[gentoo-user] Custom Timer Frequency (CONFIG_HZ)?

2011-08-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
Just wondering, is it possible to specify a custom timer frequency? E.g., HZ=500 instead of one of the canned values (100, 250, 300, 1000). Rgds, -- FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~  • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com  • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan

Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?

2011-08-10 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:11:48 PM pk wrote: > > Yea, I googled it too. Basically, it is to support newer CPUs. Since > > Hm... the way I interpret it it seems similar to Intels microcode > updates; this could be updates to support new CPUs and/or updates to > handle bugs in the CPUs...

[gentoo-user] Re: wget killed -- wonder where I went wrong...

2011-08-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 20:11, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Hello folks! > > After installation and successful 1st reboot, all attempts at wget gets > killed: > > [-- massive snippage --] > Okay, now, where did I go wrong? > > So, apparently, I'm not alone. But #378449 [1] is full of people with simila

[gentoo-user] Re: wget killed -- wonder where I went wrong...

2011-08-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:24, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 20:11, Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> Hello folks! >> >> After installation and successful 1st reboot, all attempts at wget gets >> killed: >> >> > [-- massive snippage --] > > >> Okay, now, where did I go wrong? >> >> > So, a

Re: [gentoo-user] Zynaddsubfx connected to Rosegarden WITHOUT Jack?

2011-08-10 Thread meino . cramer
Hi Michael, thank you for your info ! :) What do I need for a midi connection (sorry, I am at the very beginning of exploring these kind of tools and jack is everywhere... ;) ) Best regards, mcc Michael Schreckenbauer [11-08-11 02:45]: > Hi Meino, > > Am Dienstag, 9. August 2011, 21:13:42 s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Plasma-runtime compilation problems

2011-08-10 Thread Dale
Jeff Cranmer wrote: I've seen lots of compiler warnings in the past. This one, however, was flagged as an 'Error', not as a warning. It was the last message before the compile failed, so I think it's reasonable to assume that therein lies the problem? << SNIP>> Jeff I can see where one

[gentoo-user] Re: linux-headers-2.6.38

2011-08-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 08/10/2011 04:02 PM, c...@chrekh.se wrote: Pandu Poluan writes: While I'm about to do an `emerge -e @world` ... Should I `emerge -av "=sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.38" ` ? Any benefits over the current "sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.36.1" ? There is at least a theoretical benifit if you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Plasma-runtime compilation problems

2011-08-10 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 16:16 -0700, walt wrote: > On 08/10/2011 03:04 PM, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Am Mittwoch, 10. August 2011, 14:40:31 schrieb walt: > >> On 08/09/2011 08:34 PM, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I'm trying to upgrade kde from 4.4 to 4.6, and I've

[gentoo-user] Re: Plasma-runtime compilation problems

2011-08-10 Thread walt
On 08/10/2011 03:04 PM, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > Hi, > > Am Mittwoch, 10. August 2011, 14:40:31 schrieb walt: >> On 08/09/2011 08:34 PM, Jeff Cranmer wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm trying to upgrade kde from 4.4 to 4.6, and I've run into a problem. >>> >>> Plasma-runtime-4.6.3 is failing.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Plasma-runtime compilation problems

2011-08-10 Thread Michael Schreckenbauer
Hi, Am Mittwoch, 10. August 2011, 14:40:31 schrieb walt: > On 08/09/2011 08:34 PM, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to upgrade kde from 4.4 to 4.6, and I've run into a problem. > > > > Plasma-runtime-4.6.3 is failing. The error appears to be > > redefinition of 'struct QMetaTy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Which gcc unstable?

2011-08-10 Thread Dale
walt wrote: On 08/10/2011 10:57 AM, Dale wrote: Pandu Poluan wrote: Hmmm, just a hunch: Have you tried updating the motherboard's firmware? I did upgrade it a while back. Why did you upgrade it the first time? Were you trying to fix a different problem back then?

Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?

2011-08-10 Thread Dale
pk wrote: On 2011-08-10 22:38, Dale wrote: my CPU works, that shouldn't be the problem. I'll wait until it at least gets out of beta. ;-) We all know my record on breaking things. lol Yes, if you feel there's nothing wrong with your CPU perhaps it's prudent to not update to a "bet

[gentoo-user] Re: Which gcc unstable?

2011-08-10 Thread walt
On 08/10/2011 10:57 AM, Dale wrote: > Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Hmmm, just a hunch: Have you tried updating the motherboard's firmware? >> > > I did upgrade it a while back. Why did you upgrade it the first time? Were you trying to fix a different problem back then?

[gentoo-user] Re: Plasma-runtime compilation problems

2011-08-10 Thread walt
On 08/09/2011 08:34 PM, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to upgrade kde from 4.4 to 4.6, and I've run into a problem. > > Plasma-runtime-4.6.3 is failing. The error appears to be > redefinition of 'struct QMetaTypeID' I don't use kde so I can't be specific, but usually a redefiniti

Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?

2011-08-10 Thread pk
On 2011-08-10 22:38, Dale wrote: > Yea, I googled it too. Basically, it is to support newer CPUs. Since Hm... the way I interpret it it seems similar to Intels microcode updates; this could be updates to support new CPUs and/or updates to handle bugs in the CPUs... > my CPU works, that shouldn

Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?

2011-08-10 Thread Dale
Thanasis wrote: on 08/10/2011 09:48 PM Joost Roeleveld wrote the following: Comment 2 "Update CPU AGESA code" might help. You'd need to google for what AGESA means. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGESA Yea, I googled it too. Basically, it is to support newer CPUs. Since my

Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?

