[gentoo-user] Qemu-KVM on amd64: clock in Windows guest
Greets,
does anyone else run KVM on gentoo as well?
I delivered a amd64-server these days and a Win7-pro-guest runs on it.
Now they tell me they have clock issues in the guest :-(
I found
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Virtualization_Guide/chap-Virtualization-KVM_guest_timing_management.html
and ran bcdedit /set {default} USEPLATFORMCLOCK on, didn't help, even
after reboot. Does it really have to say {default} ??
I don't know where to start.
The host kernel provides /dev/rtc, does currently have CPU_FREQ=y, but
afai understand I don't use that behavior (no driver or governor loaded).
Is CONFIG_HPET needed? -
# grep -i hpet .config
CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC=y
# CONFIG_HPET is not set
-
A kind of workaround is maybe using ntp in the guest?
I will try that asap.
Thanks for any help on this!
Stefan
Re: [gentoo-user] Qemu-KVM on amd64: clock in Windows guest
Am 11.02.2011 10:12, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Now they tell me they have clock issues in the guest :-( [...] I don't know where to start. Another fact: When I access the guest via RDP, it is slower than when I access it via the libvirt-console (which in fact is VNC, right?) hmm
Re: [gentoo-user] Qemu-KVM on amd64: clock in Windows guest
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote:
Greets,
does anyone else run KVM on gentoo as well?
I delivered a amd64-server these days and a Win7-pro-guest runs on it.
Now they tell me they have clock issues in the guest :-(
I found
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Virtualization_Guide/chap-Virtualization-KVM_guest_timing_management.html
and ran bcdedit /set {default} USEPLATFORMCLOCK on, didn't help, even
after reboot. Does it really have to say {default} ??
I don't know where to start.
The host kernel provides /dev/rtc, does currently have CPU_FREQ=y, but
afai understand I don't use that behavior (no driver or governor loaded).
Is CONFIG_HPET needed? -
# grep -i hpet .config
CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC=y
# CONFIG_HPET is not set
-
A kind of workaround is maybe using ntp in the guest?
I will try that asap.
Thanks for any help on this!
Stefan
Hi,
I use kvm on gentoo, I really don't use the clock on the windows
guests (I don't use windows vm) :). But I could guess that the issue
might be with localtime, so you could try using -rtc base=localtime
parameter with starting the windows host.
Best regards
Petri
Re: [gentoo-user] Qemu-KVM on amd64: clock in Windows guest
Am 11.02.2011 10:46, schrieb Petri Rosenström: I use kvm on gentoo, I really don't use the clock on the windows guests (I don't use windows vm) :). But I could guess that the issue might be with localtime, so you could try using -rtc base=localtime parameter with starting the windows host. Where to put that? Can I somehow set that with virt-manager or where to edit that? We have the benchmark that one app-logo should be shown for 2 secs when opening the app. If I access the VM by virt-manager alone, it is OK. And the clock does not drift. As soon as the other guy connects via RDP or netviewer it gets bad. The logo stays there for about 10 sec or so ... and the clock gets slooower. S
Re: [gentoo-user] Qemu-KVM on amd64: clock in Windows guest
Am 11.02.2011 10:46, schrieb Petri Rosenström: I use kvm on gentoo, I really don't use the clock on the windows guests (I don't use windows vm) :). But I could guess that the issue might be with localtime, so you could try using -rtc base=localtime parameter with starting the windows host. I find that in virt-manager as well, it is set to localtime. Next there is ACPI and APIC both inactive? Should I change that??
