Hi group,
Creating LVM partitions on SSD and SD card using systemrescuecd-1.2.0
while following doc, 'Gentoo LVM2 installation'. In the doc it says
to edit the 'filter =' statement in lvm.conf in order to scan the
correct devices. But just below it says to use #pvcreate with the
appropriate
On 6/4/09, Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org wrote:
You'll know if LVM has detected your PVs by running pvdisplay.
Check! Thanks Albert
Another please, from the doc:
Note: As Terje Kvernes commented, it is easier to increase the size
of a partition then to shrink it. You might therefore
Partioning scheme and formatting tricks for optimal performance:
http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/02/20/aligning-filesystems-to-an-ssds-erase-block-size/
Great resource. I wonder if any members found objections posted by
'starfry' at the bottom of the article worthy of consideration. Or did
No such file. Looked all over /proc/acpi/. Nothing in /var/log/messages.
Search beneath /sys.
On my thinkpad battery interface went to
/sys/bus/platform/devices/
Ok, I see it /sys/bus/acpi/drivers/battery and bind, uevent and
something in pink beneath that but I can't read them permission
Hi group,
I note that ctrl-alt-del no longer shuts off my netbook. It gets to
'remounting file sytems read only' then stops. I have to hold the
power button for about 5 secs to get the thing to shut down.
Is there a new, approved way of shutting down one's netbook?
Maxim
On 6/2/09, John covici cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
Hi. I am running unstable gentoo and baselayout2, however when I
shutdown my system with something like shutdown -r now -- it gets into
a state where it says
init: no more processes in this run level, but it never will restart
or shutdown
Err, click on an link and the ISO downloads, it's not difficult at all.
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/releases/x86/autobuilds/20090526/install-x86-minimal-20090526.iso
be nice if gentoo.org - get gentoo lead to the new stuff.
mw
I'm looking at it now. Why? There's nothing new there unless it's some
link I haven't clicked yet.
On 6/1/09, Daniel Pielmeier daniel.pielme...@googlemail.com wrote:
Maxim Wexler schrieb am 01.06.2009 18:45:
Err, click on an link and the ISO downloads, it's not difficult at all.
http
I'm looking at it now. Why? There's nothing new there unless it's some
link I haven't clicked yet.
Oops, top-post! Top-post!
Haven't quite got the hang of this gmail thingee yet.
Hi group,
Just booted into the latest iso on my netbook and first I wanted to
check the battery state:
#cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state.
No such file. Looked all over /proc/acpi/. Nothing in /var/log/messages.
So I do #modprobe battery but that doesn't do it.
This is an Asus product, so I
Hi group,
I was intending to use the 2008.0 live-install CD as a chroot platform
on a 900A EEE. Gentoo refers to the 2008.0 series as 'deprecated'. For
good reason: there's no ppp, no atheros wifi or eth0 support, BUT it
has lvm2 which I need. This makes it much more difficult, since I
cannot
Of course, both the wired and wireless interfaces are now supported by the
kernel, so the latest auto-build may be suitable.
--
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Hmm, how difficult is it cobble together an iso out of these? Afterall
we don't need CDs anymore. Some kind of script would be cool.
Here's something, fireballiso. Anybody used this? Gentoo-like, but
it's not in portage.
On 5/31/09, Maxim Wexler maxim.wex...@gmail.com wrote:
Of course, both the wired and wireless interfaces are now supported by
the
kernel, so the latest auto-build may be suitable.
--
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* rox-extra/roxiso
Available versions: 061007-r1
Homepage:http://kymatica.com/index.php/Software
Description: RoxISO. A graphical frontend to mkisofs and
cdrecord.
Does that make a iso file?
Drag and drop to the RoxISO gui. It gives me errors wherever
On 5/31/09, Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de wrote:
Am Sonntag, 31. Mai 2009 21:38:59 schrieb Maxim Wexler:
Can somebody recommend an alternative, preferably non-debian;
Did you try GRML? That's what I usually use.
HTH...
Dirk
Well, it's debian. And uses the 2.6.18 kernel
defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
Does this have anything to do with the inode issue?
What's the best fs for a 4G SSD? I picked ext3 because of another eee
forum post.
