Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01.02.2012 00:34, pat wrote: On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:34:36 +0100, pat wrote On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:49:33 +1100, Adam Carter wrote There were a few kernels that broke iwlagn. Iirc it was 3.1.5 and 3.1.6. So i'd suggest you stick to troubleshooting on a kernel you know has previously worked, or a very recent one. Well, that's the problem, it doesn't work on last working one too :- ( I've been using tuxonice-sources-2.6.38-r1 and it worked about 6 months ago, but not it doesn't :-( Thanks Pat Hello again, I've tried these kernels: 2.6.38-tuxonice-r1, 3.0.6-tuxonice, 3.0.17-tuxonice-r1 and 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 but none of these works :-( The kernel config for 3.0.17-tuxonice-r1 (the kernel I want to use) is attached. I've checked wifi functionality on Linux Mint 11 live CD and it works. I have no idea what I have to check :-\ (I've checked the kernel setup, NetworkManager configuration, a lot of kernels :-) and I've also tried wicd). Could someone help? Thanks Pat Freehosting PIPNI - http://www.pipni.cz/ You could add: [logging] level=DEBUG domains=HW,RFKILL,WIFI to /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and try if you get an usable error... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPKPTSAAoJEJwwOFaNFkYc2FAH/i9Hj0Y/XXAAXKsvPU57Ldo9 jI1HD22yk/BUNhFfzpTp7zpD7Eh/3IoZvZ4ZHlK9pqoz8DdbI6k92o6niHQGa+du rXzdfIblrdjN25c+PurexWHH93MBQM+Jl5xCT6ZrOD1aGWMOgVv1NM+Pblq9xAqc t5dLKi5ul3n2pwJR/kEcIbyx3f4p3uTCB9P8dW7e71ErP4Emx56etZbGDk43GAke 9GEd17uDpc+xWO8Q9HxHhYOemrCds8J8WceRARgMNFxENiT0a8h0xcMohN3SGstQ EXz7fUpXQpQsXVLdwcVSvFL747rRlyHm/0VuVSypLKklBC893ZBMg2CIZAsQQo4= =BR/S -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[gentoo-user] strange alarm signal
Has anyone ever seen the following strange behaviour? While updating the system with emerge, after each installation of a package, before it starts emerging the next one, it pauses for a minute or two, then displays alarm signal (without the quotes) on a new line, and continues to emerging the next package. Here is an example: Emerging (2 of 9) perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 * IPC-Cmd-0.76.tar.gz RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] Unpacking source... Unpacking IPC-Cmd-0.76.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work/IPC-Cmd-0.76 ... Source prepared. Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work/IPC-Cmd-0.76 ... * Using ExtUtils::MakeMaker * perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/usr INSTALLDIRS=vendor INSTALLMAN3DIR=none DESTDIR=/var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/ Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for IPC::Cmd Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json Source configured. Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work/IPC-Cmd-0.76 ... * emake OTHERLDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed make -j5 'OTHERLDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed' cp lib/IPC/Cmd.pm blib/lib/IPC/Cmd.pm Source compiled. Test phase [not enabled]: perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 Install IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 into /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/ category perl-core make -j5 pure_install Installing /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.4/IPC/Cmd.pm Completed installing IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 into /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/ ecompressdir: bzip2 -9 /usr/share/doc Done. Installing (2 of 9) perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 alarm signal Emerging (3 of 9) virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 Unpacking source... Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work ... Source compiled. Test phase [not enabled]: virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 Install perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 into /var/tmp/portage/virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/ category virtual Completed installing perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 into /var/tmp/portage/virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/ Done. Installing (3 of 9) virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 alarm signal Emerging (4 of 9) x11-libs/pixman-0.24.2
Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question for old farts. lol
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: J. Roeleveld wrote: On Tue, January 31, 2012 6:30 pm, Walter Dnes wrote: On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 06:05:12PM +0100, Michael Hampicke wrote Sweet. I had 15 minutes in the office how long before someone makes a pointless, unrelated Windows insult out of my post pool; I just won $5. I was using Win3.1 - and was happy with it I was using Win95 - and was happy with it I was using WinNT4 - and was happy with it I was using Win2000 - and was happy with it I was using Win Server 2003 - and was happy with it I was using Win7 - and was happy with it And I am also a Linux SuSe user since 6.0 and Gentoo user since 1.something (but up until now just on the servers). I made the final switch from Windows to Linux on my Workstation (Gentoo) and Notebook (Lubuntu) only a few month ago. So please, don't accuse me of making Windows insults. I feel that Win98SE was the best Windows ever, and could've been even more of a killer if Microsoft hadn't so stupidly tried to ram ActiveX down people's throats. Remove ActiveX, and 99% of drive-by-downloads would've disappeared. WinME was a sad joke, however. I enjoyed MS Dos, then played a bit with MS Win3.11, MS Win95 and MS Win98SE. However, for important stuff, like day-to-day desktop, I switched to Linux in 1997. That was the last time I lost files due to a crash of MS Windows... -- Joost When 3.1 came out, I changed jobs. Swapping 15 floppies is no fun to me. Funny, reinstalling fixed the problems back then and it still is the best way to fix windoze. sighs Actually, the reason for that's pretty easy to explain. It's because Windows, unlike every major Linux distribution since Apt, wasn't designed around pulling software from centralized repositories. Instead, ISVs were expected to provide installers, which users were expected to obtain from outside channels and run. That seems archaic to Linux users, but even Red Hat was like that before yum. Since there was no centralized, curated software repository maintained by people ensuring things worked properly together, you got everything from DLL hell to developers violating Microsoft's recommendations (and, considering that Microsoft *designed the platform*, you can consider their recommendations as part of the platform spec) and good development practice. So you have things like: * People bypassing APIs and munging registry keys directly. This would be like a Linux app going in and modifying Debian's package database without going through an intermediate library kept in lockstep with the package manager code. Eventually, one's going to behave in a way the other isn't going to expect, and either the package database will become corrupt (f'ing $OSVENDOR! Their stuff keeps breaking!, the user will curse), or the application will stop working (F'ing $OSVENDOR! They keep breaking my stuff!) * People not bothering to understand DLL