[gentoo-user] using meld with cfg-update -u
I have been using cfg-update quite happily for a good while. I appreciate its automatically doing simple updates. For any that it can't do automatically, I have done them manually (using emacs/ediff). I decided to try meld instead (I use gnome). It does make everything clear, but something seems wrong. Cfg-update keeps a backup containing the previous version of the file. When cfg-update invokes meld, the three relevant versions are displayed in meld's window like this current backup new (._*) I believe I want the final state to be backup = current and current = merger of current and new But current and new are not adjacent on the meld so I don't see how to do this using the fancy meld mouse actions. It seems to me, I want meld to display backupcurrentnew then, for each change that I want from new, I push new version to current. But I don't see how to have cfg-update call meld in this order and I don't see how to have meld swap the two left panes. (I am assuming that cfg-update will arrange that when I am finished backup = current-before-meld. If not, I can do this in meld) Can someone tell me how to get the configuration I want or explain why the configuration I get is actually what I (should) want. thanks, allan
Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Avoiding HAL
On Tuesday 08 February 2011 01:00:11 Keith Dart wrote: That really sounds like flaky hardware, possibly bad memory. try running memtest86+. Let it run overnight. That's what I thought. I have run memtest86+ overnight, but of course it didn't find anything. As Gentoo seems to be immune to this problem, I assume that other kernels are setting some parameters that push the hardware to its limit, so the next thing I'll try is to detune the performance somewhat. Trouble is, the BIOS setup screens have so many parameters to adjust that I don't know where to start. -- Rgds Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] glibc 2.13 warning
On Thursday 10 February 2011 18:24:51 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:10:06 -0800 (PST), Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: The trouble is that binpkgs keep a copy of the ebuild in them, so even if you remove the downgrade check fro the in-tree ebuild, it still fails. That one had me scratching my head for a few minutes. what happens if you remove the entry in /var/db? From gentoo's point of view, glibc suddenly is not installed. You are free to choose a version. That's a good question, I had assumed it was getting the info from the binpkg, but a grep of the entry in /var/db shows no sign of the warning message (it's not in the ebuild but in an eblit file) so removing the db entry would appear to be fruitless. wtf? no, the 2.12.1 binpackage does not know which versions are installed. It just includes a version check. If no glibc is installed (and removing the /var/db/pkg/sys-libs/glibc-2.13 directory = no glibc installed) then you are free to install any binpkg you want. Or, you know, just extract ld.so from a tarball, copy it into /lib, and un- prelink your system. Then re-install 2.13. Problem solved.
[gentoo-user] PS/2-USB-Keyboard and the BIOS
Hi, I have a problem here...(as you may have already guessed...;) I have an old PS/2 keyboard, which I do love a lot. This PS/2- keyboard is connected via a Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter to an USB-port of my ASUS Corsshair IV formula board. When Linux is running I have not a single problem with this setup... BUT entering the bootselector via F8 while BIOS is coming up is to 99% impossible. I managed that only once. On the other hand: Entering BIOS with F1 is not simple and often requires several boots, but it is possible. What can I do to make F8/the bootselector work? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Have a nice weekend! Best regards, mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] PS/2-USB-Keyboard and the BIOS
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:59 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I have a problem here...(as you may have already guessed...;) I have an old PS/2 keyboard, which I do love a lot. This PS/2- keyboard is connected via a Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter to an USB-port of my ASUS Corsshair IV formula board. When Linux is running I have not a single problem with this setup... BUT entering the bootselector via F8 while BIOS is coming up is to 99% impossible. I managed that only once. On the other hand: Entering BIOS with F1 is not simple and often requires several boots, but it is possible. What can I do to make F8/the bootselector work? At my job we have some Dell computers, where the USB keyboard doesn't respond for more than 1 minute after the machine boots UNLESS it is plugged into a specific USB port. So maybe you can try to use different ports, just in case it's a similar problem.
Re: [gentoo-user] PS/2-USB-Keyboard and the BIOS
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com [11-02-11 19:24]: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:59 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I have a problem here...(as you may have already guessed...;) I have an old PS/2 keyboard, which I do love a lot. This PS/2- keyboard is connected via a Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter to an USB-port of my ASUS Corsshair IV formula board. When Linux is running I have not a single problem with this setup... BUT entering the bootselector via F8 while BIOS is coming up is to 99% impossible. I managed that only once. On the other hand: Entering BIOS with F1 is not simple and often requires several boots, but it is possible. What can I do to make F8/the bootselector work? At my job we have some Dell computers, where the USB keyboard doesn't respond for more than 1 minute after the machine boots UNLESS it is plugged into a specific USB port. So maybe you can try to use different ports, just in case it's a similar problem. Hi Paul, Thanks for your reply ! ...oh! Do you know, how many USB ports that board has? ;) :) I think the next two days I will reboot day and night ;) Have a nice weekend! mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] Qemu-KVM on amd64: clock in Windows guest
Am 11.02.2011 11:39, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: The logo stays there for about 10 sec or so ... and the clock gets slooower. It *seems* solved now. Enabled high res timers in host-kernel and DISabled internet time (=ntp-client) in Windows7-guest. Now it is quicker and no drifting clock (watched it 20 mins per RDP). We'll see what the customer says ;-) S
Re: [gentoo-user] PS/2-USB-Keyboard and the BIOS
On Friday 11 February 2011 18:59:39 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I have a problem here...(as you may have already guessed...;) I have an old PS/2 keyboard, which I do love a lot. This PS/2- keyboard is connected via a Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter to an USB-port of my ASUS Corsshair IV formula board. When Linux is running I have not a single problem with this setup... BUT entering the bootselector via F8 while BIOS is coming up is to 99% impossible. I managed that only once. On the other hand: Entering BIOS with F1 is not simple and often requires several boots, but it is possible. What can I do to make F8/the bootselector work? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Have a nice weekend! Best regards, mcc go into bios, turn on legacy support. Btw, are there no ps/2 ports? Oh - and using a 'pure' usb keyboard for entering bios might be needed.
