Re: [gentoo-user] failed reiserfs partition - help!

2010-08-24 Thread Adam Carter
Just checking, you ran mkreiserfs against /dev/sdf1 not /dev/sdf didnt you?

Re: [gentoo-user] Disable fcron logging

2010-08-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 00:12 on Tuesday 24 August 2010, Alex Schuster did opine thusly: Configure your syslogger to devnull these specific entries. All three common sysloggers (syslogd,syslog-ng,rsyslog) all come with extensive documentation on how to do this. Hmm, okay. I

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Petri Rosenström
To display 1920x1080 resolution with 32 bit colors, you need 8,294,400 bytes of video memory. So if you have more than eight megs of video mem you shouldn't need to buy a new one. have you tried something like xrandr --auto --- Petri Rosenström On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:40 AM,

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Adam Carter
No. I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just because I couldn't get the Westinghouse monitor to work without it. The Xorg logs show it recognizes a boatload of modes that the monitor likes, but gives an alibi for not using the HD ones. The approach does not seem

[gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

2010-08-24 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to a local distribution file. I've tried SRC_URI=file::///usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2 but file:// doesn't seem to be supported. Is there any alternative? Thanks for a hint, Helmut. (I'm using portage-2.2._rc68)

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Mick
On 24 August 2010 11:23, Adam Carter adamcart...@gmail.com wrote: No.  I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just because I couldn't get the Westinghouse monitor to work without it.  The Xorg logs show it recognizes a boatload of modes that the monitor likes, but gives an alibi

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

2010-08-24 Thread Robin Atwood
On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to a local distribution file. I've tried SRC_URI=file::///usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2 but file:// doesn't seem to be supported. Is there any alternative?

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

2010-08-24 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 08/24/10 13:45:05, Robin Atwood wrote: On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to a local distribution file. I've tried SRC_URI=file::///usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2 but file:// doesn't seem

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

2010-08-24 Thread Mick
On 24 August 2010 12:25, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: Hi, I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to a local distribution file. I've tried SRC_URI=file::///usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2 but file:// doesn't seem to be supported. Is there any

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

2010-08-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 14:01 on Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch did opine thusly: On 08/24/10 13:45:05, Robin Atwood wrote: On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to a local

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

2010-08-24 Thread Robin Atwood
On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 08/24/10 13:45:05, Robin Atwood wrote: On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to a local distribution file. I've tried

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

2010-08-24 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Thanks, Mick, Robin and Alan! Helmut.

KDE and hdparm (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Disable fcron logging)

2010-08-24 Thread Alex Schuster
Mick writes: On Sunday 22 August 2010 22:39:47 Alex Schuster wrote: BTW, my two additional drives spin up when I log into KDE. Weird, they are not even mounted. From KDE-4.4.4 the start up interferes with the hard drives: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/232044 I

Re: [gentoo-user] failed reiserfs partition - help!

2010-08-24 Thread James
Albert, Thanks for the response. dd for the lazy -- takes 2 seconds to wipe the top of the drive instead of getting rid of numerous partitions that the manufacturer put on the drive. The disk isn't bad -- if it was then I wouldn't have the ability to recover the files via foremost / scalpel.

Re: [gentoo-user] failed reiserfs partition - help!

2010-08-24 Thread James
Yep, positive. Just checked through my history: mkreiserfs -f /dev/sdd1 mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/backup While I'm not opposed to paying $25 to namesys, I'm (a) not certain they will able to fix this cluster, and (b) I'm more inclined to turn to the open source community for help. Googling reveals

Re: [gentoo-user] system lag with gentoo-sources-2.6.35-r2

2010-08-24 Thread Chen Huan
I am the same problems with 2.6.35, now I downgrade to 2.6.34-r6, it is normal till now 2010/8/23 Alan Warren bluemoonsh...@gmail.com Thanks Mark, I'll look into that config option, and try again with top open. In this case I was doing a home backup to a 1TB WD Caviar black formatted as

Re: [gentoo-user] failed reiserfs partition - help!

2010-08-24 Thread Mick
On 24 August 2010 15:46, James j...@nc.rr.com wrote: Yep, positive. Just checked through my history: mkreiserfs -f /dev/sdd1 mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/backup Hmm ... if you have made a fs on sdd1, why are you trying to mount sdf1 in your first post? ... or is sdd1 now being recognised by udev as

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

2010-08-24 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 08/24/10 13:45:05, Robin Atwood wrote: On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to a local distribution file. I've tried SRC_URI=file::///usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2 but file:// doesn't seem

Re: [gentoo-user] failed reiserfs partition - help!

2010-08-24 Thread James
Sorry -- it's a USB device so the drive letter has changed as I've moved the drive around. My friend threw a theory out there -- maybe the beginning of the partition is incorrect on the drive? The drive originally had an NTFS partition. By blowing away the beginning of the drive and then

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:40 PM, d.fedo...@timeweb.ru wrote: 1) Did you made entries for right resolution mode in xorg.conf I modified xorg.conf just to change the idenity info about the monitor. Not seeing any effect, I deleted xorg.conf entirely, and that's how I'm runnung now, and got

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On 24 August 2010 11:23, Adam Carter adamcart...@gmail.com wrote: No. I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just because I couldn't get the Westinghouse monitor to work without it. The Xorg logs show

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

2010-08-24 Thread Arttu V.
On 8/24/10, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: On 08/24/10 13:45:05, Robin Atwood wrote: On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to a local distribution file. I've tried

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

2010-08-24 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 08/24/10 19:17:05, Arttu V. wrote: On 8/24/10, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: On 08/24/10 13:45:05, Robin Atwood wrote: On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to a local

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On 24 August 2010 11:23, Adam Carter adamcart...@gmail.com wrote: No.  I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just because I

[gentoo-user] Bug 291488, Binutils. Workaround?

