Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Mapping random numbers (PRNG)

2014-06-06 Thread null_ptr
- ((RAND_MAX+1)%N) (Beware the undefined behaviour in the above line if you try C.) Basically you want one less than the largest by N dividable number in your range. With numbers: rand(): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 rand()%5 with discarding 12-((12+1)%5)=9: 0 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4 discarded --- null_ptr

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_COMPRESS

2014-04-02 Thread null_ptr
On 02/04/14 16:02, Douglas J Hunley wrote: On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.comwrote: man 5 make.conf What isn't listed in the man page is if you should simply unset it: PORTAGE_COMPRESS= or set it to something like /bin/true Any thoughts? How about

Re: [gentoo-user] No motherboard beep since kernel upgrade

2014-03-23 Thread null_ptr
On 23/03/14 11:06, Tom Wijsman wrote: On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:29:03 +0100 null_ptr rhan...@gmx.de wrote: I attached them. Old config/lsmod/dmesg is the first parameter of the diff. Looks okay to me; I see in the other thread that it was clarified that this is a problem through the speakers

Re: [gentoo-user] No motherboard beep since kernel upgrade

2014-03-22 Thread null_ptr
On 22/03/14 23:40, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Am 22.03.2014 02:08, schrieb null_ptr: On 21/03/14 14:41, Lee wrote: I can't think of the name of the module, pcspkr IIRC or some such, but it prolly isn't loaded. Modprobe can tell you if it's available load it. On Mar 21, 2014 12:41 PM, Dat G

[gentoo-user] No motherboard beep since kernel upgrade

2014-03-21 Thread null_ptr
? null_ptr B: Are you pondering what I'm pondering? P: Well, I think so, Brain, but do I really need two tongues? 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Compaq 6710b Kernel driver in use

Re: [gentoo-user] No motherboard beep since kernel upgrade

2014-03-21 Thread null_ptr
, at 18:51, null_ptr wrote: Module for my sound card is running and SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP is activated in kernel config. Am I missing something else? Perhaps you need CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR. I tried building with that and it didn't fix it. modprobe pcspkr doesn't change anything. It is still