Re: [gentoo-user] New box

Hello, On Fri, 30 Dec 2016, J. Roeleveld wrote: >I know what you mean. What I miss is an option to have gkrellm on 1 side of >the screen and when I maximize a window, that doesn't hide gkrellm. Doesn't your WM has a stay-on-top feature? And WMaker has an option not to use the Dock/Icons when

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On 12/29/2016 11:18 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Friday, December 30, 2016 12:24:36 AM CET Dale wrote: >> J. Roeleveld wrote: >> >>> As for the specs: >>> >>> - 8 core CPU: nice >> >> Makes me drool a bit here. I want a 8 core CPU. The only downside, >> gkrellm won't have enough screen to show

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

"taii...@gmx.com" writes: > On 12/30/2016 11:43 AM, lee wrote: > >> "taii...@gmx.com" writes: >> >>> On 12/30/2016 08:39 AM, lee wrote: >>> the...@sys-concept.com writes: > I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, >>> [...]

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On 12/30/2016 11:43 AM, lee wrote: "taii...@gmx.com" writes: On 12/30/2016 08:39 AM, lee wrote: the...@sys-concept.com writes: I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, [...] If you want a rock solid machine with lots of cores and RAM and very

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Friday, December 30, 2016 01:57:53 AM Dale wrote: >> >> My settings: >> >> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y --backtrack=100 --keep-going -v -j8 >> --quiet-build=n -1" >> >> I forgot I had that set to 8 jobs. Wonder why I did that? Given your >> experience, I want to

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

"taii...@gmx.com" writes: > On 12/30/2016 08:39 AM, lee wrote: > >> the...@sys-concept.com writes: >> >>> I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, > [...] >> If you want a rock solid machine with lots of cores and RAM and very >> capable of powering VMs,

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On 12/30/2016 08:39 AM, lee wrote: the...@sys-concept.com writes: I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, Asterisk, Hylafax etc. (nothing graphic intensive). - IN WIN BL631 Low Profile Micro ATX Case w/ 300W Power Supply, - AMD FX-8350 Processor 4.0GHz w/ 16MB Cache

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

the...@sys-concept.com writes: > I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, > Asterisk, Hylafax etc. (nothing graphic intensive). > > - IN WIN BL631 Low Profile Micro ATX Case w/ 300W Power Supply, > - AMD FX-8350 Processor 4.0GHz w/ 16MB Cache > - Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 w/

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On 12/30/2016 07:54 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 30/12/2016 14:12, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:24:36 -0600, Dale wrote: Makes me drool a bit here. I want a 8 core CPU. The only downside, gkrellm won't have enough screen to show each core separately. That's a problem there.

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On 30/12/2016 14:12, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:24:36 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> Makes me drool a bit here. I want a 8 core CPU. The only downside, >> gkrellm won't have enough screen to show each core separately. That's a >> problem there. lol It already takes up the whole

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:24:36 -0600, Dale wrote: > Makes me drool a bit here. I want a 8 core CPU. The only downside, > gkrellm won't have enough screen to show each core separately. That's a > problem there. lol It already takes up the whole right side on one > desktop. I guess I could make

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On Friday, December 30, 2016 10:21:28 AM Mick wrote: > On Friday 30 Dec 2016 08:18:48 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Friday, December 30, 2016 12:24:36 AM CET Dale wrote: > > > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > > As for the specs: > > > > > > > > - 8 core CPU: nice > > > > > > Makes me drool a bit here. I

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On Friday, December 30, 2016 01:57:53 AM Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Friday, December 30, 2016 12:24:36 AM CET Dale wrote: > >> J. Roeleveld wrote: > >>> As for the specs: > >>> > >>> - 8 core CPU: nice > >> > >> Makes me drool a bit here. I want a 8 core CPU. The only downside, >

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On 2016-12-30 03:23, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, Asterisk, Hylafax etc. (nothing graphic intensive). - IN WIN BL631 Low Profile Micro ATX Case w/ 300W Power Supply, - AMD FX-8350 Processor 4.0GHz w/ 16MB Cache - Gigabyte

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On Friday 30 Dec 2016 08:18:48 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Friday, December 30, 2016 12:24:36 AM CET Dale wrote: > > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > As for the specs: > > > > > > - 8 core CPU: nice > > > > Makes me drool a bit here. I want a 8 core CPU. The only downside, > > gkrellm won't have enough

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

- 8 core CPU: nice Makes me drool a bit here. I want a 8 core CPU. The only downside, Have had such CPU (AMD FX8350) and wasn't satisfied really. It wasn't powerful as *I* expected. I didn't get it cool and quiet as I wanted to in my desktop. Even not with water cooling. IMO more RAM is

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Friday, December 30, 2016 12:24:36 AM CET Dale wrote: >> J. Roeleveld wrote: >> >>> As for the specs: >>> >>> - 8 core CPU: nice >> Makes me drool a bit here. I want a 8 core CPU. The only downside, >> gkrellm won't have enough screen to show each core separately.