2011-08-10 Thread Thanasis
on 08/10/2011 09:48 PM Joost Roeleveld wrote the following: > Comment 2 "Update CPU AGESA code" might help. You'd need to google for what > AGESA means. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGESA

Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?

2011-08-10 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Wednesday, August 10, 2011 01:09:53 PM Dale wrote: > Dale wrote: > > I did upgrade it a while back. I'll check and see if there is a new > > one now. I hadn't thought of that before. We all know that a update > > fixes some bugs but introduces several new ones. lol Reminds me of > > Raid.

Re: [gentoo-user] vsftpd: how can I chroot both anon and auth users to the same dir?

2011-08-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Jarry wrote: > Hi, > I'm using vsftpd and I'm quite satisfied, except for one > problem which I can not solve: > > Anonymous users are chrooted to base ftp-server directory > /home/ftp but local users are chrooted to their own > directories /home/ftp/$USER and the

Re: [gentoo-user] vsftpd: how can I chroot both anon and auth users to the same dir?

2011-08-10 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 08/10/11 13:52, Jarry wrote: > > If I wanted to have one more problem (anonymous users not > able to access local users' files) I would do it... :-) > > I'll try to explain it one more time. I have local users > "user1", "user2", "userX" and their home directories are: > /home/ftp/user1 > /hom

Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?

2011-08-10 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: I did upgrade it a while back. I'll check and see if there is a new one now. I hadn't thought of that before. We all know that a update fixes some bugs but introduces several new ones. lol Reminds me of Raid. Kill some but new babies come out a few days later. New bugs bu

Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?

2011-08-10 Thread Dale
Pandu Poluan wrote: On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 08:14, Dale wrote: Pandu Poluan wrote: I noticed Dale's email (hi Dale!) [1] asking about which gcc / glibc unstable to use. Is there any consensus yet as to which 'gcc'? I'm planning on doing an `emerge -e @system` on two fresh installs,

Re: [gentoo-user] vsftpd: how can I chroot both anon and auth users to the same dir?

2011-08-10 Thread Jarry
On 10-Aug-11 19:35, Michael Orlitzky wrote: Anonymous users are chrooted to base ftp-server directory /home/ftp but local users are chrooted to their own directories /home/ftp/$USER and they can not move higher. The only way for them to see directories of other local users is to log-off and log-

Re: [gentoo-user] vsftpd: how can I chroot both anon and auth users to the same dir?

2011-08-10 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 08/10/11 12:37, Jarry wrote: > Hi, > I'm using vsftpd and I'm quite satisfied, except for one > problem which I can not solve: > > Anonymous users are chrooted to base ftp-server directory > /home/ftp but local users are chrooted to their own > directories /home/ftp/$USER and they can not move

[gentoo-user] vsftpd: how can I chroot both anon and auth users to the same dir?

2011-08-10 Thread Jarry
Hi, I'm using vsftpd and I'm quite satisfied, except for one problem which I can not solve: Anonymous users are chrooted to base ftp-server directory /home/ftp but local users are chrooted to their own directories /home/ftp/$USER and they can not move higher. The only way for them to see director

Re: [gentoo-user] IOMMU and other oddities...

2011-08-10 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Dienstag 09 August 2011, 07:32:34 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > Hi, > > my PC consists -- beside other things -- of a AMD Phenom II X6 1090T, > a ASUS Crossfire Formula IV and a NVidia GeForce GT 430 by MSI (PCIe). > Furthermore I am using the vanilla Linux kernel 3.0.1. . > > I browsed throu

Re: [gentoo-user] Run command after root mounted ro?

2011-08-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 10.08.2011 03:04, schrieb Daniel Frey: > On 01/-10/37 11:59, Florian Philipp wrote: >> Remounting root read-only is done by an init script called mount-ro >> which is started in runlevel shutdown. Try to add a custom init script >> to your /etc/init.d directory with the following content: >> >>

[gentoo-user] Re: linux-headers-2.6.38

2011-08-10 Thread che
Pandu Poluan writes: > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 20:02, wrote: >> Also, beware. If you recompile glibc withe NPTL_KERN_VER set, you can't >> boot with older kernels anymore. >> > > Can you explain what did you mean with "older kernels"? Kernels older > than a certain version, or a previously-compi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: linux-headers-2.6.38

2011-08-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 20:02, wrote: > Pandu Poluan writes: > >> While I'm about to do an `emerge -e @world` ... >> >> Should I `emerge -av "=sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.38" ` ? >> >> Any benefits over the current "sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.36.1" ? > > There is at least a theoretical benifi

[gentoo-user] Re: Network Topology Diagrams

2011-08-10 Thread James
gmx.de> writes: > lanmap2's github -- what it seems the only source for > the source of it -- points to a 404 Error page. > Is there any other, valid link to it? https://github.com/frac/lanmap2 https://github.com/frac/lanmap2/archives/master Let me know if you hack an ebuild for it J

[gentoo-user] Re: linux-headers-2.6.38

2011-08-10 Thread che
Pandu Poluan writes: > While I'm about to do an `emerge -e @world` ... > > Should I `emerge -av "=sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.38" ` ? > > Any benefits over the current "sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.36.1" ? There is at least a theoretical benifit if you set NPTL_KERN_VER=2.6.38 in make.conf and

[gentoo-user] linux-headers-2.6.38

2011-08-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
While I'm about to do an `emerge -e @world` ... Should I `emerge -av "=sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.38" ` ? Any benefits over the current "sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.36.1" ? Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~  • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com  • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in