[gentoo-user] re: emerge --depclean [gentoo-sources]

2013-09-21 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
emerge --depclean wants to remove the gentoo-sources for my old kernel [sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.8.13] which I want to hang on to for the time being. Is there a way to instruct emerge not to remove them? emerge(1) Packages that are part of the world set will always be kept. They can be

Re: [gentoo-user] re: emerge --depclean [gentoo-sources]

2013-09-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:27:28 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: If I understood the instruction above, 'emerge --noreplace sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.8.13' should have added 'gentoo-sources' to /var/lib/portage/world_sets, which it didn't seem to do. box0 src # emerge --noreplace

[gentoo-user] re: alternating between wired and wireless interfaces

2013-09-21 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
I have both wired and wireless network interfaces configured: box0 log # rc-update show|egrep 'enp3s0|wlp2s0' net.enp3s0 | default net.wlp2s0 | default (1). Is there a way to instruct the system as to which network interface to use,

Re: [gentoo-user] re: emerge --depclean [gentoo-sources]

2013-09-21 Thread Randolph Maaßen
Hi, 2013/9/21 Alexander Kapshuk alexander.kaps...@gmail.com: emerge --depclean wants to remove the gentoo-sources for my old kernel [sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.8.13] which I want to hang on to for the time being. Is there a way to instruct emerge not to remove them? emerge(1) Packages

Re: [gentoo-user] re: emerge --depclean [gentoo-sources]

2013-09-21 Thread Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 11:36:21AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:27:28 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: If I understood the instruction above, 'emerge --noreplace sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.8.13' should have added 'gentoo-sources' to /var/lib/portage/world_sets, which

Re: [gentoo-user] re: emerge --depclean [gentoo-sources]

2013-09-21 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On 09/21/2013 01:36 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:27:28 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: If I understood the instruction above, 'emerge --noreplace sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.8.13' should have added 'gentoo-sources' to /var/lib/portage/world_sets, which it didn't seem to do.

Re: [gentoo-user] re: emerge --depclean [gentoo-sources]

2013-09-21 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On 09/21/2013 02:02 PM, Randolph Maaßen wrote: Hi, 2013/9/21 Alexander Kapshuk alexander.kaps...@gmail.com: emerge --depclean wants to remove the gentoo-sources for my old kernel [sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.8.13] which I want to hang on to for the time being. Is there a way to instruct

Re: [gentoo-user] re: emerge --depclean [gentoo-sources]

2013-09-21 Thread Randolph Maaßen
2013/9/21 Alexander Kapshuk alexander.kaps...@gmail.com: On 09/21/2013 01:36 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:27:28 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: If I understood the instruction above, 'emerge --noreplace sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.8.13' should have added 'gentoo-sources' to

Re: [gentoo-user] re: emerge --depclean [gentoo-sources]

2013-09-21 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On 09/21/2013 02:51 PM, Randolph Maaßen wrote: 2013/9/21 Alexander Kapshuk alexander.kaps...@gmail.com: On 09/21/2013 01:36 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:27:28 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: If I understood the instruction above, 'emerge --noreplace

Re: [gentoo-user] re: emerge --depclean [gentoo-sources]

2013-09-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 14:45:59 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: box0=; grep sources /var/lib/portage/world sys-kernel/gentoo-sources sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:3.8.13 Once I decide I no longer need 'gentoo-sources-3.8.13', would it be enough just to remove the corresponding line from

Re: [gentoo-user] re: alternating between wired and wireless interfaces

2013-09-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:47:24 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: I have both wired and wireless network interfaces configured: box0 log # rc-update show|egrep 'enp3s0|wlp2s0' net.enp3s0 | default net.wlp2s0 | default (1). Is there

Re: [gentoo-user] re: emerge --depclean [gentoo-sources]

2013-09-21 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On 09/21/2013 03:08 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 14:45:59 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: box0=; grep sources /var/lib/portage/world sys-kernel/gentoo-sources sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:3.8.13 Once I decide I no longer need 'gentoo-sources-3.8.13', would it be enough just to

[gentoo-user] re: scrolling not seamless in firefox/thunderbird

2013-09-21 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
I've noticed that when I am scrolling up/down a page in Firefox, or scrolling up/down an email body in Thunderbird, it's not seamless. Not sure how to best describe what I mean by 'not seamless'. It's kind of wavy. The text is. Is this kind of behaviour a result of something missing in the kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] ZFS

2013-09-21 Thread thegeezer
On 09/17/2013 08:20 AM, Grant wrote: I'm convinced I need 3-disk RAID1 so I can lose 2 drives and keep running. I'd also like to stripe for performance, resulting in RAID10. It sounds like most hardware controllers do not support 6-disk RAID10 so ZFS looks very interesting. Can I operate

Re: [gentoo-user] re: alternating between wired and wireless interfaces

2013-09-21 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 01:47:24PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: I have both wired and wireless network interfaces configured: box0 log # rc-update show|egrep 'enp3s0|wlp2s0' net.enp3s0 | default net.wlp2s0 | default (1). Is

