On Friday 10 July 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Kevin O'Gormankogor...@gmail.com wrote:
Okay, I'm re-emerging hal. I was already using gcc-4.1.2. I still
have mouse and keyboard emerged, but not mentioned in the xorg.conf.
I am coming late to the party here
James schrieb:
Stefan G. Weichinger lists at xunil.at writes:
Sorry for the noise, Stefan
this may ease your pain.
http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot
thanks for the pointer, will look at it soon ... but for now the bios is
updated ...
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:03:20 +0100
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
The elog message from the xorg-server emerge also warns about updating
drivers.
Users should probably make sure there is at least the following
in /etc/make.conf:
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM=echo save_summary
So you get a
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:26:00 +0100
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the warning Helmut. I am still trying to get the 2.6.29 to
work on my old laptop and was hoping that the 2.6.30 would offer a
fix, but from what you are saying it may be a retrograde step in old
hardware like
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:03:36 -0700
Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at
least one package got past my version limits and X broke. Rather than
to try to revert, I thought surely by now, X would be fixed. Sigh.
Set the
James wrote:
this may ease your pain.
http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot
No, coreboot support for newer Intel chipsets/motherboards is not good.
Not due to unwillingness from the developers but lack of interest from
Intel to support them with needed info.
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:18:35 -0700
Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz wrote:
Set the hal use flag and emerge x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev. See if
that helps you.
Also make sure you have this in your make.conf:
INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse evdev
Remove mouse and keyboard sections in your
On 9 Jul, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at
least one package got past my version limits and X broke. Rather than
to try to revert, I thought surely by now, X would be fixed. Sigh.
In another thread, after spending 2 months without
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:31:45 -0500
Harley Peters har...@thepetersclan.net wrote:
But it never issues the power down command.
Yes acpi is setup correctly.
I've seen buggy motherboards and/or bioses behave this way. But check
your kernel config. Might also try some different BIOS settings and see
Was there any oops evident (in dmesg) and reiserfs involved? This is
whats biting me at the moment on 2 systems with 2.6.29/30.
BilLK
On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 13:13 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
Hi,
I just want to warn everybody about the 2.6.30 kernel
(gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r2)
First, it
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Keith Dartke...@dartworks.biz wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:18:35 -0700
Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz wrote:
Set the hal use flag and emerge x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev. See if
that helps you.
Also make sure you have this in your make.conf:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Keith Dartke...@dartworks.biz wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:03:36 -0700
Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at
least one package got past my version limits and X broke. Rather than
to try
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Keith Dartke...@dartworks.biz wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:03:20 +0100
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
The elog message from the xorg-server emerge also warns about updating
drivers.
Users should probably make sure there is at least the following
in
Hi,
I'm upgrading Gentoo nearly each day for 2 years now.
But once in a while I'm lost, like this time
emerge --keep-going -j2 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world
gives a lot of blockings which I don't quite understand (and there are
so many) - see below.
I'd be very grateful to
090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
If all else fails:
x11-base/xorg-server -hal
Is there any other advice?
A new HAL made no difference. Sigh.
I ran into this twice, first on my frontline machine, then on the stand-by.
The solution
Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Keith Dartke...@dartworks.biz wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:03:36 -0700
Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at
least one package got past my version limits
Keith Dart wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:03:20 +0100
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
The elog message from the xorg-server emerge also warns about updating
drivers.
Users should probably make sure there is at least the following
in /etc/make.conf:
Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Keith Dartke...@dartworks.biz wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:03:20 +0100
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
The elog message from the xorg-server emerge also warns about updating
drivers.
Users should probably make
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:21:47 -0500, Dale wrote:
Users should probably make sure there is at least the following
in /etc/make.conf:
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM=echo save_summary
So you get a permanent record and a change to view them at the end of
a ebuild set.
Where are those stored?
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:21:47 -0500, Dale wrote:
Users should probably make sure there is at least the following
in /etc/make.conf:
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM=echo save_summary
So you get a permanent record and a change to view them at the end of
a ebuild set.
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
I'd like to meet whoever came up with this crap. Just a few minutes
behind my woodshed will do.
Hopefully you guys unfortunate enough to have had problems have filed
bugs about it on b.g.o or bugs.freedesktop.org so the devs can
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Same thing here. I just tried again to get hal, evdev and all his
drive me crazy friends to work, it doesn't. It appears to me that hal
will be disabled in package.use for xorg-server FOREVER. I'm sick of
messing with evdev.