search paths, and getting into the habit of dropping their DLL into the SYSTEM32 folder. That would be like manually building and installing a package to /usr/ instead of /usr/local, or a library in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib with an improper soname. Eventually, you risk changing the behavior of an unrelated app, or having an unrelated app change your app's behavior, all because a couple DLLs had the same name and no differentiating metadata. * People only ever testing their programs while they have Administrator privileges, and so their programs only ever work correctly while running as Administrator. This would be like an app found in /usr/bin assuming it can write anywhere it pleases, call any API call it needs, and doing some marginally unsafe things with system calls. To get it to work properly, you'd have to make it suid root, and it'd be a vulnerability vector. The analogies aren't perfect, but the points still stand. Sad thing is, if and when Microsoft takes steps toward a repository model (these days, people like to call them app stores) they'll be lambasted as being evil for applying a gateway to the platform, even though it's going to be a necessary step to fixing a lot of what's wrong with the development culture on that platform. Linux isn't perfect in these regards, but the combination of being open source, of distros having their own software repositories and of distro maintainers feeding fixes upstream is an exceedingly effective combination. Linux systems don't accrue systemic cruft nearly as rapidly as Windows systems, in large part because of the forced cooperation applied by the LSB and by distro maintainers. Cruft buildup can still happen, though, and that's why emerge -e @world exists. And, actually, that's a pretty analogous action to reinstalling Windows. It's just much easier, and does a better job of retaining user and application settings. -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question for old farts. lol
Michael Mol wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: J. Roeleveld wrote: On Tue, January 31, 2012 6:30 pm, Walter Dnes wrote: On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 06:05:12PM +0100, Michael Hampicke wrote Sweet. I had 15 minutes in the office how long before someone makes a pointless, unrelated Windows insult out of my post pool; I just won $5. I was using Win3.1 - and was happy with it I was using Win95 - and was happy with it I was using WinNT4 - and was happy with it I was using Win2000 - and was happy with it I was using Win Server 2003 - and was happy with it I was using Win7 - and was happy with it And I am also a Linux SuSe user since 6.0 and Gentoo user since 1.something (but up until now just on the servers). I made the final switch from Windows to Linux on my Workstation (Gentoo) and Notebook (Lubuntu) only a few month ago. So please, don't accuse me of making Windows insults. I feel that Win98SE was the best Windows ever, and could've been even more of a killer if Microsoft hadn't so stupidly tried to ram ActiveX down people's throats. Remove ActiveX, and 99% of drive-by-downloads would've disappeared. WinME was a sad joke, however. I enjoyed MS Dos, then played a bit with MS Win3.11, MS Win95 and MS Win98SE. However, for important stuff, like day-to-day desktop, I switched to Linux in 1997. That was the last time I lost files due to a crash of MS Windows... -- Joost When 3.1 came out, I changed jobs. Swapping 15 floppies is no fun to me. Funny, reinstalling fixed the problems back then and it still is the best way to fix windoze. sighs Actually, the reason for that's pretty easy to explain. It's because Windows, unlike every major Linux distribution since Apt, wasn't designed around pulling software from centralized repositories. Instead, ISVs were expected to provide installers, which users were expected to obtain from outside channels and run. That seems archaic to Linux users, but even Red Hat was like that before yum. Since there was no centralized, curated software repository maintained by people ensuring things worked properly together, you got everything from DLL hell to developers violating Microsoft's recommendations (and, considering that Microsoft *designed the platform*, you can consider their recommendations as part of the platform spec) and good development practice. So you have things like: * People bypassing APIs and munging registry keys directly. This would be like a Linux app going in and modifying Debian's package database without going through an intermediate library kept in lockstep with the package manager code. Eventually, one's going to behave in a way the other isn't going to expect, and either the package database will become corrupt (f'ing $OSVENDOR! Their stuff keeps breaking!, the user will curse), or the application will stop working (F'ing $OSVENDOR! They keep breaking my stuff!) * People not bothering to understand DLL search paths, and getting into the habit of dropping their DLL into the SYSTEM32 folder. That would be like manually building and installing a package to /usr/ instead of /usr/local, or a library in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib with an improper soname. Eventually, you risk changing the behavior of an unrelated app, or having an unrelated app change your app's behavior, all because a couple DLLs had the same name and no differentiating metadata. * People only ever testing their programs while they have Administrator privileges, and so their programs only ever work correctly while running as Administrator. This would be like an app found in /usr/bin assuming it can write anywhere it pleases, call any API call it needs, and doing some marginally unsafe things with system calls. To get it to work properly, you'd have to make it suid root, and it'd be a vulnerability vector. The analogies aren't perfect, but the points still stand. Sad thing is, if and when Microsoft takes steps toward a repository model (these days, people like to call them app stores) they'll be lambasted as being evil for applying a gateway to the platform, even though it's going to be a necessary step to fixing a lot of what's wrong with the development culture on that platform. Linux isn't perfect in these regards, but the combination of being open source, of distros having their own software repositories and of distro maintainers feeding fixes upstream is an exceedingly effective combination. Linux systems don't accrue systemic cruft nearly as rapidly as Windows systems, in large part because of the forced cooperation applied by the LSB and by distro maintainers. Cruft buildup can still happen, though, and that's why emerge -e @world exists. And, actually, that's a pretty analogous action to reinstalling Windows. It's just much easier, and does a better job of retaining user and application settings. So basically, WINDOZE SUCKS LOL
[gentoo-user] /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3: undefined symbol: __guard
