate contains instructions for updating the database, using updatedb. Move it to /etc/cron.weekly or whatever if you want. Better copy it, and replace the body of the daily one with '## Placeholder, do not delete.' Otherwise a revision of the slocate ebuild will put the script back into the daily dir without saying anything. Quite annoying. The placeholder will cause an etc-update message. Benno Or CONFIG_PROTECT /etc/cron.* to protect the whole lot from the same thing with any other ebuild as well There can be few things more annoying than to have some arb ebuild nuke your carefully crafted crontabs... -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5
On 5/4/07, Remy Blank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have noticed xorg-7.2 just went stable. I am currently using 7.1 with the stable binary ATI drivers ati-drivers-8.32.5 and the kernel gentoo-sources-2.6.19-r5. Has anybody with the same configuration done the update? Does it work for you? Update done, no problems (up to now). I am on amd64. Marco -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] slocate's index
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Monday 07 May 2007, Benno Schulenberg wrote: Better copy it, and replace the body of the daily one with '## Placeholder, do not delete.' Otherwise a revision of the slocate ebuild will put the script back into the daily dir without saying anything. Quite annoying. The placeholder will cause an etc-update message. Or CONFIG_PROTECT /etc/cron.* to protect the whole lot from the same thing with any other ebuild as well /etc is in CONFIG_PROTECT by default. The point is, when a file doesn't exist yet, Portage will simply install it. The config protection mechanism works only for existing files. There's no way to tell Portage that I want to be alerted of _new config files too. Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] remote ssh session does not reflect my keyboard inputs
Hi All, I am not sure how this works: When I ssh into a Ubuntu server certain keyboard actions (like pressing the Up or Left arrows) are not translated on the remote box, but give ASCII responses; e.g. pressing Left Arrow, gives $ ^[[D which is annoying as I have to delete part of the command I just typed to be able to correct it. How can I set it up so that my Gentoo keyboard presses and behaviour is reflected on the remote box? Is it a matter of copying over the .bashrc file from the Gentoo box? -- Regards, Mick pgp6m7uTaPL7V.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5
Hi, I never couldn't get 8.32.5 ati-drivers working. Now I update to kernel 2.6.20-r6 and 8.36 ati-drivers and works fine for me. I guess update to 8.36ati-driver. I hope be a help. On 5/7/07, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-05-07, marco restelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/4/07, Remy Blank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have noticed xorg-7.2 just went stable. I am currently using 7.1 with the stable binary ATI drivers ati-drivers-8.32.5 and the kernel gentoo-sources-2.6.19-r5. Has anybody with the same configuration done the update? Does it work for you? Update done, no problems (up to now). I am on amd64. You're running 8.32.5 with xorg-7.2 and it works OK? I couldn't get 8.32.5 to build with 2.6.16, so I upgraded to 2.6.20. 8.32.5 wouldn't build with that kernel version so I tried the testing version of ati-drivers. The testing ati-drivers are badly broken: scrolling aterm windows get corrupted, some apps don't get repainted correctly, and the X server locks up hard when you try to do anything using the Xv extension. I guess I'll try downgrading my kernel until I can get 8.32.5 to build. ATI's Linux drivers sure do suck... -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! ! I'm in a very at clever and adorable INSANE visi.comASYLUM!! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Francisco Rivas
[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5
Thanks for the feedback. Grant Edwards wrote: I couldn't get 8.32.5 to build with 2.6.16, so I upgraded to 2.6.20. 8.32.5 wouldn't build with that kernel version so I tried the testing version of ati-drivers. Yes, b.g.o has quite a few bugs open for ati-drivers related to 2.6.20, that's one of the reasons I want to keep 2.6.19 (besides having no good reason to update, that is). Marco, what kernel are you running? -- Remy signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5
All right, well you can prove with kernel 2.6.19 and 8.36 ati-drivers if you want to keep that kernel. :D On 5/7/07, Remy Blank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the feedback. Grant Edwards wrote: I couldn't get 8.32.5 to build with 2.6.16, so I upgraded to 2.6.20. 8.32.5 wouldn't build with that kernel version so I tried the testing version of ati-drivers. Yes, b.g.o has quite a few bugs open for ati-drivers related to 2.6.20, that's one of the reasons I want to keep 2.6.19 (besides having no good reason to update, that is). Marco, what kernel are you running? -- Remy -- Francisco Rivas
