Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev; version 3

2012-01-09 Thread pk
On 2012-01-09 00:48, Walter Dnes wrote: Hm... if you didn't compile it in you would have needed an initrd; didn't think of that... :-( * with only one binary blob. it just works * multiple blobs should not be included in the kernel, otherwise it gets confused. If multiple blobs are

Re: [gentoo-user] Question kernel upgrades for dracut users

2012-01-09 Thread Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09.01.2012 02:47, Dale wrote: Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: On 09.01.2012 01:34, Dale wrote: Howdy, I'm about to upgrade my kernel. Do I have to update the init thingy too or should it work without updating with each kernel upgrade? I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev; version 3

2012-01-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jan 9, 2012 3:24 PM, pk pete...@coolmail.se wrote: On 2012-01-09 00:48, Walter Dnes wrote: Hm... if you didn't compile it in you would have needed an initrd; didn't think of that... :-( * with only one binary blob. it just works * multiple blobs should not be included in the kernel,

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources-3.2.0-r1 and genkernel

2012-01-09 Thread András Csányi
On 6 January 2012 11:11, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: On 01/06/2012 10:51:26 AM, András Csányi wrote: Dear All, I updated my system and there is a new gentoo-sources version 3.2.0-gentoo-r1. I reconfigured my system to use this kernel and I compiled the kernel with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:46:45 +0100, Hartmut Figge wrote: I have now verified this. Without esound i am getting Timestamp: 09.01.2012 07:18:12 Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... Component returned failure code: 0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE) [nsISound.play] nsresult: 0x80040111

[gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Hartmut Figge
Neil Bothwick: On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:46:45 +0100, Hartmut Figge wrote: I have now verified this. Without esound i am getting Timestamp: 09.01.2012 07:18:12 Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... Component returned failure code: 0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE) [nsISound.play]

[gentoo-user] System hangs when enabling radeon power management

2012-01-09 Thread Blakawk
Hi folks ! I am facing a problem since a week now when enabling radeon power management following KMS Power Management Options [1]. I have two radeon HD 9770 on my system in crossfire configuration, but on Linux I only use one of them (the first one on the PCI bus). When I switch the GPUs

Re: [gentoo-user] Question kernel upgrades for dracut users

2012-01-09 Thread Dale
Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I would say it's between 8 and 9 - both versions are slotted, so you can install both at the same time. If you have trouble, you can reboot from a install cd/usb-drive and reinstall legacy grub. I never had any trouble

[gentoo-user] OT crontab not understood

2012-01-09 Thread Daniel Troeder
Hi :) It seems I don't understand something about cron(tab). Can someone help me pls: I want to run flexbackup with the following backup plan: * monthly full * weekly diff * daily incr So I have installed sys-process/vixie-cron-4.1-r12 (and virtual/cron-0 and sys-process/cronbase-0.3.3).

Re: [gentoo-user] System hangs when enabling radeon power management

2012-01-09 Thread Blakawk
On 2012-01-09 11:51, Blakawk wrote: Hi folks ! I am facing a problem since a week now when enabling radeon power management following KMS Power Management Options [1]. I have two radeon HD 9770 on my system in crossfire configuration, but on Linux I only use one of them (the first one on the

[gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Hartmut Figge
Hartmut Figge: Neil Bothwick: That looks like a configuration option. No, it isn't. I am now using the official SM 2.6.1 from mozilla.org. Same exception. Also in a new profile. And i don't like the ugly new emoticons. *g* Hartmut -- Usenet-ABC-Wiki http://www.usenet-abc.de/wiki/ Von Usern

Re: [gentoo-user] OT crontab not understood

2012-01-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:10:50 +0100 Daniel Troeder dan...@admin-box.com wrote: Hi :) It seems I don't understand something about cron(tab). Can someone help me pls: I want to run flexbackup with the following backup plan: * monthly full * weekly diff * daily incr So I have

