Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday 18 December 2009 04:28:32 walt wrote:
On 12/17/2009 02:17 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
solar flares
cosmic rays
a quantum level event
leprechauns
tooth fairies
jubbjubb monsters
Single malt, I hope? ;o)
Sadly, no.
On 17 Dec, Dale wrote:
I'm trying to get KDE 4 where I can use it so I used the layman to get
the latest. Anyway, I seem to have ran into a Block, may not be related
to KDE4 tho, that I just can't make sense of. This is the error I get:
[blocks b ] kde-base/kde-meta:4.3[-kdeprefix]
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:45:31 -0500, Marcus Wanner wrote:
For the same reason that support for punched card readers is disabled
by default.
But they're so useful...and the computer we got a year ago had one. Do
things really go obsolete like that after decades of prevalence?
Yes,
Because my Internet connection is not very fast, I'd like to make portage
fetch files using net-misc/puf (wich can dl several chunks of a file at the
same time) instead of wget.
I tried to do this setting the parameter FETCHCOMMAND in my make.conf, but
it doesn't work:
FETCHCOMMAND=/usr/bin/puf
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Helmut Jarausch
jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote:
I had a similar problem since I wanted to use the -J option of tar
(telling it to use the xz compressor)
There's also a --use-compress-prog switch for tar so you can make it
use any program you like. (unless
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Ronan Mainbourg
ronan.mainbo...@gmail.com wrote:
Because my Internet connection is not very fast, I'd like to make portage
fetch files using net-misc/puf (wich can dl several chunks of a file at the
same time) instead of wget.
I tried to do this setting the
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:12:19 -0600, Dale wrote:
You are both right. I tried installing a later version on the blockers
but not the packages that depended on them. So, I added the following
to my package.keyword and package.unmask files:
=app-portage/eix-0.18.3
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda (or what ever)
After reading over all the info here, I think I'm going to go with dd
since the data isn't too sensitive.
I created a 9.1_Live_x64 USB key with unetbootin, but the laptop
won't boot to it. I have another 512MB USB key that it boots to just
fine.
On 12/18/2009 4:32 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:45:31 -0500, Marcus Wanner wrote:
For the same reason that support for punched card readers is disabled
by default.
But they're so useful...and the computer we got a year ago had one. Do
things really go obsolete
On 12/18/2009 10:40 AM, Ronan Mainbourg wrote:
Because my Internet connection is not very fast, I'd like to make portage
fetch files using net-misc/puf (wich can dl several chunks of a file at the
same time) instead of wget.
I tried to do this setting the parameter FETCHCOMMAND in my make.conf,
Grant wrote:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda (or what ever)
After reading over all the info here, I think I'm going to go with dd
since the data isn't too sensitive.
I created a 9.1_Live_x64 USB key with unetbootin, but the laptop
won't boot to it. I have another 512MB USB key that it boots
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda (or what ever)
After reading over all the info here, I think I'm going to go with dd
since the data isn't too sensitive.
I created a 9.1_Live_x64 USB key with unetbootin, but the laptop
won't
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda (or what ever)
After reading over all the info here, I think I'm going to go with dd
since the data isn't too sensitive.
I created a 9.1_Live_x64 USB key with unetbootin, but the laptop
won't boot to it. I have another 512MB USB key that it boots to just
fine.
On 12/18/2009 05:40 PM, Ronan Mainbourg wrote:
Because my Internet connection is not very fast, I'd like to make
portage fetch files using net-misc/puf (wich can dl several chunks of a
file at the same time) instead of wget.
You got it backwards. Downloading more than one chunk at the same
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Ronan Mainbourg
ronan.mainbo...@gmail.com wrote:
Because my Internet connection is not very fast, I'd like to make portage
fetch files using net-misc/puf (wich can dl several chunks of a file at the
same time) instead of wget.
I tried to do this setting the
Well, this ain't working as well as I would like. I'm getting a lot of
failures. Something like this:
* subversion check out start --
* repository: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/KDE/kdesdk
svn: Network connection closed unexpectedly
* ERROR: kde-base/kate- failed:
*
Hi list!
My virtual server seems to have a problem and I don't know how to find it.
Today, while trying to create a new postgresql database I noticed that
certain system operations seem to take ages. Normal work on the shell
works just fine but for example accessing the postgresql server through
On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 09:08 -0800, Grant wrote:
After reading over all the info here, I think I'm going to go with dd
since the data isn't too sensitive.
I created a 9.1_Live_x64 USB key with unetbootin, but the laptop
won't boot to it. I have another 512MB USB key that it boots to just
On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 12:20 -0600, Dale wrote:
Wouldn't Knoppix work? I'm pretty sure it has the dd command and I
know
you can install Gentoo from it. Since there are some versions of
Knoppis that would fit on a CD, I would see if one of those would fit
on
the 512Mb thingy.
Damn
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Florian Philipp
li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net wrote:
Hi list!
My virtual server seems to have a problem and I don't know how to find it.
