Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] yaboot has kicked my butt - 5 times?!

2010-09-22 Thread Joseph Jezak
On 09/22/10 18:59, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, OK, I'm dead tired. I admit it - yaboot has kicked my butt this time around. Can anyone help? I did post this problem here 2-3 weeks ago but still haven't been able to solve the problem so I'm back to the well for another drink. The machine is

Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] yaboot has kicked my butt - 5 times?!

2010-09-22 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Joseph Jezak jos...@gentoo.org wrote:  On 09/22/10 18:59, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi,   OK, I'm dead tired. I admit it - yaboot has kicked my butt this time around. Can anyone help? I did post this problem here 2-3 weeks ago but still haven't been able to solve the

Re: [gentoo-user] Booting Gentoo from USB stick

2010-09-22 Thread Al
And for future reference, while looking into various things for this, I found these in the Gentoo Wiki: USB Portable Install - http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/USB_Portable_Install Portable USB Gentoo - http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Portable_USB_Gentoo Unfortunately, both use genkernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Booting Gentoo from USB stick

2010-09-22 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday 22 September 2010 06:36:50 Jake Moe wrote: snipped Well, now that I've managed to get it booting, the only problem is that I can't seem to get the disk label working right. In GRUB's menu.lst, if I use root=LABEL=UsbRoot, it doesn't work (kernel panic, label not found, but sda1

Re: [gentoo-user] Booting Gentoo from USB stick

2010-09-22 Thread Jake Moe
On 09/22/10 17:02, Al wrote: And for future reference, while looking into various things for this, I found these in the Gentoo Wiki: USB Portable Install - http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/USB_Portable_Install Portable USB Gentoo - http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Portable_USB_Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Booting Gentoo from USB stick

2010-09-22 Thread Jake Moe
On 09/22/10 17:16, J. Roeleveld wrote: On Wednesday 22 September 2010 06:36:50 Jake Moe wrote: snipped Well, now that I've managed to get it booting, the only problem is that I can't seem to get the disk label working right. In GRUB's menu.lst, if I use root=LABEL=UsbRoot, it doesn't work

Re: [gentoo-user] machine check exception errors

2010-09-22 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 22 September 2010 02:24:39 Grant wrote: I'm getting a lot of machine check exception errors in dmesg on my hosted server. Running mcelog I get: ... They offered to take my machine down and do a memory test which they said would take a number of hours. Is a memory

Re: [gentoo-user] Booting Gentoo from USB stick

2010-09-22 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday 22 September 2010 11:13:01 Jake Moe wrote: On 09/22/10 17:16, J. Roeleveld wrote: On Wednesday 22 September 2010 06:36:50 Jake Moe wrote: snipped Well, now that I've managed to get it booting, the only problem is that I can't seem to get the disk label working right.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't connect to new router

2010-09-22 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 22 September 2010 02:26:40 Grant wrote: I just got a new TP-Link TL-WR1043ND wireless router but I can't seem connect to it. I've tried the Gentoo initscript as well as wicd. With the initscript, I get: wlan3: carrier lost wlan3: timed out I see a lot of

[gentoo-user] Qt 4.7.0: where's the documentation?

2010-09-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
I noticed that Qt 4.7.0 does not have a doc USE flag and does not install any html docs in /usr/share/doc for offline use. What's happening?

Re: [gentoo-user] Qt 4.7.0: where's the documentation?