Maxim
On 5/28/09, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Donnerstag 28 Mai 2009, Florian Philipp wrote:
Maxim
I found the best way to deal with the Eee 900's two drives was to create
a small root partition (I used 200M) and swap on sda. Then make the rest
of sda and all of sdb into an LVM volume group. I still use ext3 for /,
but it contains so little that inodes are not an issue. You definitely
want
Hi group,
For a netbook 4G SSD. Attempting to install mozilla-firefox. jdk
fails: No space left on device.
df -i reveals no more inodes. I reboot thinking this will help. Wrong.
Lots of 'No space left on device messages' with reference to
/var/lib/iinit.d/* in the boot console. And this gem:
My advice: Save everything to another disk and then reformat the
partition with a higher amount of inodes.
Everything? Won't that copy over the extraneous inodes?
This will create a file system with three times as many indoes as you
had before.
Is 3x enough? I haven't even gotten off the
basis? Or is there some
option to send to paludis to remove everything when it
comes time to
uninstall? I don't see anything under $man paludis
- Uninstall options.
It's not a dependancy thing is it?
No, paludis doesn't have such an option. However, if you
watch paludis' output
Hello group,
If you google acpid: cannot open input layer with quotes, you'll get zero
hits. cannot open input layer results in five hits all refering back to my
own email.
I started seeing this in the boot console followed by the green [ok] sign after
following the gentoo
--- On Sun, 5/24/09, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
That should be explained in the portage docs.
Best possible answer :-)
It's right there is man 5 make.conf:
One enables protection for the given files/docs.
The other disables it.
But I thought paludis had its own
Are you using baselayout1 or baselayout2/openrc?
Hadn't thought about it. baselayout-1.12.11.1 appears under
/var/db/pkg/sys-apps/
Do you recommend migrating to openrc as per
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml ?
Maxim
Are you using baselayout1 or baselayout2/openrc?
Hadn't thought about it. baselayout-1.12.11.1 appears
under
/var/db/pkg/sys-apps/
Do you recommend migrating to openrc as per
My point was not that you should migrate, but if you did or
will do, you
should make sure no bl1
--- On Wed, 5/20/09, maxim wexler bliss...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: maxim wexler bliss...@yahoo.com
Subject: [gentoo-user] paludis and make.conf
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Received: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 1:57 PM
Hi group,
Now that I'm starting to use paludis in place
--- On Thu, 5/21/09, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote:
From: Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: -march=auto
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Received: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 12:30 PM
I just wrote:
Could also perhaps try -march=auto if you're
using a
Hi group,
Having determined that the Intel Atom CPU probably doesn't allow frequency
scaling, or at least the current kern config doesn't, I did paludis -u cpfreqd
paludis -u cpfrequtils because I got these annoying messages that
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ must be set(it is!)
And rebooted -- same
Hi group,
This is a follow up to an earlier post about using paludis --uninstall.
After not quite uninstalling cpufreqd and cpufrequtils(boot still complains) I
gave ctrl-alt-del. When the eee 900a 4G SSD rebooted got a scary message the
gist of which was that the file system was corrupt but
If so, Daniel's
tip about 'gcc -Q --help=target -march=native' will give
you the exact
options to use.
Wonko
See attachment please. Some stuff is enabled, some disabled, some blank. And
-march=prescott !?
Maxim
Hi group,
When my netbook boots I get:
...
apcid: cannot open input layer [ok]
*cpufreqd requires kernel config CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
...
but a grep of the kernel config reveals: CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
Is there something else I'm missing?
Maxim
But there is nothing for Intel Atom, the 900A's
processor. Is it
CONFIG_M586? Is CONFIG_M386 my best choice, the
default?
AFAIK, CONFIG_MCORE2 is the correct choice.
BTW /etc/paludis/bashrc lists:
CFLAGS=-02 -march=i686 -pipe. Is that supposed to
reflect the proper
kernel
The more generic choices you have will work, but be
slightly less
optimised.
Could also perhaps try -march=auto if you're using a
version of GCC
that supports it.
$gcc --version
gcc (Gentoo-4.3.2-r3 p1.6, pie-10.1.5) 4.3.2
googled gcc 4.3.2 + -march=auto; got nothing. Does that mean
Hi group,
Now that I'm starting to use paludis in place of portage, I often see scoot by
on my console something like:
CONFIG_PROTECT CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK updating caches.
Sure enough, under /var/db/pkg/.cache, appear the following:
all_CONFIG_PROTECT
all_CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK
But how did
Hi group,
Going through my kernel config I see CONFIG_M686 Pentium Pro. That can't be
right.
But there is nothing for Intel Atom, the 900A's processor. Is it CONFIG_M586?
Is CONFIG_M386 my best choice, the default?
BTW /etc/paludis/bashrc lists:
CFLAGS=-02 -march=i686 -pipe. Is that
I haven't tried toggling the wireless, but the sleep key
and power button
can be used with ACPI and sys-power/hibernate-script.
% cat /etc/acpi/events/sleep
I did an emerge of acpi but it didn't create anything in /etc. Did you make
them by hand?
Maxim
Hi group,
When the portage2paludis script completes it says I need to create
/var/db/pkg/.cache and directories beneath it named after
/etc/paludis/repositories.
Under /etc/paludis/repositories there are gentoo.conf, installed.conf and
layman.conf.
Question: are these new dirs named gentoo
Question: are these new dirs named gentoo OR gentoo.conf
and so on for the other two?
Maxim
Went ahead and named them just gentoo etc no .conf. And paludis --sync worked!
But the dirs are empty. Would it have worked if I had added .conf to the dir
names?
mw
Hi group,
The time has come to edit make.conf on my new gentoo-netbook. But one thing has
always bothered me: What's the point of specifying a *negative* flag with a
hyphen? Why not just leave the flags you don't use out of the file entirely?
In a related matter, is there a paludis equivalent
I've been running mine for over a year, using ~x86 so
using ~x86? As a USE flag, in package.keywords, ACCEPT_KEYWORDS...?
mw
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ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan reveals the network name, the chan.
iwconfig wlan0 essid Network Name
iwconfig wlan0 chan 1
dhcpcd wlan0 should sort this.
It did, thanks Neil! Now, can you point a way forword? My eeepc is strictly
bare bones, for now, no X, haven't
--- On Fri, 5/15/09, James Ausmus james.aus...@gmail.com wrote:
I have just (first full boot with X this morning, actually)
gotten my wife's eeePC 900A switched over to Gentoo. I
have a full install with kernel 2.6.29, X (1.6.1), Intel
drivers (with DRI2, enabling *very* smooth and fast
Hi group,
How do I activate the (blue) fn buttons? I'd be particularly interested in
learning how to turn the wifi on/off and entering sleep mode.
Is CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS still required in the config as either a built-in or a
module for = 2.6.28 kernels? The Help window says it's deprecated and
Hi group,
I'm trying to connect at the library to their wifi(Open network, no key
required), but it's not working so I moved to one of their own machines to send
this.
Here's the steps I took:
cat /proc/net/wireless gives me the interface wlan0
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan reveals
Shift + PgUp/PgDown scrolls a half page at a time on
the console, to
aha! Shift +PgUp/PgDn+*fn*= scroll back. Thanks.
BTW, are you using a frame buffer? I can't seem to get uvesafb to work.
Maxim
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BTW, are you using a frame buffer? I can't seem to get
uvesafb to work.
Whoa! Scratch that, now the framebuffer works but not scrollback! Not really
worth it.
mw
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Hi group,
Will somebody please explain this:
kyzyl heathen # emerge -afv klibc
These are the packages that would be fetched, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild N] dev-libs/klibc-1.5.12-r1 USE=-debug (-n32) 48,765 kB
Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 48,765 kB
Whatever portage is fetching is turning into something
I didn't order. I checked in distfiles and sure enough,
there's no klibc* but a growing linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2.
Weird.
Nothing is wrong. That file is required for klibc. From the
ebuild notes:
Yes, I saw that too, but
1) why
Hi group,
I checked my kernel config and found that console scrollback is enabled and
given 64k capacity. Guess that's the default. But the console can't be scrolled
back a single line. I upped the capcity to 128k, same thing. On the desktop I
can hold down the shift and up-arrow keys and
The kernel takes a little time to detect and settle the bus
to detect
the devices. At least adding rootwait and
rootdelay=10 to the
kernel line solved my problems.
Tried rootwait by itself and with rootdelay=10 and rootdelay=10 by itself
Well, the triple E still don't boot: either it
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set
deprecated, possible conflict but I set it anyway
# CONFIG_SATA_AHCI is not set
doubtful if I need it but set it anyway
# CONFIG_SATA_PMP is not set
definitely nothing to do with my system, didn't set it.
Not sure, anyway, try it...
Still
cd ../devices/pci:00/:00:1f.2/
ls -al driver
(should show something like)
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 May 6 16:49 driver -
../../../bus/pci/drivers/ata_piix
From this I can tell that it is the ata_piix
Mine too! Yippee!
The eeebox has landed! Thanks man!
MW
Hi group,
My 900A with a fresh gentoo install boots into a panic. Says it doesn't like my
root=/dev/sda2 option. But that *is* the root partition.
fstab:
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda2 / ext3noatime0 1
almost exactly like the model
You gotta use a delay (or wait, can't remember exactly)
parameter
for the kernel to wait while the disc is recognized, dunno
exactly,
but 2 to 5 seconds should be enough. I have an EEE 701 and
Well there's a 10 sec 'timeout' but I can make that infinite by hitting the
arrow key. That
Hi group,
Using xubuntu on a usb stick to install gentoo on a eeepc, 4g, 900A. I've
gotten as far as kernel config(Quick-install Guide - Kernel Configuration) but
when I try to emerge gentoo-sources portage can't resolve any of the addresses
and the process fails.
Does it have something to
Does the dialup work at all. Can you ping any of the gentoo
mirrors? Did
mirrorselect work?
emerge mirrorselect is further down the page under Last configuration
touches. Which is a puzzlement. Before failing portage tried connecting to a
long list of sites.
How did portage know where to
Unplug all your electronic devices and plug in a lamp with
a 100 Watt
incandescent light build. With the lamp on unplug the UPS
from the
wall and see what happens. If the battery is dead it won't
last all
that long.
Gave ~5 mins. So I let it charge for 24 hrs now it gives me 36 mins.
It's not supposed to say DEVICE /dev/ttyS0 for USB, it
should just be
blank as per /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf
Previously I had v.3.14 which I had installed from a tarball; now I'm using
3.12 installed via portage. And even though in both cases the conf file
defaults to UPSTYPE usb the
The relevant lines
from my
apcupsd.conf are
Yep, that's what I got.
UPSCABLE usb
UPSTYPE usb
DEVICE blank didn't work in v3.14 for me. Now, with v3.12, this might change.
I'll give it a whirl.
DEVICE
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Hi group,
Lookee here:
kyzyl linux # apcaccess status
APC : 001,034,0852
DATE : Tue Apr 28 19:26:47 MDT 2009
HOSTNAME : kyzyl
RELEASE : 3.12.4
VERSION : 3.12.4 (19 August 2006) gentoo
UPSNAME : kyzyl
CABLE: USB Cable
MODEL: Back-UPS ES 350
UPSMODE : Stand Alone
STARTTIME:
Hi group,
Having upgraded from the 2.6.23 kernel to the 2.6.28 and enabling the rt2x00
driver I get the following message at boot
...
* UDEV: Your system has a problem assigning persistent
* names to these network interfaces: wlan0-rename
* Checking persistent rules:
* Found no duplicate
Hi group,
For a #make menuconfig on the 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 sources trying to uncover the
ralink driver.
When I type /rt2x00 I'm told it's defined in
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig:1 and can be found by following the path:
device drivers - net device support - wireless lan
I didn't see
Take a look in the Depends on line of the item you have
identified as
the driver in the /rt2x00 search output. Maybe something is
not enabled
that is needed for the driver to show up.
It's all enabled either M or [*]. Except for !S390 which I suppose means
*don't* enable. That's
Take a look in the Depends on line of the item you
have identified as
the driver in the /rt2x00 search output. Maybe
something is not enabled
that is needed for the driver to show up.
I just checked on my 2.6.29-r1, and that path is accurate,
and it's at
the bottom of the list
There isn't room to install Gentoo alongside Xandros on a
4GB Eee. Either
install Gentoo to an SD card for now or bite the bullet and
wipe Xandros
before installation.
I was hoping to use your suggestion(unless I misunderstood): Boot with
eeexubuntu from a USB and use its tools to install
Hi group,
Before I can install gentoo on my 4G SSHD EEE 900A, I need to know what
partition to use to chroot to.
There are four partitions on the SSHD, sda1,2,3,4. sda1 is formatted ext2 and
is the largest and contains the file system. sda2 is slightly smaller,
formatted ext3 and also has a
Judging from the footer from yahoo, I am guessing you're in
Canada?