Re: [gentoo-user] remote ssh session does not reflect my keyboard inputs
On 5/7/07, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I ssh into a Ubuntu server certain keyboard actions (like pressing the Up or Left arrows) are not translated on the remote box, but give ASCII responses; e.g. pressing Left Arrow, gives $ ^[[D which is annoying as I have to delete part of the command I just typed to be able to correct it. How can I set it up so that my Gentoo keyboard presses and behaviour is reflected on the remote box? Is it a matter of copying over the .bashrc file from the Gentoo box? I *think* this is a termcap/terminfo issue rather than a bash issue. What does 'echo $TERM' say in your ssh session? -- Ryan W Sims -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5
On 2007-05-07, Francisco Rivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I never couldn't get 8.32.5 ati-drivers working. Now I update to kernel 2.6.20-r6 and 8.36 ati-drivers and works fine for me. I guess update to 8.36ati-driver. OK, I'll give 2.6.20 + 8.36.5 a try. Next time I'm in the market for a loptop, I'm going to think long and hard before buying another model that has an ATI video chipset. I've never had a lick of trouble with NVidia drivers and have had constant headaches with ATI drivers (from both xorg and ATI). -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! My life is a patio at of fun! visi.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mount NFS mounts as soon as possible
Hi, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. schrieb: IIRC, you can modify specific initscripts (in /etc/init.d) to depend on nfsmount. i moved now the script netmount from default to boot and everything works fine. Bye Matthias -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning. -- Rich Cook -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5
Your comment is really funny because I think the same before my 8.36ati-drivers work. Honestly I think the same now, it's important keep that in mind. In my job I have an Nvidia Video Card and on the first time i installed the nvidia-drivers pufff.. works. Actually RMS said don't buy ati he knows why, us not. On 5/7/07, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-05-07, Francisco Rivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I never couldn't get 8.32.5 ati-drivers working. Now I update to kernel 2.6.20-r6 and 8.36 ati-drivers and works fine for me. I guess update to 8.36ati-driver. OK, I'll give 2.6.20 + 8.36.5 a try. Next time I'm in the market for a loptop, I'm going to think long and hard before buying another model that has an ATI video chipset. I've never had a lick of trouble with NVidia drivers and have had constant headaches with ATI drivers (from both xorg and ATI). -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! My life is a patio at of fun! visi.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Francisco Rivas
[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5
On 2007-05-07, Francisco Rivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Next time I'm in the market for a loptop, I'm going to think long and hard before buying another model that has an ATI video chipset. I've never had a lick of trouble with NVidia drivers and have had constant headaches with ATI drivers (from both xorg and ATI). Your comment is really funny because I think the same before my 8.36ati-drivers work. Honestly I think the same now, it's important keep that in mind. In my job I have an Nvidia Video Card and on the first time i installed the nvidia-drivers pufff.. works. I used to like ATI because there were open-source drivers that supported 3D acceleration, but that ended a few years ago: the 9250 was the last board with opensource DRI support. Unfortunately, if you're shopping for a laptop there seem very few non-ATI choices. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I represent a at sardine!! visi.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5
yes you have reason, because when I bought my laptop (dell inspiron 6400 15.4) I ask to vendor (pretty good girl) if I can buy a laptop 15.4 with Nvidia, she say no because the size of the laptop is not appropriate.. On 5/7/07, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-05-07, Francisco Rivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Next time I'm in the market for a loptop, I'm going to think long and hard before buying another model that has an ATI video chipset. I've never had a lick of trouble with NVidia drivers and have had constant headaches with ATI drivers (from both xorg and ATI). Your comment is really funny because I think the same before my 8.36ati-drivers work. Honestly I think the same now, it's important keep that in mind. In my job I have an Nvidia Video Card and on the first time i installed the nvidia-drivers pufff.. works. I used to like ATI because there were open-source drivers that supported 3D acceleration, but that ended a few years ago: the 9250 was the last board with opensource DRI support. Unfortunately, if you're shopping for a laptop there seem very few non-ATI choices. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I represent a at sardine!! visi.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Francisco Rivas