I get this when emerging python on a system I'm bringing up to date after 3 years of non-use: *** WARNING: renaming dbm since importing it failed: /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3: undefined symbol: __guard The compile eventually fails with: Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules: _bsddb _tkinter bsddb185 sunaudiodev To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the module's name. Failed to build these modules: dbm running build_scripts creating build/scripts-2.6 copying and adjusting /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.7-r2/work/Python-2.6.7/Tools/scripts/pydoc - build/scripts-2.6 copying and adjusting /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.7-r2/work/Python-2.6.7/Tools/scripts/idle - build/scripts-2.6 copying and adjusting /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.7-r2/work/Python-2.6.7/Tools/scripts/2to3 - build/scripts-2.6 copying and adjusting /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.7-r2/work/Python-2.6.7/Lib/smtpd.py - build/scripts-2.6 changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/pydoc from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/idle from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/2to3 from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/smtpd.py from 644 to 755 make: *** [sharedmods] Error 1 This is python-2.6 but I get the same from 2.7 and 3.1. I was able to emerge python-2.6 earlier in the updating process so I'm not sure why it's failing now. I'm halfway through an emerge -e world to see if that helps. The system is up-to-date now and working fine although I still need to update the kernel, gcc won't compile above 4.3.4, and udev gets crazy above 141. I'm on this profile: hardened/linux/x86 Any ideas? - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network
On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:16:18 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01.02.2012 00:34, pat wrote: On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:34:36 +0100, pat wrote On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:49:33 +1100, Adam Carter wrote There were a few kernels that broke iwlagn. Iirc it was 3.1.5 and 3.1.6. So i'd suggest you stick to troubleshooting on a kernel you know has previously worked, or a very recent one. Well, that's the problem, it doesn't work on last working one too :- ( I've been using tuxonice-sources-2.6.38-r1 and it worked about 6 months ago, but not it doesn't :-( Thanks Pat Hello again, I've tried these kernels: 2.6.38-tuxonice-r1, 3.0.6-tuxonice, 3.0.17-tuxonice-r1 and 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 but none of these works :-( The kernel config for 3.0.17-tuxonice-r1 (the kernel I want to use) is attached. I've checked wifi functionality on Linux Mint 11 live CD and it works. I have no idea what I have to check :-\ (I've checked the kernel setup, NetworkManager configuration, a lot of kernels :-) and I've also tried wicd). Could someone help? Thanks Pat You could add: [logging] level=DEBUG domains=HW,RFKILL,WIFI to /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and try if you get an usable error... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPKPTSAAoJEJwwOFaNFkYc2FAH/i9Hj0Y/XXAAXKsvPU57Ldo9 jI1HD22yk/BUNhFfzpTp7zpD7Eh/3IoZvZ4ZHlK9pqoz8DdbI6k92o6niHQGa+du rXzdfIblrdjN25c+PurexWHH93MBQM+Jl5xCT6ZrOD1aGWMOgVv1NM+Pblq9xAqc t5dLKi5ul3n2pwJR/kEcIbyx3f4p3uTCB9P8dW7e71ErP4Emx56etZbGDk43GAke 9GEd17uDpc+xWO8Q9HxHhYOemrCds8J8WceRARgMNFxENiT0a8h0xcMohN3SGstQ EXz7fUpXQpQsXVLdwcVSvFL747rRlyHm/0VuVSypLKklBC893ZBMg2CIZAsQQo4= =BR/S -END PGP SIGNATURE- Hello, the log is attached. To me it looks like there's not an issue with NetworkManager, but somewhere else, because, when I turn on the wireless toggle button, the wireless control doesn't indicate the wireless is on. Thanks for help Pat Freehosting PIPNI - http://www.pipni.cz/Feb 1 19:58:39 localhost NetworkManager[2592]: info (eth0): carrier now OFF (device state 8, deferring action for 4 seconds) Feb 1 19:58:39 localhost NetworkManager[2592]: info (eth0): carrier now ON (device state 8) Feb 1 20:03:23 localhost NetworkManager[2592]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: getting unmanaged specs... Feb 1 20:03:23 localhost NetworkManager[2592]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: getting unmanaged specs... Feb 1 20:03:23 localhost NetworkManager[2592]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: getting unmanaged specs... Feb 1 20:03:26 localhost NetworkManager[2592]: info WiFi now enabled by radio killswitch Feb 1 20:03:27 localhost NetworkManager[2592]: info WiFi now disabled by radio killswitch Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: Initializing! Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: management mode: managed Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: Can't open /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf for wireless security Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: Loading connections Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: Hostname updated to: draken-korin Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: Initialzation complete! Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: getting unmanaged specs... Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: (872426032) ... get_connections. Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: (872426032) connections count: 0 Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:keyfile: parsing .keep_net-misc_networkmanager-0 ... Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:keyfile: error: File permissions (100644) or owner (0) were insecure Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]:SCPlugin-Ifnet: getting unmanaged specs... Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]: info found WiFi radio killswitch rfkill2 (at /sys/devices/pci:00/:00:1c.1/:02:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill2) (driver unknown) Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]: info found WiFi radio killswitch rfkill0 (at /sys/devices/platform/dell-laptop/rfkill/rfkill0) (driver dell-laptop) Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]: debug [1328123204.961239] [nm-udev-manager.c:204] recheck_killswitches(): WiFi rfkill state now 'hard-blocked' Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]: info WiFi disabled by radio killswitch; disabled by state file Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]: info WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file Feb 1 20:06:44 localhost NetworkManager[2619]: info WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file Feb 1 20:06:44
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gcc-4.5.3-r1 fails to compile with internal compiler error
The gcc package actually compiles gcc twice, once with your existing compiler and again with the new compiler itself (at least it worked that way in the old days). I believe it's three times now: the first time with the old compiler, then with the new one, then again with the second new one. Then the last two are compared; they should be the same. I do get this when emerging gcc-4.3.4: * Your x86 arch is not supported. * Hope you know what you are doing. Hardened will not work. I wonder if it could be related. 4.3.4 compiles fine. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] strange alarm signal