Today, while trying to create a new postgresql database I noticed that
certain system operations seem to take ages. Normal
On 12/18/2009 1:38 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
On 12/18/2009 05:40 PM, Ronan Mainbourg wrote:
Because my Internet connection is not very fast, I'd like to make
portage fetch files using net-misc/puf (wich can dl several chunks of a
file at the same time) instead of wget.
You got it backwards.
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:44:41 -0600, Dale wrote:
How did this end up in the lzma/xz thread?
Well, this ain't working as well as I would like. I'm getting a lot of
failures. Something like this:
* subversion check out start --
* repository:
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Florian Philipp
li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net wrote:
Hi list!
My virtual server seems to have a problem and I don't know how to find it.
Today, while trying to create a new postgresql database I noticed that
certain system operations seem to take ages. Normal
Am 19.11.2009 23:47, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
I am thinking of getting one of those shiny new SSDs for my main
workstation.
A status quo followup:
Received my Intel Postville 80G G2 today.
Copied my gentoo-root-fs to it (mkfs-ext4, then rsync), and my /home as
well.
It boots and works
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:44:41 -0600, Dale wrote:
How did this end up in the lzma/xz thread?
Well, this ain't working as well as I would like. I'm getting a lot of
failures. Something like this:
* subversion check out start --
* repository:
Ps auxr
On 12/18/09, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Florian Philipp
li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net wrote:
Hi list!
My virtual server seems to have a problem and I don't know how to find it.
Today, while trying to create a new postgresql
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda (or what ever)
After reading over all the info here, I think I'm going to go with dd
since the data isn't too sensitive.
I created a 9.1_Live_x64 USB key with unetbootin, but the laptop
won't boot to it. I have another 512MB USB key that it boots to just
fine.
I'm on the train so its hard to check the man pages but can't you use
udevtrigger or a similar tool so rebooting isn't required?
On 12/17/09, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote:
On 12/17/2009 08:42 PM, Denis wrote:
Hello folks,
Quick question.
My main HD is SATA and gets /dev/sda in
I am currently using 64-Bit Gentoo and when shut down is selected from
the menu in gnome, sometimes the computer flickers to the login screen
then shuts down, other times it just shuts down. Why is it behaving
like this and how do I fix it?
Thanks,
Ubiquitous1980
Grant wrote:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda (or what ever)
After reading over all the info here, I think I'm going to go with dd
since the data isn't too sensitive.
I created a 9.1_Live_x64 USB key with unetbootin, but the laptop
won't boot to it. I have another 512MB USB key that it
Scsi support maybe?
On 12/17/09, Bruce Hill br...@slackwarebox.com wrote:
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 09:14:48AM +0800, Xi Shen wrote:
ok. but it looks like the gmail web client encourage top post ;)
That doesn't make it easy to read. This is how we see it when you top-post:
A: Because you are
On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 15:05 -0800, Grant wrote:
I used unetbootin to install Damn Small Linux on the 512MB bootable
USB key, and I'm booted into it. /dev/sda is my HD, and I'm running:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda
The USB LED is blinking rapidly, but the HD LED is showing no
activity. Is
Try passing a rootdelay option to the kernel to allow the kernels USB
probe to complete before it tries to mount the USB device.
e.g. kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/usbhdd rootdelay=30 in grub
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:35:20 -0600, Dale wrote:
I may just go back to a more stable setup.
Like the standard KDE 4 in portage?
Which doesn't do what I need for it to be usable?
Like? I only switched to 4 recently, but I'm quite happy with it in the
main.
Oh well. I
On 12/18/2009 6:05 PM, Grant wrote:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda (or what ever)
After reading over all the info here, I think I'm going to go with dd
since the data isn't too sensitive.
I created a 9.1_Live_x64 USB key with unetbootin, but the laptop
won't boot to it. I have another
On 12/18/2009 7:39 PM, Robert Bridge wrote:
Try passing a rootdelay option to the kernel to allow the kernels USB
probe to complete before it tries to mount the USB device.
e.g. kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/usbhdd rootdelay=30 in grub
30 seconds is a bit much, IMHO. USB probes in my
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda (or what ever)
After reading over all the info here, I think I'm going to go with dd
since the data isn't too sensitive.
I created a 9.1_Live_x64 USB key with unetbootin, but the laptop
won't boot to it. I have another 512MB USB key that it boots to just
fine.
Is it rootdelay or scandelay?
On 12/18/09, Robert Bridge rob...@robbieab.com wrote:
Try passing a rootdelay option to the kernel to allow the kernels USB
probe to complete before it tries to mount the USB device.
e.g. kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/usbhdd rootdelay=30 in grub
--
Sent from
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:35:20 -0600, Dale wrote:
I may just go back to a more stable setup.
Like the standard KDE 4 in portage?
Which doesn't do what I need for it to be usable?
Like? I only switched to 4 recently, but I'm quite happy
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Kyle Bader kyle.ba...@gmail.com wrote:
Is it rootdelay or scandelay?
rootdelay according to the stuff I found online. It's a delay to the
mounting of the root file-system.
And regarding 30s, I picked that on the basis of better too long than
too short. I had
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