[gentoo-user] xorg-server blocked by ati-drivers
Hello, I'm looking for some advice on an amd64 system. I have this video card: 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7269 Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 0d03 Which is actually this card: R580 [Radeon X1900 XT] (Secondary) according to this page: http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii//?i=1002 Anyway, it was a very arduous task setting up X, 3D and such with this card on an amd64. Now it's time to update xorg-server, as part of the routine software updates to a stable system, and it says that ati-drivers is blocking the update: blocks B x11-drivers/ati-drivers (is blocking x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0) I'm using this version of ati-drivers, as it worked the most reliable with 3D applications (BZflag) in particular. x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.35.5 USE=acpi qt3 0 kB One thing that I as never really comfortable with is this make.conf entry that I ended up using shich I gleaned from several wikis: VIDEO_CARDS=fbdev fglrx vesa I'm still using an older kernel, (2.6.18-gentoo-r6) so any advice on kernel versions or options to use with this video card are welcome. Any advice on which 3D drivers options are now available for this card or which version of ati-drivers I should install to keep xorg-server-1.3.0.0 happy are welcome. The only information I can find googling is not current with these newer versions of ati-drivers, 2.6.20+ kernels, 3D and xorg-server 1.3. James -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server blocked by ati-drivers
James wrote: blocks B x11-drivers/ati-drivers (is blocking x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0) That's because none of the current ati-drivers work with xorg-server-1.3. One thing that I as never really comfortable with is this make.conf entry that I ended up using shich I gleaned from several wikis: VIDEO_CARDS=fbdev fglrx vesa This only means that the drivers for framebuffer, ati-drivers and vesa will be built for xorg. In your case you have probably configured xorg to use the ati-drivers (fglrx). It is a good idea to have the vesa driver handy in case something breaks after an update. It allows you to configure a slow but mostly working X11. I'm still using an older kernel, (2.6.18-gentoo-r6) so any advice on kernel versions or options to use with this video card are welcome. From what I remember from bugs.gentoo.org, 2.6.19 should work fine with all recent ati-drivers, whereas 2.6.20 seems to be problematic. Any advice on which 3D drivers options are now available for this card or which version of ati-drivers I should install to keep xorg-server-1.3.0.0 happy are welcome. The only information I can find googling is not current with these newer versions of ati-drivers, 2.6.20+ kernels, 3D and xorg-server 1.3. Stay away from xorg-server-1.3 and kernel-2.6.20 or later until ATI releases new versions that work with them. -- Remy signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-user] Booting Gentoo from a floppy and then chroot to finish install on old PC
Hi - I've got an old PC at home I want to use as a samba server. It doesn't have a CD drive and I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to create bootable gentoo floppy. I've been using Toms linux to wget and re-install the stage and portage files but the kernel is to old and fails on chroot. Apart from the obvious comment to buy a CD drive ... Is there anyone out there that has Gentoo 2.6 kernel that will boot of a floppy and can tell me how to do it? The only other command I would need to perform would be chroot. Thanks, Richard -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server blocked by ati-drivers
Remy Blank remy.blank at pobox.com writes: Stay away from xorg-server-1.3 and kernel-2.6.20 or later until ATI releases new versions that work with them. This is what I was looking for. I do not stay on top of these issues, and the system is working reasonable well right now. I just cannot get the logitech joystick (game controller) to work with this rig. It works on 4 other intel/ati systems, or athlon/nividia based systems but those all use the radeon drivers or nvidia drivers. Thanks for bringing me up to speed on these issues! James -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Packages that do not compile.
