Re: [gentoo-user] Confusion
On Thursday 22 October 2009, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:53:54 +0100, Mick wrote: > > Hmm ... I seem to have these three in my world file (not sure about the > > OP): > > > > x11-libs/qt > > x11-libs/qt-core > > x11-libs/qt-gui > > > > Should I delete them? > > Do you run them yourself? If not, they don't belong in world. The first > could be particularly troublesome as it is masked for QT4. Thanks. It seems that I have forgotten to add -1 to emerge once too many and keep finding stuff that shouldn't be in world. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: cannot configure native vmware tools
well, currently i am using the open-vm-tool, which is the open source version. but i want to know if they are the same in function. can someone tell me? thanks. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Keith Dart wrote: > === On Wed, 10/21, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: === >> Isn't that for having Gentoo as host OS only? (As opposed to running >> Gentoo as a guest inside another OS.) > > === > > Oooh... you mean running Gentoo as a guest. > > Well, you do have to have built a kernel first (or at least a "make > config"). The build sets up some symlinks that building other, > third-party modules need. > > I also have a modified rc script for the tools, that works with openrc. > Let me know if you want it. > > I also have an up-to-date Gentoo x86 server VM with the tools already > installed. > > > -- Keith Dart > > -- > -- > Keith Dart > > === > > -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84/ http://meme.yahoo.com/davidshen84/
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
I missed? Read the OP again. On 10/21/09, William Kenworthy wrote: > Run diff on both config files and see what you missed ... > > BillK > > On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 21:28 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: >> > Do you use 'make oldconfig' to generate the .config file for your new >> > kernel? I'm getting the impression that you did the menuconfig thing >> > from scratch, but maybe I'm wrong? >> >> I did the 30-r6 from scratch, then copied the .config over to the >> 30-r7 slot and ran make oldconfig. No change. >> >> Least I still have the 29 kernel; it works fine ;) >> >> mw >> > -- > William Kenworthy > Home in Perth! > > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
Run diff on both config files and see what you missed ... BillK On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 21:28 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > > Do you use 'make oldconfig' to generate the .config file for your new > > kernel? I'm getting the impression that you did the menuconfig thing > > from scratch, but maybe I'm wrong? > > I did the 30-r6 from scratch, then copied the .config over to the > 30-r7 slot and ran make oldconfig. No change. > > Least I still have the 29 kernel; it works fine ;) > > mw > -- William Kenworthy Home in Perth!
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
> Do you use 'make oldconfig' to generate the .config file for your new > kernel? I'm getting the impression that you did the menuconfig thing > from scratch, but maybe I'm wrong? I did the 30-r6 from scratch, then copied the .config over to the 30-r7 slot and ran make oldconfig. No change. Least I still have the 29 kernel; it works fine ;) mw
Re: [gentoo-user] Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console
On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 22:13 -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 06:55:50PM -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote > > > You may not have do that. All 3 of my systems with Intel graphics run > > KMS with X with no xorg.conf at all. But since you're running stable > > YMMV. > > Fortunately I've set up lilo to boot up from separate "Production" and > "Experimental" kernels. This allows me to reboot and flee to a sane > config if things go wrong. It appears that nothing is simple. The Intel > driver works great in X, without an xorg.conf. However, it insists on > running framebuffer in text console mode. I *CANNOT* turn off framebuffer. > Passing parameters to lilo via... > > append = "noexec=on noexec32=on nofb" > > doesn't help. In "make menuconfig" graphics/console, I see > > -*- Framebuffer Console support > > there is no box to uncheck. Could it be related to my /etc/make.conf > > VIDEO_CARDS="intel vga" > > Would changing that to VIDEO_CARDS="intel" (and re-emerging xorg) help? > KMS drivers and framebuffer console drivers are different and AFAIK mutually exclusive. The boot parameter to disable KMS would be, e.g., i915.modeset=0
[gentoo-user] SIT-file format (Mac?) on linux
Hi, does anyone know an unpacker for the "sit" fileformat (I think, this one is Mac-based?!) ? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Have a nice weekende! Best regards, mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
Re: [gentoo-user] Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 06:55:50PM -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote > You may not have do that. All 3 of my systems with Intel graphics run > KMS with X with no xorg.conf at all. But since you're running stable > YMMV. Fortunately I've set up lilo to boot up from separate "Production" and "Experimental" kernels. This allows me to reboot and flee to a sane config if things go wrong. It appears that nothing is simple. The Intel driver works great in X, without an xorg.conf. However, it insists on running framebuffer in text console mode. I *CANNOT* turn off framebuffer. Passing parameters to lilo via... append = "noexec=on noexec32=on nofb" doesn't help. In "make menuconfig" graphics/console, I see -*- Framebuffer Console support there is no box to uncheck. Could it be related to my /etc/make.conf VIDEO_CARDS="intel vga" Would changing that to VIDEO_CARDS="intel" (and re-emerging xorg) help? -- Walter Dnes