On 02/01/2012 10:05 AM, Thanasis wrote: Has anyone ever seen the following strange behaviour? While updating the system with emerge, after each installation of a package, before it starts emerging the next one, it pauses for a minute or two, then displays alarm signal (without the quotes) on a new line, and continues to emerging the next package. Hi Thanasis, this message is from emerge /portage: grep -r alarm signal /usr/lib64/portage/* Binary file /usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/exception.pyo matches Binary file /usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/exception.pyc matches /usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/exception.py:raise AlarmSignal(alarm signal, This one matches your one minute: /usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/elog/mod_mail_summary.py: AlarmSignal.register(60) Look like a timeout during mail sending to me. You have probably elog mail sending configured in make.conf and your mailserver is borked. HTH, Matthias Here is an example: Emerging (2 of 9) perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 * IPC-Cmd-0.76.tar.gz RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] Unpacking source... Unpacking IPC-Cmd-0.76.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work/IPC-Cmd-0.76 ... Source prepared. Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work/IPC-Cmd-0.76 ... * Using ExtUtils::MakeMaker * perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/usr INSTALLDIRS=vendor INSTALLMAN3DIR=none DESTDIR=/var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/ Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for IPC::Cmd Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json Source configured. Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work/IPC-Cmd-0.76 ... * emake OTHERLDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed make -j5 'OTHERLDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed' cp lib/IPC/Cmd.pm blib/lib/IPC/Cmd.pm Source compiled. Test phase [not enabled]: perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 Install IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 into /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/ category perl-core make -j5 pure_install Installing /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.4/IPC/Cmd.pm Completed installing IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 into /var/tmp/portage/perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/ ecompressdir: bzip2 -9 /usr/share/doc Done. Installing (2 of 9) perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 alarm signal Emerging (3 of 9) virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 Unpacking source... Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/work ... Source compiled. Test phase [not enabled]: virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 Install perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 into /var/tmp/portage/virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/ category virtual Completed installing perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 into /var/tmp/portage/virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0/image/ Done. Installing (3 of 9) virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.760.0 alarm signal Emerging (4 of 9) x11-libs/pixman-0.24.2
Re: [gentoo-user] strange alarm signal
on 02/01/2012 11:21 PM Matthias Krebs wrote the following: On 02/01/2012 10:05 AM, Thanasis wrote: Has anyone ever seen the following strange behaviour? While updating the system with emerge, after each installation of a package, before it starts emerging the next one, it pauses for a minute or two, then displays alarm signal (without the quotes) on a new line, and continues to emerging the next package. Hi Thanasis, this message is from emerge /portage: grep -r alarm signal /usr/lib64/portage/* Binary file /usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/exception.pyo matches Binary file /usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/exception.pyc matches /usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/exception.py:raise AlarmSignal(alarm signal, This one matches your one minute: /usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/elog/mod_mail_summary.py: AlarmSignal.register(60) Look like a timeout during mail sending to me. You have probably elog mail sending configured in make.conf and your mailserver is borked. You were right. I hadn't configured the /etc/mail/aliases file. Thanks !
Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01.02.2012 21:33, pat wrote: On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:16:18 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote On 01.02.2012 00:34, pat wrote: On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:34:36 +0100, pat wrote On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:49:33 +1100, Adam Carter wrote There were a few kernels that broke iwlagn. Iirc it was 3.1.5 and 3.1.6. So i'd suggest you stick to troubleshooting on a kernel you know has previously worked, or a very recent one. Well, that's the problem, it doesn't work on last working one too :- ( I've been using tuxonice-sources-2.6.38-r1 and it worked about 6 months ago, but not it doesn't :-( Thanks Pat Hello again, I've tried these kernels: 2.6.38-tuxonice-r1, 3.0.6-tuxonice, 3.0.17-tuxonice-r1 and 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 but none of these works :-( The kernel config for 3.0.17-tuxonice-r1 (the kernel I want to use) is attached. I've checked wifi functionality on Linux Mint 11 live CD and it works. I have no idea what I have to check :-\ (I've checked the kernel setup, NetworkManager configuration, a lot of kernels :-) and I've also tried wicd). Could someone help? Thanks Pat You could add: [logging] level=DEBUG domains=HW,RFKILL,WIFI to /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and try if you get an usable error... Hello, the log is attached. To me it looks like there's not an issue with NetworkManager, but somewhere else, because, when I turn on the wireless toggle button, the wireless control doesn't indicate the wireless is on. Thanks for help Pat Freehosting PIPNI - http://www.pipni.cz/ Did you install the firmwarefiles for your WIFI-adapter? try: emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware If that works, you could uninstall it again and try to narrow it down to your specific card - net-wireless/iwl6000-ucode would be my gues... That could explain, why a livecd works (the firmware is included there). -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPKb0SAAoJEJwwOFaNFkYcnRYIAKVBylfpYWPWiJ9Cu265e1bR fQdNMzPL1diFPcFzUYupiokR3uzGMP6G87EDUU+Gohl8PtnRJeZSJLkQm0aeJDwq kZ5a0+7JsuHdkTJghutJimB8LhtN93kgyTr36RcVVtzPMpRO4+EXVOuJZiaZ3QPA gKsklm/6o7v09TRwTd5DvEuf+Uo6zmg0pIjzAD+Bp/aj/4mHz8JHbnE17saihELM Z6gbUx3cRY1W3dSRH/U2DtuaKzSk11QK8OHH5JqJoCPYcEZUyQzgrK7g5bTR62oB 7EkcBFtqcJTpJWgPMPmhJXQZi+TbXnnISw7mSue2DkOXyi50Np8t6HbnnofrV9c= =gg3q -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[gentoo-user] Re: /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3: undefined symbol: __guard
On 02/01/2012 08:01 AM, Grant wrote: I get this when emerging python on a system I'm bringing up to date after 3 years of non-use: *** WARNING: renaming dbm since importing it failed: /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3: undefined symbol: __guard I've never run a hardened machine, though it's really time I tried it. libgdm_compat.so.3 links to /usr/lib32/libgdbm.so.3 and (on my non- hardened) machine neither library needs anything with __guard. I think the 'guard' must refer to stack protection or similar that you find only on hardened systems. Something very vague in my memory associates 'multilib' only with non-hardened systems -- but my memory could be wrong instead of vague :) Are the 32-bit compatible packages available in hardened versions?