As so many times before, openssl fails to compile. Top most error is: openssl.c:(.text+0x15c): undefined reference to `OPENSSL_add_all_algorithms_noconf'. Two other packages that give me trouble are: glibc and python. All attempts are after sync and to a stable (so I hope) version. GCC version is: gcc (GCC) 3.3.6 (Gentoo 3.3.6, ssp-3.3.6-1.0, pie-8.7.8) I think at one point I tried to change gcc configuration (gcc-config) to version 4.1.1 but if that is the only way I understand I will have to reinstall everything. Any idea? -- Regards. David Harel, == Home office +972 77 7657645 Fax:+972 77 7657645 Cellular: +972 54 4534502 Snail Mail: Amuka D.N Merom Hagalil 13802 Israel Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Packages that do not compile.
On Montag, 7. Mai 2007, David Harel wrote: As so many times before, openssl fails to compile. Top most error is: openssl.c:(.text+0x15c): undefined reference to `OPENSSL_add_all_algorithms_noconf'. Two other packages that give me trouble are: glibc and python. All attempts are after sync and to a stable (so I hope) version. GCC version is: gcc (GCC) 3.3.6 (Gentoo 3.3.6, ssp-3.3.6-1.0, pie-8.7.8) I think at one point I tried to change gcc configuration (gcc-config) to version 4.1.1 but if that is the only way I understand I will have to reinstall everything. you don't need to reinstall everything just for upgrading gcc to 4.1.x. Please read the update guide. For your problem, I would try MAKEOPTS=-j1 first. Oh, and reset every LDFLAGS you might have set - what about emerge --info? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Booting Gentoo from a floppy and then chroot to finish install on old PC
On 07.05.2007, at 23:13, Richard Watson wrote: Apart from the obvious comment to buy a CD drive ... Is there anyone out there that has Gentoo 2.6 kernel that will boot of a floppy and can tell me how to do it? The only other command I would need to perform would be chroot. I cannot tell you that, but if you can create all the partitions, you can copy the kernel from the livecd (using network, maybe) or any other prebuilt kernel to the boot partition, initialize the boot recort (using grub or whatever) and then boot the system. You can also plug the harddisk in another pc to do the installation. Philipp -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server blocked by ati-drivers
This link to the forum though I realise it is nvidia based it may give some further information the posts refer to a bug which further refers to another bug which is the ATI issue but the general point is there. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-556528-highlight-nvidia+block.html On 07/05/07, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remy Blank remy.blank at pobox.com writes: Stay away from xorg-server-1.3 and kernel-2.6.20 or later until ATI releases new versions that work with them. This is what I was looking for. I do not stay on top of these issues, and the system is working reasonable well right now. I just cannot get the logitech joystick (game controller) to work with this rig. It works on 4 other intel/ati systems, or athlon/nividia based systems but those all use the radeon drivers or nvidia drivers. Thanks for bringing me up to speed on these issues! James -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, those who don't --Unknown -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] slocate's index
Graham Murray wrote: Benno Schulenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: /etc is in CONFIG_PROTECT by default. The point is, when a file doesn't exist yet, Portage will simply install it. The config protection mechanism works only for existing files. There's no way to tell Portage that I want to be alerted of _new config files too. Which is maybe something worth raising an enhancement bug on, Done: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=177560 Quote: When a file under CONFIG_PROTECT doesn't exist yet, Portage simply installs it. It would be nice to have an option (say --protectforreal) that makes emerge create a .cfg__* file also when the destination file does not exist yet in the CONFIG_PROTECT area. When first installing a system, one wouldn't want to use this option, but once a system is fully installed and stable, I wish to know about every change and addition in /etc. Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] remote ssh session does not reflect my keyboard inputs