[gentoo-user] Chromium requires threads flag
Hello, I have nptl and nptlonly set in my make.conf file. I thought that was the best setting for threading. Now, I want to install the Chromium web browser. It is asking me to the set the +threads flag for ffmpeg, before www-client/chromium can be installed. OK no problem on a per package basis. But, this has made me think. Is setting nptl and nptl globally (in make.conf) the best idea? Should the threads flag also be set globally, or just on a per package basis? Maybe nptl and threads and not set nptlonly? I thought nptl and nptl was the end of the requirements, but running this command: euse -i threads Here is a curious response; ffmpeg does not get listed (as it is not built with the threads flag)? euse -I threads I see lots of packages where the flag threads is being used including ffmpeg. Some discussion and guidance as to how best to set the flags [nptl, nptlonly and threads] (any others related to threading) would be appreciated. James
Re: [gentoo-user] PS/2-USB-Keyboard and the BIOS
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [11-02-11 19:56]: On Friday 11 February 2011 18:59:39 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I have a problem here...(as you may have already guessed...;) I have an old PS/2 keyboard, which I do love a lot. This PS/2- keyboard is connected via a Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter to an USB-port of my ASUS Corsshair IV formula board. When Linux is running I have not a single problem with this setup... BUT entering the bootselector via F8 while BIOS is coming up is to 99% impossible. I managed that only once. On the other hand: Entering BIOS with F1 is not simple and often requires several boots, but it is possible. What can I do to make F8/the bootselector work? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Have a nice weekend! Best regards, mcc go into bios, turn on legacy support. Btw, are there no ps/2 ports? Oh - and using a 'pure' usb keyboard for entering bios might be needed. Hi Volker, ...yes, there is a ps/2 port...but this keyboard is that old, that it is recommended NOT to connect the keyboard to ANY modern PS/2 connector, since it does not comply to the standard very well. I choose exactly this adapter, because it is known to work with the keyboards way of PS/2. If there is a little chance to enter BIOS and the BOOTSELECTOR using this keyboard I want really to avoid the hassle of having two boards connected to my PC (and wasting a USB port, too). Have a nice weekend! mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] Chromium requires threads flag
Apparently, though unproven, at 20:56 on Friday 11 February 2011, James did opine thusly: Hello, I have nptl and nptlonly set in my make.conf file. I thought that was the best setting for threading. Now, I want to install the Chromium web browser. It is asking me to the set the +threads flag for ffmpeg, before www-client/chromium can be installed. OK no problem on a per package basis. But, this has made me think. Is setting nptl and nptl globally (in make.conf) the best idea? Should the threads flag also be set globally, or just on a per package basis? Maybe nptl and threads and not set nptlonly? I thought nptl and nptl was the end of the requirements, but running this command: euse -i threads Here is a curious response; ffmpeg does not get listed (as it is not built with the threads flag)? euse -I threads I see lots of packages where the flag threads is being used including ffmpeg. Some discussion and guidance as to how best to set the flags [nptl, nptlonly and threads] (any others related to threading) would be appreciated. USE=nptl means build the New Posix Thread Library. USE=nptlonly means only built NPTL, not the old Linux Threads These should be global in scope USE=threads is best per package as some packages support it but don't play nice with it. You could set it globally and disable it per-package, or do it the other way round if you please. AFAIR nptlonly has done nothing for ages. When was LinuxThreads removed from glibc? Sometime around 2.6 or 2.7? -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] PS/2-USB-Keyboard and the BIOS
On Friday 11 February 2011 20:15:56 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [11-02-11 19:56]: On Friday 11 February 2011 18:59:39 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I have a problem here...(as you may have already guessed...;) I have an old PS/2 keyboard, which I do love a lot. This PS/2- keyboard is connected via a Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter to an USB-port of my ASUS Corsshair IV formula board. When Linux is running I have not a single problem with this setup... BUT entering the bootselector via F8 while BIOS is coming up is to 99% impossible. I managed that only once. On the other hand: Entering BIOS with F1 is not simple and often requires several boots, but it is possible. What can I do to make F8/the bootselector work? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Have a nice weekend! Best regards, mcc go into bios, turn on legacy support. Btw, are there no ps/2 ports? Oh - and using a 'pure' usb keyboard for entering bios might be needed. Hi Volker, ...yes, there is a ps/2 port...but this keyboard is that old, that it is recommended NOT to connect the keyboard to ANY modern PS/2 connector, since it does not comply to the standard very well. I choose exactly this adapter, because it is known to work with the keyboards way of PS/2. If there is a little chance to enter BIOS and the BOOTSELECTOR using this keyboard I want really to avoid the hassle of having two boards connected to my PC (and wasting a USB port, too). Have a nice weekend! mcc well, why do you need the bootselector anyway? And have you tried to connect the keyboard? What could happen? blown fuse on the board?