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console
On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 18:11 -0700, walt wrote: > On 10/21/2009 03:55 PM, Albert Hopkins wrote: > > ...All 3 of my systems with Intel graphics run > > KMS with X with no xorg.conf at all... > > How do you deal with font paths? That's one of the few reasons > I still have an xorg.conf. > Font paths? You mean X11 fonts? Who needs those? The only app I ever use that uses those is xterm, and it just requires "fixed". Everything else I uses uses freetype/fontconfig. But xset tells me that /usr/share/fonts/misc/ is already in my font path and, apparently that's all that I need for bitcrap fonts.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
Ok, I went back and found what looks like a glaring error. The old config had the CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x100 under processor options, the new one was missing a zero. A ha! sez I and "fixed" it. Nope. I get the exact same panic. Setting CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR=y doesn't help either. On a related note, I see that CONFIG_NR_CPUS only allows for 8 in the 30 kernel. Trying any other number leads to an error "Invalid Number" , whereas for the 29 kernel, 64 seems to be the default. On 10/21/09, Maxim Wexler wrote: >> To me, that looks like /dev/sda1 (which is what the kernel is using as >> root=) doesn't contain any of the following: >> /sbin/init >> /etc/init >> /bin/init >> /bin/sh >> >> Noting that the kernel output implied that it was an ext2 filesystem, >> that looks like it mounted your /boot as /, which fails as there isn't >> any init available on it. > > The partitioning scheme and fs hasn't changed. Just the kernel. It > wasn't a problem before. Also, I don't think the fs id is significant > since, if you look at the photo attached to the bug report, ext3 is > involved in that case. In the new config have CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR is > not set, whereas it's set 'y' in the old. Maybe that's it. The > page says choose N if unsure, which is what I did this time. > I'll wait to hear back from the group and give it another try. > > mw >
[gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
On 10/21/2009 01:45 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: > > ... > The partitioning scheme and fs hasn't changed. Just the kernel. It > wasn't a problem before... Do you use 'make oldconfig' to generate the .config file for your new kernel? I'm getting the impression that you did the menuconfig thing from scratch, but maybe I'm wrong?
[gentoo-user] Re: Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console
On 10/21/2009 03:55 PM, Albert Hopkins wrote: > ...All 3 of my systems with Intel graphics run > KMS with X with no xorg.conf at all... How do you deal with font paths? That's one of the few reasons I still have an xorg.conf.
Re: [gentoo-user] Confusion
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:53:54 +0100, Mick wrote: > Hmm ... I seem to have these three in my world file (not sure about the > OP): > > x11-libs/qt > x11-libs/qt-core > x11-libs/qt-gui > > Should I delete them? Do you run them yourself? If not, they don't belong in world. The first could be particularly troublesome as it is masked for QT4. -- Neil Bothwick If Satan ever loses his hair, there'll be hell toupee. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console
On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 18:01 -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 06:16:46AM -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote > > > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA#Kernel_Modesetting > > Thanks. I'll read that over and try it out. From the looks of it, > I'll have to go into my backups and dig up a working xorg.conf. And > save a text copy of the xorg.conf man page while I'm at it. The xorg > configuration tools are nowhere to be seen. > You may not have do that. All 3 of my systems with Intel graphics run KMS with X with no xorg.conf at all. But since you're running stable YMMV. -a
[gentoo-user] Copying settings from Konqueror-3.5 to 4.3
Maybe I am getting lazy - but wouldn't mind all my ftp, webdav and ssh settings under the Network places to have been carried over into KDE4. How do I go about copying them over? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: cannot configure native vmware tools
=== On Wed, 10/21, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: === > Isn't that for having Gentoo as host OS only? (As opposed to running > Gentoo as a guest inside another OS.) === Oooh... you mean running Gentoo as a guest. Well, you do have to have built a kernel first (or at least a "make config"). The build sets up some symlinks that building other, third-party modules need. I also have a modified rc script for the tools, that works with openrc. Let me know if you want it. I also have an up-to-date Gentoo x86 server VM with the tools already installed. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: cannot configure native vmware tools
Dave Jones wrote on 21/10/09 23:07: > Nikos Chantziaras wrote on 21/10/09 22:45: >>> Don't use that tool. Instead, just emerge app-emulation/vmware-modules. >> Isn't that for having Gentoo as host OS only? (As opposed to running >> Gentoo as a guest inside another OS.) > No. It works fine with other operating systems too. Oops. Extract foot from mouth. Of course emerging vmware-modules is for Gentoo host only. Guests using other operating systems are fine once you've emerge'd the host modules.
Re: [gentoo-user] Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 06:16:46AM -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA#Kernel_Modesetting Thanks. I'll read that over and try it out. From the looks of it, I'll have to go into my backups and dig up a working xorg.conf. And save a text copy of the xorg.conf man page while I'm at it. The xorg configuration tools are nowhere to be seen. -- Walter Dnes
Re: [gentoo-user] Machine reboots immediately when suspended-to-disk
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 08:54:02PM -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote > Ok the echo trick isn't the recommended way to suspend to disk. A > better way is to use "pm-hibernate --quirks" (pm-hibernate is from the > pm-utils packages). The --quirks option will try to handle any, well, > quirks that are known with your hardware. echo'ing to /sys/power/state > is a little more low-level and could be iffy on some types of hardware. I ended up emerging hibernate-script and it runs great. I added a few tweaks to hibernate.conf. Here's what it looks like... TryMethod disk.conf Distribution gentoo OnResume 00 setfont lat1-10 DownInterfaces auto UpInterfaces auto UseSysfsPowerState disk PowerdownMethod shutdown As for pm-utils... Why the bleep can't some programmers go to the bathroom without invoking hal and dbus? They're hard-coded dependancies for pm-utils. I've managed to keep hal and dbus (and java and pam) off my machine, and will continue doing so. If I had a bunch of money lying around, I'd hire some programmers to seriously slim down Firefox while I was at it. There is no reason a browser should need an SQL database. > You should also check dmesg. More than likely there is a kernel error > that explains why it failed to suspend completely. Nothing obvious in dmesg when I tried manually shutting down. The listing showed the system shutting down, and then starting up. No warnings, let alone errors. -- Walter Dnes
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: cannot configure native vmware tools
Nikos Chantziaras wrote on 21/10/09 22:45: >>> why? is it because i am using genkernel, or the kernel source is >>> patched by gentoo? >> Don't use that tool. Instead, just emerge app-emulation/vmware-modules. > Isn't that for having Gentoo as host OS only? (As opposed to running > Gentoo as a guest inside another OS.) No. It works fine with other operating systems too.
Re: [gentoo-user] Confusion
On Sunday 18 October 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Sonntag 18 Oktober 2009 18:54:54 schrieb econti: > > [ebuild N] app-office/akonadi-server-1.2.1 USE="mysql -sqlite" > > [nomerge ] x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2 > > [ebuild UD] x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.1 [4.5.2] > > [ebuild UD]x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.1 [4.5.2] > > [ebuild UD]x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.1 [4.5.2-r2] USE="dbus* > > gtkstyle%*" [ebuild UD] x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.1 [4.5.2] > > [ebuild UD] x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.1 [4.5.2] > > [ebuild UD] x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.1 [4.5.2] > > Hmm, looks like your installed version of qt-dbus is responsible for the > wanted downgrade. Strange. > > Could you diff the installed .ebuild for x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2 > (/var/db/pkg/x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2/qt-dbus-4.5.2.ebuild) with the one in > your portage tree and re-install the package if they're different? > > Then, there are two other things which make me wonder: > > [blocks B ] >x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.1-r > > (">x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.1- r" is blocking > > x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.1, > > x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.1) > > Those -r versions emerge is talking about. Any chance you have > installed qt packages (or some apps which need them) from an overlay? > > > ('installed', '/', 'x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2-r1', 'nomerge') pulled in by > >x11-libs/qt-webkit required by world > > 2) Do you have qt packages listed in your world file? They're usually > pulled in as dependencies of other packages, so they shouldn't appear > there. > > Bye... > > Dirk Hmm ... I seem to have these three in my world file (not sure about the OP): x11-libs/qt x11-libs/qt-core x11-libs/qt-gui Should I delete them? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Re: cannot configure native vmware tools
On 10/21/2009 11:17 PM, Keith Dart wrote: === On Wed, 10/21, Xi Shen wrote: === why? is it because i am using genkernel, or the kernel source is patched by gentoo? === Don't use that tool. Instead, just emerge app-emulation/vmware-modules. Isn't that for having Gentoo as host OS only? (As opposed to running Gentoo as a guest inside another OS.)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
> To me, that looks like /dev/sda1 (which is what the kernel is using as > root=) doesn't contain any of the following: > /sbin/init > /etc/init > /bin/init > /bin/sh > > Noting that the kernel output implied that it was an ext2 filesystem, > that looks like it mounted your /boot as /, which fails as there isn't > any init available on it. The partitioning scheme and fs hasn't changed. Just the kernel. It wasn't a problem before. Also, I don't think the fs id is significant since, if you look at the photo attached to the bug report, ext3 is involved in that case. In the new config have CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR is not set, whereas it's set 'y' in the old. Maybe that's it. The page says choose N if unsure, which is what I did this time. I'll wait to hear back from the group and give it another try. mw
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 14:22 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > > Does /dev/sda1 genuinely contain / and not for example /boot? > > > > This is on an Asus 900A. 4G SSD, / and /boot all on one partition, > formatted ext2, to prevent journalling overhead, with e2fsck set to > check the fs at every boot. An 8G card contains /home and /var. FYI you can still create the filesystem as, e.g., ext4 with "-O ^has_journal" and still enjoy the performance benefits such as extents and delayed allocation without the (minor) overhead that journalling incurs. -a
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
> Does /dev/sda1 genuinely contain / and not for example /boot? > This is on an Asus 900A. 4G SSD, / and /boot all on one partition, formatted ext2, to prevent journalling overhead, with e2fsck set to check the fs at every boot. An 8G card contains /home and /var. mw
Re: [gentoo-user] cannot configure native vmware tools
=== On Wed, 10/21, Xi Shen wrote: === > why? is it because i am using genkernel, or the kernel source is > patched by gentoo? === Don't use that tool. Instead, just emerge app-emulation/vmware-modules. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
On Wednesday 21 October 2009 21:07:18 Jonathan Callen wrote: > Maxim Wexler wrote: > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly on device 8:1, > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 276k freed > > Warning: unable to open an initial console > > Kernel panic - not syncing. No init found. Try passing init=option to > > kernel. > > To me, that looks like /dev/sda1 (which is what the kernel is using as > root=) doesn't contain any of the following: > /sbin/init > /etc/init > /bin/init > /bin/sh > > Noting that the kernel output implied that it was an ext2 filesystem, > that looks like it mounted your /boot as /, which fails as there isn't > any init available on it. > > PS: > In case you were wondering how I knew it was /dev/sda1, that's what > "device 8:1" means: the block device with major number 8 and minor > number 1, which happens to be the major:minor assigned to /dev/sda1. Does /dev/sda1 genuinely contain / and not for example /boot? -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
[gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Maxim Wexler wrote: > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly on device 8:1, > Freeing unused kernel memory: 276k freed > Warning: unable to open an initial console > Kernel panic - not syncing. No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel. To me, that looks like /dev/sda1 (which is what the kernel is using as root=) doesn't contain any of the following: /sbin/init /etc/init /bin/init /bin/sh Noting that the kernel output implied that it was an ext2 filesystem, that looks like it mounted your /boot as /, which fails as there isn't any init available on it. PS: In case you were wondering how I knew it was /dev/sda1, that's what "device 8:1" means: the block device with major number 8 and minor number 1, which happens to be the major:minor assigned to /dev/sda1. - -- Jonathan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrfW+UACgkQOypDUo0oQOo/NgCgq1C7LyfDRiEAFRiuqq9Me+5Q EyMAnjvpfvmfcFFlczPJb7SruygZF/lN =KMh5 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
as a follow up go here: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13560 Virtually identical problem. Check out the screen pic. Just like mine, save for the hardware and fs differences. mw On 10/21/09, Maxim Wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > Did linux#make menuconfig followed by linux# make && make > modules_install on the .2.6.30-gentoo-r7 sources. And copied over the > new kernel and rebooted. > > The kernel panicked. The relevant messages are: > > <...> > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly on device 8:1, > Freeing unused kernel memory: 276k freed > Warning: unable to open an initial console > Kernel panic - not syncing. No init found. Try passing init=option to > kernel. > Pid: 1. comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.30-gentoo-r7 #2 > Call Trace: > [] ? printk+0xf/0x11 > [] panic+0x39/0xd4 > [] init_post+0x13c/0x13e > [] kernel_init+0x148/0x152 > [] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x152 > [] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 > > > So far I've tried adding 'init=/bin/bash' and 'init=/sbin/init' to the > command line. No help. Someone in a forum suggested chrooting and > emerging sysvinit. But that's already installed. > > There's a million hits on google for this error message with about as > many solutions. > > Assuming it has something to do with my kernel config, I tried running > $diff -y on the two configs but at approx. 2600 lines per file I'm > going to need some advice on what to zero in on. > > I tried to keep the new config as same as the old. But there's a lot > of new features, weird stuff like CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS=y and the new > decompression protocol. > > > Maxim >
[gentoo-user] kernel panic -- finding proper config diff
Hi group, Did linux#make menuconfig followed by linux# make && make modules_install on the .2.6.30-gentoo-r7 sources. And copied over the new kernel and rebooted. The kernel panicked. The relevant messages are: <...> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly on device 8:1, Freeing unused kernel memory: 276k freed Warning: unable to open an initial console Kernel panic - not syncing. No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel. Pid: 1. comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.30-gentoo-r7 #2 Call Trace: [] ? printk+0xf/0x11 [] panic+0x39/0xd4 [] init_post+0x13c/0x13e [] kernel_init+0x148/0x152 [] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x152 [] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 So far I've tried adding 'init=/bin/bash' and 'init=/sbin/init' to the command line. No help. Someone in a forum suggested chrooting and emerging sysvinit. But that's already installed. There's a million hits on google for this error message with about as many solutions. Assuming it has something to do with my kernel config, I tried running $diff -y on the two configs but at approx. 2600 lines per file I'm going to need some advice on what to zero in on. I tried to keep the new config as same as the old. But there's a lot of new features, weird stuff like CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS=y and the new decompression protocol. Maxim
[gentoo-user] Re: Uninstalled programs history
On Wednesday 21 October 2009, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 21. Oktober 2009 schrieb Francesco Talamona: > > I use very often genlop to see the history of emerged packages, but > > sometimes I need to know which packages were uninstalled and when. > > > > Is it there a reliable and simple way to know this kind of > > information? > > genlop -u > Of course! I googled before posting, but genlop manpage didn't occurred to me, too obvious! To be exact to see which packages were unmerged for example in the last two days: genlop -ul --date 2 days ago Thanks for your reply... I could have searched for ages ;-) Ciao Francesco -- Linux Version 2.6.31-gentoo-r3, Compiled #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 15 07:09:01 CEST 2009 Two 2.2GHz AMD Athlon 64 Processors, 4GB RAM, 8844.86 Bogomips Total aemaeth
Re: [gentoo-user] Uninstalled programs history
Am Mittwoch, 21. Oktober 2009 schrieb Francesco Talamona: > I use very often genlop to see the history of emerged packages, but > sometimes I need to know which packages were uninstalled and when. > > Is it there a reliable and simple way to know this kind of information? genlop -u -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla' Microsoft: When do you want to crash today? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Uninstalled programs history
I use very often genlop to see the history of emerged packages, but sometimes I need to know which packages were uninstalled and when. Is it there a reliable and simple way to know this kind of information? Anyone before felt the need to fulfil this curiosity? Ciao Francesco -- Linux Version 2.6.31-gentoo-r3, Compiled #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 15 07:09:01 CEST 2009 Two 1GHz AMD Athlon 64 Processors, 4GB RAM, 4021.84 Bogomips Total aemaeth
[gentoo-user] Re: HP ScanJet 6300C
On 10/21/2009 09:23 AM, James wrote: > James tampabay.rr.com> writes: > > Well, monkeying around with all the cables It now registers > as a: > > Bus 002 Device 005: ID 03f0:0601 Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 6300c > > > scanimage -L > device `hp:libusb:002:005' is a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 63x0C flatbed scanner > > > So I guess I need some advice as to a software front end or some syntax > examples to use the scanner... I'd suggest media-gfx/xsane, which is a great GUI front end for sane.
[gentoo-user] Re: HP ScanJet 6300C
James tampabay.rr.com> writes: Well, monkeying around with all the cables It now registers as a: Bus 002 Device 005: ID 03f0:0601 Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 6300c scanimage -L device `hp:libusb:002:005' is a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 63x0C flatbed scanner So I guess I need some advice as to a software front end or some syntax examples to use the scanner. It has an ADF, Automatic Document Feeder, which work be keen to get working or figure out how to use. It works fine under windows with the scsi card. I'ts not on a gentoo system via a usb cable. The sane website says support is "complete". any suggestions are most welcome. James
[gentoo-user] HP ScanJet 7670
Hello, I've never set up a scanner on gentoo (or any other linux before). So here's what I've done. Looking at the sane website I see support for these models: http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-hp5590.5.html ScanJet 7650 is listed as basic support. I have a HP Scanjet 7670, so it should work? lsusb lists the devices like this: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 dmesg shows nothing. sane-find-scanner reveals this: sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the result is different from what you expected, first make sure your scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. found USB scanner (vendor=0x0403 [FTDI], product=0x6001 [UC232R]) at libusb:002:002 Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. Not checking for parallel port scanners. so am I out of luck? I have this installed: media-gfx/sane-backends-1.0.19-r2 USE="ipv6 usb v4l -doc -gphoto2" replugging the usb cable does not make the device appear on the usb bus? any ideas? James
Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.
2009/10/21 Damien Sticklen : > Oo-bin is the vanilla openoffice as opposed to the source version gentoo > uses, which comes from go-o. When you say the x86 version is working > fine, do you mean the bin or source version. Yes, I mean the OpenOffice-bin version. > Even so, I think we need > to keep this bug open so the 64-bit version gets fixed regardless. > > Thanks for your prompt reply Mick, You're welcome. -- Regards, Mick
Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.
Oo-bin is the vanilla openoffice as opposed to the source version gentoo uses, which comes from go-o. When you say the x86 version is working fine, do you mean the bin or source version. Even so, I think we need to keep this bug open so the 64-bit version gets fixed regardless. Thanks for your prompt reply Mick, Regards, Damien Mick wrote: > 2009/10/21 Damien Sticklen : > >> Dale, >> >> I tried the ctrl-c, ctrl-v method and writer freezes. >> >> Thanks >> >> Damien >> > > No consolation to your problem, but Oo-bin works fine. I cutted and > pasted between calc and writer on a x86 and it works without problem. > The cells had text and numeric values with formulas in them. > Decoration like text format, borders, etc. pasted through fine and > double clicking on the pasted cells in word opens the spreadsheet for > editing. >
Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.
2009/10/21 Damien Sticklen : > Dale, > > I tried the ctrl-c, ctrl-v method and writer freezes. > > Thanks > > Damien No consolation to your problem, but Oo-bin works fine. I cutted and pasted between calc and writer on a x86 and it works without problem. The cells had text and numeric values with formulas in them. Decoration like text format, borders, etc. pasted through fine and double clicking on the pasted cells in word opens the spreadsheet for editing. -- Regards, Mick
Re: [gentoo-user] Machine reboots immediately when suspended-to-disk
2009/10/21 Albert Hopkins : > On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 20:14 -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: >> I've enabled suspend-to-disk in the kernel. When I issue the >> command >> "echo disk > /sys/power/state", it suspends but *IMMEDIATELY* reboots >> and comes back up again. The session restores properly from the swap >> drive, so at least that part works. What can I do to keep it sleeping >> until I power up again? > > Ok I'm going to address this issue. You specified multiple issues in > your email. I think it's better to split each issue into its own > posting. It's simpler easier to work with one problem at a time and > also replies to postings on different issues don't get all garbled > up/confusing in archive searches. > > Ok the echo trick isn't the recommended way to suspend to disk. A > better way is to use "pm-hibernate --quirks" (pm-hibernate is from the > pm-utils packages). The --quirks option will try to handle any, well, > quirks that are known with your hardware. echo'ing to /sys/power/state > is a little more low-level and could be iffy on some types of hardware. > > You should also check dmesg. More than likely there is a kernel error > that explains why it failed to suspend completely. Or use hibernate -v4 from a root terminal to see any error messages. -- Regards, Mick
Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.
Dale, I tried the ctrl-c, ctrl-v method and writer freezes. Thanks Damien Dale wrote: > Damien Sticklen wrote: > >> Dale, >> >> If you think the symptoms of your problem are similar, plz append. The >> ctrl-c and ctrl-v is a workaround, but I think a solid fix is needed. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Damien >> >> >> > > It never crashed on mine tho. OO Calc and OO Writer kept running until > I closed them. Was you using the right click copy and paste method? I > will try that way if that will reproduce the problem. It appears to > work here tho with no crash. > > I went back and looked at the vox that was created. All the cells are > in there along with the stuff I typed in. It's just REALLY small. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > >
Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.
Dale, When you say vox, what do you mean? Thanks Damien Dale wrote: Damien Sticklen wrote: Dale, If you think the symptoms of your problem are similar, plz append. The ctrl-c and ctrl-v is a workaround, but I think a solid fix is needed. Thanks, Damien It never crashed on mine tho. OO Calc and OO Writer kept running until I closed them. Was you using the right click copy and paste method? I will try that way if that will reproduce the problem. It appears to work here tho with no crash. I went back and looked at the vox that was created. All the cells are in there along with the stuff I typed in. It's just REALLY small. Dale :-) :-) -- Remember to respect your right to unfettered access to your computer, use free software. For a definition of free software, please go to http://www.fsf.org
Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.
Damien Sticklen wrote: > Dale, > > If you think the symptoms of your problem are similar, plz append. The > ctrl-c and ctrl-v is a workaround, but I think a solid fix is needed. > > Thanks, > > Damien > > It never crashed on mine tho. OO Calc and OO Writer kept running until I closed them. Was you using the right click copy and paste method? I will try that way if that will reproduce the problem. It appears to work here tho with no crash. I went back and looked at the vox that was created. All the cells are in there along with the stuff I typed in. It's just REALLY small. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console
On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 00:29 -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > > If you are using the Intel graphics I think you should try KMS. > > Switching back and forth between X and a vt is both fast and > > flicker-free and I haven't seen any artifacts switching between > > the two. > > From looking at Google, I think you're referring to kernel mode > switching. I have looked all over make menuconfig and can't find it. > What is the reference I should be looking for? I'm running the > latest stable kernel as near as I can tell. Oh stable... never touch the stuff... ;) http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA#Kernel_Modesetting
Re: [gentoo-user] how to find all executables with an "inofficial" group id
On Wednesday 21 October 2009 10:53:45 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > does anybody know a simple method to find all executables with a group > id which is not mentioned in /etc/group? > > Once an executable with a group id which used to be 'fcron' but isn't > anymore, broke one of my systems. > Now, I suspect a similar problem on another machine. > > Otherwise I have to write a tiny Python script to do that. find / -type f +perm 111 -nogroup -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
[gentoo-user] how to find all executables with an "inofficial" group id
Hi, does anybody know a simple method to find all executables with a group id which is not mentioned in /etc/group? Once an executable with a group id which used to be 'fcron' but isn't anymore, broke one of my systems. Now, I suspect a similar problem on another machine. Otherwise I have to write a tiny Python script to do that. Many thanks for a hint, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Re: [gentoo-user] Two taskbar panels after upgrade to KDE 4
On Tuesday 20 October 2009 19:03:13 Thorsten Kampe wrote: > Hi, > > I just upgraded from KDE 3.5.10 to KDE 4. The upgrade went fine and KDE > 4 KDM shows still my old KDE 3.5, XFCE and GNOME sessions as well as the > new KDE 4 session. > > The only problem is that when I login to the old KDE 3.5 desktop (which > I want to keep until I configured KDE 4 fully) shows *two* taskbar > panels: at the bottom of the screen the KDE 4 taskbar panel and directly > above the old KDE 3.5 taskbar panel. > > How can I stop the old KDE 3.5 session from loading any KDE 4 component > and in particular: how can I stop the KDE 3.5 desktop loadling the KDE 4 > taskbar panel?! Please provide more information, you are asking how long is a piece of string? Copies of the start-up scripts launched by your display manager when starting kde-4 would be a good start -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com