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On Thursday, December 29, 2016 11:45:30 PM CET Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > On 12/29/2016 08:06 PM, Dale wrote: > >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >>> I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, > >>> Asterisk, Hylafax etc. (nothing graphic intensive). >

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On Friday, December 30, 2016 12:24:36 AM CET Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > As for the specs: > > > > - 8 core CPU: nice > > Makes me drool a bit here. I want a 8 core CPU. The only downside, > gkrellm won't have enough screen to show each core separately. That's a > problem there.

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday, December 29, 2016 9:36:43 PM CET the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On 12/29/2016 08:06 PM, Dale wrote: >>> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, Asterisk, Hylafax etc. (nothing graphic intensive).

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 12/29/2016 08:06 PM, Dale wrote: >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, >>> Asterisk, Hylafax etc. (nothing graphic intensive). >>> >>> - IN WIN BL631 Low Profile Micro ATX Case w/ 300W Power Supply,

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On Thursday, December 29, 2016 9:36:43 PM CET the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 12/29/2016 08:06 PM, Dale wrote: > > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, > >> Asterisk, Hylafax etc. (nothing graphic intensive). > >> > >> - IN WIN

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

On 12/29/2016 08:06 PM, Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, >> Asterisk, Hylafax etc. (nothing graphic intensive). >> >> - IN WIN BL631 Low Profile Micro ATX Case w/ 300W Power Supply, >> - AMD FX-8350 Processor 4.0GHz w/

Re: [gentoo-user] New box

the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, > Asterisk, Hylafax etc. (nothing graphic intensive). > > - IN WIN BL631 Low Profile Micro ATX Case w/ 300W Power Supply, > - AMD FX-8350 Processor 4.0GHz w/ 16MB Cache > - Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 w/

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

071031 Philip Webb wrote: 071030 James Ausmus wrote: the media-libs/mesa-7.0.1 works fine *IF* you apply the attached patch (either hack the ebuild or CTRL-Z immediately after emerge gets done unpacking the source). I had the same problem you did, did the Googling, found the patch and

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

071031 Philip Webb wrote: Meanwhile, what I believed to be a small irritant is proving a show-stopper. Leaving aside DRI, the display from the new machine spills off the screen: See previous msg for full horror story, but I did check the DPI : both machines show 99x98 in answer to 'xdpyinfo'.

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

Philip Webb wrote: The kernel is 2.6.22-r8 : I will try 2.6.23 tomorrow. No need, sorry, I was pointing you in the wrong direction. Kernel 2.6.22 already knows about 29c2 for i915. I checked the wiki paragraph the subdir it refers to the modules are already built 'lsmod' shows them

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

On 10/30/07, Benno Schulenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philip Webb wrote: The kernel is 2.6.22-r8 : I will try 2.6.23 tomorrow. No need, sorry, I was pointing you in the wrong direction. Kernel 2.6.22 already knows about 29c2 for i915. I checked the wiki paragraph the subdir it refers

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

071030 James Ausmus wrote: On 10/30/07, Benno Schulenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: build the Mesa modules from git, the 1.2.2 and 1.4 part: http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building These three lines were added to i915/intel_context.h since 7.0.1: #define PCI_CHIP_G33_G

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

Philip Webb wrote: I did try unpacking the MesaLibs distfile, patching repacking, but of course Portage objected that the file size was incorrect ! snip Any advice here too wb very welcome. You may be able to use the --digest feature so it doesn't check the tarball before using it. I

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

Philip Webb wrote: Unrecognised deviceID 29c2 backtrace ... ... /usr/lib64/dri/i915_dri.so ... (provided by pkg 'mesa') What versions of Mesa and xf86-video-i810 are you running? And what is in the Section Device of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf? Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

Philip Webb wrote: 071029 Benno Schulenberg wrote: What versions of Mesa and xf86-video-i810 are you running? 'mesa-progs-6.5.2' (latest available). Get the one from testing, 7.0.1. But what you need is media-libs/mesa; mesa-progs is just glxinfo/glxgears. 'xf86-video-i810-2.1.0' (

