Does anyone think that a mechanism of applying patches to a package
without the need to modify the ebuild of that package would be a useful
feature? There are cases of useful patches that are not accepted by the
maintainers of the ebuild (because they have not been accepted upstream
or other
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Does anyone think that a mechanism of applying patches to a package
without the need to modify the ebuild of that package would be a
useful feature? There are cases of useful patches that are not
accepted by the maintainers of the ebuild (because they have not been
090516 Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
Am Samstag, 16. Mai 2009 11:55:18 schrieb Philip Webb:
I have got 2.6.25 to work again after enabling 'evdev'
evdev is completely unrelated to CD writing.
Yes, I know that: it was necessary in order to resurrect 2.6.25
after the big change in Xorg recently: I
Saphirus Sage wrote:
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Does anyone think that a mechanism of applying patches to a package
without the need to modify the ebuild of that package would be a
useful feature? There are cases of useful patches that are not
accepted by the maintainers of the ebuild (because
Am Sonntag, 17. Mai 2009 09:18:52 schrieb Philip Webb:
However, I can't even find it in menuconfig.
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG is not set
As written before: No SG, no write (to CD).
No, I didn't have it in 2.6.25 have just blanked a CD without it.
The kernel help recommends 'No' unless you
On Sun, 17 May 2009 10:20:33 +0300
Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote:
What if we could just specify patches to be applied in, say,
/etc/portage/packages.patch with something like:
media-video/smplayer j-random-hack.patch
...
Can someone think of a way to set up something like
Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de writes:
What if we could just specify patches to be applied in, say,
/etc/portage/packages.patch with something like:
media-video/smplayer j-random-hack.patch
and portage would apply that patch automatically? That way, the
hassle of updating the ebuild
On Sun, 17 May 2009 09:44:19 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Does anyone think that a mechanism of applying patches to a package
without the need to modify the ebuild of that package would be a useful
feature? There are cases of useful patches that are not accepted by
the maintainers of
On Sunday 17 May 2009 03:33:22 pk wrote:
Alan McKinnon wrote:
As I see it, at the bottom of the stack you have a kernel and at the top
a user space app (the X server will do for an example). Plug in a USB
device that the app can use, and the kernel needs to make a node in /dev
for it if
On Sun, 17 May 2009 09:42:20 +0100
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
I think you can redefine ebuild functions
in /etc/portage/env/cat/pkg, so you could out a custom src_unpack()
in there. It should work if the ebuild has no src_unoack, so you
could do something like
src_unpack() {
Peter Alfredsen wrote:
On Sun, 17 May 2009 09:42:20 +0100
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
I think you can redefine ebuild functions
in /etc/portage/env/cat/pkg, so you could out a custom src_unpack()
in there. It should work if the ebuild has no src_unoack, so you
could do something
On Sunday 17 May 2009, Mick wrote:
Thanks Graham,
On Saturday 16 May 2009, Graham Murray wrote:
Here are some samples.
/etc/racoon/racoon.conf
/etc/racoon/psk.txt
/etc/ipsec.conf
Do I need a /etc/setkey.conf file? How do I create it?
When I run '/etc/init.d/racoon start' this
Mick schrieb:
Last time this happened to me (more than once), it was because I had selected
something in the kernel that I shouldn't have. I had to retrace my steps,
removed the offending module and then it compiled and installed fine.
I think you are right. Yesterday I had some time to look
Alan McKinnon wrote:
- only Linux has udev. Other OSes may not need, want or be willing to touch
udev with a bargepole.
Yes, udev is linux only. Replace udev with whatever is available on
other platforms in that diagram. I just used linux as an example...
Sorry for not making it clear.
But
There are still a lot of DVD-Video media that don't use CSS.
I have certainly cloned region-protected DVDs on a number of
occasions
using `dd`. These disks have given no read errors, and the subsequent
encrypted .iso image has produced perfectly fine rips.
Most video DVDs are dual
On Sunday 17 May 2009 14:15:31 pk wrote:
But you have that in the current setup. Hal (for better or worse) is the
daemon. dbus is simply a message transport and can be omitted from the
conceptual diagram
Why is dbus needed? Why can't the user space apps talk to the user space
daemon
bn ha scritto:
2) What are the caveats and pitfalls I should be aware of when upgrading
to latest kernel? I confess that reading CHANGELOGs didn't help me too
much, quite confusing.
I resume this thread because I read ofthings like that (/dev/sr0 has
disappeared thread):
You need to enable
On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 16:46 +0100, bn wrote:
So, what kind of traps like that should I expect?
I expect things like that to have potentially changed with every point
release of the 2.6 kernel, since the numbering scheme is practically
useless now. Every 2.6.XX release has the potential for
090517 bn wrote:
What are the caveats and pitfalls I should be aware of
when upgrading to latest kernel? I resume this thread
because I read of things like /dev/sr0 has disappeared
You need to enable this to make CONFIG_PATA_JMICRON visible.
... THAT's what happened to it !! This is the
Dale ha scritto:
I hope someone wins the debate soon and gets this to work and be user
friendly. I'm about to make a fresh backup and try this again. I have
upgraded my kernel to a really new version, 2.6.25. Sorry, nvidia won't
compile with anything newer that I have tried.
Uh? last
On Sun, 17 May 2009 12:13:27 +0200, Peter Alfredsen wrote:
As you can see, there are post_ and pre_ phases for all phase functions
which can be used to do fancy stuff like this.
Neat!
I prefer /etc/portage/bashrc for this, since these hacks are usually
only needed for a short time, so
On Sun, 17 May 2009 12:18:14 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
'make oldconfig' is the usual recommendation, but there's no help:
it's just a list of Do you want to ... ? which you can't save easily.
Of course there;s help. Most options give a choice of y/n/m/?. Guess what
happens when you press?
--
On Sunday 17 May 2009 19:10:05 bn wrote:
Dale ha scritto:
I hope someone wins the debate soon and gets this to work and be user
friendly. I'm about to make a fresh backup and try this again. I have
upgraded my kernel to a really new version, 2.6.25. Sorry, nvidia won't
compile with
Alan McKinnon ha scritto:
On Sunday 17 May 2009 19:10:05 bn wrote:
Dale ha scritto:
I hope someone wins the debate soon and gets this to work and be user
friendly. I'm about to make a fresh backup and try this again. I have
upgraded my kernel to a really new version, 2.6.25. Sorry, nvidia
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sunday 17 May 2009 19:10:05 bn wrote:
Dale ha scritto:
I hope someone wins the debate soon and gets this to work and be user
friendly. I'm about to make a fresh backup and try this again. I have
upgraded my
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Sun, 17 May 2009 12:18:14 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
'make oldconfig' is the usual recommendation, but there's no help:
it's just a list of Do you want to ... ? which you can't save easily.
Of course there;s help. Most options give a choice of y/n/m/?. Guess
bn wrote:
Dale ha scritto:
I hope someone wins the debate soon and gets this to work and be user
friendly. I'm about to make a fresh backup and try this again. I have
upgraded my kernel to a really new version, 2.6.25. Sorry, nvidia won't
compile with anything newer that I have tried.
Mark Knecht wrote:
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Sunday 17 May 2009 19:10:05 bn wrote:
Dale ha scritto:
I hope someone wins the debate soon and gets this to work and be user
friendly. I'm about to make a fresh backup and
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Mark Knecht wrote:
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Sunday 17 May 2009 19:10:05 bn wrote:
Dale ha scritto:
I hope someone wins the debate soon and gets this to work and be
Mark Knecht wrote:
Dale,
As far as I can tell I'm not having any problems. This machine was
using a 2.6.28 kernel up until yesterday when I updated to 2.6.29-r4.
The point I'm trying to make is that this old driver and all the
kernels I have used up to now have all worked.
