Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Scharf Yuval
know it, your taking something you have not purchased, and have no right to own. Scharf Yuval wrote: On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 09:42:53AM -0500, Larry Schuler wrote: You missed one other option, do without. That is what I am doing. Exactly. I would love to have one of those new

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Scharf Yuval
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 09:42:53AM -0500, Larry Schuler wrote: You missed one other option, do without. That is what I am doing. Exactly. I would love to have one of those new Ferrari's. But, oh my, they're too expensive, and my poor little self can't afford one on my piddly salary.

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Scharf Yuval
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 09:03:32AM -0700, Ric Messier wrote: On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Scharf Yuval wrote: That is NOT stealing. Stealing is when after the act the victim does not longer have the item. There is no reason to accept the corporate world terminology. Steal, v

[gentoo-user] Font problem after emerging QT3.3

2004-02-12 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, After emerging qt 3.3 non-latin letters appear on the screen as empty squares. This happened in two out of three machines. I don't know what is different in the third machine and I also don't know what to investigate. Can someone help? Thanks, Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [gentoo-user] DMA

2004-02-11 Thread Scharf Yuval
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Calvin Walton wrote: After rebooting my machine dmesg showed the following lines: hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } more of same... hda: DMA disabled hdb had the DMA on and hda had

[gentoo-user] KDE

2004-02-11 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, When building kde-3.2.0 I got the following message: configure.in: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found. configure.in: You should verify that configure.in invokes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, configure.in: that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory, configure.in: and that

[gentoo-user] DMA

2004-02-09 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, In a computer with a disk capable of DMA. hdparm -i /dev/hda returns: /dev/hda: Model=Maxtor 6E040L0, FwRev=NAR61590, SerialNo=E13CFB3E Config={ Fixed } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off

Re: [gentoo-user] DMA

2004-02-09 Thread Scharf Yuval
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Kevin Hanson wrote: Scharf Yuval wrote: Hello, In a computer with a disk capable of DMA. hdparm -i /dev/hda returns: /dev/hda: Model=Maxtor 6E040L0, FwRev=NAR61590, SerialNo=E13CFB3E Config={ Fixed } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57

[gentoo-user] Can't connect to the Internet

2004-02-08 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, Since yesterday I can't connect to the Internet. I didn't make any change that is releveant. In Windows I can still connect so I don't think it is an ISP problem. You can see the relevant part of /var/log/messages below my signature. Can someone help me? Thanks, Yuval Scharf Feb 8

[gentoo-user] mm-sources-2.6.2

2004-02-04 Thread Scharf Yuval
Can some one explain what is the problem: emerge (1 of 1) sys-kernel/mm-sources-2.6.2_rc2-r1 to / md5 src_uri ;-) patch-2.6.2-rc2.bz2 md5 src_uri ;-) linux-2.6.1.tar.bz2 md5 src_uri ;-) 2.6.2-rc2-mm1.bz2 Preparing to unpack... Unpacking source... Unpacking linux-2.6.1.tar.bz2 to

[gentoo-user] A question about LILO (fwd)

2004-01-25 Thread Scharf Yuval
Yuval Scharf -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 21:54:38 +0200 (IST) From: Scharf Yuval [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A question about LILO Hi, I used to have Gentoo in /dev/hda2 Now I have Gentoo in /dev/hdb3 I have Windows XP in /dev/hda1

Re: [gentoo-user] Files in /etc/pam.d

2004-01-22 Thread Scharf Yuval
Clearly, I never turned it ON in my old system. Yuval Scharf On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Scharf Yuval wrote: Hi, Indeed the pam flag was turned off. This is strange, in my previous system where I moved from 2.4 to 2.6 I never turned it off and there was no problem. Anyhow, How do I tell

[gentoo-user] Lilo fails with strange message

2004-01-21 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi, If days ago I emerged a newer version of lilo. Today after building a new kernel when I executed lilo I got the following message: Fatal: Setup length exceeds 31 maximum; kernel setup will overwrite boot loader Can someone explain what this message mean? Except changing the kernels list I

[gentoo-user] Forwarded mail....

2004-01-21 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi, Please look at the message below. We tryed many combinations but nothing worked. Can someone help? Thanks, Yuval Scharf -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:21:43 -0800 (PST) From: Gal Gefen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Yuval Scharf [EMAIL PROTECTED] when mounting a

[gentoo-user] Files in /etc/pam.d

2004-01-21 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, When I look at the filed in /etc/pam.d using qpkg -f I can see that some of them came from ebuilds and some of them not. My question is very simple, those files that didn't come from an ebuild, where did they come from? The reason I'm asking is because I'm building a new system and I

[gentoo-user] Installation fails in bootstrap.sh

2004-01-19 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi, I'm trying to install Gentoo. When executing bootsrap.sh while emerging texinfo I get the message after my signature. I tries changing the CFLAGS but it didn't help. I saw that the {standard input} lines does not appear if I don't use -pipe. Can someone tell me how to fix/workaround it.

[gentoo-user] Buying a new NIC

2004-01-14 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi, Tomorrow I'll buy a new NIC (I'm tired of USB-ADSL). My question is can I buy whatever NIC I want or some NICs will not in Linux? Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] safe to switch to linux-headers-2.6.0_beta11 ?

