Re: [gentoo-user] Freeing up disk space problem!!
On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 02:09:04 +0100 Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: Disk manufacturers measure kilos of data as 1000 Everyone else measures it in 1024 Well, to nitpick, they say it correctly, as for their kilo, 10^3 bytes is correct. We, the binary folk, assert kilo to be 2^10 bytes which is actually called kibi, but we still use kilo in our everyday language thanks to historical ballast (and because, as I recently heard, the -bi units aren't around that long yet). First time I heard of them was in uni lecture ~2003±1. Yeah, I know the reasoning they use. But the entire world and everyone in it intuitively expects disk capacity to be measured in units of 2^X Especially as the disk manufacturers themselves make their disks to have allocation unit like 512, 1024 and 4096 bytes, not 500, 1000 and 4000 -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Freeing up disk space problem!!
On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 01:59:41 +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: It just means that before the drive gets physically full (which means that files will fragment more), it will get logically full earlier. This is why there can be expected less fragmentation under extreme circumstances (i.e. an almost full FS). And after three hours of video transcoding, you get a disk full error instead of a somewhat fragmented file. So far, I've seen no reason to not use 0 on non-system filesystems. After all, -m 0 only tells ext? to behave like every other filesystem in this respect. -- Neil Bothwick I work with User-Surly Software. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [OT] [gentoo-user] Anybody have kdebluetooth working?
On 29 February 2012, at 21:08, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Tuesday 28 February 2012 15:57:36 James Broadhead wrote: Please don't send html emails to the list … I have never set an option to write in HTML so I shut kmail down and checked its config file. It said html- markup=true for some reason. So I changed it to false and I hope that's cleared the problem. It hasn't.
[gentoo-user] Awesome WM, io.popen() attempt to index io nil value
Hi folks, is anyone of you using awesome wm? I've been struggling with a little bit of a problem lately, wanted to create a widget that retrieves gmail data using curl. The problem encountered is the function io.popen() that returns nil [attempt to index io nil value] (as having an error in lua) even though not doing anything special, tested also with ls -l and other trivial bash commands... Can somebody help me resolve the problem?
Re: [OT] [gentoo-user] Anybody have kdebluetooth working?
On 1 March 2012 15:07, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 29 February 2012, at 21:08, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Tuesday 28 February 2012 15:57:36 James Broadhead wrote: Please don't send html emails to the list … I have never set an option to write in HTML so I shut kmail down and checked its config file. It said html- markup=true for some reason. So I changed it to false and I hope that's cleared the problem. It hasn't. We could blame the 4.7.4 version for this, but just in case - did you restart kmail and does the config file still read markup=false? -- Regards, Mick
[gentoo-user] Re: Awesome WM, io.popen() attempt to index io nil value
http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.7 the doc also found on other resources scripts using IO not io, that still aint working... On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:14 PM, trevor donahue donahue.tre...@gmail.comwrote: Hi folks, is anyone of you using awesome wm? I've been struggling with a little bit of a problem lately, wanted to create a widget that retrieves gmail data using curl. The problem encountered is the function io.popen() that returns nil [attempt to index io nil value] (as having an error in lua) even though not doing anything special, tested also with ls -l and other trivial bash commands... Can somebody help me resolve the problem? -- Thanks, Donahue Trevor
Re: [OT] [gentoo-user] Anybody have kdebluetooth working?
On Thursday 01 March 2012 15:28:16 Mick wrote: We could blame the 4.7.4 version for this, but just in case - did you restart kmail and does the config file still read markup=false? I have restarted the whole machine and I now find markup=true again. Solution: stop kmail, move the entire message tree and kmailrc, start kmail, import all messages from the old tree, import all filters from kmailrc. Only took a few minutes and I think I how have a clean system. I'm sure you'll let me know if I'm still polluting the atmosphere with HTML. :-) -- Rgds Peter
[gentoo-user] bind-9.8.1_p1 recompilation failed...
Hi, I just updated portage tree and as a result of that bind wanted to be recompilled (the only difference is -static-libs%): [ebuild R] net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1 USE=berkdb dlz idn ipv6 ssl urandom -caps -doc -geoip -gost -gssapi -ldap -mysql -odbc -pkcs11 -postgres -rpz -sdb-ldap (-selinux) -static-libs% -threads -xml 0 kB But compilation failed with these messages: == libtool: compile: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1 -I/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/lib/dns/include -I../../../../lib/dns/include -I/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/lib/isc/include -I../../../../lib/isc -I../../../../lib/isc/include -I../../../../lib/isc/unix/include -I../../../../lib/isc/nothreads/include -I../../../../lib/isc/x86_32/include -I/usr/include -D_GNU_SOURCE -march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -I/usr/include/db4.8 -fPIC -W -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -fno-strict-aliasing -c driver.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/driver.o x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -shared -o driver.so driver.o x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: driver.o: No such file or directory x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: no input files make[4]: *** [driver.so] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin/tests/system/dlzexternal' make[3]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin/tests/system' make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin/tests' make[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin' make: *** [subdirs] Error 1 * ERROR: net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1 failed (compile phase): * emake failed * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/temp/environment'. * S: '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1' Failed to emerge net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1, Log file: '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/temp/build.log' * Messages for package net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1: * ERROR: net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1 failed (compile phase): * emake failed == What could be the problem? I remember just yesterday I updated bind from 9.7.4_p1 to 9.8.1_p1, but today recompilation simply failed... Jarry -- ___ This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted.
Re: [OT] [gentoo-user] Anybody have kdebluetooth working?
On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:03:57 + Peter Humphrey pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org wrote: On Thursday 01 March 2012 15:28:16 Mick wrote: We could blame the 4.7.4 version for this, but just in case - did you restart kmail and does the config file still read markup=false? I have restarted the whole machine and I now find markup=true again. Solution: stop kmail, move the entire message tree and kmailrc, start kmail, import all messages from the old tree, import all filters from kmailrc. Only took a few minutes and I think I how have a clean system. I'm sure you'll let me know if I'm still polluting the atmosphere with HTML. :-) . You might have a clean system but fifty quid says you have a clean system with a whole lot less mail than you used to have Yes, kmail-4.* eats mail. I talk from experience. Feel free to ignore me if you think I'm over the top. I now have this compulsion to bad mouth kdepim at every possible opportunity till the devs fix it properly after losing a month of my life to having to fiddle with kmail eternally plus losing three years of mail history -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [OT] [gentoo-user] Anybody have kdebluetooth working?
On Thursday 01 March 2012 18:01:43 Alan McKinnon wrote: You might have a clean system but fifty quid says you have a clean system with a whole lot less mail than you used to have That would be rash. My gentoo-user mail still numbers 15160 and dates back to a year ago. I don't notice any missing directories either, and all of them contain plausible numbers of e-mails. All the same, I'm not going to start feeling smug just yet. -- Rgds Peter
Re: [OT] [gentoo-user] Anybody have kdebluetooth working?
On Thursday 01 Mar 2012 18:54:30 Peter Humphrey wrote: On Thursday 01 March 2012 18:01:43 Alan McKinnon wrote: You might have a clean system but fifty quid says you have a clean system with a whole lot less mail than you used to have That would be rash. My gentoo-user mail still numbers 15160 and dates back to a year ago. I don't notice any missing directories either, and all of them contain plausible numbers of e-mails. All the same, I'm not going to start feeling smug just yet. Well, I had duplicates being created in gmail (POP3) which magically regenerated themselves in multiples when I tried to delete them ... O_O It is a bloody joke and I can't believe that the KDE devs let it loose on unsuspecting population like this. I mean, people depend on KDEPIM to manage their affairs and businesses. It's not as if it is some poxy eye candy feature. Arrrgh! What are these guys trying to do? Surpass Microsoft in their development decisions? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] bind-9.8.1_p1 recompilation failed...
