Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop: Thinkpad T43: Disks Very Slow Under Load, Were Fast in the Past
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I had problems with CFS too. Similar to the one's you describe. Under heavy disk/cpu-load (like emerge and updatedb in parallel) the system was unresponsive. I changed the scheduler back to anticipatory and the problem was gone. Interestingly i also have a thinkpad, X30 in my case. best Thomas fire-eyes wrote: | Andrey Falko wrote: | On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:38 PM, fire-eyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hello, | | I'm running gentoo on an IBM Thinkpad T43. In the past, disk access was | fine under load (CPU or disk). These days, the disk becomes painfully | slow under moderate to high CPU usage (such as compiling) or copying | more than a few MB. GUI's become almost totally unresponsive and at | times I have to down the system hard. | | So it seems it's some sort of a change in kernels compared to the past. | I have always run a vanilla kernel, manually configured and installed. | Right now I am running 2.6.24.3. | | The system uses an SATA disk drive. | | Here is the boot line in grub.conf: | kernel /boot/vmlinuz-stable root=/dev/sda4 rw hdc=noprobe | acpi_sleep=s3_bios panic=5 elevator=cfq nmi_watchdog=0 | | /boot/vmlinuz-stable being a symlink to the kernel I consider stable | within /boot/. I also have vmlinuz-last called by another grub entry if | I need it. | | Here is my kernel config: http://fire-eyes.org/t/config-2.6.24.3.txt | (may disappear in the future) | | I am looking for feedback into what may be causing this mess. It makes | for a very frustrating time using this laptop. | | What is the version of the kernel where you did not have issues? | 2.6.24 and 23 have a new CPU scheduler (CFS), which should work | better than the old one. It is possible that the new scheduler does | not suit your needs. | | Thanks for the reply. | | I do not recall, other than it was four or more months ago. Do you | happen to know what version of the kernel that scheduler showed up in? | Also, is that scheduler not irrelevant here as I was passing elevator=cfq? | | By the way, I did a little experimentation. I changed my scheduler to | deadline, and set preemption to desktop. Before the scheduler was cfq, | and the preemption to low-latency desktop. | | Things already feel snappier gui-wise, but I have yet to push the | disk/cpu to see what will happen. I believe it is at least the start of | improvements, however. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH0P8nrpEWPKIUt7MRAqXHAJ96MDsVC0xAwm2f/5uSWbQLxZLLsgCdELyO WnJkehZ+0MSsujfd1vaSrPY= =WA+M -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop: Thinkpad T43: Disks Very Slow Under Load, Were Fast in the Past
Thomas Kahle wrote: Hi, I had problems with CFS too. Similar to the one's you describe. Under heavy disk/cpu-load (like emerge and updatedb in parallel) the system was unresponsive. I changed the scheduler back to anticipatory and the problem was gone. Interestingly i also have a thinkpad, X30 in my case. Curious. I will try antic. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] eix-test-obsolete problem
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:50:57 +0800, Shaochun Wang wrote:
It seems that there is no cache in the portage overlays, so update-eix
can't get the package information in these overlay.
That's normal. eix still gets the information, by reading the filesystem.
The cache is simply a way of speeding u this process for large trees.
What can I do to get the local overlay picked by eix?
It should already, if you search for a package that has an ebuild in the
overlay, it should display it, along with the name of the overlay.
% eix openchrome
* x11-drivers/xf86-video-openchrome [1]
Available versions: 0.2.901 {dri}
Description: VIA unichrome graphics driver
[1] digimed /mnt/portage/local
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[gentoo-user] torrent/mkv
Hi ctorrent produced the trilogy in mkv format, as far as I can tell this needs modifying before I can burn. What's the best way todo this pls? GAVIN -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] torrent/mkv
Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi ctorrent produced the trilogy in mkv format, as far as I can tell this needs modifying before I can burn. What's the best way todo this pls? GAVIN What do you want to tell me with this. Torrent is a software for p2p. When you choose to download an mkv file you will receive an mkv file. This has nothing to do with ctorrent. For converting videos you might want to search the wiki or the forums first. This might be your first step. http://gentoo-wiki.com/Special:Search?search=convertinggo=Go Also you can read the man pages from the programs you want to use to convert your files. hitachi -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop: Thinkpad T43: Disks Very Slow Under Load, Were Fast in the Past
maybe your partitions are near full? -- thing.
