Re: [gentoo-user] Success (mostly)

2008-07-26 Thread Philip Webb
080726 Alan E. Davis wrote: > Jul 26, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Congratulations and welcome to gentoo-land. It's quite a feat of >> accomplishment to get through your very first gentoo install :-) > Actually, this about my fifth or sixth, but it was quite challeng

Re: [gentoo-user] Success (mostly)

2008-07-26 Thread Dale
Alan E. Davis wrote: Actually, this about my fifth or sixth Gentoo install, but it was quite a challenging one. I am pleased with the machine I have. While it's not a low end machine, it isn't a high end workstation either. I have alot of HDD space, 2GB of RAM. A dual core 2200 MHz Athlon

Re: [gentoo-user] Success (mostly)

2008-07-26 Thread Alan E. Davis
Hello. My motherboard is an ASUS M2N-E. Not high end. And I have my doubts about it at times. At first, especially, there were moments. It's been less than six months. I got the MB as a kit with CPU and 1GB of RAM. I have upgraded the RAM to 2GB as a kit of Dual Channel ram. Earlier, I only

Re: [gentoo-user] Success (mostly)

2008-07-26 Thread Dale
Alan E. Davis wrote: Hello. My motherboard is an ASUS M2N-E. Not high end. And I have my doubts about it at times. At first, especially, there were moments. It's been less than six months. I got the MB as a kit with CPU and 1GB of RAM. I have upgraded the RAM to 2GB as a kit of Dual Channe

[gentoo-user] cpufreq and kernel-2.6.25-gentoo-r7

2008-07-26 Thread Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल
Hi, I recently installed Gentoo GNU/Linux 2008.0 (amd64, no-multilib) on my HP Compaq A900 notebook which has Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 (1.6 GHz/EM64T) CPU. I've compiled a kernel myself using the configuration generated by 'make menuconfig'[1]. In the new kernel, I noticed there is no support for CP

Re: [gentoo-user] Preserved Libraries?

2008-07-26 Thread Robin Atwood
On Friday 25 Jul 2008, s3b4sm4gr1 wrote: > > I'm trying to get emerge world to complete after a recent --sync. > > > > However, I get a series of error messages related to preserver libs and > > I'm told to use this command: > > > > emerge @preserved-rebuild > > > > to resolve the problem. Repeate

[gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work

2008-07-26 Thread Budd, Tracy
xorg.conf below. Note that driver changed to nv in order to run X. If I try to use "nvidia" I get a blank screen and the machine locks. I checked the Xorg.0.log file and the machine seems to have died before it wrote anything. Suggestions appreciated. -Tracy Section "ServerLayout" Identif

Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work

2008-07-26 Thread Chuck Robey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Budd, Tracy wrote: > xorg.conf below. Note that driver changed to nv in order to run X. > If I try to use "nvidia" I get a blank screen and the machine locks. > I checked the Xorg.0.log file and the machine seems to have died before > it wrote anything

RE: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work

2008-07-26 Thread Budd, Tracy
Yes. I have the nvidia driver built, and it loads using modprobe. -Original Message- From: Chuck Robey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 7/26/2008 3:03 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work -BEGIN PGP SIGN

Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work

2008-07-26 Thread Dale
Budd, Tracy wrote: xorg.conf below. Note that driver changed to nv in order to run X. If I try to use "nvidia" I get a blank screen and the machine locks. I checked the Xorg.0.log file and the machine seems to have died before it wrote anything. Suggestions appreciated. -Tracy Two thoughts

Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work

2008-07-26 Thread Chuck Robey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Budd, Tracy wrote: > Yes. I have the nvidia driver built, and it loads using modprobe. I still think you might be confusing the kernel module, using modprobe to load, with the X11 driver (you need both) which is named (as I wrote below) nvidia_drv.so.