2010-09-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 15:08 on Wednesday 22 September 2010, Nikos Chantziaras did opine thusly: I noticed that Qt 4.7.0 does not have a doc USE flag and does not install any html docs in /usr/share/doc for offline use. What's happening? Lazy dev? Didn't get round to it yet? --

[gentoo-user] Not head, not tail, maybe belly

2010-09-22 Thread Al
Hi, I am looking for a program similar to head or tail. It should display a given range of lines or take a line and a context number like grep. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Al

[gentoo-user] Re: Not head, not tail, maybe belly

2010-09-22 Thread Remy Blank
Al wrote: I am looking for a program similar to head or tail. It should display a given range of lines or take a line and a context number like grep. How about combining both? Show 10 lines starting with line 20: tail -n +20 myfile.txt | head -n 10 -- Remy signature.asc Description:

Re: [gentoo-user] Not head, not tail, maybe belly

2010-09-22 Thread Florian CROUZAT
On 22 sept. 2010, at 17:04, Maciej Grela wrote: 2010/9/22 Al oss.el...@googlemail.com: Hi, I am looking for a program similar to head or tail. It should display a given range of lines or take a line and a context number like grep. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. gr...@pazuzu ~

Re: [gentoo-user] Not head, not tail, maybe belly

2010-09-22 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Al oss.el...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I am looking for a program similar to head or tail. It should display a given range of lines or take a line and a context number like grep. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. sed -n 5,8p filename where 5 is first line

Re: [gentoo-user] Not head, not tail, maybe belly

2010-09-22 Thread Al
gr...@pazuzu ~ $ cat /etc/passwd | sed -n -e '4,10 p' Best solution so far, but useless use of cat, and the subshell overhead of the pipe. Thank you. Nice solutions and they reveal that there is no belly like program in coreutils. I find it interesting, that the two bordercases are

Re: [gentoo-user] Qt 4.7.0: where's the documentation?

2010-09-22 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote: I noticed that Qt 4.7.0 does not have a doc USE flag and does not install any html docs in /usr/share/doc for offline use.  What's happening? I have not installed Qt 4.7.0 but looking at the ebuilds it looks like perhaps

Re: [gentoo-user] Not head, not tail, maybe belly

2010-09-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 17:47 on Wednesday 22 September 2010, Al did opine thusly: gr...@pazuzu ~ $ cat /etc/passwd | sed -n -e '4,10 p' Best solution so far, but useless use of cat, and the subshell overhead of the pipe. Thank you. Nice solutions and they reveal that there

[gentoo-user] Re: Qt 4.7.0: where's the documentation?

2010-09-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/22/2010 06:49 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Nikos Chantziarasrea...@arcor.de wrote: I noticed that Qt 4.7.0 does not have a doc USE flag and does not install any html docs in /usr/share/doc for offline use. What's happening? I have not installed Qt 4.7.0 but

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't connect to new router

2010-09-22 Thread Grant
I just got a new TP-Link TL-WR1043ND wireless router but I can't seem connect to it.  I've tried the Gentoo initscript as well as wicd. With the initscript, I get: wlan3: carrier lost wlan3: timed out I see a lot of this in dmesg: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed

Re: [gentoo-user] machine check exception errors

2010-09-22 Thread Grant
I'm getting a lot of machine check exception errors in dmesg on my hosted server.  Running mcelog I get: ... They offered to take my machine down and do a memory test which they said would take a number of hours.  Is a memory test likely to help? Did you suggest reseating or

[gentoo-user] Checking an HD for problems

2010-09-22 Thread Grant
I just switched to a new WD Caviar Black hard drive (really fast and quiet!) and I noticed some errors when I was cp -ax'ing everything from my old drive to the new drive which were accompanied by loud clicks. Is there a way to do a comprehensive test/check of the old drive to see if it has any

Re: [gentoo-user] Checking an HD for problems

2010-09-22 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I just switched to a new WD Caviar Black hard drive (really fast and quiet!) and I noticed some errors when I was cp -ax'ing everything from my old drive to the new drive which were accompanied by loud clicks.  Is there a way

[gentoo-user] X programs as root

2010-09-22 Thread Andrey Vul
When I launch X programs via sudo, I get the following: $sudo gui-admin No protocol specified gui-admin: cannot connect to X server :0 ( Assume gui-admin is an X program ) But (gk|kde)su(do)? works. This is somewhat confusing. -- Andrey m05hbear Vul