On 10 Jul, Dale wrote:
Same thing here. I just tried again to get hal, evdev and all his
drive me crazy friends to work, it doesn't. It appears to me that hal
will be disabled in package.use for xorg-server FOREVER. I'm sick of
messing with evdev. I'm waiting on something better to come
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Keith Dartke...@dartworks.biz wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:03:20 +0100
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
The elog message from the xorg-server emerge also warns
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Philip Webbpurs...@ca.inter.net wrote:
090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
If all else fails:
x11-base/xorg-server -hal
Is there any other advice?
A new HAL made no difference. Sigh.
I ran into this
Paul Hartman wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
I'd like to meet whoever came up with this crap. Just a few minutes
behind my woodshed will do.
Hopefully you guys unfortunate enough to have had problems have filed
bugs about it on b.g.o or
Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Philip Webbpurs...@ca.inter.net wrote:
090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
If all else fails:
x11-base/xorg-server -hal
Is there any other advice?
Helmut Jarausch wrote:
On 10 Jul, Dale wrote:
Same thing here. I just tried again to get hal, evdev and all his
drive me crazy friends to work, it doesn't. It appears to me that hal
will be disabled in package.use for xorg-server FOREVER. I'm sick of
messing with evdev. I'm waiting
Synopsis: I suspect this setup is too specific -- will it work for
both wheel mice and non-wheel mice, and for non-MS keyboards?
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Helmut
Jarauschjarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote:
On 10 Jul, Dale wrote:
Same thing here. I just tried again to get hal, evdev and
Hi folks.
Word of warning. I been upset before, I have even been mad before,
right now, I'm pissed. This is not normal for me but it is what it is.
I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on. Let's just say it was
a nightmare, AGAIN. I want my old way back to say it lightly. I put
Not a problem
--
W. Nick Pappin
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Dave dave.meh...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I had the LSI driver loading as a module. I recompiled the kernel
and made it monolithic, put in the raid and other drivers in that way and
rebooted. It is working!
That
Am Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:13:24 -0500
schrieb Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com:
Hi folks.
Word of warning. I been upset before, I have even been mad before,
right now, I'm pissed. This is not normal for me but it is what it is.
I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on. Let's just say it
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi folks.
Word of warning. I been upset before, I have even been mad before,
right now, I'm pissed. This is not normal for me but it is what it is.
I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on. Let's just say it was
a
On Friday 10 July 2009 17:43:44 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Philip Webbpurs...@ca.inter.net wrote:
090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
If all else fails:
x11-base/xorg-server -hal
Is there any other
On Friday 10 July 2009 12:44:36 Helmut Jarausch wrote:
Hi,
I'm upgrading Gentoo nearly each day for 2 years now.
But once in a while I'm lost, like this time
emerge --keep-going -j2 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world
gives a lot of blockings which I don't quite understand (and
Marc Joliet wrote:
Am Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:13:24 -0500
schrieb Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com:
Hi folks.
Word of warning. I been upset before, I have even been mad before,
right now, I'm pissed. This is not normal for me but it is what it is.
I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned
James Ausmus wrote:
Hi Dale - can you post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /etc/X11/xorg.conf
files?
Thanks!
-James
Posted in another reply. Should be in the same thread. Sorry, I should
have posted those before.
Thanks.
Dale
:-) :-)
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on. Let's just say it was
a nightmare, AGAIN. I want my old way back to say it lightly. I put
-hal in package.use for xorg-server. I put my old xorg.conf file back
as well. I
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
James Ausmus wrote:
Hi Dale - can you post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /etc/X11/xorg.conf
files?
Thanks!
-James
Posted in another reply. Should be in the same thread. Sorry, I should
have posted those
Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Friday 10 July 2009 17:43:44 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Philip Webbpurs...@ca.inter.net wrote:
090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
If all else fails:
On 07/10/2009 01:29 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
On 9 Jul, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at
least one package got past my version limits and X broke. Rather than
to try to revert, I thought surely by now, X would be fixed. Sigh.
In
Thank you to members of this list who have gotten me through a couple
of serious issues. I have another one.
My system reboots at seemingly random times. Usually, this happens
during keyboard or mouse input. I have been using kernel 2.6.30-r2.
