Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem -- is timing?

2009-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:13:19 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: mount: /dev/vg/tmp already mounted on /tmp mount: tmpfs already mounted on /tmp It's nothing to do with your problem, but why are you mounting two filesystems on /tmp? fstab: ... shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Hi Ward. Thank you for your clarification. Just to be sure I have undestood right. The document says: Since 22 Oct 2008, Gentoo switched all ebuilds to the upstream naming: x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel. The ebuild xf86-video-i810 no longer exists. To switch, set the VIDEO_CARDS variable to

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 09:52, Massimiliano Ziccardimassimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com wrote: When it says to switch set the VIDEO_CARDS, I thought it meant since Gentoo switched all ebuilds to the upstream naming x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel, if you want to switch to the old xf86-video-i810,

[gentoo-user] [postfix - bug?] error in master.cf - problem with restart

2009-06-22 Thread Marcin Niskiewicz
Hello I noticed that when someone makes an error in master.cf (for example write anything at the beginning of the file) and then restart postfix there is a problem: postfix is stopped (that's ok), then it should be started but it isn't (in log something like postfix/master[1649]: fatal:

Re: [gentoo-user] [postfix - bug?] error in master.cf - problem with restart

2009-06-22 Thread Eray Aslan
On 22.06.2009 13:02, Marcin Niskiewicz wrote: I noticed that when someone makes an error in master.cf http://master.cf (for example write anything at the beginning of the file) and then restart postfix there is a problem: postfix is stopped (that's ok), then it should be started but it isn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Done. After that I did: emerge -av xf86-video-intel killall -1 X However, performances didn't change much... x...@localhost ~ $ glxinfo | grep render direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer Other ideas? Thank you, Massimiliano It just means that you need to change

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 13:16, Massimiliano Ziccardimassimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com wrote: Done. After that I did: emerge -av xf86-video-intel killall -1 X Did you merge mesa again? Did you follow the guide to the letter? Ward

Re: [gentoo-user] [postfix - bug?] error in master.cf - problem with restart

2009-06-22 Thread Marcin Niskiewicz
2009/6/22 Eray Aslan eray.as...@caf.com.tr On 22.06.2009 13:02, Marcin Niskiewicz wrote: I noticed that when someone makes an error in master.cf http://master.cf (for example write anything at the beginning of the file) and then restart postfix there is a problem: postfix is stopped

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
I'm following to the letter, now :-) However, it says I need xorg 1.6, so, now I'm upgrading. Here is my package.keyword files =x11-base/xorg-server-1.6 =x11-libs/libXfont-1.4 =x11-proto/randproto-1.2 I hope it won't break my system :-) I'll let you know the result. Thanks a lot,

Re: [gentoo-user] [postfix - bug?] error in master.cf - problem with restart

2009-06-22 Thread Yiannis
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:56:09 +0200 Marcin Niskiewicz mniskiew...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/6/22 Eray Aslan eray.as...@caf.com.tr On 22.06.2009 13:02, Marcin Niskiewicz wrote: I noticed that when someone makes an error in master.cf http://master.cf (for example write anything at the

[gentoo-user] Power management updates?

2009-06-22 Thread Mike Mazur
Hello, I noticed some issues with the power management setup I had when I upgraded kernels over the last few months. This past weekend I decided to crack down on this to see whether they could be fixed. I visited the Gentoo Power Management Guide[1] again and re-traced the setup to verify my

[gentoo-user] package.keywords

2009-06-22 Thread James
Well, I just tried something that seems to work, but has me confused or missing the routine reading of new portage features. Anyway upon a routine update (using portage 2.2_rc33 and sets for kde4) I got a message: All ebuilds that could satisfy =dev-python/sip-4.8.1 have been masked. One

Re: [gentoo-user] package.keywords

2009-06-22 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 13:58 +, James wrote: Well, I just tried something that seems to work, but has me confused or missing the routine reading of new portage features. Anyway upon a routine update (using portage 2.2_rc33 and sets for kde4) I got a message: All ebuilds that

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Ok. Now I think I did everything However: x...@localhost ~ $ glxinfo | grep GEM x...@localhost ~ $ x...@localhost ~ $ emerge --search xorg-server Searching... [ Results for search key : xorg-server ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * x11-base/xorg-server Latest version available:

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
One more thing. Now, driconf says 'Could not detect any configurable direct-rendering capable devices. DRIconf will be started in expert mode'. Before the config changes I did, I never got this message calling driconf On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Massimiliano Ziccardi

[gentoo-user] Re: package.keywords

2009-06-22 Thread James
James wireless at tampabay.rr.com writes: 'man portage' does not show the use of the (=) syntax as an example for emerge? Sorry for my sloppiness I should have been more precise (more coffee required). It should have read: 'man portage' does not show the use of the (=) syntax

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
More INFO Running driconf, I see the following message: Xlib: extension XFree86-DRI missing on display :0.0. However, inside the xorg.0.log, I see: (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control (II) AIGLX:

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
I'm close to the solution. If I run glxinfo | grep renderer as root, I get direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel�� GM45 Express Chipset GEM 20090114 while, if I run the same command as a simple user, I get direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Software

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 16:51, Massimiliano Ziccardimassimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com wrote: So I think that's a permission problem now. Check /dev/video* en /dev/dri* Try adding, Section DRI Mode 0666 EndSection To your xorg.conf file. If that doesn't work, take a look into