Re: [gentoo-user] PDF: convert to grayscale
On 02/08/11 08:50, Nuno J. Silva wrote: Does anyone know a tool (other than ghostscript) that is able to convert a PDF (or postscript) to grayscale? A laserjet? =)
[gentoo-user] Re: PDF: convert to grayscale
On 2011-02-08, Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt wrote: Does anyone know a tool (other than ghostscript) that is able to convert a PDF (or postscript) to grayscale? Ghostscript does this, but is unable to convert gradients and fills (they're replaced by bitmaps) which results in a too big file unless I drastically reduce quality. I don't understand what you're asking for. What sort of output format do you want (raster, vector, ???)? -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! Send your questions to at ``ASK ZIPPY'', Box 40474, gmail.comSan Francisco, CA 94140, USA
Re: [gentoo-user] PS/2-USB-Keyboard and the BIOS
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [11-02-11 21:20]: On Friday 11 February 2011 20:15:56 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [11-02-11 19:56]: On Friday 11 February 2011 18:59:39 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I have a problem here...(as you may have already guessed...;) I have an old PS/2 keyboard, which I do love a lot. This PS/2- keyboard is connected via a Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter to an USB-port of my ASUS Corsshair IV formula board. When Linux is running I have not a single problem with this setup... BUT entering the bootselector via F8 while BIOS is coming up is to 99% impossible. I managed that only once. On the other hand: Entering BIOS with F1 is not simple and often requires several boots, but it is possible. What can I do to make F8/the bootselector work? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Have a nice weekend! Best regards, mcc go into bios, turn on legacy support. Btw, are there no ps/2 ports? Oh - and using a 'pure' usb keyboard for entering bios might be needed. Hi Volker, ...yes, there is a ps/2 port...but this keyboard is that old, that it is recommended NOT to connect the keyboard to ANY modern PS/2 connector, since it does not comply to the standard very well. I choose exactly this adapter, because it is known to work with the keyboards way of PS/2. If there is a little chance to enter BIOS and the BOOTSELECTOR using this keyboard I want really to avoid the hassle of having two boards connected to my PC (and wasting a USB port, too). Have a nice weekend! mcc well, why do you need the bootselector anyway? And have you tried to connect the keyboard? What could happen? blown fuse on the board? Hi Volker, The bootselector normally is used to select between different bootable devices which are together connected to the PC at the same time. Very handy! One question remains to be answered for you: What could happen, when attaching a badly confirming device to a motherboard? In the simplest case: nothing and it does not work. Worst case is to kill the PS/2-chip attached to the PS/2 jack on the motherboard. Something with which I do not want to experiment with. Especially because I know from others, that this risk is real. Normally I try to evaluate the risk of my acting in beforehand -- especially if it is that easy like in this case: asking people, which wants to give helpful answers. But not any given answer is that helpful, you know? Have a nice weekend! mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] PDF: convert to grayscale
Grant Edwards writes: On 2011-02-08, Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt wrote: Does anyone know a tool (other than ghostscript) that is able to convert a PDF (or postscript) to grayscale? Ghostscript does this, but is unable to convert gradients and fills (they're replaced by bitmaps) which results in a too big file unless I drastically reduce quality. I don't understand what you're asking for. What sort of output format do you want (raster, vector, ???)? I think he wants the same PDF as the original file. Only in grayscale. This is one method to do this, but it needs Acrobat 8 Professional: http://blog.gilbertconsulting.com/2007/05/convert-color-pdf-to-grayscale.html Wonko
Re: [gentoo-user] Chromium requires threads flag
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:56 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: But, this has made me think. Is setting nptl and nptl globally (in make.conf) the best idea? Should the threads flag also be set globally, or just on a per package basis? Maybe nptl and threads and not set nptlonly? I have threads set globally in make.conf and haven't run into any issues. nptl and nptlonly are set via make.defaults in amd64 profile. It doesn't seem like too many of the packages I actually use have a threads use flag: floppym@naomi ~ % equery hasuse threads | cat app-arch/xz-utils-5.0.1 app-emulation/wine-1.3.13 dev-cpp/clucene-0.9.21b-r1 dev-cpp/libthrowable-1.1.0 dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r1 dev-lang/python-2.7.1 dev-lang/python-3.1.2-r4 dev-lang/ruby-1.8.7_p302 dev-lang/tcl-8.5.8-r1 dev-lang/tk-8.5.8-r1 dev-libs/beecrypt-4.1.2-r1 dev-vcs/git-1.7.3.4-r1 media-libs/libvpx-0.9.5 media-libs/x264-0.0.20101029 media-video/ffmpeg-0.6_p25767 net-analyzer/wireshark-1.4.3 net-dns/bind-9.7.2_p3-r3 net-print/cups-1.4.6 I'm sure many other packages use threads, but it isn't optional.