[gentoo-user] Re: gcc-4.5.3-r1 fails to compile with internal compiler error
On 02/01/2012 01:06 PM, Grant wrote: I do get this when emerging gcc-4.3.4: * Your x86 arch is not supported. * Hope you know what you are doing. Hardened will not work. Are you upgrading from a non-hardened system?
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gcc-4.5.3-r1 fails to compile with internal compiler error
I do get this when emerging gcc-4.3.4: * Your x86 arch is not supported. * Hope you know what you are doing. Hardened will not work. Are you upgrading from a non-hardened system? Nope, just upgrading gcc on a system that's always been hardened. - Grant
[gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.
Howdy, I got a neighbour that has a computer issue. First, the hard drive went out. We ordered a new one and installed it. Then he realized he didn't have the restore discs. We ordered those from Gateway. I went up today and tried to install winders 7 on the new drive. I put the system disc in and it booted. Then it asked for the recovery disc #1. It copied that over then asked for disc 2. After a bit it wanted the Language disc. Then it said to reboot and it spit out the DVD. When it reboots from the hard drive, it comes up and says it is setting up the hardware and it seems to finish it. Then a window pops up and says this: Windows Setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hardware. I never saw any error at any time until the message popped up. The install from the DVD went fine. It is point and click basically. After I first put the new drive in, I booted Sysrescue USB stick. I even ran the test on the drive. I didn't see any errors on anything there. I'm fairly certain this isn't a hardware issue. Any ideas on why this doesn't work? Maybe have a fix? Bad media? Wrong media? I ordered it by the big long number so if it is wrong, Gateway picked the wrong thing but who knows. Thanks. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=--quiet-build=n
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Howdy, I got a neighbour that has a computer issue. First, the hard drive went out. We ordered a new one and installed it. Then he realized he didn't have the restore discs. We ordered those from Gateway. I went up today and tried to install winders 7 on the new drive. I put the system disc in and it booted. Then it asked for the recovery disc #1. It copied that over then asked for disc 2. After a bit it wanted the Language disc. Then it said to reboot and it spit out the DVD. When it reboots from the hard drive, it comes up and says it is setting up the hardware and it seems to finish it. Then a window pops up and says this: Windows Setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hardware. Be sure the BIOS is set to AHCI mode and not RAID/IDE/Legacy mode, if possible. If AHCI is not a choice, but choices are nonetheless available, try changing it to whatever the alternative setting is. The idea being that the driver it's trying to use is not working, so maybe the other driver will work long enough to boot and install updates, at which point you can change the setting back to what it was and give that a shot. Does the new HDD have 4k sectors? I think Windows 7 can't be installed on those without supplying an updated disk controller driver during installation.
Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question for old farts. lol
On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 07:41:29AM -0600, Dale wrote [...major snippage...] So basically, WINDOZE SUCKS LOL Actually, some Windows *DEVELOPERS* suck. It's equivalant to some linux developers assuming that /usr is mounted at the very beginning of the boot process, so that their code can call all sorts of userspace stuff... no waitG. -- Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.
Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Howdy, I got a neighbour that has a computer issue. First, the hard drive went out. We ordered a new one and installed it. Then he realized he didn't have the restore discs. We ordered those from Gateway. I went up today and tried to install winders 7 on the new drive. I put the system disc in and it booted. Then it asked for the recovery disc #1. It copied that over then asked for disc 2. After a bit it wanted the Language disc. Then it said to reboot and it spit out the DVD. When it reboots from the hard drive, it comes up and says it is setting up the hardware and it seems to finish it. Then a window pops up and says this: Windows Setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hardware. Be sure the BIOS is set to AHCI mode and not RAID/IDE/Legacy mode, if possible. If AHCI is not a choice, but choices are nonetheless available, try changing it to whatever the alternative setting is. The idea being that the driver it's trying to use is not working, so maybe the other driver will work long enough to boot and install updates, at which point you can change the setting back to what it was and give that a shot. Does the new HDD have 4k sectors? I think Windows 7 can't be installed on those without supplying an updated disk controller driver during installation. Your reply made me think of something. I had a XP reinstall once that required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard drive. They said it recognized the change in the serial numbers. When I ran into that before tho, it installed fine but gave 30 days to put in the number. Does winders 7 have something similar? I'll check into your idea tomorrow tho. I hadn't even thought about that. I got the closest drive to it that I could find but I'm sure there is a difference. Thanks much for the idea. Still open to more ideas tho. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=--quiet-build=n
[gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP
I have a linksys wrt54G that is acting a little funny. Since my new laptop supports 1Gig wired ethernet and the wrt is 100Meg, I should upgrade even if the funny turns out to be just a config error on my laptop. This is a home system. My requirements are modest. 1. = 4 wired ethernet ports for systems/devices (at least 1 port 1Gig) 2. Wireless access point 802.11 b/g (n would be nice; a ok) 3. dhcp (with settable addresses see below*) 4. Availability in U.S. * I am actually running the so-called tomato firmware. The std firmware did not let me set specific dhcp addresses for specific sources. This is important to me. My laptop is 192.168.1.70, one printer is .50, the other .55, two other laptops are .72, and .75., Hence an /etc/hosts file lets each machine access the others by name My isp cablevision/optonline provides a modem with a wired ethernet port. The router/wap should have an ethernet port (beyond the 4 above) to accept the modem output (I realize it is all bidirectional). Suggestions? thanks, allan gottlieb
RE: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.