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Finally it works! I just had to add my user to the 'video' group. Shouldn't new user be added to such groups by default? driconf, always says Xlib: extension XFree86-DRI missing on display :0.0. Thank you a lot, Massimiliano

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 17:08, Massimiliano Ziccardimassimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com wrote: Finally it works! Great :) I just had to add my user to the 'video' group. Shouldn't new user be added to such groups by default? We're Gentoo, not Ubuntu ;-) driconf, always says Xlib:  extension

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: package.keywords

2009-06-22 Thread Arttu V.
On 6/22/09, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Where do I read more and find more of the latest example for syntax with portage and the different files therein? snip / It should have read: 'man portage' does not show the use of the (=) syntax within the package.keywords file ? No, but it

[gentoo-user] Re: package.keywords

2009-06-22 Thread James
Arttu V. arttuv69 at gmail.com writes: More reading: ebuild(5) Ah, ok so there is not restriction on using any of the the boolean operators in any config file underneath /etc/portage? as section 5 does not mention any So, as a conclusion, you probably want to use ~

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem -- is timing?

2009-06-22 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag 22 Juni 2009 03:20:02 schrieb Maxim Wexler: Would I be correct in thinking the SSD is a sata device while the SD is a usb device?? How are you USB drivers compiled in the kenrnel? And what about: # NOTE: USB_STORAGE depends on SCSI but BLK_DEV_SD may also be needed; # see

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem -- is timing?

2009-06-22 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Sonntag 21 Juni 2009 23:16:49 schrieb Maxim Wexler: Couldn't find device with uuid 'ldwVeS-gwl4-HE4Z-M3Gw-DILI-Dbjh-2lHroF'. Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group vg. That could either mean that (not all of) the drivers needed to access this device are available (not

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem -- is timing?

2009-06-22 Thread Maxim Wexler
That could either mean that (not all of) the drivers needed to access this device are available (not compiled into the kernel), or what Neil already wrote: a delay in discovering the device. dmesg output would also be a good thing to sort this out. 477 lines! Rather than post it, what sort

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem -- is timing?

2009-06-22 Thread Maxim Wexler
Actually, it's /etc/init.d/localmount, not bootmisc. Add a sleep command just before No, you'de need to edit the bootmisc script and add a sleep command just before Sorry, this doesn't scan well. Do I put the sleep command in localmount or not? Then edit bootmisc too? How many seconds do I

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem -- is timing?

2009-06-22 Thread Maxim Wexler
Necessary? Don't know but is meant to spare the SSD too much r/w strain. How? By spanning an LVM across the two, you have no control over which is written to the most. I'd put / on the SSD then mount write-heavy directories, like /var and /home, on the SD card. I'd also set $PORTDIR to

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Dale
Massimiliano Ziccardi wrote: Finally it works! I just had to add my user to the 'video' group. Shouldn't new user be added to such groups by default? This is Gentoo. Very little is default here. You either set it yourself or it doesn't get set. Dale :-) :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: package.keywords

2009-06-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 22 June 2009 17:51:31 James wrote: So, as a conclusion, you probably want to use ~ instead of = in there as you apparently are running a mostly stable box (arch) instead of testing (~arch)? This is my (mis)conception, although, as you have suggest, there are (gentoo) cultural

Re: [gentoo-user] Power management updates?

2009-06-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 22 June 2009 15:56:47 Mike Mazur wrote: Hello, I noticed some issues with the power management setup I had when I upgraded kernels over the last few months. This past weekend I decided to crack down on this to see whether they could be fixed. I visited the Gentoo Power Management

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: package.keywords

2009-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:51:31 + (UTC), James wrote: I'm mostly running stable with exceptions being enabled via the /etc/portage file structure. Usually it's small, but now with kde4, BLOAT is my modus operandi, not by choice.. It's easier to manage if you make portage.keywords a

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem -- is timing?

2009-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:42:05 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: Actually, it's /etc/init.d/localmount, not bootmisc. Add a sleep command just before No, you'de need to edit the bootmisc script and add a sleep command just before Sorry, this doesn't scan well. It doesn't, that not what I

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem -- is timing?

2009-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:33:13 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: dmesg output would also be a good thing to sort this out. 477 lines! Rather than post it, what sort of thing(s) should I look for. sda and sdb show up OK. All the usb stuff looks alright. grepping for scsi shows that the SSD and SD

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem -- is timing?

2009-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:09:52 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: Necessary? Don't know but is meant to spare the SSD too much r/w strain. How? By spanning an LVM across the two, you have no control over which is written to the most. I'd put / on the SSD then mount write-heavy directories,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: package.keywords

2009-06-22 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:51:31 + (UTC), James wrote: I'm mostly running stable with exceptions being enabled via the /etc/portage file structure. Usually it's small, but now with kde4, BLOAT is my modus operandi, not by choice.. It's easier to manage

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: package.keywords

2009-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:17:16 -0500, Dale wrote: All package.* files in /etc/portage can be replaced a directories, then all the files in that directory are considered as a whole. For some reason, my light bulb has still not came on so here comes some questions. I would create

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem -- is timing?

2009-06-22 Thread Maxim Wexler
Forget LVM, forget a separate /boot, just stick / on the SSD and mount the likes of /var on the SD card. I use LVM on my Eee, but that's because it has two SSDs, I wouldn't dream of including the SD card in there. Ok, I did it! No more LVM! Wiped the SSD and made one partition out of it.