Often this happens when using firefox, but not
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Alan E. Davislngn...@gmail.com wrote:
My system reboots at seemingly random times. Usually, this happens
during keyboard or mouse input. I have been using kernel 2.6.30-r2.
Often this happens when using firefox, but not exclusively.
If you can identify when
Mine is working fine also, I did have to rebuild all the drivers after
every update, using 1.6.1.901-r5 currently;
This is a desktop, I have nothing in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/
david [02:54 PM] opteron ~ $ ls /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/
evdev_drv.so kbd_drv.so mouse_drv.so
Here is xorg.conf
On Freitag 10 Juli 2009, Alan E. Davis wrote:
Thank you to members of this list who have gotten me through a couple
of serious issues. I have another one.
My system reboots at seemingly random times. Usually, this happens
during keyboard or mouse input. I have been using kernel 2.6.30-r2.
On 07/10/2009 09:13 AM, Dale wrote:
Hi folks.
Word of warning. I been upset before, I have even been mad before,
right now, I'm pissed. This is not normal for me but it is what it is.
I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on. Let's just say it was
a nightmare, AGAIN. I want my old
On 07/10/2009 03:44 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
Hi,
I'm upgrading Gentoo nearly each day for 2 years now.
But once in a while I'm lost, like this time
emerge --keep-going -j2 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world
gives a lot of blockings which I don't quite understand (and there are
Do you have CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ enabled in your kernel?
yes
BTW, when I try getting back to the X console, it's blank. Is this an
Xfce4 thing? I remember sysrescuecd which also uses Xfce4 had the same
bug/feature. I have to ctrl-c on the first console to get back to the
prompt so I can
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:50:33 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote:
Ctrl-C? My console isn't even logged in. so Ctrl-C won't do anything.
Don't understand isn't even logged in
As in it's just sitting there with a login prompt, but pressing Alt-SysRq-S
shows the emergency sync message.
When you do #
On Jul 10, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
On Freitag 10 Juli 2009, Alan E. Davis wrote:
My system reboots at seemingly random times. Usually, this happens
during keyboard or mouse input. I have been using kernel 2.6.30-r2.
Often this happens when using firefox, but not
James Ausmus wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com
mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
James Ausmus wrote:
Hi Dale - can you post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
files?
Thanks!
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
It does appear to be loading nvidia but I don't see the splash screen.
I also notice that it takes longer to log out for some reason. It logs
in like always, about 10 seconds or so, but when I log out, it takes 45
seconds or so.
Paul Hartman wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
It does appear to be loading nvidia but I don't see the splash screen.
I also notice that it takes longer to log out for some reason. It logs
in like always, about 10 seconds or so, but when I log out, it
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Paul Hartman wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
It does appear to be loading nvidia but I don't see the splash screen.
I also notice that it takes longer to log out for some reason. It
James Ausmus wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com
mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Paul Hartman wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com
mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
It does appear to be loading nvidia
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:47:43 -0700
Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:31:45 -0500
Harley Peters har...@thepetersclan.net wrote:
But it never issues the power down command.
Yes acpi is setup correctly.
I've seen buggy motherboards and/or bioses behave this way.
Hi there,
I want to try burning a DVD using k3b and when it starts up it
complains:
System locale charset is ANSI_X3.4-1968
Your system's locale charset (i.e. the charset used to encode
filenames) is set to ANSI_X3.4-1968. It is highly unlikely that this
has been done
James Ausmus wrote:
Did you try the xinput commands from my previous e-mail? I believe
that they will work for all input devices, not just evdev devices.
-James
I don't know what was wrong but I got it working again. I ran xorgcfg
and let it generate a new xorg.conf file and it works
On 07/10/2009 11:12 AM, Dale wrote:
...
It sees the mouse and says the option for the wheel is there. It just
don't work...
I can't remember if anyone has mentioned xev yet. On my machine with
the bog-standard M$ Optical Mouse (2-buttons+wheel) when I put the mouse
cursor in the xev window
On 10 Jul 2009, at 11:44, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
...
emerge --keep-going -j2 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system
@world
gives a lot of blockings which I don't quite understand (and there are
so many) - see below.
...
[blocks B ] x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2 (x11-libs/qt-
walt wrote:
On 07/10/2009 11:12 AM, Dale wrote:
...