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just updated portage tree and as a result of that bind wanted to be recompilled (the only difference is -static-libs%): [ebuild R ] net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1 USE=berkdb dlz idn ipv6 ssl urandom -caps -doc -geoip -gost -gssapi -ldap -mysql -odbc -pkcs11 -postgres -rpz -sdb-ldap (-selinux) -static-libs% -threads -xml 0 kB But compilation failed with these messages: == libtool: compile: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1 -I/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/lib/dns/include -I../../../../lib/dns/include -I/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/lib/isc/include -I../../../../lib/isc -I../../../../lib/isc/include -I../../../../lib/isc/unix/include -I../../../../lib/isc/nothreads/include -I../../../../lib/isc/x86_32/include -I/usr/include -D_GNU_SOURCE -march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -I/usr/include/db4.8 -fPIC -W -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -fno-strict-aliasing -c driver.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/driver.o x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -shared -o driver.so driver.o x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: driver.o: No such file or directory x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: no input files make[4]: *** [driver.so] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin/tests/system/dlzexternal' make[3]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin/tests/system' make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin/tests' make[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin' make: *** [subdirs] Error 1 * ERROR: net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1 failed (compile phase): * emake failed * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/temp/environment'. * S: '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1' Failed to emerge net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1, Log file: '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/temp/build.log' * Messages for package net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1: * ERROR: net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1 failed (compile phase): * emake failed == What could be the problem? I remember just yesterday I updated bind from 9.7.4_p1 to 9.8.1_p1, but today recompilation simply failed... First guess: Parallel build error. Try: emerge --resume and see if it gets around it. If not, try MAKEOPTS=-j1 emerge --resume and see if that fixes it. -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] bind-9.8.1_p1 recompilation failed...
On 01-Mar-12 20:17, Michael Mol wrote: On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Jarrymr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just updated portage tree and as a result of that bind wanted to be recompilled (the only difference is -static-libs%): [ebuild R] net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1 USE=berkdb dlz idn ipv6 ssl urandom -caps -doc -geoip -gost -gssapi -ldap -mysql -odbc -pkcs11 -postgres -rpz -sdb-ldap (-selinux) -static-libs% -threads -xml 0 kB But compilation failed with these messages: == libtool: compile: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1 -I/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/lib/dns/include -I../../../../lib/dns/include -I/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/lib/isc/include -I../../../../lib/isc -I../../../../lib/isc/include -I../../../../lib/isc/unix/include -I../../../../lib/isc/nothreads/include -I../../../../lib/isc/x86_32/include -I/usr/include -D_GNU_SOURCE -march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -I/usr/include/db4.8 -fPIC -W -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -fno-strict-aliasing -c driver.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/driver.o x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -shared -o driver.so driver.o x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: driver.o: No such file or directory x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: no input files make[4]: *** [driver.so] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin/tests/system/dlzexternal' make[3]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin/tests/system' make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin/tests' make[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1/bin' make: *** [subdirs] Error 1 * ERROR: net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1 failed (compile phase): * emake failed * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/temp/environment'. * S: '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/work/bind-9.8.1-P1' Failed to emerge net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1, Log file: '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1/temp/build.log' * Messages for package net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1: * ERROR: net-dns/bind-9.8.1_p1 failed (compile phase): * emake failed == What could be the problem? I remember just yesterday I updated bind from 9.7.4_p1 to 9.8.1_p1, but today recompilation simply failed... First guess: Parallel build error. Try: emerge --resume and see if it gets around it. If not, try MAKEOPTS=-j1 emerge --resume and see if that fixes it. I tried but it failed again, at the same moment, with the same messages. BTW, I have 'MAKEOPTS=-j1' in /etc/make.conf so my compilations are not done in parallel. I masked 9.8.1_p1 and downgraded bind to 9.7.4_p1. No problem. Then I unmasked 9.8.1_p1 and tried again. The same error... Jarry -- ___ This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted.
[gentoo-user] Re: bind-9.8.1_p1 recompilation failed...
On 03/01/2012 09:55 AM, Jarry wrote: What could be the problem? I remember just yesterday I updated bind from 9.7.4_p1 to 9.8.1_p1, but today recompilation simply failed... I'm getting exactly the same error, so I'd say the ebuild is broken.
[gentoo-user] MySQL MariaDB - is it time?