Re: [gentoo-user] X programs as root

2010-09-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Wednesday 22 September 2010, Andrey Vul wrote: When I launch X programs via sudo, I get the following: $sudo gui-admin No protocol specified gui-admin: cannot connect to X server :0 ( Assume gui-admin is an X program ) But (gk|kde)su(do)? works. This is somewhat confusing. --

[gentoo-user] Re: X programs as root

2010-09-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/22/2010 09:48 PM, Andrey Vul wrote: When I launch X programs via sudo, I get the following: $sudo gui-admin No protocol specified gui-admin: cannot connect to X server :0 ( Assume gui-admin is an X program ) But (gk|kde)su(do)? works. This is somewhat confusing. sudo doesn't keep the

Re: [gentoo-user] Checking an HD for problems

2010-09-22 Thread Stroller
On 22 Sep 2010, at 17:46, Grant wrote: ... I noticed some errors when I was cp -ax'ing everything from my old drive to the new drive which were accompanied by loud clicks. Is there a way to do a comprehensive test/check of the old drive to see if it has any problems? You don't need to do a

[gentoo-user] Re: Checking an HD for problems

2010-09-22 Thread walt
On 09/22/2010 01:26 PM, Stroller wrote: On 22 Sep 2010, at 17:46, Grant wrote: ... I noticed some errors when I was cp -ax'ing everything from my old drive to the new drive which were accompanied by loud clicks. Is there a way to do a comprehensive test/check of the old drive to see if it has

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Checking an HD for problems

2010-09-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 23:00 on Wednesday 22 September 2010, walt did opine thusly: On 09/22/2010 01:26 PM, Stroller wrote: On 22 Sep 2010, at 17:46, Grant wrote: ... I noticed some errors when I was cp -ax'ing everything from my old drive to the new drive which were accompanied

Re: [gentoo-user] Not head, not tail, maybe belly

2010-09-22 Thread David Relson
Or, as a script ... --- begin bin/belly --- RANGE=$1 shift sed -n ${RANGE}p $* --- end -- On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:04:43 +0200 Maciej Grela wrote: 2010/9/22 Al oss.el...@googlemail.com: Hi, I am looking for a program similar to head or tail. It should display a given range of lines or

[gentoo-user] usb-storage errors in dmesg

2010-09-22 Thread Bill Longman
I have a new workstation running 64 bits 2.6.34 gentoo sources. It's an HP p6520y (AthlonIIX4) with 6GB and lsusb reports an Alcor Micro 21-in-1 Flash Card Reader. I have no usb storage devices plugged in and I see in my dmesg many of the following messages: usb-storage: queuecommand called

Re: [gentoo-user] usb-storage errors in dmesg

2010-09-22 Thread me
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Bill Longman bill.long...@gmail.com wrote:  I have a new workstation running 64 bits 2.6.34 gentoo sources. It's an HP p6520y (AthlonIIX4) with 6GB and lsusb reports an Alcor Micro 21-in-1 Flash Card Reader. I have no usb storage devices plugged in and I see

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X programs as root

2010-09-22 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/22/2010 09:48 PM, Andrey Vul wrote: When I launch X programs via sudo, I get the following: $sudo gui-admin No protocol specified gui-admin: cannot connect to X server :0 ( Assume gui-admin is an X program ) But (gk|kde)su(do)? works. This is somewhat

Re: [gentoo-user] machine check exception errors

2010-09-22 Thread Dale
Grant wrote: Thanks Mick. My host is big with multiple data centers of their own. They did exactly as I asked and I'm running on new RAM. There was a problem bringing my system back online and the cause was purported to be an unseated ethernet cable. I handed over my root password as I was

[gentoo-user] Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wants to become the next person after U.S. Senator Ernie Chambers to sue God

2010-09-22 Thread Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 o f Singapore
I want to sue God for being too busy and unresponsive. How can I file a lawsuit against Him at the United States Supreme Court? -- Yours sincerely, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean Alma Maters: