[gentoo-user] Emerge timeout

2010-12-31 Thread Jon Hardcastle
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[gentoo-user] Using lzma for emerge-webrsync

2010-12-30 Thread Jon Hardcastle
Is this possible to happen automatically? -- --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: j...@ehardcastle.com ---

[gentoo-user] Thrashing a drive to flush out problems..

2010-01-25 Thread Jon Hardcastle
Hi guys can anyone recommend a tool for thrashing the b*ll*cks of a drive in  way that isn't destructive to the data? I was thinking badblocks with -w but it is destructive and i dont want to do anything that will potentially lower the integrity of my array? (Even tho it is raid6 :) ) There must

[gentoo-user] Smart Database

2010-01-19 Thread Jon Hardcastle
version of drivedb.h to DATADIR/smartmontools But i wonder where this fits into the wonderful world of gentoo and package management/ Cheers. --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: j...@ehardcastle.com 'Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Smart Database

2010-01-19 Thread Jon Hardcastle
--- On Tue, 19/1/10, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: From: Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Smart Database To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Tuesday, 19 January, 2010, 15:10 Jon Hardcastle jd_hardcas...@yahoo.com writes: Hi guys, I want

[gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild and kde-base/kdelibs:3.5

2010-01-02 Thread Jon Hardcastle
, # 287276, 292791, ... # # Masked for removal in 30 days # does anyone have any advice? I have tried to force the emerge but i dont really know what i am doing :-/ --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: j...@ehardcastle.com 'Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own

Re: [gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild and kde-base/kdelibs:3.5

2010-01-02 Thread Jon Hardcastle
2010, Jon Hardcastle wrote: Hi I am trying to run revdep-rebuild and it gets to the emerge stage and i   get this !! All ebuilds that could satisfy kde-base/kdelibs:3.5 have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your   request: - kde-base

[gentoo-user] All those helpful post emerge messages...

2009-12-30 Thread Jon Hardcastle
they can be seen and digested? Cheers. --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: j...@ehardcastle.com 'Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.' *** Please note, I am phasing out jd_hardcastle AT yahoo.com and replacing it with jon AT eHardcastle.com *** ---

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade or start over..

2009-12-29 Thread Jon Hardcastle
--- On Sun, 27/12/09, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: From: Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade or start over.. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Sunday, 27 December, 2009, 22:24 On Sunday 27 December 2009 21:46:23 Jon Hardcastle wrote

[gentoo-user] Upgrade or start over..

2009-12-27 Thread Jon Hardcastle
as the operating system drives and the rest of the drives are pure data, i can disconnect one and wipe the other reinstall from fresh as a degraded raid 1 and when i know we are good to go, wipe the disconnected drive and add to the array to resync and go from there? --- N: Jon

[gentoo-user] Port Multiplier Support

2009-08-25 Thread Jon Hardcastle
-3Gbps-1-To-5Ports-H-W-RAID-Host-Adapter Can anyone advise if they have any experience in this area? Or indicate some level of success failure? (it is £50 so i dont want to buy it unless there is a reasonable chance of success! thank you in advance! --- N: Jon Hardcastle E

Re: [gentoo-user] ARGH I uninstalled python

2009-05-27 Thread Jon Hardcastle
by this then at least this conv will help them! But I was EXPECTING portage to not let me do something that would stop the 'solution' (and that is what it is whether at the portage or the gentoo level) working. --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: j...@ehardcastle.com 'Do not worry about

Re: [gentoo-user] ARGH I uninstalled python

2009-05-23 Thread Jon Hardcastle
: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Any clues here? --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: j...@ehardcastle.com 'Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.' Please sponsor me for the London to Brighton 2009. Just Giving: http

Re: [gentoo-user] ARGH I uninstalled python

2009-05-23 Thread Jon Hardcastle
too. --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: j...@ehardcastle.com 'Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.' Please sponsor me for the London to Brighton 2009. Just Giving: http://www.justgiving.com/jonathanhardcastle ---

[gentoo-user] ARGH I uninstalled python

2009-05-22 Thread Jon Hardcastle
warnings?!? the warning message was the standard one.. which i ignored thinking i could just reinstall it immediately. No joy! --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: j...@ehardcastle.com 'Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.' Please sponsor me

Re: [gentoo-user] ARGH I uninstalled python

2009-05-22 Thread Jon Hardcastle
python package from internet and install it manually. Afterwards, when emerge get functional re-emerge python. ... I used this way, when it happened to me ... Michal Jon Hardcastle wrote: I was trying to do a emerge --update ask world and it kept failing on updating python-updater

[gentoo-user] accessing a bash

2009-02-05 Thread Jon Hardcastle
Hey guys.. random Linux question. If i have a bash process running on my machine that i am not 'attatched' to is there anyway to access it and see what it is doing short of just killing it? Thanks. --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: j...@ehardcastle.com '..Be fearful when others

Re: [gentoo-user] Smartd

2008-10-24 Thread Jon Hardcastle
--- On Thu, 23/10/08, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Smartd To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thursday, 23 October, 2008, 6:53 PM On Donnerstag 23 Oktober 2008, Jon Hardcastle wrote: Probably

Re: [gentoo-user] Smartd

2008-10-24 Thread Jon Hardcastle
--- On Fri, 24/10/08, Dan Wallis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Dan Wallis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Smartd To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Friday, 24 October, 2008, 1:15 PM On 24/10/2008, Jon Hardcastle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want the drives to be checked

[gentoo-user] Smartd

2008-10-23 Thread Jon Hardcastle
drive... it says the drive isn't capable.. run it again.. and Bob's your uncle. Any clues? Can you vary the time before it tries after a spin up? --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] '..Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.' ---

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-Sources/Vanilla-Sources/Video 4 Linux

2008-09-30 Thread Jon Hardcastle
Jon Hardcastle wrote: Hi, i have spent the weekend trying to get my new Hauppage USB tv stick to work under linux. I have been constantly perplexed by references to compilable kernel modules I couldn't see! I assumed

[gentoo-user] Gentoo-Sources/Vanilla-Sources/Video 4 Linux

2008-09-29 Thread Jon Hardcastle
(This is my first mailing list post - please be gentle!) --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'The writing is on the wall...' ---

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-Sources/Vanilla-Sources/Video 4 Linux

2008-09-29 Thread Jon Hardcastle
as to why this might be? Thank you (This is my first mailing list post - please be gentle!) --- N: Jon Hardcastle E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'The writing is on the wall...' --- because a large part of the dvb/tv drivers are developed outside

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-Sources/Vanilla-Sources/Video 4 Linux

2008-09-29 Thread Jon Hardcastle
On Monday 29 September 2008, Jon Hardcastle wrote: Hi, i have spent the weekend trying to get my new Hauppage USB tv stick to work under linux. I have been constantly perplexed by references to compilable kernel modules I couldn't see! I assumed