From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:39 PM Howdy, I got a neighbour that has a computer issue. First, the hard drive went out. We ordered a new one and installed it. Then he realized he didn't have the restore discs. We ordered those from Gateway. I went up today and tried to install winders 7 on the new drive. I put the system disc in and it booted. Then it asked for the recovery disc #1. It copied that over then asked for disc 2. After a bit it wanted the Language disc. Then it said to reboot and it spit out the DVD. When it reboots from the hard drive, it comes up and says it is setting up the hardware and it seems to finish it. Then a window pops up and says this: Windows Setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hardware. Does this help? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466753 You may have accidentially set the new drive in the BIOS as RAID: the KB article has steps to find the error logs and get more details.
RE: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.
From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:06 PM Your reply made me think of something. I had a XP reinstall once that required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard drive. They said it recognized the change in the serial numbers. When I ran into that before tho, it installed fine but gave 30 days to put in the number. Does winders 7 have something similar? Yes but that has nothing to do with your problem. If you change your hardware too much, it will deactivate your license, but you'll get a pretty clear error about that being the problem. I *think* you get a grace period after that to re-activate your system but it's been a while since I had that happen to me. --Mike
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP
You can expect best case of 50% thru put for wifi (I.e., 50Mbs), and usually much less. Think overhead for encryption, error recovery, and speed reduction for distance. Add to that most wifi speeds on the box come from the marketing department ... Then, if you are in a crowded (rf wise) environment, have an old 802.11b (10Mb) device in range and the antennas are more than few meters apart, someone is cooking dinner in the microwave, ... Wired or wireless ... No contest! W.Kenworthy On 02/02/2012, at 9:08, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I have a linksys wrt54G that is acting a little funny. Since my new laptop supports 1Gig wired ethernet and the wrt is 100Meg, I should upgrade even if the funny turns out to be just a config error on my laptop. This is a home system. My requirements are modest. 1. = 4 wired ethernet ports for systems/devices (at least 1 port 1Gig) 2. Wireless access point 802.11 b/g (n would be nice; a ok) 3. dhcp (with settable addresses see below*) 4. Availability in U.S. * I am actually running the so-called tomato firmware. The std firmware did not let me set specific dhcp addresses for specific sources. This is important to me. My laptop is 192.168.1.70, one printer is .50, the other .55, two other laptops are .72, and .75., Hence an /etc/hosts file lets each machine access the others by name My isp cablevision/optonline provides a modem with a wired ethernet port. The router/wap should have an ethernet port (beyond the 4 above) to accept the modem output (I realize it is all bidirectional). Suggestions? thanks, allan gottlieb
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.
Mike Edenfield wrote: From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:39 PM Howdy, I got a neighbour that has a computer issue. First, the hard drive went out. We ordered a new one and installed it. Then he realized he didn't have the restore discs. We ordered those from Gateway. I went up today and tried to install winders 7 on the new drive. I put the system disc in and it booted. Then it asked for the recovery disc #1. It copied that over then asked for disc 2. After a bit it wanted the Language disc. Then it said to reboot and it spit out the DVD. When it reboots from the hard drive, it comes up and says it is setting up the hardware and it seems to finish it. Then a window pops up and says this: Windows Setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hardware. Does this help? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466753 You may have accidentially set the new drive in the BIOS as RAID: the KB article has steps to find the error logs and get more details. Printed that page to try tomorrow. I didn't change anything in the BIOS tho. It saw the drive right off. I even used the same cable and power plug as the old drive so it sees them as C: or whatever. I bet it has something to do with AHCI or IDE settings tho. I hope that is it. After I get the install done, I can then upgrade the drivers and switch it back. Thanks for the help. I got a couple things to try tomorrow. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=--quiet-build=n
Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question for old farts. lol
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 07:41:29AM -0600, Dale wrote [...major snippage...] So basically, WINDOZE SUCKS LOL Actually, some Windows *DEVELOPERS* suck. It's equivalant to some linux developers assuming that /usr is mounted at the very beginning of the boot process, so that their code can call all sorts of userspace stuff... no waitG. I was hoping someone else would make the point. But...yes. That was most of the point of my email. :) -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP
On Wed, Feb 01 2012, bi...@iinet.net.au wrote: On 02/02/2012, at 9:08, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I have a linksys wrt54G that is acting a little funny. Since my new laptop supports 1Gig wired ethernet and the wrt is 100Meg, I should upgrade even if the funny turns out to be just a config error on my laptop. This is a home system. My requirements are modest. 1. = 4 wired ethernet ports for systems/devices (at least 1 port 1Gig) 2. Wireless access point 802.11 b/g (n would be nice; a ok) 3. dhcp (with settable addresses see below*) 4. Availability in U.S. * I am actually running the so-called tomato firmware. The std firmware did not let me set specific dhcp addresses for specific sources. This is important to me. My laptop is 192.168.1.70, one printer is .50, the other .55, two other laptops are .72, and .75., Hence an /etc/hosts file lets each machine access the others by name My isp cablevision/optonline provides a modem with a wired ethernet port. The router/wap should have an ethernet port (beyond the 4 above) to accept the modem output (I realize it is all bidirectional). Suggestions? thanks, allan gottlieb You can expect best case of 50% thru put for wifi (I.e., 50Mbs), and usually much less. Think overhead for encryption, error recovery, and speed reduction for distance. Add to that most wifi speeds on the box come from the marketing department ... Then, if you are in a crowded (rf wise) environment, have an old 802.11b (10Mb) device in range and the antennas are more than few meters apart, someone is cooking dinner in the microwave, ... Wired or wireless ... No contest! W.Kenworthy I am asking for a recommendation of a router/wap. I know the wired/wireless tradeoffs. thanks, allan
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.
