Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:24:58 -0400 > Michael Mol wrote: > > [snip] > >> Felix, did you follow any >> analogous steps for the 4TB drives? >> >> (Cripes, that's a lot of data. One drive, bigger than any of my >> aggregate volumes.) > > Completely OT but what the heck: :-) > >

[gentoo-user] Re: Don't understand downgrade to kernel-3.2.16

2012-06-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > Michael Hampicke writes: > I'd say you still have a slotted package of gentoo-sources-3.2.* installed. So portage will upgrade gentoo-sources-3.2.* and gentoo-sources-3.3.* Check with emerge -p --prune gentoo-sources > > What I had installed was 3.

[gentoo-user] Re: Don't understand downgrade to kernel-3.2.16

2012-06-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Michael Hampicke writes: >>> I'd say you still have a slotted package of gentoo-sources-3.2.* >>> installed. So portage will upgrade gentoo-sources-3.2.* and >>> gentoo-sources-3.3.* >>> >>> Check with emerge -p --prune gentoo-sources What I had installed was 3.2.6... so why would emerge want to

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jun 19, 2012 6:45 AM, "Alan McKinnon" wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:24:58 -0400 > Michael Mol wrote: > > [snip] > > > Felix, did you follow any > > analogous steps for the 4TB drives? > > > > (Cripes, that's a lot of data. One drive, bigger than any of my > > aggregate volumes.) > > > Comp

[gentoo-user] OT - glslideshow failing; don't know why

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Sullivan
My screensaver is failing. I use a slideshow of a directory of photographs. I use xfce with xscreensaver-5.15. The error says something like "could not find , using fixed instead; xscreensaver killed..." In the preview window of Main Menu->Settings->Screensaver my photos are show correctly, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread felix
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 04:46:15PM -0700, walt wrote: > On 06/18/2012 07:28 AM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 06:59:13AM -0700, walt wrote: > >> On 06/17/2012 11:16 PM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > >>> I bought a USB 3.0 disk enclosure and the system refused to even > >>> ackn

Re: [gentoo-user] Noisy dd operation

2012-06-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:03:35 -0400 Michael Mol wrote: > > But what is your actual query? About the write speed? > > No, not really. TBH, I wasn't expecting to be able to consistently > write quickly to the beginning of the card, but slowly at the end; I > wanted to make sure the card wasn't go

[gentoo-user] Re: Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread walt
On 06/18/2012 07:28 AM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 06:59:13AM -0700, walt wrote: >> On 06/17/2012 11:16 PM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: >>> I bought a USB 3.0 disk enclosure and the system refused to even >>> acknowledge its presence. >> >> By 'system' do you mean the BIOS, o

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:24:58 -0400 Michael Mol wrote: [snip] > Felix, did you follow any > analogous steps for the 4TB drives? > > (Cripes, that's a lot of data. One drive, bigger than any of my > aggregate volumes.) Completely OT but what the heck: :-) I built a 12TB FreeNAS Storage box for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:26:15 -0700 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: > > Helvetica (yuck). > > > http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Helvetica/70076125?trkid=2361637 > > ;-) > /me no have netflix account -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Helvetica (yuck). http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Helvetica/70076125?trkid=2361637 ;-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:54:14 +0200 Michael Hampicke wrote: > > > Am 18.06.2012 16:15, schrieb walt: > > On 06/18/2012 04:01 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: > >> Thing is, when I view messages in Thunderbird - I use TB13 - that > >> are encoded in GB2312 and have chinese characters in them, the > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Don't understand downgrade to kernel-3.2.16

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 18.06.2012 22:49, schrieb Harry Putnam: > Michael Hampicke writes: > >> Am 18.06.2012 21:57, schrieb Harry Putnam: >>> Setup: >>> >>> Running a basic-ish setup with no X configured. >>> >>> This is gentoo running as virtual guest on win7 using Virtual Box. >>> >>> Today I ran eix-sync follow

[gentoo-user] Re: Don't understand downgrade to kernel-3.2.16

2012-06-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Michael Hampicke writes: > Am 18.06.2012 21:57, schrieb Harry Putnam: >> Setup: >> >> Running a basic-ish setup with no X configured. >> >> This is gentoo running as virtual guest on win7 using Virtual Box. >> >> Today I ran eix-sync followed by emerge -vuDp world. >> >> One thing in the outp