[gentoo-user] where is amd64 list?
Hi all, For the best part of the week I have not received any mail from the amd64 list. Is there a problem? Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Nvidia GeForce Go 6800 and nvidia-drivers == Cannot switch to ttys or close X
I'm using a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D laptop with nvidia GeForse Go 6800: | 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV41.8 [GeForce | Go 6800] (rev a2) Latest available version of nvidia-drivers | [I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]/02/2008): NVIDIA X11 driver | and GLX libraries The X session loads smooth with no errors and no warnings but after X is loaded there is no way to come back to the framebuffer console (pressing CTRL+ALT+F* or closing the session). I get an almost white screen with some distorsion. If I come back pressing CTRL+ALT+F7 I see my X session up n running. The same happens if I close my session and then write startx on the white screen. I have a brand new session running with no problems and no errors. Here are some relevant parts of my kernel config: # # Graphics support # CONFIG_AGP=y # CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set # CONFIG_AGP_ATI is not set # CONFIG_AGP_AMD is not set # CONFIG_AGP_AMD64 is not set # CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set # CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA is not set # CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set # CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS is not set # CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set # CONFIG_AGP_EFFICEON is not set # CONFIG_DRM is not set # CONFIG_VGASTATE is not set # CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL is not set CONFIG_FB=y # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID is not set # CONFIG_FB_DDC is not set CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y # CONFIG_FB_CFB_REV_PIXELS_IN_BYTE is not set # CONFIG_FB_SYS_FILLRECT is not set # CONFIG_FB_SYS_COPYAREA is not set # CONFIG_FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT is not set # CONFIG_FB_SYS_FOPS is not set CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO=y # CONFIG_FB_SVGALIB is not set # CONFIG_FB_MACMODES is not set # CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT is not set CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y # CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING is not set # # Frame buffer hardware drivers # # CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS is not set # CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set # CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set # CONFIG_FB_ARC is not set # CONFIG_FB_ASILIANT is not set # CONFIG_FB_IMSTT is not set # CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set CONFIG_FB_UVESA=y # CONFIG_FB_VESA is not set # CONFIG_FB_EFI is not set # CONFIG_FB_HECUBA is not set # CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set # CONFIG_FB_S1D13XXX is not set # CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA is not set # CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set # CONFIG_FB_I810 is not set # CONFIG_FB_LE80578 is not set # CONFIG_FB_INTEL is not set # CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set # CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set # CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set # CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set # CONFIG_FB_S3 is not set # CONFIG_FB_SAVAGE is not set # CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set # CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set # CONFIG_FB_KYRO is not set # CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set # CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set # CONFIG_FB_VT8623 is not set # CONFIG_FB_CYBLA is not set # CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set # CONFIG_FB_ARK is not set # CONFIG_FB_PM3 is not set # CONFIG_FB_GEODE is not set # CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT=y CONFIG_LCD_CLASS_DEVICE=m CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=y # CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CORGI is not set # CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_PROGEAR is not set # # Display device support # # CONFIG_DISPLAY_SUPPORT is not set # # Console display driver support # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK is not set # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY is not set # CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION is not set CONFIG_FB_CON_DECOR=y # CONFIG_FONTS is not set CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y # CONFIG_LOGO is not set signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] date and gentoo running under vmplayer
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 09:28:01AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Just for interest, what are the Hz settings on host and guest? Guest - Gentoo - now set at 250Hz and working just fine Host - XP Professional SP2 - I don't have a clue. How do I find out? Thanks, festus -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list pgpgzsDCmvrTC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] where is amd64 list?
Am Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:26:38 + schrieb Paul Stear [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, For the best part of the week I have not received any mail from the amd64 list. Is there a problem? Paul Not as far as I can tell, the last message I got was from this Wednesday. And there was a smallish thread on Sunday. So while the volume might be low at the moment, the list isn't dead. -- Marc Joliet -- People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't - Bjarne Stroustrup signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] date and gentoo running under vmplayer
On Friday 07 March 2008, John J. Foster wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 09:28:01AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Just for interest, what are the Hz settings on host and guest? Guest - Gentoo - now set at 250Hz and working just fine Host - XP Professional SP2 - I don't have a clue. How do I find out? I believe you don't :-) I thought you were running a Linux host as well. I seem to remember a thread on lkml about this, something relating to the clock expecting interrupts that were coming in at the wrong speed. But it was a while ago and I forget all the details. At least you found a workaround. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] The device-mapper init script is written for baselayout-2
On 7 Mar 2008, at 02:29, Daevid Vincent wrote:
...
When I startup my notebook, I see this message:
* The device-mapper init script is written for baselayout-2
* Please do not use it with baselayout-1
locutus ~ # eix baselayout
[I] sys-apps/baselayout
Available versions: 1.11.15-r3 1.12.10-r5 ~1.12.11 1.12.11.1
[M]~2.0.0_rc6-r1 {bootstrap build kernel_FreeBSD kernel_linux pam
static
unicode}
Installed versions: 1.12.11.1(14:20:50 02/29/08)(-bootstrap -
build
-static -unicode)
Since I'm not real sure what this package does, I am unsure if I
should just
unmerge and re-emerge it (perhaps at one time I ran the ~x86
version and so
I have a mixture?)
I'm not sure what this does, either. Someone may come along in a
moment with better advice, but as a first step I'd `equery b /etc/
initi.d/device-mapper`. If it says that device-mapper doesn't belong
to any of your current packages then I think you can safely (remove
it from the default runlevel and subsequently) delete it, otherwise
I'd reemerge the package to which it belongs.
Stroller.
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Re: [gentoo-user] The device-mapper init script is written for baselayout-2
I do equery b device-mapper:
I found this:
sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.22-r5 (/etc/init.d/device-mapper)
sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.22-r5 (/etc/conf.d/device-mapper)
Le Friday 07 March 2008 13:51:04 Stroller, vous avez écrit :
On 7 Mar 2008, at 02:29, Daevid Vincent wrote:
...
When I startup my notebook, I see this message:
* The device-mapper init script is written for baselayout-2
* Please do not use it with baselayout-1
locutus ~ # eix baselayout
[I] sys-apps/baselayout
Available versions: 1.11.15-r3 1.12.10-r5 ~1.12.11 1.12.11.1
[M]~2.0.0_rc6-r1 {bootstrap build kernel_FreeBSD kernel_linux pam
static
unicode}
Installed versions: 1.12.11.1(14:20:50 02/29/08)(-bootstrap -
build
-static -unicode)
Since I'm not real sure what this package does, I am unsure if I
should just
unmerge and re-emerge it (perhaps at one time I ran the ~x86
version and so
I have a mixture?)
I'm not sure what this does, either. Someone may come along in a
moment with better advice, but as a first step I'd `equery b /etc/
initi.d/device-mapper`. If it says that device-mapper doesn't belong
to any of your current packages then I think you can safely (remove
it from the default runlevel and subsequently) delete it, otherwise
I'd reemerge the package to which it belongs.
Stroller.
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[gentoo-user] pasting in Kate or Kwrite doesn't move the cursor
Since upgrading to KDE-3.5.9, pasting multiple lines into Kwrite leaves the cursor at the end of the first pasted line, instead of at the end of the pasted text. Using mouse middle click, Ctrl-V or Shift-Insert makes no difference. Can anyone either confirm or contradict this strange behaviour? Benno -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Brainstorm?
On 3/5/08, Rodrigo Lazo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Have you seen ubuntu brainstorm? http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ What do you think? Personally I believe is a very good idea and may be worth copying. Regards -- Rodrigo Lazo (rlazo) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list I too think this is a good idea. I'll be happy to help out on this one. Btw, this is my first mail to this mailinglist - hi!
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Brainstorm?
2008/3/7, Daniel Beecham [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 3/5/08, Rodrigo Lazo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Have you seen ubuntu brainstorm? http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ What do you think? Personally I believe is a very good idea and may be worth copying. Regards -- Rodrigo Lazo (rlazo) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list I too think this is a good idea. I'll be happy to help out on this one. Btw, this is my first mail to this mailinglist - hi! Welcome!! :D
Re: [gentoo-user] pasting in Kate or Kwrite doesn't move the cursor
080307 Benno Schulenberg wrote: Since upgrading to KDE-3.5.9, pasting multiple lines into Kwrite leaves the cursor at the end of the first pasted line, instead of at the end of the pasted text. Using middle click, Ctrl-V or Shift-Insert makes no difference. Confirmed in Kwrite, but I don't remember what happened with = 3.5.8 . Something for KDE bugzilla ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Synaptics touchpad mistaken(?) for Logitech Wheel Mouse
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:26 AM, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 13:16 +0100, Johan Blåbäck wrote: Hi. Recently I got tired of my touchpad being too sensitive, and I decided to try the synaptics-how-to on the gentoo-wiki. However, when starting X I get: [snip] TouchPad no synaptics event device found (checked 17 nodes) [snip] So what I suggest could be the problem is that I got my kernel wrong, since it seem to emulate Logitech instead of synaptics. But I don't know if that is the problem, or how I fix it. (I have all the kernel options that the gentoo-wiki synaptics-how-to recommends.) Thanks for any suggestions! I suspect you need these options in your kernel: Device Drivers Input Device Support Event Interface (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y) I also have: .. Mice PS/2 Mouse and all the sub-options compiled in: CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_ALPS=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LOGIPS2PP=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LIFEBOOK=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_TRACKPOINT=y Thanks for the reply, but I got all of those: hostname linux # cat .config | grep CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2 CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_ALPS=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LOGIPS2PP=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_LIFEBOOK=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_TRACKPOINT=y # CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_TOUCHKIT is not set hostname linux # cat .config | grep CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y hostname linux # cat .config | grep CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted. that's nice to know. Just so this email is accepted by your security policy, I double-rot13'd the reply. Note that your comments are now quadruple-rot13'd, but I think you should be able to decrypt them without too much hassle. Wow, the encryption on this thing now! NSA might get confused. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development. (By [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Brainstorm?
On 3/7/08, Ale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/3/7, Daniel Beecham [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 3/5/08, Rodrigo Lazo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Have you seen ubuntu brainstorm? http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ What do you think? Personally I believe is a very good idea and may be worth copying. Regards -- Rodrigo Lazo (rlazo) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list I too think this is a good idea. I'll be happy to help out on this one. Btw, this is my first mail to this mailinglist - hi! Welcome!! :D Thank you! A warm welcome, i think i'll like it here. (:
Re: [gentoo-user] eix-test-obsolete problem
Installed packages with a version not in the database (or masked): [I] app-misc/beagle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]/27/08) ^ This is your problem: eix is not able to detect from which repository this version was installed. The reason is that you have not given your overlay a name. Some time ago, eix was able to guess the repository by means of the information in /var/db/*/*/environment.bz2, but new portage versions do not store that information in this file anymore. The clean solution of your problem is to give your overlay a name (i.e. to create a profile subdirectory in your overlay and store your name in a new file profile/repo_name) and then to reemerge all packages from the overlay so that the name is also stored in the /var/db database. (Instead of reemerging you can also hack the database manually and create the files /var/db/*/*/repository with the corresponding overlay name in it; however, I give no guarantee that this will not have unexpected side effects...). If you want that eix-test-obsolete just ignores the repository (i.e. that 0.3.3[?] is found in the database even if the version in the database is from a possibly different overlay), set NONEXISTENT_IF_OTHER_OVERLAY='false' in /etc/eixrc. However, I would not recommend this. The output of update-eix is as expected: [3] /usr/local/portage (cache: none) ^^ This is empty, because you have not named your overlay yet This means that the cache method none is used (man eix for details) which is the default for overlays unless you set something special.[*] [*] With eix-0.12.0 the default has changed to a new cache method which appears superior (but has some security risks). The previous cache method none was renamed. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] torrent/mkv
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 10:00 +, Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi ctorrent produced the trilogy in mkv format, as far as I can tell this needs modifying before I can burn. What's the best way todo this pls? GAVIN I suppose you want to create a video DVD (Mpeg2), or do you want a divx DVD? In any case, you could use mencoder (media-video/mplayer). However, for a beginner it might be hard to use. Here's its documentation, including advisories for creating DVD-player-compatible files. Never done that myself. http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/index.html Alternatives: VLC, probably others like videotrans and tovid. Never tried them myself. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Brainstorm?
On Friday 07 March 2008 10:52:09 am Daniel Beecham wrote: On 3/5/08, Rodrigo Lazo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Have you seen ubuntu brainstorm? http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ What do you think? Personally I believe is a very good idea and may be worth copying. Regards -- Rodrigo Lazo (rlazo) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list I too think this is a good idea. I'll be happy to help out on this one. Btw, this is my first mail to this mailinglist - hi! Welcome Daniel! The BrainStorm idea is a good one, but it closely resembles the gentoo forums and perhaps a bit like the gentoo wiki too... Heck... if you squint a bit and don't look real close, brainstorm looks a bit like the gentoo bugs site too. Probably a good place for this to land is in the wiki... Call it my wish list (sorry) or something else though. Also, if the gentoo version closely copies the Ubunt BrainStorm, it desperately needs a better indexing method, other than offering pages and pages of unknown topics that you must page through to find something useful... Cheers All! -- From the Desk of: Jerome D. McBride -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer
We got a new printer today. It's the same model as our old printer, so it should work, right? I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface. It does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device. My kernel is built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and parport_pc: catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport parport_pc 32868 0 parport26696 1 parport_pc And dmseg is aware of the printer: catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88 But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from AppSocket/HPJetDirect Backend Error Handler HP Printer (HPLIP) Internet Printing Protocol (http) Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) LPD/LPR Host or Printer SCSI Printer Serial Port #1 but no parallel port. It used to be on there. How can I get it back, or is parallel port called something else now? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Brainstorm?
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 07 March 2008 10:52:09 am Daniel Beecham wrote: On 3/5/08, Rodrigo Lazo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Have you seen ubuntu brainstorm? http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ What do you think? Personally I believe is a very good idea and may be worth copying. Regards -- Rodrigo Lazo (rlazo) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list I too think this is a good idea. I'll be happy to help out on this one. Btw, this is my first mail to this mailinglist - hi! Welcome Daniel! The BrainStorm idea is a good one, but it closely resembles the gentoo forums and perhaps a bit like the gentoo wiki too... Heck... if you squint a bit and don't look real close, brainstorm looks a bit like the gentoo bugs site too. Probably a good place for this to land is in the wiki... Call it my wish list (sorry) or something else though. Also, if the gentoo version closely copies the Ubunt BrainStorm, it desperately needs a better indexing method, other than offering pages and pages of unknown topics that you must page through to find something useful... Cheers All! Thats why I think it might be a good GSoC projectcreate the ultimate brainstorm interface with searching, sorting, voting, and much more. -- From the Desk of: Jerome D. McBride -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Brainstorm?
Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Friday 07 March 2008 10:52:09 am Daniel Beecham wrote: On 3/5/08, Rodrigo Lazo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Have you seen ubuntu brainstorm? http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ What do you think? Personally I believe is a very good idea and may be worth copying. Regards -- Rodrigo Lazo (rlazo) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list I too think this is a good idea. I'll be happy to help out on this one. Btw, this is my first mail to this mailinglist - hi! Hi Daniel!, welcome =) The BrainStorm idea is a good one, but it closely resembles the gentoo forums and perhaps a bit like the gentoo wiki too... Heck... if you squint a bit and don't look real close, brainstorm looks a bit like the gentoo bugs site too. Sure Jerry, it's not all that different from the forum or bugzilla but it's somehow more accesible. I consider the brainstorm site it more like a shortcut than a brand-new never-seen idea. You may use any of the other (wiki, bugs, forum) to do this but it's not as visible as a exclusive site. The real question may be, does it need so much attention? I think so, because new ideas and a closer relationship between the ideas proposed and the users are very important. Probably a good place for this to land is in the wiki... Call it my wish list (sorry) or something else though. Also, if the gentoo version closely copies the Ubunt BrainStorm, it desperately needs a better indexing method, other than offering pages and pages of unknown topics that you must page through to find something useful... Yeah, it's seems like the first steps will be totally community-driven (as the wiki AFAIK). I'm trying to get in touch with the ubuntu guys that run the site to learn from their mistakes ;) I'll let you know of any progress on this. If somebody is interested on reading a post I made about this on my blog here is the link http://rlazo.supersized.org/archives/60-Gentoo-Brainstorm-born-maybe-not-so-dead.html Best regards -- Rodrigo Lazo (rlazo) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] pasting in Kate or Kwrite doesn't move the cursor
Peter Ruskin wrote: On Friday 07 March 2008, Benno Schulenberg wrote: Since upgrading to KDE-3.5.9, pasting multiple lines into Kwrite leaves the cursor at the end of the first pasted line, instead of at the end of the pasted text. Using mouse middle click, Ctrl-V or Shift-Insert makes no difference. Can anyone either confirm or contradict this strange behaviour? Same here. Kedit works as expected though. Thanks for confirming, guys. Found the bug in KDE's bugzilla (after missing it earlier). It has been fixed there: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158069 Benno -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] The device-mapper init script is written for baselayout-2
Hi Stroller, on Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 12:51:04PM +, you wrote: Since I'm not real sure what this package does, I am unsure if I should just unmerge and re-emerge it (perhaps at one time I ran the ~x86 version and so I have a mixture?) I'm not sure what this does, either. Someone may come along in a moment with better advice, but as a first step I'd `equery b /etc/initi.d/device-mapper`. If it says that device-mapper doesn't belong to any of your current packages then I think you can safely (remove it from the default runlevel and subsequently) delete it, otherwise I'd reemerge the package to which it belongs. Baselayout has a bunch of init scripts and utilities that all the other init scripts need, plus /etc/conf.d stuff (equery f baselayout can tell you what exactly). You certainly don't want to unmerge that if you ever plan to reboot your system. I'm not 100% sure about the device-mapper script but I ran into the same question when I installed my new amd64 system these days. The x86 one didn't have it when I started using encrypted homes so I hadn't noticed it appeared in one of the latest dm-crypt versions. It looks like they just split off some functionality Baselayout-1 has in localmount and checkfs into its own script. Just ignore/remove it for now, there will probably be a fat warning when Baselayout-2 turns stable and you have to re-add it. cheers, Matthias -- I prefer encrypted and signed messages. KeyID: FAC37665 Fingerprint: 8C16 3F0A A6FC DF0D 19B0 8DEF 48D9 1700 FAC3 7665 pgpgWdYUrQfMZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Make krusader default file manager
well revdep-rebuild -p gives no errors...i still reemerged krusader with the useflag debug and when i run it from konsole it gives the following output jrn23@ ~ krusader krusader: Initialisising useractions... krusader: 10 useractions read. still when i try to open a directory from the desktop it gives me the same error kdeinit could not launch '/usr/bin/krusader' ...something else i could do?? On 07/03/2008, darren kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quoth the Danis Petkakis: hello there i'm trying to make krusader my default file manager...so when i'm double-clicking on a directory it should be opened by Krusader...i try to set it up correctly in kcontrol-kde components-file associations-inode-directory and choose Krusader in the application preference box but when i double-click on a folder it pops up an error message saying kdeinit could not launch '/usr/bin/krusader'...could someone tell me how to make krusader the default file manager?? thanks... Seems like you were successful making krusader the default. It also seems that krusader is broken. I suggest trying to start `krusader` directly from a terminal (konsole or whatever) to see if there is something useful in an error message. Perhaps you need to run revdep-rebuild... Or just `emerge krusader`. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org ...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected... - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now]