Hi all, I just came across this thread today on the MariaDB discuss list about the poor stewardship of Oracle with respect to MySQL (and it references Oracle's track record of poor handling of the FLOSS projects it inherited when it bought Sun): https://lists.launchpad.net/maria-discuss/msg00514.html In it is discussed - among many other things including lots of good reason *why* - the possibility of replacing MySQL with MariaDB in anticipation of Oracle's current poor stewardship of MySQL... My question is - shouldn't gentoo be considering this move as well? I've been seriously considering this for my own servers for some time, and after reading this, I think it is time to stop thinking about it and just do it, but I'm a bit nervous - ianap, and don't want to shoot myself in the foot in the process. Anyone here ever done the switch want to share their experience?
Re: [OT] [gentoo-user] Anybody have kdebluetooth working?
On Thursday 01 March 2012 19:17:05 Mick wrote: Well, I had duplicates being created in gmail (POP3) which magically regenerated themselves in multiples when I tried to delete them I experienced that jollity when trying to upgrade to the latest, fatally broken version, but no such problem with the version I was upgrading from (4.7.4). This version still seems reliable to me, now that I've reset it to a working state. It is a bloody joke and I can't believe that the KDE devs let it loose on [an] unsuspecting population like this. I mean, people depend on KDEPIM to manage their affairs and businesses. Quite agree. It's a travesty of software development, not explained even by Alan's analysis. These people should be given a dose of the Real World (tm). It's not as if it [were] some poxy eye candy feature. Arrrgh! What are these guys trying to do? Surpass Microsoft in their development decisions? Surpass? Is that quite the right word? :-) -- Rgds Peter
[gentoo-user] Gentoo on a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook
I just received the new Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook and I'm trying to install Gentoo but I can't get install-amd64-minimal-20120223.iso to boot via a USB key. I installed it to two different USB keys via unetbootin but I get this right after it asks for the keymap: Looking for the cdrom Attempting to mount media:- /dev/sda1 Attempting to mount media:- /dev/sda2 Attempting to mount media:- /dev/sda3 Attempting to mount media - /dev/sda4 Media not found No bootable medium found. Waiting for new devices... Could not find CD to boot, something else needed! Determining root device... Could not find the root block device in . It must be reading the USB key fine or it never would have gotten that far. Maybe it has no drivers for the disk controller, but then why does it reference the cdrom? I tried the nosata and ide=nodma options to no avail. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] MySQL MariaDB - is it time?
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: Hi all, I just came across this thread today on the MariaDB discuss list about the poor stewardship of Oracle with respect to MySQL (and it references Oracle's track record of poor handling of the FLOSS projects it inherited when it bought Sun): https://lists.launchpad.net/**maria-discuss/msg00514.htmlhttps://lists.launchpad.net/maria-discuss/msg00514.html In it is discussed - among many other things including lots of good reason *why* - the possibility of replacing MySQL with MariaDB in anticipation of Oracle's current poor stewardship of MySQL... My question is - shouldn't gentoo be considering this move as well? I've been seriously considering this for my own servers for some time, and after reading this, I think it is time to stop thinking about it and just do it, but I'm a bit nervous - ianap, and don't want to shoot myself in the foot in the process. Anyone here ever done the switch want to share their experience? It's definitely an interesting dilemma, but one that was expected to happen eventually. Lucky Gentoo doesn't have to worry about release cycles. MariaDB is in portage so, in theory, it shouldn't be too difficult for any of us to make the switch. - Matt
[gentoo-user] Autoloading modules..,
Hi, I want to load snd-seq since the /dev/snd/seq device comes up with the wrong permission, if this modules is not loaded. The result is a defunct qjackctrl. I entered snd-seq into /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-3.2 and it does *not* autoload. I am running Linux 3.2.9 (vanilla kernel). What do have to do additionally to acchieve what I had intended? Thank you very much in advance for any help! Best regards, mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] Autoloading modules..,
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:22 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I want to load snd-seq since the /dev/snd/seq device comes up with the wrong permission, if this modules is not loaded. The result is a defunct qjackctrl. I entered snd-seq into /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-3.2 and it does *not* autoload. I am running Linux 3.2.9 (vanilla kernel). What do have to do additionally to acchieve what I had intended? Thank you very much in advance for any help! Probably not the answer you are looking for but, why do you not compile the module directly into the kernel? Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Re: [gentoo-user] Autoloading modules..,
Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com [12-03-02 05:32]: On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:22 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I want to load snd-seq since the /dev/snd/seq device comes up with the wrong permission, if this modules is not loaded. The result is a defunct qjackctrl. I entered snd-seq into /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-3.2 and it does *not* autoload. I am running Linux 3.2.9 (vanilla kernel). What do have to do additionally to acchieve what I had intended? Thank you very much in advance for any help! Probably not the answer you are looking for but, why do you not compile the module directly into the kernel? Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México I heard -- not only in this list -- that loading modules, that supports hardware, is better than integration the according modules into the kernel. Best regards, mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] MySQL MariaDB - is it time?
