Re: [gentoo-user] MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Kerin Millar
On 06/09/2014 04:10, Joseph wrote: On 09/05/14 21:02, Joseph wrote: I'm configuring MBR partition for older disk and need to know what code to enter for boot partition. My BIOS is not EFI type. Not that it particularly matters but a partition dedicated to /boot contains a Linux filesystem

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Intel NUC install -- no display on OLED TV

2014-09-06 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 05.09.2014 um 22:07 schrieb Daniel Frey: Going off topic a bit, but I recently bought a DN2820FYKH (Celeron model) and it works beautifully with mythtv. Compiling is a litter slower due to the processor, but it works well with its built-in IR. Very happy with it. I have everything working

Re: [gentoo-user] new installation - partitions

2014-09-06 Thread HÃ¥kon Alstadheim
On 05. sep. 2014 04:44, Daniel Frey wrote: It is possible to boot in EFI mode off of a USB, as I used a Mint ISO to boot from in EFI mode. I would presume the USB needs to have the FAT partition that EFI requires. Dan Sounds good. Having /boot on a stick makes it easy to have whatever I might

Re: [gentoo-user] oracle-jdk-bin 1.8.0.20 ebuild

2014-09-06 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:50 AM, Saifi Khan saifik...@datasynergy.org wrote: It looks like sping already bumped 1.8.0.20 in the tree, by simply renaming the existing 1.8.0.11 ebuild. I'll explain a bit more since you're interested and are simply not doing it right... Here are things i

Re: [gentoo-user] MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Joseph
On 09/06/14 07:15, Kerin Millar wrote: On 06/09/2014 04:10, Joseph wrote: On 09/05/14 21:02, Joseph wrote: I'm configuring MBR partition for older disk and need to know what code to enter for boot partition. My BIOS is not EFI type. Not that it particularly matters but a partition dedicated

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Intel NUC install -- no display on OLED TV

2014-09-06 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 06.09.2014 um 11:21 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: I will install gentoo stable ... btw, how did you start installing? Some rescue-disk on a stick? PXE? (I should fix my PXE-setup ...) Second thought: I could clone of my thinkpad-SSDs and start with that. Should boot ... depends if some

[gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread James
Joseph syscon780 at gmail.com writes: Thank you for the information. I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector starting at 2048, I will re-partition /boot sda1 to start at 63. Take some time to research and reflect on your needs (desires?) about which file

[gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread James
Joseph syscon780 at gmail.com writes: I'm configuring MBR partition for older disk and need to know what code to enter for boot partition. My BIOS is not EFI type. Just to ensure that you have made your decisions based on good information, I wanted to clarify something about bios. Vendors

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Dale
James wrote: Joseph syscon780 at gmail.com writes: Thank you for the information. I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector starting at 2048, I will re-partition /boot sda1 to start at 63. Take some time to research and reflect on your needs (desires?)

Re: [gentoo-user] MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 06/09/2014 05:02, Joseph wrote: I'm configuring MBR partition for older disk and need to know what code to enter for boot partition. My BIOS is not EFI type. There is no such thing as an MBR partition. Please clarify. The MBR is the first sector of the disk. It simply exists and you use

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Dale
James wrote: Joseph syscon780 at gmail.com writes: I'm configuring MBR partition for older disk and need to know what code to enter for boot partition. My BIOS is not EFI type. Just to ensure that you have made your decisions based on good information, I wanted to clarify something about

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 06/09/2014 14:48, Dale wrote: James wrote: Joseph syscon780 at gmail.com writes: Thank you for the information. I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector starting at 2048, I will re-partition /boot sda1 to start at 63. Take some time to research and

[gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-06 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, may be the software I am looking for already exists of can easily created by plugging together already existing pieces: With a Logitech c920 webcam (Full HD) I plan to record birds on my roof. I need to record everything: Starting from the birds landing on the roof until the fligh away

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Thanasis
on 09/06/2014 03:48 PM Dale wrote the following: I'm not sure if it is ZFS or XFS but I seem to recall one of those does not like sudden shutdowns, such as a power failure. XFS does not like sudden shutdowns

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: ZFS is the most resilient filesystem I've ever used, you can through the bucket and kitchen sink at it and it really doesn't give a shit (it just deals with it :-) ) Nothing wrong with ZFS itself, but keep in mind

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 06/09/2014 15:13, Rich Freeman wrote: On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: ZFS is the most resilient filesystem I've ever used, you can through the bucket and kitchen sink at it and it really doesn't give a shit (it just deals with it :-) )

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/09/2014 15:13, Rich Freeman wrote: On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: ZFS is the most resilient filesystem I've ever used, you can through the bucket and kitchen