[gentoo-user] Problem with kernel 2.6.26

2008-07-26 Thread Alastair Irving
Hi I've just tried to do a kernel upgrade from 2.6.25-gentoo-r4 to 2.6.26-gentoo. I coppied my existing config and did a make oldconfig. The compile seemed to go without errors, but when I try and boot the system hangs. The last output is Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports,

RE: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work

2008-07-26 Thread Budd, Tracy
Yes. Tried re-emerging the drivers. -Original Message- From: Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 7/26/2008 4:41 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work Budd, Tracy wrote: > > xorg.conf below. Note that driver

RE: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work

2008-07-26 Thread Budd, Tracy
Yes. I have nv loaded in my xorg.conf, because when I put nvidia in xorg.conf, my machine crashes. That is the problem that I am having. nvidia in xorg.conf used to work before I upgraded my card. -Original Message- From: Chuck Robey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 7/26/2008 4:55 PM

Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work

2008-07-26 Thread Dale
Budd, Tracy wrote: Yes. Tried re-emerging the drivers. Did you check to make sure you have the right version? From the error I got recently, some cards require certain versions. Dale :-) :-)

[gentoo-user] dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Mark Knecht
As part of emerge -DuN system portage appears to first make me remove python by hand. Is this safe? Thanks, Mark dragonfly ~ # emerge -pvDuN -1 python-updater These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] app-admin/python-updater-0.5 [0

Re: [gentoo-user] dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: As part of emerge -DuN system portage appears to first make me remove python by hand. Is this safe? Thanks, Mark dragonfly ~ # emerge -pvDuN -1 python-updater These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] app-admin/

[gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Dale wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: As part of emerge -DuN system portage appears to first make me remove python by hand. Is this safe? No! Not until you get a working version installed. Portage needs python. Someone correct me if I misstep here: emerge the new python, run the python updater

[gentoo-user] blank consoles after X starts

2008-07-26 Thread William Kenworthy
I have a machine thats sudeenly lost its console sessions. I dont think its the kernel as the config looks ok, and it *used to work*. Its fine on bootup, but once X starts, switching to a console just gives a blank screen. Its a radeon video card using the radeon driver if that makes a differenc

Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work

2008-07-26 Thread Chuck Robey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Budd, Tracy wrote: > Yes. I have nv loaded in my xorg.conf, because when I put nvidia in > xorg.conf, my machine crashes. That is the problem that I am having. nvidia in xorg.conf used to work before I upgraded my card. OK, then, the next thing to d

[gentoo-user] Re: blank consoles after X starts

2008-07-26 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
William Kenworthy wrote: I have a machine thats sudeenly lost its console sessions. I dont think its the kernel as the config looks ok, and it *used to work*. Its fine on bootup, but once X starts, switching to a console just gives a blank screen. Its a radeon video card using the radeon drive

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dale wrote: >> >> Mark Knecht wrote: >>> >>> As part of emerge -DuN system portage appears to first make me remove >>> python by hand. Is this safe? >> >> No! Not until you get a working version installed. Portage nee

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dale wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: As part of emerge -DuN system portage appears to first make me remove python by hand. Is this safe? No! Not until you get a working version

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Dale wrote: >>> Mark Knecht wrote: > > As part of emerge -DuN system portage appears to firs

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Mark Knecht wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> Dale wrote: > > Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] Success (mostly)

2008-07-26 Thread David Relson
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:09:32 -0500 Dale wrote: ...[snip]... > That Tyan does sound interesting. I would LOVE to have a dual CPU > rig, especially if they both have dual cores. I still remember when > Leo on the Screen Savers built a dual CPU rig. > > Since I run folding 24/7 here, that would

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: It's almost exactly the question I Came back to ask. Thanks. I finished the python emerge and saw the message about running python-updater. Before doing that I tried the emerge -pvDuN python-updater and saw it still wanted me to remove the old python. I am running python-upda