I noticed
On Sonntag 17 Mai 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Sunday 17 May 2009 03:33:22 pk wrote:
Alan McKinnon wrote:
As I see it, at the bottom of the stack you have a kernel and at the
top a user space app (the X server will do for an example). Plug in a
USB device that the app can use, and the
Hi,
Would anybody, please, confirm the following behavior before I file a
report with B.G.O?
% emerge -C dev-perl/yaml
% emerge --depclean -p
[-snip-]
Calculating dependencies... done!
* Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to
* the following required packages not being
Daniel Iliev schrieb am 18.05.2009 00:16:
Hi,
Would anybody, please, confirm the following behavior before I file a
report with B.G.O?
% emerge -C dev-perl/yaml
% emerge --depclean -p
[-snip-]
Calculating dependencies... done!
* Dependencies could not be completely
From what I see, update newuse deep world is NOT pulling it back in. That's
the bug.
On May 17, 2009 6:26 PM, Daniel Pielmeier daniel.pielme...@googlemail.com
wrote:
Daniel Iliev schrieb am 18.05.2009 00:16:
Hi,Would anybody, please, confirm the following behavior before I
file a report
On Mon, 18 May 2009 01:16:24 +0300
Daniel Iliev daniel.il...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Would anybody, please, confirm the following behavior before I file a
report with B.G.O?
% emerge -C dev-perl/yaml
[...]
% emerge --update --newuse --deep world
Calculating dependencies... done!
Jason Weisberger schrieb am 18.05.2009 00:30:
From what I see, update newuse deep world is NOT pulling it back in. That's
the bug.
Okay i should read more carefully. Tried the --with-bdeps option?
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On Sun, 17 May 2009 18:30:47 -0400
Jason Weisberger jbdu...@gmail.com wrote:
From what I see, update newuse deep world is NOT pulling it back in.
That's the bug.
Exactly.
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Best regards,
Daniel
Daniel Iliev wrote:
Hi,
Would anybody, please, confirm the following behavior before I file a
report with B.G.O?
% emerge -C dev-perl/yaml
% emerge --depclean -p
[-snip-]
Calculating dependencies... done!
* Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to
* the following
On Mon, 18 May 2009 00:36:56 +0200
Peter Alfredsen loki_...@gentoo.org wrote:
On Mon, 18 May 2009 01:16:24 +0300
Daniel Iliev daniel.il...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Would anybody, please, confirm the following behavior before I file
a report with B.G.O?
% emerge -C
Daniel Iliev wrote:
On Mon, 18 May 2009 00:36:56 +0200
Peter Alfredsen loki_...@gentoo.org wrote:
On Mon, 18 May 2009 01:16:24 +0300
Daniel Iliev daniel.il...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Would anybody, please, confirm the following behavior before I file
a report with B.G.O?
%
My mistake, not a bug. I'm glad I asked here before wasting devs'
time with invalid reports. Thanks, guys! :)
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Daniel
On Mon, 18 May 2009 01:49:54 +0300, Daniel Iliev wrote:
Yes, that's it. Strange, I was under the impression that bdeps was yes
by default.
Only when using --depclean.
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For you guys with older hardware/drivers, have you tried turning on
CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS and recompiling the kernel to see if its helps? (Kernel
hacking - Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols).
I use it to support vmware server 1.x and ati flgrx drivers (with 2.6.26 or
later kernels). IIRC
Adam Carter wrote:
For you guys with older hardware/drivers, have you tried turning on
CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS and recompiling the kernel to see if its helps? (Kernel
hacking - Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols).
I use it to support vmware server 1.x and ati flgrx drivers (with 2.6.26
For you guys with older hardware/drivers, have you tried
turning on CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS and recompiling the kernel
to see if its helps? (Kernel hacking - Enable
unused/obsolete exported symbols).
snip
That is a good find. I can't say that it is the problem but
it was not
enabled on my
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