It sees the mouse and says the option for the wheel is there. It just
don't work...
I can't remember if anyone has mentioned xev yet. On my machine with
the bog-standard M$ Optical Mouse (2-buttons+wheel) when I put the mouse
cursor in
Good to hear! Out of curiosity, what's the mouse-related differences between
the two xorg.conf's?
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
James Ausmus wrote:
Did you try the xinput commands from my previous e-mail? I believe
that they will work for all
James Ausmus wrote:
Good to hear! Out of curiosity, what's the mouse-related differences
between the two xorg.conf's?
Well, I can't see any difference. Here is the old file:
Section InputDevice
Identifier Mouse0
Driver mouse
OptionProtocol auto
Option
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
James Ausmus wrote:
Good to hear! Out of curiosity, what's the mouse-related differences
between the two xorg.conf's?
Well, I can't see any difference. Here is the old file:
Section InputDevice
Identifier Mouse0
On 07/10/2009 02:48 PM, Stroller wrote:
...
Solution: To properly set the locale charset make sure the LC_*
environment variables are set...
Googling LC_* environment variables turns up this doc:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml#doc_chap3
I assume this document is correct
On 07/10/2009 04:02 PM, Peter Ruskin wrote:
...
I set LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE to POSIX some time ago to make
konqueror sort the way I expect.
We posted our responses at the same time, apparently. Where did
you learn that POSIX is an appropriate value for those variables?
I need to read
On 11 Jul 2009, at 00:02, Peter Ruskin wrote:
...
This doc refers to a /etc/env.d/02locale file ...
This is what my 02locale file says:
LANG=en_GB
LC_COLLATE=POSIX
LC_CTYPE=POSIX
LC_ALL=en_GB
I set LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE to POSIX some time ago to make
konqueror sort the way I expect.
On 11 Jul 2009, at 00:05, walt wrote:
On 07/10/2009 02:48 PM, Stroller wrote:
...
Googling LC_* environment variables turns up this doc:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml#doc_chap3
...
Unless you have some very arcane lanuage needs you can just set the
value of LC_ALL
James Ausmus wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com
mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
James Ausmus wrote:
Good to hear! Out of curiosity, what's the mouse-related differences
between the two xorg.conf's?
Well, I can't see any
I recently reported that I am suffering random reboots. I have now
discovered an inconsistency in the reporting of the mount point of the
root directory of my Gentoo install. First a little history:
I spent about two and a half weeks trying to install ANYTHING that
would remain stable and
On 07/10/2009 05:16 PM, lngn...@gmail.com wrote:
I recently reported that I am suffering random reboots. I have now
discovered an inconsistency in the reporting of the mount point of the
root directory of my Gentoo install...
No, the two are not related. In my experience, anything that goes
Thank you, Walt.
I live on a tropical island. I've been going through about all the
suggestions people have made and all the ideas I can think of.
Changed NICs. Recompiled kernel with better configuration.
Uptime 1:39
An improvement from earlier today.
I've edited /etc/fstab. But I'll leave
Alan E. Davis wrote:
Thank you, Walt.
I live on a tropical island. I've been going through about all the
suggestions people have made and all the ideas I can think of.
Changed NICs. Recompiled kernel with better configuration.
Uptime 1:39
An improvement from earlier today.
I've edited
Stroller wrote:
Hi there,
I want to try burning a DVD using k3b and when it starts up it
complains:
System locale charset is ANSI_X3.4-1968
Your system's locale charset (i.e. the charset used to encode
filenames) is set to ANSI_X3.4-1968. It is highly unlikely that this
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:50 AM, waltw41...@gmail.com wrote:
On 07/10/2009 01:29 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
On 9 Jul, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at
least one package got past my version limits and X broke. Rather than
to try to
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 05:48:59PM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote
Was there any oops evident (in dmesg) and reiserfs involved? This is
whats biting me at the moment on 2 systems with 2.6.29/30.
No problems here so far. Booted into 2.6.29-r5 just a few minutes
ago...
waltd...@d530 ~ $ uname
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:53:22 -0700
Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
This is NOT the way for Linux to make progress in the desktop wars,
folks.
Works for me. ;-)
But its true that Xorg is making some rapid progress. There's some
growing pains. If you are running Gentoo unstable mask
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