Re: [gentoo-user] PDF: convert to grayscale
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt wrote: Does anyone know a tool (other than ghostscript) that is able to convert a PDF (or postscript) to grayscale? Ghostscript does this, but is unable to convert gradients and fills (they're replaced by bitmaps) which results in a too big file unless I drastically reduce quality. Are you the creator of the document and want to save the original as greyscale, or you want to convert an already existing PDF? If the latter I think the easy way is to use ghostscript (pdf2ps) to render it as greyscale postscript. Then you could convert the PS back to PDF if you need to. But if you already tried that, then, I don't know...
Re: [gentoo-user] PDF: convert to grayscale
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt wrote: Does anyone know a tool (other than ghostscript) that is able to convert a PDF (or postscript) to grayscale? Ghostscript does this, but is unable to convert gradients and fills (they're replaced by bitmaps) which results in a too big file unless I drastically reduce quality. Are you the creator of the document and want to save the original as greyscale, or you want to convert an already existing PDF? If the latter I think the easy way is to use ghostscript (pdf2ps) to render it as greyscale postscript. Then you could convert the PS back to PDF if you need to. But if you already tried that, then, I don't know... Use the GIMP, Luke. I have to do this all the time with forms and such. The GIMP imports PDF files nicely, and I usually print the file to PDF after I am done. Now, if you have a many page document, the GIMP will import each page as a layer which can make it a pain to have to manually print each layer as a separate pdf, but ya do what ya gotta do. I also like PDFShuffler for managing/mangling pdf files. Its in portage by the way. HTH, quantum -- Matthew W. Summers
Re: [gentoo-user] PS/2-USB-Keyboard and the BIOS
On Friday 11 February 2011 22:04:22 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [11-02-11 21:20]: On Friday 11 February 2011 20:15:56 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [11-02-11 19:56]: On Friday 11 February 2011 18:59:39 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I have a problem here...(as you may have already guessed...;) I have an old PS/2 keyboard, which I do love a lot. This PS/2- keyboard is connected via a Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter to an USB-port of my ASUS Corsshair IV formula board. When Linux is running I have not a single problem with this setup... BUT entering the bootselector via F8 while BIOS is coming up is to 99% impossible. I managed that only once. On the other hand: Entering BIOS with F1 is not simple and often requires several boots, but it is possible. What can I do to make F8/the bootselector work? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Have a nice weekend! Best regards, mcc go into bios, turn on legacy support. Btw, are there no ps/2 ports? Oh - and using a 'pure' usb keyboard for entering bios might be needed. Hi Volker, ...yes, there is a ps/2 port...but this keyboard is that old, that it is recommended NOT to connect the keyboard to ANY modern PS/2 connector, since it does not comply to the standard very well. I choose exactly this adapter, because it is known to work with the keyboards way of PS/2. If there is a little chance to enter BIOS and the BOOTSELECTOR using this keyboard I want really to avoid the hassle of having two boards connected to my PC (and wasting a USB port, too). Have a nice weekend! mcc well, why do you need the bootselector anyway? And have you tried to connect the keyboard? What could happen? blown fuse on the board? Hi Volker, The bootselector normally is used to select between different bootable devices which are together connected to the PC at the same time. Very handy! One question remains to be answered for you: What could happen, when attaching a badly confirming device to a motherboard? In the simplest case: nothing and it does not work. Worst case is to kill the PS/2-chip attached to the PS/2 jack on the motherboard. Something with which I do not want to experiment with. Especially because I know from others, that this risk is real. Normally I try to evaluate the risk of my acting in beforehand -- especially if it is that easy like in this case: asking people, which wants to give helpful answers. But not any given answer is that helpful, you know? well, it is not like you have much alternatives left, do you? you can either: try a different keyboard try a different adaptor or connect the keyboard directly. any way. changing 'usb legacy support' from 'disabled' or 'auto' to 'enabled' might help you.