2010-08-24 Thread Al
OK, this is a Prefix related bug, but I don't want to bother the small team, with every question of a gentoo beginner. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291488 Binutils tries to build a 64 bit module on a 32 bit machine: archive64 something. They write I have to remove the

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

2010-08-24 Thread Arttu V.
Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 08/24/10 19:17:05, Arttu V. wrote: On 8/24/10, Helmut Jarauschjarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: On 08/24/10 13:45:05, Robin Atwood wrote: On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to a

[gentoo-user] 32/64bit confusion

2010-08-24 Thread tpar...@etherstorm.net
I have a new (first) gentoo amd64 install, multilib, and have been searching the docs, forums and google for information on how to handle emerges for 32bit programs on the 64bit install. I have found some references to using -bin for 32bit programs (example: emerge wine-bin to get the 32bit

[gentoo-user] Re: 32/64bit confusion

2010-08-24 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 08/24/2010 11:53 PM, tpar...@etherstorm.net wrote: I have a new (first) gentoo amd64 install, multilib, and have been searching the docs, forums and google for information on how to handle emerges for 32bit programs on the 64bit install. I have found some references to using -bin for 32bit

Re: [gentoo-user] 32/64bit confusion

2010-08-24 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 8/24/2010 4:53 PM, tpar...@etherstorm.net wrote: I have a new (first) gentoo amd64 install, multilib, and have been searching the docs, forums and google for information on how to handle emerges for 32bit programs on the 64bit install. I have found some references to using -bin for 32bit

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 32/64bit confusion

2010-08-24 Thread tpar...@etherstorm.net
On 8/24/2010 5:15 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: There is no such package. There are only very few -bin packages. In other words, -bin is not a magic string you append to package names. As for Wine, the ebuild changed recently to offer both 64bit as well as 32bit Wine. I think the binaries are

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 32/64bit confusion

2010-08-24 Thread Zeerak Mustafa Waseem
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:15:41AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 08/24/2010 11:53 PM, tpar...@etherstorm.net wrote: I have a new (first) gentoo amd64 install, multilib, and have been searching the docs, forums and google for information on how to handle emerges for 32bit programs on

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com paul.hartman%2bgen...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On 24 August 2010

Re: [gentoo-user] 32/64bit confusion

2010-08-24 Thread tpar...@etherstorm.net
On 8/24/2010 5:44 PM, Mike Edenfield wrote: Since you're building from source, very few programs actually need to be 32-bit apps on a 64-bit OS. ... In this case, the Wine package maintainer has set up the ebuild to build 32-bit by default, even on an amd64 profile. ... there is a whole list of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 32/64bit confusion

2010-08-24 Thread tpar...@etherstorm.net
On 8/24/2010 5:45 PM, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: A good idea might be to install the package app-portage/eix. It allows you to, amongst other things, to search for packages in case you're uncertain about a package name. The search will also tell you whether the package is installed, what

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gormankogor...@gmail.com wrote: Yah, I might have some luck with that. Since I'm years out of practice fooling with this stuff (last seen in 2002) can someone point me at the tools for 1) Computing a modeline (I understand the

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gormankogor...@gmail.com  wrote: Yah, I might have some luck with that.  Since I'm years out of practice fooling with this stuff (last seen in 2002) can someone

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread dhk
On 08/24/2010 06:59 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gormankogor...@gmail.com wrote: Yah, I might have some luck with that. Since I'm years out of practice fooling with

[gentoo-user] Is there any games base on openCL?

2010-08-24 Thread Blackdream W
I install the ati-drivers-10.7.1 just now,this version it seem support openCL 1.1. Any games base on it? Thanks.

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM, dhk dhk...@optonline.net wrote: On 08/24/2010 06:59 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gormankogor...@gmail.com wrote: Yah, I

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.compaul.hartman%2bgen...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Paul Hartman [major snippage] Check out x11-apps/amlc -- it has

Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

2010-08-24 Thread Dale
dhk wrote: On 08/24/2010 06:59 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gormankogor...@gmail.com wrote: Yah, I might have some luck with that. Since

[gentoo-user] Re: Bug 291488, Binutils. Workaround?

2010-08-24 Thread walt
On 08/24/2010 12:23 PM, Al wrote: OK, this is a Prefix related bug, but I don't want to bother the small team, with every question of a gentoo beginner. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291488 Binutils tries to build a 64 bit module on a 32 bit machine: archive64 something... That bug

Re: [gentoo-user] Yahoo and strange traffic.

2010-08-24 Thread Dale
BRM wrote: Wireshark will show you the raw packet data, and decode only a little of it - enough to identify the general protocol, senders, etc. So to understand the packet, you will need to understand the application layer protocol - in this case HTTP - yourself as Wireshark won't help you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Bug 291488, Binutils. Workaround?

2010-08-24 Thread Al
That bug seems to concern mostly Solaris and mostly on SPARC, if I read it correctly.  Is that your situation? Not at all. It´s an ordinary PC. Why does it search this archive64 thingy? Looks like a bug. I am searching a workaround. Anyway, the word profile in gentoo usually refers to a

[gentoo-user] Feckless xdm not much of a manager

2010-08-24 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I'm actually working to integrate a new HD monitor in a system built before HD was invented. The monitor works better than the old one, but just in 4:3 aspect mode. But that's another thread, I only mention it so you know I'm as well off as I was before the old monitor fritzed out on me. In

[gentoo-user] Re: Feckless xdm not much of a manager

2010-08-24 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote: I'm actually working to integrate a new HD monitor in a system built before HD was invented. The monitor works better than the old one, but just in 4:3 aspect mode. But that's another thread, I only mention it so you