On Monday 07 May 2007 16:55, Ryan Sims wrote: On 5/7/07, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I ssh into a Ubuntu server certain keyboard actions (like pressing the Up or Left arrows) are not translated on the remote box, but give ASCII responses; e.g. pressing Left Arrow, gives $ ^[[D which is annoying as I have to delete part of the command I just typed to be able to correct it. How can I set it up so that my Gentoo keyboard presses and behaviour is reflected on the remote box? Is it a matter of copying over the .bashrc file from the Gentoo box? I *think* this is a termcap/terminfo issue rather than a bash issue. What does 'echo $TERM' say in your ssh session? Thanks Ryan, = $ echo $TERM rxvt $ sudo echo $TERM rxvt = which is the same like my Gentoo box. -- Regards, Mick pgpUKSYRvOrhY.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] kernel install fails, update-grub not found [solved]
Ugh what a mess. I'm posting what happened and why in case anyone else stumbles into this. I sync'd portage on Saturday. Then on yesterday I tweaked a kernel config setting and grub.conf. When I tried to 'make install' I got an error that update-grub was not found and would I like to make a boot disk. After much digging I tracked it down to debianutils-2.18. The /sbin/mkboot it installs wants to use update-grub to modify grub.conf, but debianutils-2.18 does not install update-grub. It appears that for a brief period Saturday debianutils-2.18 was released unmasked. It's fixed now, but i spent a large chunk of yesterday tearing my hair out trying to figure how I screwed up the kernel (suspend2-sources) and/or grub. Another sync will set things right with debianutils-2.18 arch masked. dcm -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reducing disk usage
On 4/26/07, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've found myself with a full hard disk and no obvious choices for reducing usage. Are there any not-so-obvious ways to free up hard disk space? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list I don't know if this is *obvious* or not, but you might check your log directory, /var/log. I found my disk full one day because of a bunch of brute force SSH attempts! ( I was getting pretty close without them, but they pushed it to the brink!) Troy -- Beware of spyware. If you can, use the Firefox browser. - USA Today Download now at http://getfirefox.com Registered Linux User #354814 ( http://counter.li.org/) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] remote ssh session does not reflect my keyboard inputs
On 5/7/07, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 07 May 2007 16:55, Ryan Sims wrote: On 5/7/07, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I ssh into a Ubuntu server certain keyboard actions (like pressing the Up or Left arrows) are not translated on the remote box, but give ASCII responses; e.g. pressing Left Arrow, gives $ ^[[D which is annoying as I have to delete part of the command I just typed to be able to correct it. How can I set it up so that my Gentoo keyboard presses and behaviour is reflected on the remote box? Is it a matter of copying over the .bashrc file from the Gentoo box? I *think* this is a termcap/terminfo issue rather than a bash issue. What does 'echo $TERM' say in your ssh session? Thanks Ryan, = $ echo $TERM rxvt $ sudo echo $TERM rxvt = which is the same like my Gentoo box. -- Regards, Mick Ok, I may be a little out of my depth here, but we'll muddle through. What does bind -p | grep history on each box tell you? You could also try 'set -o history' on the box that's giving you trouble. (I'm reneging on my idea re. termcap/info) -- Ryan W Sims -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: slocate's index
On Monday 07 May 2007, Benno Schulenberg wrote: Graham Murray wrote: Benno Schulenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: /etc is in CONFIG_PROTECT by default. The point is, when a file doesn't exist yet, Portage will simply install it. The config protection mechanism works only for existing files. There's no way to tell Portage that I want to be alerted of _new config files too. Which is maybe something worth raising an enhancement bug on, Done: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=177560 Quote: When a file under CONFIG_PROTECT doesn't exist yet, Portage simply installs it. It would be nice to have an option (say --protectforreal) that makes emerge create a .cfg__* file also when the destination file does not exist yet in the CONFIG_PROTECT area. When first installing a system, one wouldn't want to use this option, but once a system is fully installed and stable, I wish to know about every change and addition in /etc. Benno It's an original idea, but the first comment to the report isn't encouraging... I would add in a comment to the bug a pointer to the mailing list archive, but i can't find one, maybe reading this thread would be more convincing. Ciao Francesco -- Linux Version 2.6.21-gentoo, Compiled #1 PREEMPT Mon Apr 30 21:45:34 CEST 2007 One 2.2GHz AMD Athlon 64 Processor, 2GB RAM, 4408.86 Bogomips Total aemaeth -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