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:24:16 -0700, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > Found a Tyan page for my motherboard. Didn't see any obvious fixes > for SATA size. I also don't remember my BIOS version, I'll have to > check that. lshw will show you the BIOs version without rebooting. -- Neil Bothwick The th

Re: [gentoo-user] Don't understand downgrade to kernel-3.2.16

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 18.06.2012 21:57, schrieb Harry Putnam: > Setup: > > Running a basic-ish setup with no X configured. > > This is gentoo running as virtual guest on win7 using Virtual Box. > > Today I ran eix-sync followed by emerge -vuDp world. > > One thing in the output puzzles me: > > [ebuild NS

[gentoo-user] Don't understand downgrade to kernel-3.2.16

2012-06-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: Running a basic-ish setup with no X configured. This is gentoo running as virtual guest on win7 using Virtual Box. Today I ran eix-sync followed by emerge -vuDp world. One thing in the output puzzles me: [ebuild NS] sys-kernel-sources-3.2.16 [3.2.6, 3.3.4] [...] What would cause

Re: [gentoo-user] Noisy dd operation

2012-06-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag, 17. Juni 2012, 19:27:36 schrieb Michael Mol: > So, I'm using dd to write the Gentoo LiveDVD ISO directly to an SDHC > card. I was wondering why the transfer rate had slowed from 20MB/s to > 6MB/s, so I ran 'sudo tail -f /var/log/messages' to see if there were > I/O errors slowing things

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread felix
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 05:45:28PM +0200, pk wrote: > Will you be using these (huge!) drives as boot drives or merely as > storage? If the latter and you're really desperate (haven't tried this > myself) there should be an option to turn off the automatic discovery of > drives in the BIOS and (pos

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread pk
On 2012-06-18 16:34, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > Hitachi, I think. Fry's had two choies differing in size of cache > (64M vs 32M) and some 3TB drives too. I could get the model numbers > when I get back to that system (not near it for a few days). Ah, the deskstar 7K4000 is readily available on

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread pk
On 2012-06-18 16:57, Michael Mol wrote: > I only posted the link to the Seagate drive, since that was the first > one that popped up in my search. Point is, the 4TB drives do exist. Hm, now that you mentioned it I think I've read something about this a while ago (long enough time has gone for me

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment

2012-06-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > So, while we're meta-discussing Linus' rant on Gnome3, here's an article > from TechRadar exploring the usability of the leading Linux desktop > environments. > > http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/whats-the-best-linux-de

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:48 AM, pk wrote: > On 2012-06-18 16:24, Michael Mol wrote: > >> http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST4000DX000/dp/B005WX3NEU/ >> >> "Seagate Barracuda 7200 4 TB 7200RPM SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 128MB Cache >> 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive" > > Hm... then Sea

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread felix
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 04:48:09PM +0200, pk wrote: > That would be a possibility of course... but if that fails he also have > this option: > http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcix.htm > (I'm sure there are similar options from other manufacturers)... My google-fu is deteriorating. I didn't see t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 18.06.2012 16:15, schrieb walt: > On 06/18/2012 04:01 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: >> Thing is, when I view messages in Thunderbird - I use TB13 - that are >> encoded in GB2312 and have chinese characters in them, the font looks >> rather ugly. Unicode messages with or without chinese character

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread pk
On 2012-06-18 16:24, Michael Mol wrote: > http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST4000DX000/dp/B005WX3NEU/ > > "Seagate Barracuda 7200 4 TB 7200RPM SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 128MB Cache > 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive" Hm... then Seagate needs to update their product page: http://www.se

Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 18.06.2012 16:03, schrieb Yohan Pereira: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 01:01:15PM +0200, Michael Hampicke wrote: >> I've been having this problem for a while, but I never bothered to >> really look into it, but now, I want to do something about it. >> >> Thing is, when I view messages in Thunderbi

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread felix
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:24:58AM -0400, Michael Mol wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:12 AM, pk wrote: > > On 2012-06-18 08:16, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > > >> I plugged two 4TB SATA drives in and the BIOS hangs trying to display the > >> disk size. > >>Whether it is the size itself, or fro

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread felix
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 04:12:35PM +0200, pk wrote: > On 2012-06-18 08:16, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > > I plugged two 4TB SATA drives in and the BIOS hangs trying to display the > > disk size. > >Whether it is the size itself, or from using 4K blocks, I do not know. > > This is a bit confusing