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: Humm. I seem to be stuck at this one. python-updater is complaining about vte which is used by gnome and gnome-terminal. I tried unmasking vte in package.keywords but I still get the same error: * Adding to list: =games-board/pysol-sound-server-3.01 * Adding to list: =dev-t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Humm. I seem to be stuck at this one. python-updater is complaining >> about vte which is used by gnome and gnome-terminal. I tried unmasking >> vte in package.keywords but I still get the same error: >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: blank consoles after X starts

2008-07-26 Thread William Kenworthy
Thanks, its an R280 (9200) on an old athlon - but I'll give the upgrade a go. BillK On Sun, 2008-07-27 at 03:50 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > William Kenworthy wrote: > > I have a machine thats sudeenly lost its console sessions. I dont think > > its the kernel as the config looks ok, and it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: Humm. I seem to be stuck at this one. python-updater is complaining about vte which is used by gnome and gnome-terminal. I tried unmasking vte in package.keywords but I still get the s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Qian Qiao
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 3:15 AM, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] Nothing mysterious there, python-updater was trying to rebuild vte-0.16.12, which doesn't exist in the portage tree anymore. #emerge --update --oneshot vte then re-run python-updater, and you'll be fine. --Joe --

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Qian Qiao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 3:15 AM, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [snip] > > Nothing mysterious there, python-updater was trying to rebuild > vte-0.16.12, which doesn't exist in the portage tree anymore. > > #emerge --

Re: [gentoo-user] Success (mostly)

2008-07-26 Thread Alan E. Davis
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 11:46 AM, David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few years back I bought a Tyan SMP board (dual Athlon 1000's if I > recall). I was very pleased as it screamed through builds. Then > summer arrived, and with a computer room that gets warmish, I had lots > of cooling

[gentoo-user] GVFS errors

2008-07-26 Thread Alan E. Davis
I am seeing errors like this, and wonder if someone can suggest a solution: (emacs:22548): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot connect to the session bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the

[gentoo-user] Re: blank consoles after X starts

2008-07-26 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
William Kenworthy wrote: Thanks, its an R280 (9200) on an old athlon - but I'll give the upgrade a go. I don't think it will help on R280 (and it's not worth the hassle as xf86-video-ati 6.9.0 pulls in many ~arch packages (maybe [M] too even). As a starter, comment out every fancy stuff in x

[gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Qian Qiao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 3:15 AM, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] Nothing mysterious there, python-updater was trying to rebuild vte-0.16.12, which doesn't exist in the portage tree anymore.

[gentoo-user] OpenRC and rc.conf

2008-07-26 Thread Alan E. Davis
I've had some trouble in the past with "cfg-update" although it sure is easy. After a recent upgrade to a new portage, or so I assume, I was asked to decide what to do about a config file change to an entirely new system: OpenRC. Not sure what to do, I probably bodged that. Now I receive this

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenRC and rc.conf

2008-07-26 Thread Kenneth Prugh
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:09:45 +1000 "Alan E. Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've had some trouble in the past with "cfg-update" although it sure > is easy. After a recent upgrade to a new portage, or so I assume, I > was asked to decide what to do about a config file change to an > entirely n

RE: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work

2008-07-26 Thread Budd, Tracy
Here it is. Xorg.0.log below Any help deciphering this is appreciated. -Tracy X Window System Version 1.3.0 Release Date: 19 April 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3 Build Operating System: UNKNOWN Current Operating System: Linux unegen 2.6.24-gentoo-r8 #3 Sat

[gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

2008-07-26 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-07-26, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > emerge the new python, run the python updater and let it emerge whatever > packages it needs to rebuild, check to make sure nothing still needs the > old version and then you can unmerge the old one. Be warned: running python-updater can take a l

Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work

2008-07-26 Thread Jesús Guerrero
Hi, Please, let us know the driver version and the card model. -- Jesús Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgp7CG9WuzLeS.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: blank consoles after X starts

2008-07-26 Thread Jorge Martínez López
Hi! Recompile v86d with the x86emu flag on. That solved the problem for me. Greetings! -- Jorge Martínez López <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.jorgeml.net