Re: [gentoo-user] glibc 2.13 warning
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:32:20 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: no, the 2.12.1 binpackage does not know which versions are installed. It just includes a version check. If no glibc is installed (and removing the /var/db/pkg/sys-libs/glibc-2.13 directory = no glibc installed) then you are free to install any binpkg you want. Ah, I see what you're getting at now. That should have worked. Or, you know, just extract ld.so from a tarball, copy it into /lib, and un- prelink your system. Then re-install 2.13. Problem solved. Except the problem with the binpkg was most significant on the system without prelinking, the one that broke Postfix. I did consider unpacking the glibc-2.12 binpkg to / then re-emerging 2.12 to clean up. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] For net-print/hplip users
I've just spent an annoying two days trying to un-break my HP multifunction printer/fax/scanner, and I hope I can spare some of you the same trouble. My symptoms were that I couldn't send a fax using hp-sendfax, which has been working very well for years -- until now. After much floundering I finally tried deleting my existing cups printers and allowing hp-setup to create new ones. All better now :) There may be more than one way to delete cups printers, I dunno, but I used the cups http interface by typing 'http://localhost:631' in my firefox URL bar (cupsd must be running for this to work).
Re: [gentoo-user] For net-print/hplip users
walt wrote: I've just spent an annoying two days trying to un-break my HP multifunction printer/fax/scanner, and I hope I can spare some of you the same trouble. My symptoms were that I couldn't send a fax using hp-sendfax, which has been working very well for years -- until now. After much floundering I finally tried deleting my existing cups printers and allowing hp-setup to create new ones. All better now :) There may be more than one way to delete cups printers, I dunno, but I used the cups http interface by typing 'http://localhost:631' in my firefox URL bar (cupsd must be running for this to work). I have found in the past that anytime I update hp* or cups, I need to delete and set up my printer again. Sometimes it works but is flakey and sometimes it doesn't print at all. Deleting and adding again is the only fix I have found that works. Sort of weird how that works tho. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Avoiding HAL
=== On Fri, 02/11, Peter Humphrey wrote: === As Gentoo seems to be immune to this problem, I assume that other kernels are setting some parameters that push the hardware to its limit, so the next thing I'll try is to detune the performance somewhat. Trouble is, the BIOS setup screens have so many parameters to adjust that I don't know where to start. === Start by resetting to all defaults.. ;-) Many motherboards these days support unsafe settings (overclocking, etc.) and warn you that you can destabilize your board. If you, or anyone else, has ever tweaked those it may be unstable. So try all defaults, or safe settings first if you haven't already. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz public key: ID: 19017044 http://www.dartworks.biz/ =
Re: [gentoo-user] For net-print/hplip users
walt schrieb am 12.02.2011 00:15: I've just spent an annoying two days trying to un-break my HP multifunction printer/fax/scanner, and I hope I can spare some of you the same trouble. My symptoms were that I couldn't send a fax using hp-sendfax, which has been working very well for years -- until now. After much floundering I finally tried deleting my existing cups printers and allowing hp-setup to create new ones. All better now :) There may be more than one way to delete cups printers, I dunno, but I used the cups http interface by typing 'http://localhost:631' in my firefox URL bar (cupsd must be running for this to work). From the hplip ebuild: elog You should run hp-setup as root if you are installing hplip for the first time, elog and may also need to run it if you are upgrading from an earlier version. This message is there for a reason! -- Daniel Pielmeier signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