Correct
Good luck and keep us posted.
This time I got a better connection and downloaded the iso in one go then ran
unetbootin on it and this time it worked
mw
Was quite easy using unetbootin, it's in the portage
tree.
There is also a MS Windows version of this tool.
emerge -va unetbootin
Thanks Joost,
I did an emerge -pv unetbootin earlier but there were lots of blocks and masks
plus it wants 100M downloads and I only get 2k from dialup here.
checksum this time -- if Xandros has the tool!
Wow! Just ran md5sum on the iso from my gentoo box here at home base:
eat...@kyzyl ~ $ md5sum -c download/eeexubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386-20090223.iso
md5sum: ./autorun.inf: No such file or directory
./autorun.inf: FAILED open or read
md5sum:
That's right, you're not using it properly, you shouldn't
be using any
options. Read the md5sum man page
I think I got it:
heat...@kyzyl ~ $ md5sum -t download/eeexubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386-20090223.iso
174b43676c64043770319f80effe6253
download/eeexubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386-20090223.iso
and
Hi group,
Using as my model:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml
to install eeexubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386-20090223.iso via a bootable usb key.
Everything fine until this command:
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /mnt/usb
resulted in this:
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/media/disk/dists/stable':
Why are you following the Gentoo instructions to create an
Ubuntu disk?
Because I'm insane.
AFAIR, eexubuntu comes with a script to create a bootable
USB stick.
Near's I can tell you have to burn a CD first, boot it, then run the script.
Don't have a CD/DVD attachment for the tripleE
You don't have to run it on the Eee. It's a live CD, just
boot your
desktop/laptop from it to run the script.
Aaaargh! Image too big, ~740M, guess I need a DVD burner. Do you happen to know
off-hand if blank CDs come in 700M?
Or, are you suggesting I can boot an *.iso some other way than
I used eeXbuntu to install mine.
Hi Neil,
OK, I'll try it. First some questions?
Is eeeXbuntu an install/live distro?
Was there any wifi issues? Must have wifi throughout the process.
Do you use an SD card? If so, are there issues with regard to r/w times as
compared to an SSHD?
How
Hi group,
I posted the following at the sysrescuecd forum but I despair of ever getting a
worthwhile answer:
I've got a tripleE 900A with 4G SSHD running Xandros and I want to use the
sysrescueCD to install gentoo. But I have to be able to use the wifi
driver(ATH5K). There's no problem
Can anybody help? I hate Xandros, it reminds me of
Win98!
Well: use Xandros to install gentoo.
Xandros has already used up *all* of the HD on one partition. I can't format
the drive without destroying the OS which is installing it. There isn't even
enough room to download the
Hi group,
Since updating portage I notice the following whenever I run emerge:
...
Portage tree and overlays:
[0] /usr/portage
[?] indicates that the source repository could not be determined
...
But what does [?=0] mean which sometimes appears?
Maxim
directory of any mirror. But I'd stick with System Rescue
CD, it's so
easy to install to a USB stick.
Arrrgh! I can't get it.
home/user wget -c
downloads.sourceforge.net/sytemrescuecd/systemrescuecd-x86-1.1.6.iso
--13:30:13--
Try adding another s to the directory after sourceforge.net
:)
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Hi group,
I did eix-sync and upgraded portage but when I try to upgrade gentoo-sources
portage wants to get v2.6.27 and for tuxonice-sources it goes for v2.6.24.
How do I tell portage to get the latest packages?
Maxim
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These are the latest stable versions. If you want testing
versions you
need to put the into /etc/portage/package.keywords [1].
[1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3chap=3
Nope,
Using the model given:
app-office/gnumeric ~x86
like this:
=sys-kernel/tuxonice-sources-2.6.28 ~x86
Yeah, I just found this out and rushed back but you beat me to it:)
mw
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Hi group,
I was planning to put the i686-2008.0-LiveCD-installer on a USB stick and
install it on a Asus 900A eeePC. But I understand the kernel on the CD is
v2.6.27 and therefore there is no Atheros driver for the eee's on-board wifi.
Can someone confirm this?
