Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 02 December 2009 06:24:22 Maxim Wexler wrote: so tell me how come none of you quarter-brights have responded to the email where I say this problem has been fixed? Maybe because you were making such a ruckus with your three-year old style tantrums that everyone who cares stopped

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:24:22 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote: so tell me how come none of you quarter-brights have responded to the email where I say this problem has been fixed? Because your attitude sucks. you want to help? Frankly, no. Good luck in getting help in future when you respond to

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-02 Thread Jesús Guerrero
Maxim really has a bad attitude, but I'll try once more, and only once. This post I quote from Willie Wong has an step-by-step guide that Maxim obviously didn't read, because even the most utterly illiterate person would understand it. On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 04:56:53 -0500, Willie Wong

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:54:45 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote: you guys are killing me -- the problem goes away when the ac cord is plugged in. I open files watch videos surf the web and so on -- no problems. I'm no expert, but that would seem to suggest that the fs is OK, no? No! You're missing

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 06:54:45PM -0700, Penguin Lover Maxim Wexler squawked: you guys are killing me -- the problem goes away when the ac cord is plugged in. I open files watch videos surf the web and so on -- no problems. I'm no expert, but that would seem to suggest that the fs is OK, no?

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 06:54:45PM -0700, Penguin Lover Maxim Wexler squawked: Roy Marples, who is a(the?) openrc developer, roped me into using git to do whatever git is supposed to do and now it's much worse. /dev/sd1 and 2 fail to mount as before PLUS many init services fail to start PLUS

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread daid kahl
Roy Marples, who is a(the?) openrc developer, roped me into using git to do whatever git is supposed to do and now it's much worse. /dev/sd1 and 2 fail to mount as before PLUS many init services fail to start PLUS it no longer matters if the battery is being used or the ac cord: Chaos ensues,

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread daid kahl
Unless you are a developer or trying to get around bugs in portage where the ebuild isn't working, you should need to use git as a Gentoo user. *Shouldn't* need to use git.

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!FIXED -- almost

2009-12-01 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 12/1/09, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:54:45 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote: you guys are killing me -- the problem goes away when the ac cord is plugged in. I open files watch videos surf the web and so on -- no problems. I'm no expert, but that would seem to

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Maxim Wexler
And, for the record, while people might be arguing with you, it's not malicious. We are only trying to help. Fine, then read what I say and, until you know better, believe it.

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:57:58 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote: Fine, then read what I say and, until you know better, believe it. OK, you're right, everyone else is wrong and there's no point in any of us trying to help you. -- Neil Bothwick There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 01 December 2009 22:19:24 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:57:58 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote: Fine, then read what I say and, until you know better, believe it. OK, you're right, everyone else is wrong and there's no point in any of us trying to help you. Wise Chinese

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 16:57, Maxim Wexler maxim.wex...@gmail.com wrote: And, for the record, while people might be arguing with you, it's not malicious.  We are only trying to help. Fine, then read what I say and, until you know better, believe it. Your problem has nothing to do with

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Maxim Wexler
meh, you got nothing On 12/1/09, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 01 December 2009 22:19:24 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:57:58 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote: Fine, then read what I say and, until you know better, believe it. OK, you're right, everyone else

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:14:09 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote: meh, you got nothing Well, we haven't got broken systems that won't start up without a filesystem repair at every boot. If that's nothing, nothing will do me. If you really want help, I'd suggest you stop the tantrums, read the advice you

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Maxim Wexler maxim.wex...@gmail.com wrote: We just want to help you -- that's what the police say before they tase your ass On 12/1/09, Maxim Wexler maxim.wex...@gmail.com wrote: meh, you got nothing On 12/1/09, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Maxim Wexler
so tell me how come none of you quarter-brights have responded to the email where I say this problem has been fixed? you want to help? answer me this: why did # /var/git/openrc/git pull --rebase update all init.d services except net.lo? That's today's scintillating question. On 12/1/09, Joshua

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-12-01 Thread Maxim Wexler
should be /var/git/openrc# git pull --rebase On 12/1/09, Maxim Wexler maxim.wex...@gmail.com wrote: so tell me how come none of you quarter-brights have responded to the email where I say this problem has been fixed? you want to help? answer me this: why did # /var/git/openrc/git pull

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 30 November 2009 05:40:31 Maxim Wexler wrote: Right. wrong Of course, if there are serious filesystem structural problems you'll want to get them solved, but it's either a LiveCD chroot or disable fsck at boot. There's nothing wrong with the filesystem. It's ext2 and

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:40:31 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote: Of course, if there are serious filesystem structural problems you'll want to get them solved, but it's either a LiveCD chroot or disable fsck at boot. There's nothing wrong with the filesystem. It's ext2 and requires being

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-30 Thread Maxim Wexler
aarrrgh!! I'm the one with the netbook!! The default didn't work. Checking fs every boot does. Extra reboot time amounts to a few secs vs not booting at all, dammit! On 11/30/09, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 30 November 2009 05:40:31 Maxim Wexler wrote: Right. wrong

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 30 November 2009 18:09:07 Maxim Wexler wrote: aarrrgh!! I'm the one with the netbook!! The default didn't work. Checking fs every boot does. Extra reboot time amounts to a few secs vs not booting at all, dammit! You are missing the point. That behaviour is wrong and I cannot

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-30 Thread daid kahl
Right. wrong Of course, if there are serious filesystem structural problems you'll want to get them solved, but it's either a LiveCD chroot or disable fsck at boot. There's nothing wrong with the filesystem. It's ext2  and requires being checked at every boot. Wrong. There is no

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-30 Thread daid kahl
aarrrgh!! I'm the one with the netbook!! The default didn't work. Checking fs every boot does. Extra reboot time amounts to a few secs vs not booting at all, dammit! And I'm not sure about this fewseconds. I suppose a netbook drive is small. But if I'm toying around with kernel configs and

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-30 Thread Maxim Wexler
out why your system is exhibiting incorrect behaviour. What the hell do you think I'm doing? Do you disagree with my logic as stated above? logic? all I'm aware of is someone who insists on having the last word at all costs. Help me, my eye!

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:09:07 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote: aarrrgh!! I'm the one with the netbook!! The default didn't work. Checking fs every boot does. Extra reboot time amounts to a few secs vs not booting at all, dammit! Correction, you are one person with a netbook. Others with netbooks

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-30 Thread Maxim Wexler
you guys are killing me -- the problem goes away when the ac cord is plugged in. I open files watch videos surf the web and so on -- no problems. I'm no expert, but that would seem to suggest that the fs is OK, no? I set this forth above. Did your eyes glaze over at that point? Roy Marples, who

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag 01 Dezember 2009, Maxim Wexler wrote: you guys are killing me -- the problem goes away when the ac cord is plugged in. I open files watch videos surf the web and so on -- no problems. I'm no expert, but that would seem to suggest that the fs is OK, no? I set this forth above. Did

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-29 Thread daid kahl
Hi group, When my netbook boots under battery power w/o the ac adapter connected I get this warning msg in the boot  window: 'Skipping fsck due to not being an ac adapter'. Chaos ensues. The warning appears in /etc/init.d/fsck. How do I fix this? Some option in /etc/conf.d/fsck? I did

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-29 Thread Maxim Wexler
Do you have powermgmt-base installed? Ah, memories! Yes Also, the top post here seems similar to your question, but I can't find anything like lvcheck on my own system (or for Gentoo...maybe it's named something else): http://markmail.org/message/5ipnsva3xkdyzzfy /etc/init.d, conf.d/lvm

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-29 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Maxim Wexler maxim.wex...@gmail.com wrote: Hi group, When my netbook boots under battery power w/o the ac adapter connected I get this warning msg in the boot  window: 'Skipping fsck due to not being an ac adapter'. Chaos ensues. The warning appears in

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-29 Thread Maxim Wexler
You say Chaos ensues ... in what way? Further errors, failure to boot, file system corruption, or...? The problem isn't likely rooted in the fact that it doesn't run an fsck when the system's booting on battery, but rather that you have some more pressing problem that should be addressed.

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:08:56 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote: You say Chaos ensues ... in what way? Further errors, failure to boot, file system corruption, or...? The problem isn't likely rooted in the fact that it doesn't run an fsck when the system's booting on battery, but rather that you

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-29 Thread daid kahl
You say Chaos ensues ... in what way? Further errors, failure to boot, file system corruption, or...? The problem isn't likely rooted in the fact that it doesn't run an fsck when the system's booting on battery, but rather that you have some more pressing problem that should be

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-29 Thread Maxim Wexler
Right. wrong Of course, if there are serious filesystem structural problems you'll want to get them solved, but it's either a LiveCD chroot or disable fsck at boot. There's nothing wrong with the filesystem. It's ext2 and requires being checked at every boot. Before that it wouldn't boot

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-29 Thread Maxim Wexler
besides the problem has to do with the power cord and/or the battery -- not the fs. I'm sending this from the netbook in question with the power cord attached; if I was on battery power it wouldn't work. Look in your /etc/init.d/fsck, you'll see the warning. There ought to be some boolean thing I

[gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!

2009-11-28 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group, When my netbook boots under battery power w/o the ac adapter connected I get this warning msg in the boot window: 'Skipping fsck due to not being an ac adapter'. Chaos ensues. The warning appears in /etc/init.d/fsck. How do I fix this? Some option in /etc/conf.d/fsck? If you look for