Re: [gentoo-user] OT crontab not understood

2012-01-09 Thread Daniel Troeder
On 09.01.2012 12:33, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:10:50 +0100 Daniel Troeder dan...@admin-box.com wrote: Hi :) It seems I don't understand something about cron(tab). Can someone help me pls: I want to run flexbackup with the following backup plan: * monthly full *

Re: [gentoo-user] OT crontab not understood

2012-01-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:02:23 +0100 Daniel Troeder dan...@admin-box.com wrote: On 09.01.2012 12:33, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:10:50 +0100 Daniel Troeder dan...@admin-box.com wrote: Hi :) It seems I don't understand something about cron(tab). Can someone help me

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Dale
Hartmut Figge wrote: Hartmut Figge: Neil Bothwick: That looks like a configuration option. No, it isn't. I am now using the official SM 2.6.1 from mozilla.org. Same exception. Also in a new profile. And i don't like the ugly new emoticons. *g* Hartmut I have Fluxbox installed here too. I

[gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Hartmut Figge
Dale: I have Fluxbox installed here too. I logged out of KDE and into Fluxbox. Seamonkey does NOT play the sound when in Fluxbox. :) It appears that KDE takes care of that when I am logged into it. So, you may need to figure out how to make the GUI take care of yours. I seem to recall from

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Dale
Hartmut Figge wrote: Dale: I have Fluxbox installed here too. I logged out of KDE and into Fluxbox. Seamonkey does NOT play the sound when in Fluxbox. :) It appears that KDE takes care of that when I am logged into it. So, you may need to figure out how to make the GUI take care of yours.

Re: [gentoo-user] Question kernel upgrades for dracut users

2012-01-09 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: I was thinking it did mount /usr but wasn't sure. Actually, I thought that was the point. Thing is, I'm not sure either. It seems when I built mine it read fstab. Maybe it looks there to see if /usr is on a separate partition and if it is then it knows to mount /usr. I

[gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Hartmut Figge
Dale: I would try alsa. It works fine here. Also here. I can play music and still hear all the other sounds that come along, Also here. such as getting emails That's the only one which doesn't work. and such. 'and such' also works here. *g* alsa is enabled in the kernel and i have these

[gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Hartmut Figge
Dale: Maybe you should enable the alsa USE flag? alsa has been in make.conf ever. As for SM, i am not using an ebuild, but here is an excerpt from the building of SM: - build-log.txt - checking for alsa... yes checking MOZ_ALSA_CFLAGS... -I/usr/include/alsa checking MOZ_ALSA_LIBS...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Dale
Hartmut Figge wrote: 'and such' also works here. *g* alsa is enabled in the kernel and i have these packages installed: hafi@i5_64 ~ $ eix -I --only-names alsa media-libs/alsa-lib media-sound/alsa-headers media-sound/alsa-utils media-sound/alsaplayer May it be that you have other packages

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: Hartmut Figge wrote: 'and such' also works here. *g* alsa is enabled in the kernel and i have these packages installed: hafi@i5_64 ~ $ eix -I --only-names alsa media-libs/alsa-lib media-sound/alsa-headers media-sound/alsa-utils media-sound/alsaplayer May it be that you have other

[gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Hartmut Figge
Dale: The difference is: gst-plugins-alsa and alsamixergui. None of them makes a difference. Sigh. I just wonder if alsamixer has something muted? Have you ran alsamixer to check it? Yes. All fine. Remember, that the notification works with esound. And a muted channel would not cause an

[gentoo-user] Re: korganize-4.7.3 broken

2012-01-09 Thread James
Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com writes: Try Settings/Configure and then add new account, or fire up kcmshell4 kcm_akonadi and add resources as desired. I had to use the settings-configureKorganizer-calenders and then put the explict path into the config menu

[gentoo-user] Re: System hangs when enabling radeon power management

2012-01-09 Thread James
Blakawk blakawk at gentooist.com writes: I am facing a problem since a week now when enabling radeon power management following KMS Power Management Options [1]. I have two radeon Well I cannot help you, explicitly; but I have some info to share with you. I have 2 ethernet ports on an