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread felix
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 06:59:13AM -0700, walt wrote: > On 06/17/2012 11:16 PM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > I bought a USB 3.0 disk enclosure and the system refused to even > > acknowledge its presence. > > By 'system' do you mean the BIOS, or the kernel driver? I plugged them into the USB after

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:12 AM, pk wrote: > On 2012-06-18 08:16, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > >> I plugged two 4TB SATA drives in and the BIOS hangs trying to display the >> disk size. >>Whether it is the size itself, or from using 4K blocks, I do not know. > > This is a bit confusing. Do you mea

[gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread walt
On 06/18/2012 04:01 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: > Thing is, when I view messages in Thunderbird - I use TB13 - that are > encoded in GB2312 and have chinese characters in them, the font looks > rather ugly. Unicode messages with or without chinese characters look > much better. I attached a screens

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread pk
On 2012-06-18 08:16, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > I plugged two 4TB SATA drives in and the BIOS hangs trying to display the > disk size. >Whether it is the size itself, or from using 4K blocks, I do not know. This is a bit confusing. Do you mean to say that these are 4TB internal drives (3.5")? I

Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread Yohan Pereira
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 01:01:15PM +0200, Michael Hampicke wrote: > I've been having this problem for a while, but I never bothered to > really look into it, but now, I want to do something about it. > > Thing is, when I view messages in Thunderbird - I use TB13 - that are > encoded in GB2312 and

[gentoo-user] Re: Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread walt
On 06/17/2012 11:16 PM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > I bought a USB 3.0 disk enclosure and the system refused to even > acknowledge its presence. By 'system' do you mean the BIOS, or the kernel driver?

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread felix
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 06:11:31AM -0700, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 09:06:54AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:16:24 -0700, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > > > > I plugged two 4TB SATA drives in and the BIOS hangs trying to display > > > the disk size.

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread felix
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 09:06:54AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:16:24 -0700, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > > I plugged two 4TB SATA drives in and the BIOS hangs trying to display > > the disk size. Whether it is the size itself, or from using 4K blocks, > > I do not know. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread felix
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 02:35:03PM +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > 32bit or 64 bit system? Dual opteron, ~amd64. > Kernel options for large file systems? Yes. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / fe...@cr

[gentoo-user] Fwd: gentoo prefix compiling lib tool error during emerge -e system

2012-06-18 Thread AleiPhoenix (A.K.A Areverie)
Hi, all I've posted this mail to gentoo-alt list but have no reply yet for three days, so I have to post it here. Thanks! -- Forwarded message -- From: AleiPhoenix (A.K.A Areverie) Date: Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:54 AM Subject: gentoo prefix compiling lib tool error during emerge

[gentoo-user] Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Hampicke
I've been having this problem for a while, but I never bothered to really look into it, but now, I want to do something about it. Thing is, when I view messages in Thunderbird - I use TB13 - that are encoded in GB2312 and have chinese characters in them, the font looks rather ugly. Unicode message

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 17.06.2012 23:33, schrieb Michael Mol: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> On 17/06/12 22:36, Walter Dnes wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 11:52:48AM -0500, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote >>> In my humble opinion, you should use whatever you actually like. Y

[gentoo-user] Adobe vs Gnash

2012-06-18 Thread Philip Webb
I want to nag my ISP re speed & they will demand I use the Speedtest site, which requires Flash, so I've installed Adobe Flash & Gnash. Firefox allows an easy En/Disable of each one. What I've found so far is that most videos don't seem to download, a couple from Yahoo do show -- Katie Kouric adve

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia-drivers + kernel 3.4

2012-06-18 Thread Philip Webb
120615 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > 2012/6/15 Philip Webb >> after installing Kernel 3.4 , Nvidia-drivers 295.49 wouldn't compile. > I can see that 295.53 and 295.59 are available. Use 295.59. I've updated to the latest testing 302.17 & it's working ok so far. -- ,,==

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations

2012-06-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:16:24 -0700, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > I plugged two 4TB SATA drives in and the BIOS hangs trying to display > the disk size. Whether it is the size itself, or from using 4K blocks, > I do not know. Have you updated the BIOS to the latest available version? -- Neil Bot

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to the gnome-system-monitor panel applet?

2012-06-18 Thread Keith Dart
Re , walt said: > Any suggestions? I use gkrellm. It also has a number of plugins and can launch applications. emerge app-admin/gkrellm emerge x11-themes/gkrellm-themes emerge x11-plugins/gkrellm-cpufreq -- Keith -- -- ~