If true, can I simply add the
--- On Fri, 3/13/09, maxim wexler bliss...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: maxim wexler bliss...@yahoo.com
Subject: [gentoo-user] can't make rt2570 module
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Received: Friday, March 13, 2009, 2:32 PM
Hi group,
I found a bug report for this but that involved
Hi group,
Now that rt2570 module is installed I'd like to find out if there's a signal or
if the Ralink device even works.
iwconfig finds:
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level:-120 dBm Noise level:-93 dBm
This seems to say there is no signal. Right?
Here's kismet
heat...@kyzyl ~ $
Hi group,
I found a bug report for this but that involved a problem with the kernel
config. In this case, portage doesn't seem to have a problem with that.
This is for a NovaTech usb-wifi gizmo. ID: 0eb0:9020
#emerge -v rt2570
...
* Found sources for kernel version:
* 2.6.23-gentoo-r6
for gentoo..
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Received: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 4:09 PM
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:10:37 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler
wrote:
Just finding the ebuild. Can't sink -- no ISP.
Good news, I've
uncovered the shell, ctl+alt+t,FYI. I've found a
fairly speedy wifi
--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
From: Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] atheros wifi for gentoo..
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Received: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 2:53 PM
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:25:22 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler
ATH5K has been in the kernel for a little while,the reason
for using
2.6.28 is that it also supports the wired NIC. With the
addition of the
eee ACPI modules, I can now run with no third party modules
on my Eee.
When I do a search for 2.6.28 I get a patch. For gentoo-sources, 2.6.27 is
Hi group,.too is considerably tougher. Xandros must die! But it has support for
the wifi, so the linux drivers must be out there. I don't want to start
dragging around more unnecessary stuff to get on line at my favo(u)rite cafe.
I would love to hear from someone who managed a gentoo install
Hi group,
Just got an Asus EEE 900A and would like to install gentoo linux using the USB
boot stick method. Xandros must go! Don't even get a shell!
Thing is, how do I get into the BIOS on the netbook to tell it to boot from the
USB stick?
maxim
Hi group,
My ISP just disappeared. *Poof*, gonzo. So I going to have to forage for wi-fi
hotspots.
Been looking at netbooks. I like the idea of the SS drive but I've heard that
they're so compact they tend to deteriorate after lots of read/write cycles.
What's been the group's experience?
Is it possible the LED display on your LJ4 is broken, and
it's in fact
trying to display Load A4?
Yes, 'H4' could very well be 'A4'. But now, since running emerge -C hpjis and
emerge hplip, the error I'm getting is 'W2 INVALID PERS' which, according to
the ambiguous error chart taped to
--- On Wed, 10/1/08, maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [gentoo-user] CUPS can't print
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 12:31 PM
Hi group,
This printer, HP Laserjet 4 plus, works fine in WinXP
Hi group,
This printer, HP Laserjet 4 plus, works fine in WinXP. According to
localhost:631 the printer was set up successfully but when I tried to print a
test page the printer made some whirring noise then stopped and went off-line.
In the LED readout on the printer it says: PC Load H4.
Hi group,
Couple days ago my PC suddenly froze and I had to reset. So I checked this and
that and found out eventually that only by booting with the noapic option could
the system be accessed. Even the BootCD requires it.
This is an Asrock mobo, about 3 mos old, with nForce3 chip-set. I'm
--- On Sun, 7/13/08, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 11:32 AM
On Sonntag, 13. Juli 2008, maxim wexler wrote:
Hi group
Hi group,
I would like to raise my voice against the use of overly long subject lines
that run out of space on the line provided.
Complete sentences are not necessary. A few, well chosen words should suffice
and spare the user the nuisance of opening mail that ultimately is of no value
to
Hi group,
digg.com announces this is firefox download day, so I got the tarball and
unwrapped in my home dir.
According to this
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Configuring_Build_Options
I'm supposed to make a .mozconfig file first then, not sure, run ./mozconfig?
It doesn't say. Doesn't
--- On Sun, 5/25/08, Sebastian Magri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Sebastian Magri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Setting CFLAGS for a single build
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Date: Sunday, May 25, 2008, 1:49 AM
2008/5/25 Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On
Hi group,
according to the manual, setting NETSERVER on and NISPORT to 3551 in
apcupsd.conf should allow me to run apcaccess test. However, this is what I get:
localhost heathen # apcaccess test
FATAL ERROR in apcaccess.c at line 326
Unknown command test
LOCKFILE is set to /var/lock as per
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