Mike Edenfield wrote: From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:06 PM Your reply made me think of something. I had a XP reinstall once that required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard drive. They said it recognized the change in the serial numbers. When I ran into that before tho, it installed fine but gave 30 days to put in the number. Does winders 7 have something similar? Yes but that has nothing to do with your problem. If you change your hardware too much, it will deactivate your license, but you'll get a pretty clear error about that being the problem. I *think* you get a grace period after that to re-activate your system but it's been a while since I had that happen to me. --Mike That is what XP did that time. This is the first time installing anything newer than XP tho. I did notice the install process sort of changed. I started to send a message to Gateway but it is out of warranty. I don't know if they charge for help or not but I wouldn't be surprised if they do. Thanks for all the help. If anyone has other ideas, post away. I will test them tomorrow. Have I ever mentioned I hate winders? lol Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=--quiet-build=n
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I have a linksys wrt54G that is acting a little funny. Since my new laptop supports 1Gig wired ethernet and the wrt is 100Meg, I should upgrade even if the funny turns out to be just a config error on my laptop. This is a home system. My requirements are modest. 1. = 4 wired ethernet ports for systems/devices (at least 1 port 1Gig) 2. Wireless access point 802.11 b/g (n would be nice; a ok) 3. dhcp (with settable addresses see below*) 4. Availability in U.S. * I am actually running the so-called tomato firmware. The std firmware did not let me set specific dhcp addresses for specific sources. This is important to me. My laptop is 192.168.1.70, one printer is .50, the other .55, two other laptops are .72, and .75., Hence an /etc/hosts file lets each machine access the others by name My isp cablevision/optonline provides a modem with a wired ethernet port. The router/wap should have an ethernet port (beyond the 4 above) to accept the modem output (I realize it is all bidirectional). Suggestions? thanks, allan gottlieb I picked up a TP-LINK TL WA701ND a couple weeks ago from Newegg, for $30USD. I'm very happy with it as a single-SSID AP, though I intend to get it set up in multi-SSID mode. I have it plugged into a Debian box which is acting as a router. But you need a router. I haven't *tried* it, but despite what the spec sheet says for the device, the firmware includes all the configuration options for setting it up as a router. $30 for a wireless-N device is pretty decent. Regarding wireless throughput...You can't receive a packet you haven't sent. I max out my 30Mb/s internet connection* when I hit speed tests. I can comfortably play video on my laptop over ssh X11 forwarding. Wireless N is very, very nice. * I pay for 20Mb/s down, but generally get 27-33Mbs/ down. -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I have a linksys wrt54G that is acting a little funny. Since my new laptop supports 1Gig wired ethernet and the wrt is 100Meg, I should upgrade even if the funny turns out to be just a config error on my laptop. This is a home system. My requirements are modest. 1. = 4 wired ethernet ports for systems/devices (at least 1 port 1Gig) 2. Wireless access point 802.11 b/g (n would be nice; a ok) 3. dhcp (with settable addresses see below*) 4. Availability in U.S. * I am actually running the so-called tomato firmware. The std firmware did not let me set specific dhcp addresses for specific sources. This is important to me. My laptop is 192.168.1.70, one printer is .50, the other .55, two other laptops are .72, and .75., Hence an /etc/hosts file lets each machine access the others by name My isp cablevision/optonline provides a modem with a wired ethernet port. The router/wap should have an ethernet port (beyond the 4 above) to accept the modem output (I realize it is all bidirectional). Suggestions? thanks, allan gottlieb I picked up a TP-LINK TL WA701ND a couple weeks ago from Newegg, for $30USD. I'm very happy with it as a single-SSID AP, though I intend to get it set up in multi-SSID mode. I have it plugged into a Debian box which is acting as a router. But you need a router. I haven't *tried* it, but despite what the spec sheet says for the device, the firmware includes all the configuration options for setting it up as a router. $30 for a wireless-N device is pretty decent. Regarding wireless throughput...You can't receive a packet you haven't sent. I max out my 30Mb/s internet connection* when I hit speed tests. I can comfortably play video on my laptop over ssh X11 forwarding. Wireless N is very, very nice. * I pay for 20Mb/s down, but generally get 27-33Mbs/ down. Erp. Sorry; didn't finish reading your email. Only one ethernet port. -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP
On 02/02/2012, at 11:02, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: On Wed, Feb 01 2012, bi...@iinet.net.au wrote: On 02/02/2012, at 9:08, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I have a linksys wrt54G that is acting a little funny. Since my new laptop supports 1Gig wired ethernet and the wrt is 100Meg, I should upgrade even if the funny turns out to be just a config error on my laptop. This is a home system. My requirements are modest. 1. = 4 wired ethernet ports for systems/devices (at least 1 port 1Gig) 2. Wireless access point 802.11 b/g (n would be nice; a ok) 3. dhcp (with settable addresses see below*) 4. Availability in U.S. * I am actually running the so-called tomato firmware. The std firmware did not let me set specific dhcp addresses for specific sources. This is important to me. My laptop is 192.168.1.70, one printer is .50, the other .55, two other laptops are .72, and .75., Hence an /etc/hosts file lets each machine access the others by name My isp cablevision/optonline provides a modem with a wired ethernet port. The router/wap should have an ethernet port (beyond the 4 above) to accept the modem output (I realize it is all bidirectional). Suggestions? thanks, allan gottlieb You can expect best case of 50% thru put for wifi (I.e., 50Mbs), and usually much less. Think overhead for encryption, error recovery, and speed reduction for distance. Add to that most wifi speeds on the box come from the marketing department ... Then, if you are in a crowded (rf wise) environment, have an old 802.11b (10Mb) device in range and the antennas are more than few meters apart, someone is cooking dinner in the microwave, ... Wired or wireless ... No contest! W.Kenworthy I am asking for a recommendation of a router/wap. I know the wired/wireless tradeoffs. thanks, allan Sorry, read it as wired or wireless. Check out the buffalo routers -I have a G300NH which while it has a few early reports of bad wifi, it's been faultless for me. After a couple of months I changed the custom ddwrt firmware for real ddwrt (basically because I could!) and it's always been problem free. My limited experience with 1G has been mixed - usually don't notice much of a difference though its occasionally wow! - mostly cisco devices though. Billk
RE: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.