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

071029 Benno Schulenberg wrote: Philip Webb wrote: Unrecognised deviceID 29c2 backtrace ... ... /usr/lib64/dri/i915_dri.so ... (provided by pkg 'mesa') What versions of Mesa and xf86-video-i810 are you running? 'mesa-progs-6.5.2' (latest available). 'xf86-video-i810-2.1.0' ( 2.1.1

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

Philip Webb wrote: I updated to the latest versions 7.0.1 7.0.1 2.1.1 rebooted there is no change: X crashes as soon as 'glxinfo' starts with the same error message unrecognised deviceID 29c2 while using /usr/lib64/dri/i915_dri.so . What kernel version are you running? Try updating to

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

071030 Benno Schulenberg wrote: What kernel version are you running? Try updating to the most recent. If then you still get unrecognised deviceID 29c2, build the kernel modules from source (just the 1.7 DRM part): http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building The kernel is 2.6.22-r8 : I will

Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more

071027 Philip Webb wrote: X starts with no errors in the log, but 'glxgears' 'glxinfo' crash X. The processor is an Intel G33 using drivers 'i810' 'i915' ; kernel 2.6.22-r8 ; 64-bit system . After sleeping on the problem reading Forum discussion re 'x11-drm', I've tried a few more things,

Re: [gentoo-user] new box: 2 small puzzles (1 solved)

Another responder mentioned block sizes. Yes, that mb the problem. I'm new to USB sticks haven't formatted them in any way: they seem to have an existing file system on them, but mb it's Fat32, which seems likely to be inefficient. So are there any standard recommendations for formatting

Re: [gentoo-user] new box: 2 small puzzles

On Saturday 20 October 2007, Alex Schuster wrote: Philip Webb writes: BTW I'm amazed that System Rescue doesn't seem to know re 'pppoe'. I hope to install Gentoo from the copied files w/o using the I/net. You can also use any other boot CD. Well, unless you use the automatic installer, but

Re: [gentoo-user] new box: 2 small puzzles (1 solved)

071019 Peter Alfredsen wrote: On Friday 19 October 2007, Philip Webb wrote: (1) The mobo (ASUS P5K-VM) manual has as default 'Configure SATA as IDE', which I have left as is. However, while the System Rescue CD finds the HDD as '/dev/sda', neither the Gentoo Live CD nor Knoppix sees it:

Re: [gentoo-user] new box: 2 small puzzles (1 solved)

Philip Webb ha scritto: 071019 Peter Alfredsen wrote: On Friday 19 October 2007, Philip Webb wrote: (1) The mobo (ASUS P5K-VM) manual has as default 'Configure SATA as IDE', which I have left as is. However, while the System Rescue CD finds the HDD as '/dev/sda', neither the Gentoo Live CD

Re: [gentoo-user] new box: 2 small puzzles (1 solved)

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:51:25 -0400 Philip Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --snip-- Anyone have a suggestion why using 'cp -a' to copy a lot of subdirs takes additional space on the USB stick (over the HDD space used) ? It doesn't happen when copying a straight set of files. It won't affect

Re: [gentoo-user] new box: 2 small puzzles (1 solved)

071020 b.n. wrote: Philip Webb ha scritto: Anyone have a suggestion why using 'cp -a' to copy a lot of subdirs takes additional space on the USB stick (over the HDD space used) ? It doesn't happen when copying a straight set of files. It won't affect today's installation job, but wb useful

Re: [gentoo-user] new box: 2 small puzzles

Philip Webb writes: BTW I'm amazed that System Rescue doesn't seem to know re 'pppoe'. I hope to install Gentoo from the copied files w/o using the I/net. You can also use any other boot CD. Well, unless you use the automatic installer, but it seems people don't like it much and prefer to do

Re: [gentoo-user] new box: 2 small puzzles (1 solved)

Philip Webb schrieb: 071020 b.n. wrote: Philip Webb ha scritto: Anyone have a suggestion why using 'cp -a' to copy a lot of subdirs takes additional space on the USB stick (over the HDD space used) ? It doesn't happen when copying a straight set of files. It won't affect today's installation

Re: [gentoo-user] new box: 2 small puzzles

On Friday 19 October 2007, Philip Webb wrote: (1) The mobo (ASUS P5K-VM) manual has as default 'Configure SATA as IDE', which I have left as is. However, while the System Rescue CD finds the HDD as '/dev/sda', neither the Gentoo Live CD nor Knoppix sees it: should I change the mobo setting