[gentoo-user] Re: Network configuration - Two ips one from dhcp other static

2012-01-09 Thread James
Nilesh Govindarajan contact at nileshgr.com writes: Well, the title tells the question clearly; how do I configure network such that the first ip is obtained via dhcpcd and other is static? config_eth0=dhcp static doesn't work. Did you look at /etc/conf.d/net.example for hints? As a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xpdf - missing fonts

2012-01-09 Thread Joseph
On 01/08/12 19:31, Walter Dnes wrote: On Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 08:40:04PM -0700, Joseph wrote On 01/06/12 13:51, walt wrote: Try turning the NLS useflag on for your installed font packages that use NLS. Not all font packages use NLS, dunno why. To see which installed fonts use NLS: #eix -IU

Re: [gentoo-user] System hangs when enabling radeon power management

2012-01-09 Thread Sebastian Beßler
On 09.01.2012 12:11, Blakawk wrote: On 2012-01-09 11:51, Blakawk wrote: Hi folks ! I am facing a problem since a week now when enabling radeon power management following KMS Power Management Options [1]. I have two radeon HD 9770 on my system in crossfire configuration, but on Linux I

[gentoo-user] Re: OT crontab not understood

2012-01-09 Thread James
Daniel Troeder daniel at admin-box.com writes: So I have installed sys-process/vixie-cron Ah, excellent. Just so you know, Paul Vixie is one of the un_sung heros of the the internet. just look up Paul Vixie on wikepedia and you'll quickly realize that he is one of the Titans that has worked

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: System hangs when enabling radeon power management

2012-01-09 Thread Blakawk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 09/01/2012 17:48, James a écrit : Blakawk blakawk at gentooist.com writes: I am facing a problem since a week now when enabling radeon power management following KMS Power Management Options [1]. I have two radeon Well I cannot help you,

Re: [gentoo-user] System hangs when enabling radeon power management

2012-01-09 Thread Blakawk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 09/01/2012 18:57, Sebastian Beßler a écrit : On 09.01.2012 12:11, Blakawk wrote: On 2012-01-09 11:51, Blakawk wrote: Hi folks ! I am facing a problem since a week now when enabling radeon power management following KMS Power Management

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev; version 3

2012-01-09 Thread pk
On 2012-01-09 10:47, Pandu Poluan wrote: Is it possible to load the firmware blob after booting, from the shell? I don't think so; KMS needs it to talk to the gpu so either it needs to be in an initrd (loaded with the KMS/framebuffer module) or compiled in. That's how I understand it anyway...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev; version 3

2012-01-09 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 04:47:22PM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote Is it possible to load the firmware blob after booting, from the shell? I don't think so. These are not standard kernel modules (*.o) files. -- Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org

Re: [gentoo-user] System hangs when enabling radeon power management

2012-01-09 Thread Blakawk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 09/01/2012 19:47, Blakawk a écrit : Le 09/01/2012 18:57, Sebastian Beßler a écrit : On 09.01.2012 12:11, Blakawk wrote: On 2012-01-09 11:51, Blakawk wrote: Hi folks ! I am facing a problem since a week now when enabling radeon power

[gentoo-user] Re: xpdf - missing fonts

2012-01-09 Thread walt
On 01/09/2012 09:50 AM, Joseph wrote: What is the easiest way to re-emerge all the fonts on the system or list the one that are installed? Listing them is easy: #eix -I | grep media-fonts I'll bet there is some other tool that will also emerge all of them for you but I'm too lazy to do the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xpdf - missing fonts

2012-01-09 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:23 PM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: On 01/09/2012 09:50 AM, Joseph wrote: What is the easiest way to re-emerge all the fonts on the system or list the one that are installed? Listing them is easy: #eix -I | grep media-fonts I'll bet there is some other tool that

[gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread walt
On 01/09/2012 04:46 AM, Hartmut Figge wrote: It would be interesting to know, if Gnome is using pulseaudio... Unfortunately yes. They seem determined to shove pulse down our throats just like everyone else, and for no good reason that I can see. Yes, maybe some people need a sound daemon but I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xpdf - missing fonts

2012-01-09 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 10:50:28AM -0700, Joseph wrote I think you are correct on this one. I'll try to modify your system. What is the easiest way to re-emerge all the fonts on the system or list the one that are installed? I've manually installed some of the fonts that I have on my other

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get raid

2012-01-09 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Success - I managed to get a raid1 device operating. I created the final filesystem by using mkfs.xfs -f /dev/md0, then waited for the rebuild to complete before rebooting the system. It appears to be created successfully. Now I'll try the same sequence with sdb and sdc to see

[gentoo-user] Horrible TrueCrypt performance

2012-01-09 Thread Alex Schuster
Hi there! I have to copy some 100 G of files from one to another USB drive. Both are formatted with NTFS, the destination drive already has a truecrypt container file where I need to store the data into. This is sort of working, but the speed is waa too slow. After about four hours, only 8 G

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get raid

2012-01-09 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Me too. mdadm --detail /dev/md0 thinks that /dev/sdc1 is faulty. I'm not sure whether it's really faulty, or just that my setup for RAID is screwed up. How do I get rid of an existing /dev/md0? you stop it. Override the superblock with dd.. and lose all data on the disks.

[gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-09 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Hi, Can anyone give me any pointers as to how to diagnose a problem with ntpd crashing. My time keeps defaulting to 5 hours earlier than it should. There's nothing in dmesg when I do dmesg | grep time, or dmesg | grep ntp, but /etc/init.d/ntpd status tells me that ntpd has crashed. Jeff

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Network configuration - Two ips one from dhcp other static

2012-01-09 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Mon 09 Jan 2012 10:44:02 PM IST, James wrote: Nilesh Govindarajan contact at nileshgr.com writes: Well, the title tells the question clearly; how do I configure network such that the first ip is obtained via dhcpcd and other is static? config_eth0=dhcp static doesn't work. Did you look

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Dale
Hartmut Figge wrote: Hartmut Figge: Now, installation of esound was necessary for my SeaMonkey to be able to notify of new mail with a custom sound file. I do *not* want pulseaudio, so, do you know of an replacement for esound which could work with SeaMonkey? Summary of the thread: Without

[gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Hartmut Figge
Dale: Hartmut Figge wrote: Now, removing esound is no longer a problem for gentoo-user. I may take it upstream to mozilla.org. When you take it upstream, tell them it doesn't work in Fluxbox plus the GUI you are using. It may help them narrow down the problem. *If*, not *when*. ;) Hartmut,

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-09 Thread W.Kenworthy
Define crashing? This looks more like problems with yout TZ variables than ntpd. try ntpq -p to check if its actually running/locked. If ntpd is freewheeling, it is prpbably because your time is too far from lock so it will silently fail (default config). If ntpd has really crashed (ps aux

[gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-09 Thread Hartmut Figge
Hartmut Figge: Now, installation of esound was necessary for my SeaMonkey to be able to notify of new mail with a custom sound file. I do *not* want pulseaudio, so, do you know of an replacement for esound which could work with SeaMonkey? Summary of the thread: Without esound there is an

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get raid

2012-01-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jan 10, 2012 8:48 AM, Jeff Cranmer j...@lotussevencars.com wrote: Me too. mdadm --detail /dev/md0 thinks that /dev/sdc1 is faulty. I'm not sure whether it's really faulty, or just that my setup for RAID is screwed up. How do I get rid of an existing /dev/md0? you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT crontab not understood

2012-01-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jan 10, 2012 1:35 AM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Daniel Troeder daniel at admin-box.com writes: So I have installed sys-process/vixie-cron Ah, excellent. Just so you know, Paul Vixie is one of the un_sung heros of the the internet. just look up Paul Vixie on wikepedia and