On Mar 2, 2012 3:50 AM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: Hi all, I just came across this thread today on the MariaDB discuss list about the poor stewardship of Oracle with respect to MySQL (and it references Oracle's track record of poor handling of the FLOSS projects it inherited when it bought Sun): https://lists.launchpad.net/maria-discuss/msg00514.html In it is discussed - among many other things including lots of good reason *why* - the possibility of replacing MySQL with MariaDB in anticipation of Oracle's current poor stewardship of MySQL... My question is - shouldn't gentoo be considering this move as well? I've been seriously considering this for my own servers for some time, and after reading this, I think it is time to stop thinking about it and just do it, but I'm a bit nervous - ianap, and don't want to shoot myself in the foot in the process. Anyone here ever done the switch want to share their experience? Back in the ubuntu-server mailing list, this has been the topic of a lively discussion last week. The consensus seemed to be that MariaDB and Percona would be drop-in replacements for MySQL. Myself, I'm a PostgreSQL guy so I have no opinion ;-) Rgds,
Re: [gentoo-user] Autoloading modules..,
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:36 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com [12-03-02 05:32]: On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:22 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I want to load snd-seq since the /dev/snd/seq device comes up with the wrong permission, if this modules is not loaded. The result is a defunct qjackctrl. I entered snd-seq into /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-3.2 and it does *not* autoload. I am running Linux 3.2.9 (vanilla kernel). What do have to do additionally to acchieve what I had intended? Thank you very much in advance for any help! Probably not the answer you are looking for but, why do you not compile the module directly into the kernel? Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México I heard -- not only in this list -- that loading modules, that supports hardware, is better than integration the according modules into the kernel. Really? Can't recall that comment on this list. It is certainly more work the first time you install a machine (you need to know your hardware), but in the long run it's easier for a lot of reasons, IMHO. I've been running my kernels with everything I need included since ages; laptop with Intel video card, desktop with NVidia (thanks nouveau!), and every server I run. I use the nvidia binary module in my media center, and sometimes I install VMware or VirtualBox, and then I have a couple of modules hanging out. But usually lsmod returns nothing in my machines. In particular, all my ALSA drivers are included in my kernel, and they never give me trouble. But of course, none of this answers your original question. Good luck with that. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Re: [gentoo-user] Autoloading modules..,
On Mar 2, 2012 11:25 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I want to load snd-seq since the /dev/snd/seq device comes up with the wrong permission, if this modules is not loaded. The result is a defunct qjackctrl. I entered snd-seq into /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-3.2 and it does *not* autoload. I am running Linux 3.2.9 (vanilla kernel). What do have to do additionally to acchieve what I had intended? Thank you very much in advance for any help! If you are using baselayout-2, the file used to specify which modules to auto-load has changed. For more info, please read the following : http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml#doc_chap2 Rgds,
[gentoo-user] Re: Autoloading modules..,
On 02/03/12 06:36, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: I heard -- not only in this list -- that loading modules, that supports hardware, is better than integration the according modules into the kernel. Nope. It's exactly the same. The only instance where it's better, is when you need to unload it again later.
