Re: [gentoo-user] udev-140

2009-03-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 17 March 2009 00:52:16 Paul Hartman wrote: So Putty doesn't really suck in isolation. It does work and can really operate any different way. Using Putty on it's host platform sucks to someone who is used to much more efficient way to accomplish the same task. Have you tried

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-140

2009-03-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Montag 16 März 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: A quick heads-up if you upgrade to the latest udev in portage. Don't do what I did and postpone the etc-update step till later, forget about it in the rush of trying to get work done, and then need to reboot. When the machine boots, sysfs does not

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-140

2009-03-16 Thread Justin
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Montag 16 März 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: A quick heads-up if you upgrade to the latest udev in portage. Don't do what I did and postpone the etc-update step till later, forget about it in the rush of trying to get work done, and then need to reboot. When the

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-140

2009-03-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 16 March 2009 21:30:19 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Montag 16 März 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: A quick heads-up if you upgrade to the latest udev in portage. Don't do what I did and postpone the etc-update step till later, forget about it in the rush of trying to get work done,

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-140

2009-03-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Montag 16 März 2009, Justin wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Montag 16 März 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: A quick heads-up if you upgrade to the latest udev in portage. Don't do what I did and postpone the etc-update step till later, forget about it in the rush of trying to get

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-140

2009-03-16 Thread Justin
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: yes, but that does not help you in case of an accidental power failure before you had a chance to update the config files. power failure is always something extra ordinary! signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-140

2009-03-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 16 March 2009 21:30:19 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Montag 16 März 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: A quick heads-up if you upgrade to the latest udev in portage. Don't do what I did and postpone the

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-140

2009-03-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 16 March 2009 22:20:37 Paul Hartman wrote: I wouldn't really have minded the inconvenience, except that while all this was going on, the largest data centre in the Southern Hemisphere was dropping off the air one router at a time, my desktop machine was panicing after 4 minutes

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-140

2009-03-16 Thread Dale
Justin wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: yes, but that does not help you in case of an accidental power failure before you had a chance to update the config files. power failure is always something extra ordinary! It's not here. Our power goes out sometimes just because

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-140

2009-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:34:44 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: And the screen is almost unreadable (it wasn't three years ago...) Pixels shrivel with age ;-) -- Neil Bothwick Fasten your seatbelt ... I wanna try something. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-140

2009-03-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 16 March 2009 22:20:37 Paul Hartman wrote: I wouldn't really have minded the inconvenience, except that while all this was going on, the largest data centre in the Southern Hemisphere was dropping off