Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

Am Montag, 24. November 2008 22:09:52 schrieb Dale: > I wouldn't use XFS unless > it was all that was left.  I tried it once a while back and found out it > does not like power failures at all.  Each time I had a power failure, I > had to reinstall from scratch. Hmm, I use it because of its resis

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dual booting 2 gentoo installations

Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 25 November 2008 00:16:26 Harry Putnam wrote: > >>> You have the right idea. >>> >>> Make sure your paths are correct when you install. I see you have >>> different conventions on the two drives. Don't get confused :-) >>> >> Thanks but I'm not sure what

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

Dave Jones wrote: > Hi Damian, > > damian wrote on 24/11/08 21:01: > >> In the past I've used htpdate to synchronize my computer's clock. But >> I would like to know what daemon would you recommend me. I'm searching >> for a lightweight option. >> > > ntp is a 'standard' ntp set-up. It need

Re: [gentoo-user] Flash Busted

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Liviu Andronic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Beau Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > As of late ( past couple of weeks ), I've been having trouble with flash. > > Nothing seems to work. Youtube, google video, lastfm doesn't ha

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] filesystems

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:41:51 +0100 Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Montag 24 November 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Tuesday 25 November 2008 00:15:55 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > On Montag 24 November 2008, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 04:41

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Montag 24 November 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 25 November 2008 00:15:55 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Montag 24 November 2008, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 04:41:14PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > > > btrfs looks very promising. I hope it will bec

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

Hi Damian, damian wrote on 24/11/08 21:01: > In the past I've used htpdate to synchronize my computer's clock. But > I would like to know what daemon would you recommend me. I'm searching > for a lightweight option. ntp is a 'standard' ntp set-up. It needs some configuration work to get it runnin

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Tuesday 25 November 2008 00:15:55 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Montag 24 November 2008, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 04:41:14PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > > btrfs looks very promising. I hope it will become a good fs. Fast for > > > > everybody, stable, effici

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dual booting 2 gentoo installations

On Tuesday 25 November 2008 00:16:26 Harry Putnam wrote: > > You have the right idea. > > > > Make sure your paths are correct when you install. I see you have > > different conventions on the two drives. Don't get confused :-) > > Thanks but I'm not sure what you mean by conventions... do you mean

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 04:41:14PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > btrfs looks very promising. I hope it will become a good fs. Fast for > > everybody, stable, efficient. We will see. Until then I will stay with > > r4+compression. > > Well, it is under a restrictive license, so there is no

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dual booting 2 gentoo installations

It looks fine. You can also press e at the Grub prompt or boot to a live cd if it isn't right. -Chris On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Monday 24 November 2008 23:04:54 Harry Putnam wrote: >>> I'm just havi

[gentoo-user] Re: dual booting 2 gentoo installations

Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 24 November 2008 23:04:54 Harry Putnam wrote: >> I'm just having second doubts about how to dual boot 2 gentoo >> installations. >> >> Can I just edit grub from the original install and add the appropriate >> kernal line like: >> >> title=ke

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Montag 24 November 2008, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 04:41:14PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > btrfs looks very promising. I hope it will become a good fs. Fast for > > > everybody, stable, efficient. We will see. Until then I will stay with > > > r4+compression. > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Monday 24 November 2008 23:47:14 Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 04:41:14PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > btrfs looks very promising. I hope it will become a good fs. Fast for > > > everybody, stable, efficient. We will see. Until then I will stay with > > > r4+compressio

Re: [gentoo-user] dual booting 2 gentoo installations

On Monday 24 November 2008 23:04:54 Harry Putnam wrote: > I'm just having second doubts about how to dual boot 2 gentoo > installations. > > Can I just edit grub from the original install and add the appropriate > kernal line like: > > title=kernel-2.6.27-r3-0x31a-1280x1024 > root (hd0,0) >

Re: [gentoo-user] dual booting 2 gentoo installations

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm just having second doubts about how to dual boot 2 gentoo > installations. > > Can I just edit grub from the original install and add the appropriate > kernal line like: > > title=kernel-2.6.27-r3-0x31a-1280x1024 > ro

Re: [gentoo-user] Masking for Educational Purposes only ?

On 11/24/08, b.n. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, why? If you want to test 2.2 instead, you can do it. It's not > blocking you from anything. Yes, before the change the only thing blocking portage 2.2 was ~arch. Now it requires the bigger tool, Thor's Hammer of Unmasking +5 (+15 against portage

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Montag 24 November 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > >> Am Montag, 24. November 2008 13:49:38 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: >> >>> On Montag 24 November 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: >>> Am Montag, 24. November 2008 12:07:34 schrieb Dale:

[gentoo-user] dual booting 2 gentoo installations

I'm just having second doubts about how to dual boot 2 gentoo installations. Can I just edit grub from the original install and add the appropriate kernal line like: title=kernel-2.6.27-r3-0x31a-1280x1024 root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.27-r3 root=/dev/hda5 vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr,ywra

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati-drivers-8.501 does not compile with kernel gentoo-sources 2.6.26-r3

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:14:40 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Arttu V. wrote: > > On 11/24/08, Volker Armin Hemmann > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Montag 24 November 2008, Christian wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I wanted to update my kernel to 2.6.26-r3 today. But th

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:01 PM, damian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > In the past I've used htpdate to synchronize my computer's clock. But > I would like to know what daemon would you recommend me. I'm searching > for a lightweight option. I use net-misc/ntp and it seems to work fine. Pau

[gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

Hi, In the past I've used htpdate to synchronize my computer's clock. But I would like to know what daemon would you recommend me. I'm searching for a lightweight option. Thanks in advance, Damian.

[gentoo-user] Re: ati-drivers-8.501 does not compile with kernel gentoo-sources 2.6.26-r3

Arttu V. wrote: On 11/24/08, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Montag 24 November 2008, Christian wrote: Hi all, I wanted to update my kernel to 2.6.26-r3 today. But the ati-drivers version 8.501 won't compile. is there a good reason to use acient drivers? They're the lates

Re: [gentoo-user] Masking for Educational Purposes only ?

GMail ha scritto: > I ran into this same thing this morning and felt like mailing Zac a piece of > my mind. Sanity prevailed though. > > I still feeling quite deeply offended though that a package maintainer has > forced me to jump through a hoop simply because he would like an earlier > versio

[gentoo-user] qtiplot

Hi, I have an x86 gentoo system, and I would like to install qtiplot. Unfortunately: - qtiplot 0.8.x requires qwt-4. I have both qwt-4 and qwt-5 installed, and when compilng qtiplot seems to pick invariably the qwt-5. How do I force qtiplot to build with qwt-4 ? - qtiplot 0.9.x requires to unmask

Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers-8.501 does not compile with kernel gentoo-sources 2.6.26-r3

Christian a gentiment tapote: > Hi all, > > I wanted to update my kernel to 2.6.26-r3 today. But the ati-drivers > version 8.501 won't compile. > > log-file: http://rafb.net/p/CDrW9430.html > env-file: http://rafb.net/p/xvDA5Z82.html > emerge-info: http://rafb.net/p/mlNnia81.html > > > Can anyone

[gentoo-user] xf86-video-intel, compiz, mplayer -fs file.avi freeze

I have a MSI Wind U100 netbook. I'm using xfce with compiz-fusion. When I try to start mplayer -fs file.avi the Xserver freezes. It also freezes when the logout window of xfce, that gray "transparent" background, tries to show 3 buttons (logout, restart, poweroff). I can only move mouse cursor

Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers-8.501 does not compile with kernel gentoo-sources 2.6.26-r3

On 11/24/08, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Montag 24 November 2008, Christian wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I wanted to update my kernel to 2.6.26-r3 today. But the ati-drivers >> version 8.501 won't compile. > > is there a good reason to use acient drivers? They're the latest sta

Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers-8.501 does not compile with kernel gentoo-sources 2.6.26-r3

On Montag 24 November 2008, Christian wrote: > Hi all, > > I wanted to update my kernel to 2.6.26-r3 today. But the ati-drivers > version 8.501 won't compile. is there a good reason to use acient drivers?

[gentoo-user] openssh and lpk-patch

Hi, After last openssh' update to net-misc/openssh-5.1_p1-r1 it doesn't work for me. I had used lpk- configuration file' options. Does lpk-patch exist in last release' code? I've just rolled back to openssh-4.7_p1-r6. My use flags: USE="ldap pam tcpd -X -X509 -hpn -kerberos -libedit (-selinux

Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers-8.501 does not compile with kernel gentoo-sources 2.6.26-r3

Am Montag, 24. November 2008 schrieb Justin: > Christian schrieb: > > Hi all, > > > > I wanted to update my kernel to 2.6.26-r3 today. But the ati-drivers > > version 8.501 won't compile. > > > > log-file: http://rafb.net/p/CDrW9430.html > > env-file: http://rafb.net/p/xvDA5Z82.html > > emerge-info

Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers-8.501 does not compile with kernel gentoo-sources 2.6.26-r3

Christian schrieb: > Hi all, > > I wanted to update my kernel to 2.6.26-r3 today. But the ati-drivers > version 8.501 won't compile. > > log-file: http://rafb.net/p/CDrW9430.html > env-file: http://rafb.net/p/xvDA5Z82.html > emerge-info: http://rafb.net/p/mlNnia81.html > > > Can anyone help me? >

[gentoo-user] ati-drivers-8.501 does not compile with kernel gentoo-sources 2.6.26-r3

Hi all, I wanted to update my kernel to 2.6.26-r3 today. But the ati-drivers version 8.501 won't compile. log-file: http://rafb.net/p/CDrW9430.html env-file: http://rafb.net/p/xvDA5Z82.html emerge-info: http://rafb.net/p/mlNnia81.html Can anyone help me? Best regards Christian I got the f

Re: [gentoo-user] OT (a bit) finding overlay

On Monday 24 November 2008 15:30:46 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Tony Davison > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone know how to find the paludis-extras overlay. > > Playman -l does not show it.. > > http://paludis-extras.org Thanks Worked it out now -- BigTone

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > he is not - but after the invention is implemented, the inventor is not > needed > anymore ;) I hope this is not the reason for putting him into prison ;-) Note the sign at the Springfield prison: "If you commited murder, you'd be home by now.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

Am Montag, 24. November 2008 14:50:30 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > he is not - but after the invention is implemented, the inventor is not > needed anymore ;) Yes, that's right. Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] OT (a bit) finding overlay

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Tony Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know how to find the paludis-extras overlay. > Playman -l does not show it.. http://paludis-extras.org

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

Roy Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > W.Kenworthy wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 19:06 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> Kobboi wrote: > >>> On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 07:31 +0900, William Kenworthy wrote: > >>> > Currently I have around 3 terrabytes of storage across a number of > gentoo machin

Re: [gentoo-user] filesystems

Am Montag, 24. November 2008 12:07:55 schrieb Dirk Heinrichs: > If you have further questions, feel free to ask. One smalll thing to add: If you decide to use it, there's a Howto under http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/OpenAFS. Do NOT use the one from gentoo.org, it's old, outdated and partly incorre

Re: [gentoo-user] Wiress Question...

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:42 AM, BRM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Dell D600 Laptop that I've got Gentoo installed on. It pretty much > uses Gentoo full-time now. (Yeah!) > I very frequently use the Wireless with it, which works great for the most > part. However, it seems that the connec

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

Am Montag, 24. November 2008 15:12:00 schrieb GMail: > How does it cope with network outages though? In my experience, LVM is not > exactly graceful when one of it's PVs goes away Don't know. I just know it's possible but never did it myself. Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On 24 Nov 2008, at 14:12, GMail wrote: On Monday 24 November 2008 07:58:55 Roy Wright wrote: W.Kenworthy wrote: On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 19:06 -0600, Dale wrote: Kobboi wrote: On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 07:31 +0900, William Kenworthy wrote: Currently I have around 3 terrabytes of storage across a n

[gentoo-user] Wiress Question...

I have a Dell D600 Laptop that I've got Gentoo installed on. It pretty much uses Gentoo full-time now. (Yeah!) I very frequently use the Wireless with it, which works great for the most part. However, it seems that the connection drops every once in a while, and the system doesn't detect it. A q

[gentoo-user] OT (a bit) finding overlay

Does anyone know how to find the paludis-extras overlay. Playman -l does not show it.. -- BigTone

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

GMail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 24 November 2008 13:07:34 Dale wrote: > > I used to be subscribed to the mailing list, thought about using one or > > the other.  Just before I unsubscribed, there were some people trying to > > get it back up and going.  I'm not sure how that went or i

[gentoo-user] 'halt' turns power off sometimes only

Why? In use: - up to date ~amd64, - ASUS P5B-VM motherboard, - ... (something else?) Andrew

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Monday 24 November 2008 07:58:55 Roy Wright wrote: > W.Kenworthy wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 19:06 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> Kobboi wrote: > >>> On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 07:31 +0900, William Kenworthy wrote: > Currently I have around 3 terrabytes of storage across a number of > gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Monday 24 November 2008 08:28:33 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > @William: If one or more of the PVs is a Network Block Device, you're not > bound to the local machine. I'd never thought of that, but it makes sense. PV wants a raw block device and couldn't care less if it leads to local disk or someth

Re: [gentoo-user] Masking for Educational Purposes only ?

On Monday 24 November 2008 10:15:46 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > portage-2.2.. has been masked. > /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask tells me why > > "In order to ensure that portage-2.1.6 gets sufficient testing, > portage-2.2 will be masked in package.mask until portage-2.1.6 has > been mar

Re: [gentoo-user] Masking for Educational Purposes only ?

On Monday 24 November 2008 11:58:41 Dale wrote: > Of course, there is the Gentoo monthly newsletter.  Supposed to be > monthly anyway.  I haven't seen one in a while so it may be going > quarterly this time.  ;-) Oh, you mean the GAN? As in Gentoo Annual Newsletter? I understand why it's irregula

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Monday 24 November 2008 13:07:34 Dale wrote: > I used to be subscribed to the mailing list, thought about using one or > the other.  Just before I unsubscribed, there were some people trying to > get it back up and going.  I'm not sure how that went or if it is still > being worked on or not.  I

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Monday 24 November 2008 14:49:38 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Montag 24 November 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Montag, 24. November 2008 12:07:34 schrieb Dale: > > > Maybe it will survive.  I'm waiting on reiserfs4 to go stable.  ;-) > > > > Well, with its inventor being imprisoned for

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Montag 24 November 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Montag, 24. November 2008 13:49:38 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > On Montag 24 November 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > Am Montag, 24. November 2008 12:07:34 schrieb Dale: > > > > Maybe it will survive.  I'm waiting on reiserfs4 to go stab

Re: [gentoo-user] filesystems

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 13:50 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Montag, 24. November 2008 13:44:06 schrieb William Kenworthy: > > > I set up an openmosix cluster once using dfs I think. It replicated > > data just like you want so each exported thread was seeing consistent > > file space. It did w

Re: [gentoo-user] How to run dhclient on the background

> I had a similar problem with my machine when I first started using > Gentoo, but I then discovered sys-apps/netplug. Install that and all > should be well. You might want to check your RC_NET_STRICT_CHECKING > variable (in /etc/conf.d/rc) is the way you want it, but otherwise > there isn't any ex

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

Am Montag, 24. November 2008 13:49:38 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > On Montag 24 November 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Montag, 24. November 2008 12:07:34 schrieb Dale: > > > Maybe it will survive.  I'm waiting on reiserfs4 to go stable.  ;-) > > > > Well, with its inventor being imprisoned

Re: [gentoo-user] filesystems

Am Montag, 24. November 2008 13:44:06 schrieb William Kenworthy: > I set up an openmosix cluster once using dfs I think. It replicated > data just like you want so each exported thread was seeing consistent > file space. It did work, but had a few issues ... I think it was > designed by MS being

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Montag 24 November 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Montag, 24. November 2008 12:07:34 schrieb Dale: > > Maybe it will survive.  I'm waiting on reiserfs4 to go stable.  ;-) > > Well, with its inventor being imprisoned for the next 15 years or so, > you'll have to be patient. I for one wait for b

Re: [gentoo-user] filesystems

Am Montag, 24. November 2008 13:35:25 schrieb Stroller: > I suspect I would be optimistic if I hoped for something so   > sophisticated to be readily available, as I am aware that this would   > be problematic to implement. But do you have any suggestions? Maybe Coda. Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] filesystems

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 12:35 +, Stroller wrote: > On 24 Nov 2008, at 11:07, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > ... > > If you have further questions, feel free to ask. > > I would love a file system that transparently replicates over several > systems - say 2 - 5. > > It doesn't need to amalgamate sp

Re: [gentoo-user] filesystems

On 24 Nov 2008, at 11:07, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: ... If you have further questions, feel free to ask. I would love a file system that transparently replicates over several systems - say 2 - 5. It doesn't need to amalgamate spare in any way (as BillK requests), let's just say I just have a

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

Am Montag, 24. November 2008 12:07:34 schrieb Dale: > Maybe it will survive.  I'm waiting on reiserfs4 to go stable.  ;-) Well, with its inventor being imprisoned for the next 15 years or so, you'll have to be patient. I for one wait for btrfs. Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] filesystems

Am Montag, 24. November 2008 13:03:13 schrieb William Kenworthy: > Discovered this: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_systems#Distributed_file_systems > > Thats going to keep me busy for awhile! Interesting link. However, NFS, SMB, AFP and NCP are NOT distributed filesystems. They're

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Touchscreen does not react

On 23 Nov 2008, at 22:07, Robert Bridge wrote: ... (http://210.64.17.162/web20/TouchKitDriver/linuxDriver.htm) Please provide URLs by domain name, I will NEVER click on an IP based URL, unless I explicitly trust the provider. Is

Re: [gentoo-user] filesystems

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 12:07 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Montag, 24. November 2008 11:30:25 schrieb William Kenworthy: > > > By transient storage I mean that the data is duplicated across across > > physical storage spaces so that if a machine goes down, the data is > > still available. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get rid of gail-1000

2008/11/24 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > from time to time this message pops up after syncing: > [blocks B ] > How can I get rid of gail-1000 finally? This question has been raised some time ago, gail is included in gtk now, thus the blocker. http://groups.google.com/group/linux.gentoo.u

Re: [gentoo-user] filesystems

Am Montag, 24. November 2008 11:30:25 schrieb William Kenworthy: > By transient storage I mean that the data is duplicated across across > physical storage spaces so that if a machine goes down, the data is > still available. OK, thanks. > I thought Andrews FS did that, but didnt see when > look

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Montag 24 November 2008, Dale wrote: > >> >> I knew it was something like that. I thought it was networkable but was >> not sure. You guys sure know more about that than I do. >> > > - evms was used for a while by Suse - I don't know if they still do. > -

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

On Montag 24 November 2008, Dale wrote: > Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Montag, 24. November 2008 02:06:04 schrieb Dale: > >> I think it is LVMS or something. Linux volume management system?? I > >> think Redhat calls it EVMS or something. > > > > Two things, (more ore less) one purpose: > > > > 1

Re: [gentoo-user] Masking for Educational Purposes only ?

Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > 2008/11/24 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Of course, there is the Gentoo monthly newsletter. Supposed to be >> monthly anyway. I haven't seen one in a while so it may be going >> quarterly this time. ;-) >> >> I do wish they had or would use a announce mailing list t

Re: [gentoo-user] filesystems

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 07:30 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Sonntag, 23. November 2008 23:31:30 schrieb William Kenworthy: > > > What I would really like is a file system that would unify these spaces > > and present them to the network as storage space - ideally with > > redundant data storage

Re: [gentoo-user] Masking for Educational Purposes only ?

2008/11/24 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Of course, there is the Gentoo monthly newsletter. Supposed to be > monthly anyway. I haven't seen one in a while so it may be going > quarterly this time. ;-) > > I do wish they had or would use a announce mailing list to inform people > of changes, big

Re: [gentoo-user] Masking for Educational Purposes only ?

Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > > I will try to explain this a bit from what I know from mailing-lists and IRC. > > First there are no problems with portage-2.2. It has been masked > because some features are not ready and thus are blocking > stabilisation. As a conclusion portage-2.1.6 has been branched

Re: [gentoo-user] Masking for Educational Purposes only ?

2008/11/24 Helmut Jarausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > portage-2.2.. has been masked. > /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask tells me why > > "In order to ensure that portage-2.1.6 gets sufficient testing, > portage-2.2 will be masked in package.mask until portage-2.1.6 has > been marked stable.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] unloading wacom module

On Monday 24 November 2008 11:18:33 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > the kernel module of linuxwacom-0.8.1-6 > (http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/) > I don't have this problem (anymore). Aha, life is nice now :-) Thanks! Do you mean (besides using upstream sources) your kernel config has N for wacom mo

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] unloading wacom module

On 24 Nov, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > Hi! > > After adding wacom bamboo I have a problem: at exiting from X (any DE - KDE, > Gnome. fluxbox) DE freezes. I have found in Xorg.log there is a problem of > unloading wacom module: > > Backtrace: > 0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x65) [0x482c25] > 1: /lib/libc.so

[gentoo-user] Masking for Educational Purposes only ?

Hi, portage-2.2.. has been masked. /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask tells me why "In order to ensure that portage-2.1.6 gets sufficient testing, portage-2.2 will be masked in package.mask until portage-2.1.6 has been marked stable." I feel like someone will try to educate me. Yes, I can and