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:17 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: We got a new printer today. It's the same model as our old printer, so it should work, right? I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface. It does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device. My kernel is built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and parport_pc: catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport parport_pc 32868 0 parport26696 1 parport_pc And dmseg is aware of the printer: catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88 But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from AppSocket/HPJetDirect Backend Error Handler HP Printer (HPLIP) Internet Printing Protocol (http) Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) LPD/LPR Host or Printer SCSI Printer Serial Port #1 but no parallel port. It used to be on there. How can I get it back, or is parallel port called something else now? I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the kernel. It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer? I've set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it, but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know about it? Maybe I should mention that I'm using gnome: camille ~ # emerge -pv gnome These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-2.20.3 USE=cdr cups dvdr -accessibility -esd -ldap -mono 0 kB I did find the Main Menu-System-Preferences-Printers and it detects my printer, but it asks me to put in make and model information even when I select the printer (which is already set up.) and I don't see the model of my printer listed. It's an Epson Stylus C88. Is that called something else in the printers interface? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now] [SOLVED]
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:26 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:17 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: We got a new printer today. It's the same model as our old printer, so it should work, right? I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface. It does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device. My kernel is built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and parport_pc: catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport parport_pc 32868 0 parport26696 1 parport_pc And dmseg is aware of the printer: catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88 But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from AppSocket/HPJetDirect Backend Error Handler HP Printer (HPLIP) Internet Printing Protocol (http) Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) LPD/LPR Host or Printer SCSI Printer Serial Port #1 but no parallel port. It used to be on there. How can I get it back, or is parallel port called something else now? I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the kernel. It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer? I've set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it, but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know about it? Maybe I should mention that I'm using gnome: camille ~ # emerge -pv gnome These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-2.20.3 USE=cdr cups dvdr -accessibility -esd -ldap -mono 0 kB I did find the Main Menu-System-Preferences-Printers and it detects my printer, but it asks me to put in make and model information even when I select the printer (which is already set up.) and I don't see the model of my printer listed. It's an Epson Stylus C88. Is that called something else in the printers interface? Nevermind. It was right there in the guide... -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer
On Friday 07 March 2008, Michael Sullivan wrote: We got a new printer today. It's the same model as our old printer, so it should work, right? I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface. It does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device. My kernel is built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and parport_pc: catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport parport_pc 32868 0 parport26696 1 parport_pc And dmseg is aware of the printer: catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88 But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from AppSocket/HPJetDirect Backend Error Handler HP Printer (HPLIP) Internet Printing Protocol (http) Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) LPD/LPR Host or Printer SCSI Printer Serial Port #1 but no parallel port. It used to be on there. How can I get it back, or is parallel port called something else now? Haven't tried it myself, but have you tried HPLIP? Also, check gentoo-wiki for configuring it. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now]
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: We got a new printer today. It's the same model as our old printer, so it should work, right? I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface. It does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device. My kernel is built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and parport_pc: catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport parport_pc 32868 0 parport26696 1 parport_pc And dmseg is aware of the printer: catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88 But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from AppSocket/HPJetDirect Backend Error Handler HP Printer (HPLIP) Internet Printing Protocol (http) Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) LPD/LPR Host or Printer SCSI Printer Serial Port #1 but no parallel port. It used to be on there. How can I get it back, or is parallel port called something else now? I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the kernel. It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer? I've set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it, but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know about it? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