From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 9:43 PM Mike Edenfield wrote: From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:39 PM Howdy, I got a neighbour that has a computer issue. First, the hard drive went out. We ordered a new one and installed it. Then he realized he didn't have the restore discs. We ordered those from Gateway. I went up today and tried to install winders 7 on the new drive. I put the system disc in and it booted. Then it asked for the recovery disc #1. It copied that over then asked for disc 2. After a bit it wanted the Language disc. Then it said to reboot and it spit out the DVD. When it reboots from the hard drive, it comes up and says it is setting up the hardware and it seems to finish it. Then a window pops up and says this: Windows Setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hardware. Does this help? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466753 You may have accidentially set the new drive in the BIOS as RAID: the KB article has steps to find the error logs and get more details. Printed that page to try tomorrow. I didn't change anything in the BIOS tho. It saw the drive right off. I even used the same cable and power plug as the old drive so it sees them as C: or whatever. I bet it has something to do with AHCI or IDE settings tho. I hope that is it. After I get the install done, I can then upgrade the drivers and switch it back. Make sure you check the ACHI setting before you install Windows: it's a pain in the butt to change the settings later because Windows disables the ACHI driver if it's not in use, and you have to manually re-enable it or your boot will fail. (Kinda like having to enable the module for your root drive). Of course, if you get it wrong you just lose some performance but it's easy enough to just check first :) --Mike
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.
On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 09:31:13PM -0500, Mike Edenfield wrote: From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:06 PM Your reply made me think of something. I had a XP reinstall once that required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard drive. They said it recognized the change in the serial numbers. When I ran into that before tho, it installed fine but gave 30 days to put in the number. Does winders 7 have something similar? That's the Product Key, being 5x5 characters in size *looking at sticker on bottom of laptop*. Once you entered the key, Windows activates itself online. If that fails (e.g. if you used the key too often or the key is blacklisted, etc), you can reactivate Windows via a phone call to MS. I *think* you get a grace period after that to re-activate your system but it's been a while since I had that happen to me. Incidentally, I have this very situation in a virtual XP right now. Once that grace period is over, it shuts you out completely. When I try to log in it tells me that I need to activate it before I can log in. My choices are to either enter a key into a dialog or to not do so, in which case I get thrown back to the login screen. Neat, huh. Windows 7 gives you some more leeway, in that it lets you log in to your desktop, but IIRC the background is blackened and all you can open is IE to open the MS site or summit like that. There is a command which can rearm the 30 days counter at most twice, as long as it hasn't run out yet. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla' I forbid any use of my email addresses with Facebook services. In order for more and more people having to do even less, less and less people have to do even more. pgp5qt5PKaB2E.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Floppy support question for old farts. lol
On 02/01/2012 07:36 AM, Dale wrote: When 3.1 came out, I changed jobs. Swapping 15 floppies is no fun to me. Funny, reinstalling fixed the problems back then and it still is the best way to fix windoze. I installed a Windows 95 beta from floppies :-) Microsoft shipped them DMF formatted (1.68MB instead of 1.44MB) but still, they were way too many; around 30 disks or more. And before doing that, I had to make copies of every single one in case they go bad. Good times :-P
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP
On Thu, February 2, 2012 2:08 am, Allan Gottlieb wrote: I have a linksys wrt54G that is acting a little funny. Since my new laptop supports 1Gig wired ethernet and the wrt is 100Meg, I should upgrade even if the funny turns out to be just a config error on my laptop. This is a home system. My requirements are modest. 1. = 4 wired ethernet ports for systems/devices (at least 1 port 1Gig) 2. Wireless access point 802.11 b/g (n would be nice; a ok) 3. dhcp (with settable addresses see below*) 4. Availability in U.S. * I am actually running the so-called tomato firmware. The std firmware did not let me set specific dhcp addresses for specific sources. This is important to me. My laptop is 192.168.1.70, one printer is .50, the other .55, two other laptops are .72, and .75., Hence an /etc/hosts file lets each machine access the others by name My isp cablevision/optonline provides a modem with a wired ethernet port. The router/wap should have an ethernet port (beyond the 4 above) to accept the modem output (I realize it is all bidirectional). Suggestions? Not sure about availability, but Draytek has some nice routers with GB-ports (also on the WAN side) They also support VLANS and different IP-ranges per port. -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question for old farts. lol
On Wed, February 1, 2012 6:36 am, Dale wrote: J. Roeleveld wrote: On Tue, January 31, 2012 6:30 pm, Walter Dnes wrote: On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 06:05:12PM +0100, Michael Hampicke wrote Sweet. I had 15 minutes in the office how long before someone makes a pointless, unrelated Windows insult out of my post pool; I just won $5. I was using Win3.1 - and was happy with it I was using Win95 - and was happy with it I was using WinNT4 - and was happy with it I was using Win2000 - and was happy with it I was using Win Server 2003 - and was happy with it I was using Win7 - and was happy with it And I am also a Linux SuSe user since 6.0 and Gentoo user since 1.something (but up until now just on the servers). I made the final switch from Windows to Linux on my Workstation (Gentoo) and Notebook (Lubuntu) only a few month ago. So please, don't accuse me of making Windows insults. I feel that Win98SE was the best Windows ever, and could've been even more of a killer if Microsoft hadn't so stupidly tried to ram ActiveX down people's throats. Remove ActiveX, and 99% of drive-by-downloads would've disappeared. WinME was a sad joke, however. I enjoyed MS Dos, then played a bit with MS Win3.11, MS Win95 and MS Win98SE. However, for important stuff, like day-to-day desktop, I switched to Linux in 1997. That was the last time I lost files due to a crash of MS Windows... -- Joost When 3.1 came out, I changed jobs. Swapping 15 floppies is no fun to me. Funny, reinstalling fixed the problems back then and it still is the best way to fix windoze. You should've tried installing MS Office back then... 45 (Or there-abouts) floppies and the installer asking for them in a random order. With some of those being asked several times... The guy asking for it paid a lot for it, so it wasn't too bad. ;) -- Joost