Re: [gentoo-user] re: alternating between wired and wireless interfaces

2013-09-21 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On 09/21/2013 03:56 PM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 01:47:24PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: I have both wired and wireless network interfaces configured: box0 log # rc-update show|egrep 'enp3s0|wlp2s0' net.enp3s0 | default

Re: [gentoo-user] re: alternating between wired and wireless interfaces

2013-09-21 Thread Torben Hensgens Mailer
Am 21.09.2013 12:47, schrieb Alexander Kapshuk: I have both wired and wireless network interfaces configured: box0 log # rc-update show|egrep 'enp3s0|wlp2s0' net.enp3s0 | default net.wlp2s0 | default (1). Is there a way to instruct the system as to which

Re: [gentoo-user] re: scrolling not seamless in firefox/thunderbird

2013-09-21 Thread Al
Alexander Kapshuk wrote: I've noticed that when I am scrolling up/down a page in Firefox, or scrolling up/down an email body in Thunderbird, it's not seamless. Not sure how to best describe what I mean by 'not seamless'. It's kind of wavy. The text is. Uncheck Use smooth scrolling in

[gentoo-user] wifi connection problem

2013-09-21 Thread Bruce Hill
After moving from one location to another, changing ISPs from Metrocast to Comcast, we're having connectivity issues. But let me just state the problem with the wife's PC, peter. (My laptop, baruch, works with a static IP using wicd...nothing has worked using DHCP in Gentoo since moving to

Re: [gentoo-user] re: scrolling not seamless in firefox/thunderbird

2013-09-21 Thread Bruce Hill
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 08:03:10AM -0700, Al wrote: Alexander Kapshuk wrote: I've noticed that when I am scrolling up/down a page in Firefox, or scrolling up/down an email body in Thunderbird, it's not seamless. Not sure how to best describe what I mean by 'not seamless'. It's kind of

Re: [gentoo-user] re: scrolling not seamless in firefox/thunderbird

2013-09-21 Thread Al
Bruce Hill wrote: I have Use smooth scrolling checked and no such wavy line anywhere. Hmmm I just tried Firefox, and get the wavy line when Use smooth scolling is checked (scrolling with the mouse wheel). It goes away when unchecked. Did the same in Thunderbird, and I don't see the

[gentoo-user] Re: scrolling not seamless in firefox/thunderbird

2013-09-21 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 21/09/13 15:39, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: I've noticed that when I am scrolling up/down a page in Firefox, or scrolling up/down an email body in Thunderbird, it's not seamless. Not sure how to best describe what I mean by 'not seamless'. A screenshot would speak a thousand words :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] wifi connection problem

2013-09-21 Thread Mick
I can't see anything out of place, but here's some suggestions. On Saturday 21 Sep 2013 16:08:36 Bruce Hill wrote: peter ~ # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel #ap_scan=0 #update_config=1 network={ ssid=0024A5F5271E

Re: [gentoo-user] ZFS

2013-09-21 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sep 21, 2013 7:54 PM, thegeezer thegee...@thegeezer.net wrote: On 09/17/2013 08:20 AM, Grant wrote: I'm convinced I need 3-disk RAID1 so I can lose 2 drives and keep running. I'd also like to stripe for performance, resulting in RAID10. It sounds like most hardware controllers do not

Re: [gentoo-user] Comparing RAID5/6 rebuild times, SATA vs SAS vs SSD

2013-09-21 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-09-20 6:43 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: A couple weeks ago one of the drives died. I hot-swap replaced it with a new one (with no down-time) and the rebuild took exactly 10 hours. Under normal operation, the speed of the array for contiguous read/writes is about

Re: [gentoo-user] re: alternating between wired and wireless interfaces

2013-09-21 Thread Shawn Wilson
Just thought I'd give the other popular alternative of the Redhat backed NetworkManager. Also, if you don't wait for the interface to come up I don't think the service can bind to the interface (and it obviously can't bind to an IP). Probably not an issue for ssh but possibly one for MySQL or

[gentoo-user] LVM2+mdraid5+LUKS+systemd (was Re: LVM2+mdraid+systemd)

2013-09-21 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
OK, so I conducted another experiment, to see if I was able to make systemd *not* to work with an exotic combination of underlying storage. I did the following: - 4 drives, all of them in RAID5. - The resulting /dev/md127 was put in a Physical Volume, that in a Volume Group, and that split into 5

Re: [gentoo-user] ZFS

2013-09-21 Thread Dale
Joerg Schilling wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Why do you believe it has forked? This project does not even has a source code repository and the fact that they refer to illumos for sources makes me wonder whether it is open for contributing. Jörg Well, it seemed to me that it

[gentoo-user] Re: LVM2+mdraid5+LUKS+systemd (was Re: LVM2+mdraid+systemd)

2013-09-21 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: [...] The problem, that I believe Stefan and Frank hinted, is that the encrypted swap did not activated properly, sometimes resulting in huge boot times (in the order of 1 minute). But only if you specify the swap