Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-08-01 Thread Kent Fredric
On 8/1/07, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kent Fredric kentfredric at gmail.com writes: X/kde runs fine, but when I exit it now, the system latches up, tight all ssh sessions, the console, everything. Now X/kde will not start. Everything latches up as soon as I enter 'startx' at the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
Hello James, hold down Alt and SysReq/PrtScr and press S, U and B in turn to reboot (reasonably) cleanly Interesting idea however this laptop does not have this key SysReq/PrtScr. As Boyd said, it may be hidden (in which case it is very well hidden on this iBook, I haven't found it yet

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread Kent Fredric
On 7/31/07, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volker.armin.hemmann at tu-clausthal.de writes: I've never seen starting up X/kde cause a system to hang before... Is the whole system handing, or just X? The entire system latches up tight, even the ssh remote shells

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread James
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. bss03 at volumehost.net writes: and provided you have enabled CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ in your kernel, hold down Alt and SysReq/PrtScr and press S, U and B in turn to reboot (reasonably) cleanly. Pausing a couple of seconds between each key is probably a good

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread James
Kent Fredric kentfredric at gmail.com writes: X/kde runs fine, but when I exit it now, the system latches up, tight all ssh sessions, the console, everything. Now X/kde will not start. Everything latches up as soon as I enter 'startx' at the console. Try Disabling anything fancy ( ie:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 17:32, James wrote: I have no ide how to diable 'composite support'. Section Extensions Option Composite Disable (or False) When the system was ordered it was specified 1680x1050 on the 17 inch screen resolution. The few times (sporadically) I did get

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread James
Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com writes: From a terminal within X while you have booted the LiveCD run xvidtune (emerge OK I'll give this a whirl, after emerge --emptytree world completes. I'll try all of your suggestions and post to a new thread on the result. The laptop (hopefully)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Florian Philipp
Am Sonntag 29 Juli 2007 22:32 schrieb James: Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com writes: man reiserfsck, or This helps, # reiserfsck --help try the same for reiserfstune and debugreiserfs. If you want to create a reiserfs fs then look at mkreiserfs. My problems in on a new

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Dale
Florian Philipp wrote: Just as a side note: It is not very wise to choose reiserfs for /boot. We had a topic about it some time ago. On such a small partition the journal eats up a lot of space (32MB with default settings). I'm not sure the math is 100% correct but it has to be close.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Florian Philipp
Am Montag 30 Juli 2007 13:53 schrieb Dale: Florian Philipp wrote: Just as a side note: It is not very wise to choose reiserfs for /boot. We had a topic about it some time ago. On such a small partition the journal eats up a lot of space (32MB with default settings). I'm not sure the math

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Dale
Florian Philipp wrote: Am Montag 30 Juli 2007 13:53 schrieb Dale: Florian Philipp wrote: Just as a side note: It is not very wise to choose reiserfs for /boot. We had a topic about it some time ago. On such a small partition the journal eats up a lot of space (32MB with default

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Kent Fredric
On 7/30/07, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5) If (2) indicates corruptions that can only be corrected by --rebuild-tree a) If you suspect your hardware is failing -- replace it. reiserfs doesn't like bad hardware and continuing the recovery process on it will likely cause

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 30 July 2007, Kent Fredric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs': On 7/30/07, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5) If (2) indicates corruptions that can only be corrected by --rebuild-tree b) Begin praying. This guy knows his stuff

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread James
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. bss03 at volumehost.net writes: /dev/sda2/boot reiserfsdefaults 1 2 /dev/sda4/ reiserfsdefaults 1 1 which should force an fsck on the reiserfs file system? I don't see how this would force a fsck.

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread James
James wireless at tampabay.rr.com writes: /dev/sda2/boot reiserfsdefaults 1 2 /dev/sda4/ reiserfsdefaults 1 1 Well OK, I got your instructions. 10 passes of memtest86 and not one error. I do not think it's the ram

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread james
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. bss03 at volumehost.net writes: /dev/sda2/boot reiserfsdefaults 1 2 Did this one second No corruption found from step 2... /dev/sda4/ reiserfsdefaults 1 1 Accidentially issued 4b before 2

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:22:07 + (UTC), james wrote: For now the system is booting to a console prompt. I'm looking for a guide that tells you how to test xorg.conf configs and recover without having to reboot (powercycle) the system. I've never seen starting up X/kde cause a system to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Montag, 30. Juli 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:22:07 + (UTC), james wrote: For now the system is booting to a console prompt. I'm looking for a guide that tells you how to test xorg.conf configs and recover without having to reboot (powercycle) the system.

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread James
Volker Armin Hemmann volker.armin.hemmann at tu-clausthal.de writes: I've never seen starting up X/kde cause a system to hang before... Is the whole system handing, or just X? The entire system latches up tight, even the ssh remote shells and console. Do you have a networked computer

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 30 July 2007, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs': Volker Armin Hemmann volker.armin.hemmann at tu-clausthal.de writes: Neil wrote: If all else fails, and provided you have enabled CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ in your kernel, hold down Alt and SysReq

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-29 Thread Александър Л . Димитров
On 02:30 Sun 29 Jul , James wrote: Kent Fredric kentfredric at gmail.com writes: qlist sys-fs/reiserfsprogs qlist, very nice... You can also use equery, which is in app-portage/gentoolkit. The corresponding equery command would be equery files sys-fs/reiserfsprogs

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-29 Thread James
Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com writes: man reiserfsck, or This helps, # reiserfsck --help try the same for reiserfstune and debugreiserfs. If you want to create a reiserfs fs then look at mkreiserfs. My problems in on a new installation. I'm not sure my resiserfs is auto checking

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:32:29 + (UTC), James wrote: I set xdm to auto start upon reboot (rc-update), and I'm not sure what file I can edit ( or what else I can do from a minimalCD boot) to stop this process set to autostart during the boot process? rc-update del xdm -- Neil Bothwick Do

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-29 Thread James
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: I set xdm to auto start upon reboot (rc-update), and I'm not sure what file I can edit ( or what else I can do from a minimalCD boot) to stop this process set to autostart during the boot process? rc-update del xdm You maean after: mount file

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-28 Thread James
Kent Fredric kentfredric at gmail.com writes: qlist sys-fs/reiserfsprogs qlist, very nice... thx, James -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list