Re: [gentoo-user] MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 04:44:56 -0600, Joseph wrote: I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector starting at 2048, I will re-partition /boot sda1 to start at 63. Don't even think about aligning partitions like that on an SSD. -- Neil Bothwick No, you *can't* call

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 14:59:34 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: I already have a script hacked together with a gst-launch command, which is able to fetch the Full HD hardware encoded stream from the C920 and put it on the harddisk. But I failed in creating a script which allows me to

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Intel NUC install -- no display on OLED TV

2014-09-06 Thread Grant
I read about outdated BIOS-versions and the need/fix to connect something via DisplayPort and enter BIOS once ... to reset things or something. I don't have such a box ... just echoing something I read (as I play with the thought to buy a Intel NUC-Kit D34010WYK for use as a

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Intel NUC install -- no display on OLED TV

2014-09-06 Thread Grant
Thanks, will consider that. Even 3.14.14 is stable in portage right now, I wouldn't have started any lower. I will install gentoo stable ... btw, how did you start installing? Some rescue-disk on a stick? PXE? (I should fix my PXE-setup ...) Funny that hardened-sources-3.15.8 has reached

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Intel NUC install -- no display on OLED TV

2014-09-06 Thread Daniel Frey
On 09/06/2014 02:21 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Yes, thanks, I heard about that already. It's for debian, but seems to list some general know-how for NUCs and mythtv: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1alWSZZ8tLYe4I-lmdrsAGT67xV77q4F4jivGeEzIklk/edit# I didn't actually search for

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Intel NUC install -- no display on OLED TV

2014-09-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 06/09/2014 17:00, Grant wrote: I read about outdated BIOS-versions and the need/fix to connect something via DisplayPort and enter BIOS once ... to reset things or something. I don't have such a box ... just echoing something I read (as I play with the thought to buy a Intel NUC-Kit

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-06 Thread meino . cramer
Hi Neil, Thanks for reply! :) As mentioned motion detection software is not appropiate for this, since it detects motion ... that is: The bird/s are already in sight...add the reaction time between bird is there and motion detection has recognized that there is a bird and all the false alarms

Re: [gentoo-user] USB Problems

2014-09-06 Thread siefke_lis...@web.de
Hello, On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 06:58:54 +0200 J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: siefke ~ $ cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep CONFIG_USB_PRINTER CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m Change this to 'n'. No because cups is compile with -usb and the netbook not see printer. Dmesg give printer out, but in

Re: [gentoo-user] USB Problems

2014-09-06 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 7:52 PM, siefke_lis...@web.de siefke_lis...@web.de wrote: Hello, On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 06:58:54 +0200 J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: siefke ~ $ cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep CONFIG_USB_PRINTER CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m Change this to 'n'. No because cups is

Re: [gentoo-user] USB Problems

2014-09-06 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 6 September 2014 18:52:54 CEST, siefke_lis...@web.de siefke_lis...@web.de wrote: Hello, On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 06:58:54 +0200 J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: siefke ~ $ cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep CONFIG_USB_PRINTER CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m Change this to 'n'. No because cups is

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-06 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 6 September 2014 14:59:34 CEST, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, may be the software I am looking for already exists of can easily created by plugging together already existing pieces: With a Logitech c920 webcam (Full HD) I plan to record birds on my roof. I need to record everything: Starting

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Kerin Millar
On 06/09/2014 13:54, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 06/09/2014 14:48, Dale wrote: James wrote: Joseph syscon780 at gmail.com writes: Thank you for the information. I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector starting at 2048, I will re-partition /boot sda1 to start

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Kerin Millar kerfra...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: From reading the XFS list and my own experience, I have formed the opinion that the maintainers are more stringent in matters of QA and regression testing and more mature in matters of public debate. That doesn't

Re: [gentoo-user] USB Problems

2014-09-06 Thread siefke_lis...@web.de
Hello, On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 20:35:39 +0200 J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: Did you read the rest of the email? Yes i have and has say that the printer ever has work with kernel usb printer support and disabled cups usb. I have not been able to use Cups with USB printer support in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Dale
Kerin Millar wrote: On 06/09/2014 13:54, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 06/09/2014 14:48, Dale wrote: James wrote: Joseph syscon780 at gmail.com writes: Thank you for the information. I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector starting at 2048, I will

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Kerin Millar
On 07/09/2014 01:28, Dale wrote: Kerin Millar wrote: On 06/09/2014 13:54, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 06/09/2014 14:48, Dale wrote: James wrote: Joseph syscon780 at gmail.com writes: Thank you for the information. I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector