Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 31 Oktober 2009 17:52:52 schrieb Harry Putnam: > And in fact does it really matter if its pointing at the newly > installed or actual running kernel, when kernel compiling operations > take place? No, it doesn't really matter at all. AFAIK, kernel devs even recommend against the symlin

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge ignores /etcportage/package.mask-RESOLVED

2009-10-31 Thread Dale
Maxim Wexler wrote: >> Do you have a space in front of the line or something else that may >> interfere with package.mask ? >> >> You sure you have the file as package.mask ? You know, spelled right >> and all? I mention because it sounds like something I would do. lol >> >> Dale >> > > I g

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.31 + nvidia

2009-10-31 Thread Kyle Adams
Confirmed On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > Just in case anyone else runs into this problem, which seems solved: > Nvidia-drivers 180.60 won't compile with Gentoo Kernel 2.6.31-r4 . > The problem is fixed by moving up to N-d 185.18.36-r1 (also "testing"). > > I've just reboot

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge ignores /etcportage/package.mask-RESOLVED

2009-10-31 Thread Maxim Wexler
> Do you have a space in front of the line or something else that may > interfere with package.mask ? > > You sure you have the file as package.mask ? You know, spelled right > and all? I mention because it sounds like something I would do. lol > > Dale I guess I shouldn't feel so embarrassed t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: depclean / db & php loop

2009-10-31 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:26 PM, walt wrote: > On 10/31/2009 04:42 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> ... >>    If it matters this is a PPC Mac Mini used as a MythTV backend >> server... > > Oops, I forgot to ask: > > It may be very important -- but I don't have a clue what a MythTV > server does or what p

[gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.31 + nvidia

2009-10-31 Thread Philip Webb
Just in case anyone else runs into this problem, which seems solved: Nvidia-drivers 180.60 won't compile with Gentoo Kernel 2.6.31-r4 . The problem is fixed by moving up to N-d 185.18.36-r1 (also "testing"). I've just rebooted & apps seem to start noticeably faster on Fluxbox. -- ===

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: libsxlt and aclocal/autoconf failing during emerge

2009-10-31 Thread Dale
walt wrote: > On 10/31/2009 07:05 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> ... >> /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.26/temp/autoconf.out >> * autoconf * >> * PWD: /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.26/work/libxslt-1.1.26 >> * autoconf >> >> configure.in:120: error: possibly undefine

[gentoo-user] Re: libsxlt and aclocal/autoconf failing during emerge

2009-10-31 Thread walt
On 10/31/2009 07:05 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > ... > /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.26/temp/autoconf.out > * autoconf * > * PWD: /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.26/work/libxslt-1.1.26 > * autoconf > > configure.in:120: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32

[gentoo-user] Re: depclean / db & php loop

2009-10-31 Thread walt
On 10/31/2009 04:42 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > ... >If it matters this is a PPC Mac Mini used as a MythTV backend > server... Oops, I forgot to ask: It may be very important -- but I don't have a clue what a MythTV server does or what packages it depends on. Does your server use something like

[gentoo-user] Re: depclean / db & php loop

2009-10-31 Thread walt
On 10/31/2009 04:42 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > ... > * sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p4 pulled in by: > * dev-lang/php-5.2.11 needs libdb-4.6.so > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild R ] dev-lang/php-5.2.11 USE="apache2 berkdb bzip2 cgi cli

[gentoo-user] Re: libsxlt and aclocal/autoconf failing during emerge

2009-10-31 Thread Harry Putnam
walt writes: > On 10/31/2009 06:03 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Can anyone tell from the tail of emerge -vuD system >> what the trouble is with aclocal/autoconf and libxslt. >> ... >> * Failed Running autoconf ! >> * >> * Include in your bugreport the contents of: >> * /var/tmp/portage/dev-l

[gentoo-user] Re: libsxlt and aclocal/autoconf failing during emerge

2009-10-31 Thread walt
On 10/31/2009 06:03 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Can anyone tell from the tail of emerge -vuD system > what the trouble is with aclocal/autoconf and libxslt. > ... > * Failed Running autoconf ! > * > * Include in your bugreport the contents of: > * /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.26/temp/

[gentoo-user] libsxlt and aclocal/autoconf failing during emerge

2009-10-31 Thread Harry Putnam
Can anyone tell from the tail of emerge -vuD system what the trouble is with aclocal/autoconf and libxslt. First it failed on aclocal... I re-emerged emerge -v sys-devel/aclocal-wrapper Tried again and it failed on autoconf emerge -v sys-devel/autoconf-wrapper But that didn't help it ... st

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge ignores /etcportage/package.mask

2009-10-31 Thread Dale
Maxim Wexler wrote: >> check that you don't have the ebuild listed in package.unmask >> >> > package.unmask is empty, haven't needed it yet. Only just started > stocking a fresh install. > > > Do you have a space in front of the line or something else that may interfere with package.mask ?

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge ignores /etcportage/package.mask

2009-10-31 Thread Maxim Wexler
> check that you don't have the ebuild listed in package.unmask > package.unmask is empty, haven't needed it yet. Only just started stocking a fresh install.

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sunday 01 November 2009 01:29:27 Mark Knecht wrote: >> So I think this thread addresses a question I've had about the kernel >> installation process over the years. I only copy bzImage to /boot with >> a rename to whatever this kernel is.

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 10/31/2009 7:29 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: So I think this thread addresses a question I've had about the kernel installation process over the years. I only copy bzImage to /boot with a rename to whatever this kernel is. I don't do anything with the other files - System.map and something else - w

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:40 PM, walt wrote: > On 10/31/2009 04:29 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> So I think this thread addresses a question I've had about the kernel >> installation process over the years. I only copy bzImage to /boot with >> a rename to whatever this kernel is. I don't do anything

[gentoo-user] depclean / db & php loop

2009-10-31 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Earlier today emerge --depclean wouldn't remove db because 3 programs needed it so I rebuilt the 3 programs but it's still complaining about php. Sometimes I'll just remove the problem package - like db in this case - and then let an emerge -DuN @world / revdep-rebuild fix it, but I wanted t

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 01 November 2009 01:29:27 Mark Knecht wrote: > So I think this thread addresses a question I've had about the kernel > installation process over the years. I only copy bzImage to /boot with > a rename to whatever this kernel is. I don't do anything with the > other files - System.map and

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread walt
On 10/31/2009 04:29 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > So I think this thread addresses a question I've had about the kernel > installation process over the years. I only copy bzImage to /boot with > a rename to whatever this kernel is. I don't do anything with the > other files - System.map and something e

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 31 October 2009 23:26:33 Dale wrote: >> Denis wrote: >> > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> And in fact does it really matter if its pointing at the newly >> >> installed or actual running kernel, when k

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:20:57 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I'm a forgetful old git. In my world it usually goes like this: > > emerge, build, install new kernel > carry on with work > boot into new kernel at some later point > observe xdm doing nothing on-screen > curse and swear mightily > Ctrl-A

[gentoo-user] firefox-3.5.4 and xulrunner

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
Someone posted recently about an oversight between latest version of xulrunner in the tree and the version required by firefox. A fixed ebuild is in the tree, but if you sync and update daily, firefox might fail to start and give you this on the console: $ Could not find compatible GRE between

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 01 November 2009 00:52:42 Dale wrote: > > emerge, build, install new kernel > > carry on with work > > boot into new kernel at some later point > > observe xdm doing nothing on-screen > > curse and swear mightily > > Ctrl-Alt-F1 > > login as root > > check symlink > > module-rebuild rebui

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 31 October 2009 23:26:33 Dale wrote: > >> Denis wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> And in fact does it really matter if its pointing at the newly installed or actual running kernel, when kernel compili

Re: [gentoo-user] hal vs. devicekit

2009-10-31 Thread Dale
Mike Edenfield wrote: > On 10/31/2009 4:59 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> Even it's author knows this (but apparently many distros do not) >> which is why >> he deprecated hal and started over with devicekit. > > Speaking of which... > > Has the switchover to devicekit officially started and I misse

Re: [gentoo-user] hal vs. devicekit (was: more about hal)

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 01 November 2009 00:25:55 Mike Edenfield wrote: > On 10/31/2009 4:59 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Even it's author knows this (but apparently many distros do not) which is > > why he deprecated hal and started over with devicekit. > > Speaking of which... > > Has the switchover to devic

Re: [gentoo-user] hal vs. devicekit (was: more about hal)

2009-10-31 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 10/31/2009 4:59 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: Even it's author knows this (but apparently many distros do not) which is why he deprecated hal and started over with devicekit. Speaking of which... Has the switchover to devicekit officially started and I missed it? And if so, is there some migr

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 31 October 2009 23:26:33 Dale wrote: > Denis wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> And in fact does it really matter if its pointing at the newly > >> installed or actual running kernel, when kernel compiling operations > >> take place? > > > > When I up

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 31 October 2009 23:43:21 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 10/31/2009 11:07 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Saturday 31 October 2009 22:03:04 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > For instance, you might be running 2.6.31-r4 and also have

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge ignores /etcportage/package.mask

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 31 October 2009 23:44:00 Maxim Wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > From the gentoo docs: > > "Older cards such as the GeForce FX 5 series should use the 173.x > drivers, such as nvidia-drivers-173.14.15. For these cards, you should > mask >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-174.00 in your > /etc/p

[gentoo-user] emerge ignores /etcportage/package.mask

2009-10-31 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group, >From the gentoo docs: "Older cards such as the GeForce FX 5 series should use the 173.x drivers, such as nvidia-drivers-173.14.15. For these cards, you should mask >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-174.00 in your /etc/portage/package.mask file. This will prevent newer versions of the driver

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 10/31/2009 11:07 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> On Saturday 31 October 2009 22:03:04 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: For instance, you might be running 2.6.31-r4 and also have 2.6.31-r3 installed. To install nvidia-drivers, you

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmplayer, video and audio not syncing.

2009-10-31 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 31 October 2009 05:34:57 Dale wrote: > >> Jesús Guerrero wrote: >> >>> kmplayer can get in the middle, can you -please- test regular mplayer >>> from command line? >>> >>> I've had a similar issue a couple of weeks ago, and we were able to track >>> it dow

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/31/2009 11:07 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 31 October 2009 22:03:04 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: For instance, you might be running 2.6.31-r4 and also have 2.6.31-r3 installed. To install nvidia-drivers, you must build it twice - against each kernel you want to use it with (nvidia-driv

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Dale
Denis wrote: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> And in fact does it really matter if its pointing at the newly >> installed or actual running kernel, when kernel compiling operations >> take place? >> > > When I upgrade a kernel, I first change the symlink using e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 31 October 2009 22:03:04 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > For instance, you might be running 2.6.31-r4 and also have 2.6.31-r3 > > installed. To install nvidia-drivers, you must build it twice - against > > each kernel you want to use it with (nvidia-drivers builds and installs a > > kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 31 October 2009 22:06:35 Harry Putnam wrote: > Alan McKinnon writes: > > Nikos is being kind to the document writers :-) > > Thanks for saving me from the Dunce cap...hehe. > > But I might yet acquire full rights to it.. > > So, is the symlink not really necessary? Doe something lo

Re: [gentoo-user] More about hal

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 31 October 2009 22:36:34 Dale wrote: > Harry Putnam wrote: > > When I noticed the thread here about `hal' that started a while back > > it caused me enough curiousity that i ran eix -Ic ^hal$ but found I > > have no `hal' installed. > > > > I have keep up with updates somewhat better th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:00:35 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > So, to sum it up, when you update to a new kernel, first update the > symlink (or let the ebuild take care of it), build the kernel, boot it, > *then* rebuild external modules (like ati-drivers). If you know what > you're doing, yo

Re: [gentoo-user] video capture from min-dv... kernel params

2009-10-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:05:42 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > I wondered if anyone here has used gentoo for mini-dv capture and if > so what do I need to do regarding the kernel? It's been a few years (my current camcorder has a hard disk and uses USB for transfer) but I don't think I built anything

Re: [gentoo-user] More about hal

2009-10-31 Thread Dale
Harry Putnam wrote: > When I noticed the thread here about `hal' that started a while back > it caused me enough curiousity that i ran eix -Ic ^hal$ but found I > have no `hal' installed. > > I have keep up with updates somewhat better than usual the last few > months but don't remember when hal we

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT[ How do I unautomate an OOO slideshow?

2009-10-31 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Friday 30 October 2009, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > People send me slideshows, some of which are interesting enough to > watch. With OOO-3.0, I had to click or use NextPage for each picture > and I got no sound, and that was fine with me. Now OOO 3.1 automates > these slideshows and they reall

[gentoo-user] More about hal

2009-10-31 Thread Harry Putnam
When I noticed the thread here about `hal' that started a while back it caused me enough curiousity that i ran eix -Ic ^hal$ but found I have no `hal' installed. I have keep up with updates somewhat better than usual the last few months but don't remember when hal went away... I do remember having

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan McKinnon writes: > Nikos is being kind to the document writers :-) Thanks for saving me from the Dunce cap...hehe. But I might yet acquire full rights to it.. So, is the symlink not really necessary? Doe something look at /usr/src/linux for files? For example, if you cd 'ed into the sou

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/31/2009 09:18 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 31 October 2009 20:09:37 Harry Putnam wrote: Nikos Chantziaras writes: The link is created only if you have the "symlink" USE flag enabled. Also, "Gentoo requires that the [...] symbolic link points to the sources of the kernel you are

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: removing kde4(sets)

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 31 October 2009 02:46:34 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:33:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > tomorrow I shall take myself off to see my special good friend Peter > > who is giving me a fantastic deal on a brand new mother of a > > motorcycle. And in the afternoon I shall

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmplayer, video and audio not syncing.

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 31 October 2009 05:34:57 Dale wrote: > Jesús Guerrero wrote: > > kmplayer can get in the middle, can you -please- test regular mplayer > > from command line? > > > > I've had a similar issue a couple of weeks ago, and we were able to track > > it down on the mplayer mailing lists. If it

Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg slow after upgrade

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 31 October 2009 17:34:30 Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Krzysztof Poc wrote: > > Hello I've recently upgraded my system and I found that Xorg redraws the > > screen > > very slowly. "top" shows me that "X" process takes up around 95% of the > > CPU while I have Intel Core 2 Duo. > > > > Wha

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 31 October 2009 20:09:37 Harry Putnam wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras writes: > > The link is created only if you have the "symlink" USE flag enabled. > > > > Also, "Gentoo requires that the [...] symbolic link points to the > > sources of the kernel you are running" is not entirely correct

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/31/2009 08:09 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Nikos Chantziaras writes: The link is created only if you have the "symlink" USE flag enabled. Also, "Gentoo requires that the [...] symbolic link points to the sources of the kernel you are running" is not entirely correct. It is required only whe

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Denis
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > And in fact does it really matter if its pointing at the newly > installed or actual running kernel, when kernel compiling operations > take place? When I upgrade a kernel, I first change the symlink using eselect to point to the source I'm

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Harry Putnam
Nikos Chantziaras writes: > The link is created only if you have the "symlink" USE flag enabled. > > Also, "Gentoo requires that the [...] symbolic link points to the > sources of the kernel you are running" is not entirely correct. It is > required only when you want to build something against

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/31/2009 06:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Looking at the kernel upgrade pages at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml Its a bit confusing about the symlink creation. I've wondered about it a few times. At the top, you're told how to get the sources and then a discussion of the

[gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink

2009-10-31 Thread Harry Putnam
Looking at the kernel upgrade pages at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml Its a bit confusing about the symlink creation. I've wondered about it a few times. At the top, you're told how to get the sources and then a discussion of the symlink follows. It appears you are expected

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glxgears with no ... gears?!

2009-10-31 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Mick wrote: > Am I the only one with dodgy glxgears? Any ideas at all? > > On Tuesday 06 October 2009, Mick wrote: >> I've updated xorg following all relevant instructions by gentoo devs on an >> old laptop and when I run glxgears I get no graphic and pedestrian speeds: >> >> $ glxgears >> 629 fr

Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg slow after upgrade

2009-10-31 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Krzysztof Poc wrote: > Hello I've recently upgraded my system and I found that Xorg redraws the > screen > very slowly. "top" shows me that "X" process takes up around 95% of the CPU > while I have Intel Core 2 Duo. > > What's wrong with my system ? > > I have the following installed: > kernel 2.

[gentoo-user] video capture from min-dv... kernel params

2009-10-31 Thread Harry Putnam
My windowsXP video editing machine where I use various adobe tools to capture and edit video, has lost use of the ohci ports, and seemingly the usb ports as well. I've been seeing problems with those inputs for a while and today, finally the machine simply is not `seeing' the video cam attached to

Re: [gentoo-user] executing commands on lots of servers at once

2009-10-31 Thread he zhitong
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:36 AM, James wrote: > I have a cluster of Gentoo boxes I'd like to update all at once, along > with emerging specific packages to the servers simultaneously. > > Does anyone have any experience(s) with a good utility for doing this? > I've seen a few scripts online for a

Re: [gentoo-user] EeePC network problem

2009-10-31 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 30 October 2009 16:48:23 Philip Webb wrote: > How have others got Gentoo installed on their 1005HA's ? > -- did they all use wireless access to the Internet ? You could try the atl1c module, which works on my wife's 1005HA, although lspci shows an Attansic 1062 chip. Long shot maybe, b

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing an old glibc to run a proprietary commercial tool (would that even help?)

2009-10-31 Thread William Kenworthy
I was in a similar position some years ago - grab a copy of the needed libs from somewhere and use "ldpreload" to load them into memory before running the application. Google will help. In some cases, you can symlink the needed lib names to existing later libs and run ldconfig before trying to r