2003-12-29 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, What is the difference between the header trees? How will compiling an application using the new tree will improve it? Thanks, Yuval Scharf On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Since I'm running 2.6 now for good, I'd like to switch to the 2.6 headers and recompile glibc. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading kernels

2003-12-18 Thread Scharf Yuval
You should point the symlink /usr/src/linux to the new directory in /usr/src Yuval Scharf On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Thomas Smith wrote: I emerged gentoo-sources (linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r9) which is an upgrade from linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r6. The problem is that when I run genkernel --config it loads

[gentoo-user] A problem with MozillaFirebird

2003-12-08 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, I installed MozillaFirebird and it works fine with English websites. But, when I go to a Hebrew website instead of Hebrew letters I get those funny squares each includes 4 characters. How do I tell the browser to use Hebrew fonts? What is that funny font that Firbird is using? Thanks,

Re: [gentoo-user] A problem with MozillaFirebird

2003-12-08 Thread Scharf Yuval
On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Andrew Farmer wrote: On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:51:54 -0800, Scharf Yuval muttered: Hello, I installed MozillaFirebird and it works fine with English websites. But, when I go to a Hebrew website instead of Hebrew letters I get those funny squares each includes 4

Re: [gentoo-user] A problem with MozillaFirebird

2003-12-08 Thread Scharf Yuval
Yuval Scharf On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Chris Graves wrote: I installed MozillaFirebird and it works fine with English websites. But, when I go to a Hebrew website instead of Hebrew letters I get those funny squares each includes 4 characters. This'll happen when you don't have any

RE: [gentoo-user] NPTL documentation

2003-12-01 Thread Scharf Yuval
. The NPTL just improved the 'backend'./conjecture I've a pdf file describing NPTL if you want me to mail that to you. There is a place online you can download it, but I forgot where that was. I haven't had time to read through it yet. -Nathan -Original Message- From: Scharf Yuval

[gentoo-user] I hate computers

2003-11-27 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, For dozens of hours I tried to make the ens1371 in my old Compaq computer in my university produce any sound with no luck. I used red-had 8, Gentoo with 2.4 kernel, Gentoo with 2.6 kerenl. I tried amazingly many combinations. It didn't work. As much as I could have seen the computer was

Re: [gentoo-user] I hate computers

2003-11-27 Thread Scharf Yuval
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Collins Richey wrote: On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:19:39 +0200 (IST) Scharf Yuval [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, For dozens of hours I tried to make the ens1371 in my old Compaq computer in my university produce any sound with no luck. I used red-had 8, Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] I hate computers

2003-11-27 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi Andrew, You are referring to the system speaker, the beep producer. I'm referring to a real (lousy) internal speaker in a Compaq desktop. Yuval Scharf On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Scharf Yuval wrote: Hello, For dozens of hours I tried to make the ens1371 in my old

Re: [gentoo-user] I hate computers, you mean windows?

2003-11-27 Thread Scharf Yuval
at 07:55, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Scharf Yuval wrote: Hello, For dozens of hours I tried to make the ens1371 in my old Compaq computer in my university produce any sound with no luck. Today I tried toplay a CD but it didn't work. I became very suspicious, playing a CD has very

[gentoo-user] NPTL documentation

2003-11-24 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, After installing NPTL, i.e. emerging glibc with USE=nptl I don't have the man pages of the pthread_* calls. So I'm looking for documentation of NPTL. I've searched the Internet but didn't find. Can some one tell me where I'll find the data I'm looking for? Thanks, Yuval Scharf --

[gentoo-user] Building the kernel

2003-11-06 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, Please tell me if the following statement is correct: Because modules call internal functions of the kernel as fixed addresses, when the kernel is changed (even a small change) all modules must be rebuilt. Thanks, Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Capabilities

2003-10-21 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, How do you grant a user the capability to reboot a machine.. Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Fail to start X

2003-10-19 Thread Scharf Yuval
Do you have a config file in /etc/X11 ? Yuval Scharf On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi all folks, Gentoo 1.4 Failed to start X # startx XFree86.0.log as follow; XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 27 February 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6

Re: [gentoo-user] Fail to start X

2003-10-19 Thread Scharf Yuval
Before the EndSection (in line 90) you forgot EndSubSection Yuval Scharf On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi Ernie, - snip - Stephen, send the contents of /etc/X11/XF86Config It looks like startx cannot find the config file. If you have not created this file, go to the Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Fail to start X

2003-10-19 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi, CTRL + ALT + BS should do the trick(stop the server). I don't know why CTRL+ALT+F? didn't work. Edit the file /etc/rc.conf and set the value of XSESSION properly. In my case XSESSION=kde-3.1.4 Yuval Scharf On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi Scharf, Scharf Yuval wrote: Before

Re: [gentoo-user] Keeping packages up todate with a 56k modem

2003-10-16 Thread Scharf Yuval
emerge -uDpf will give you the list of files needed by emerge -uDp Yuval Scharf On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, David Gethings wrote: OK, tell me to RTFM if you like, however I have read the doc on the gentto website regarding emerge and have not found an answer. I know that a 'emerge -uDp world'

[gentoo-user] The new portage

2003-10-12 Thread Scharf Yuval
Agter emerging the new portage I got a message saying ... Please do so and then update ALL of your configuration files. Only two files in /etc have a new version. Do I need to do something else beside merging those two files? Thanks, Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] The new portage

2003-10-12 Thread Scharf Yuval
Thanks Ernie, but my question was different. The message made me think that maybe I should do something else to all files. I believe that there is nothing I need to do I just want to be sure. Yuval Scharf On Sun, 12 Oct 2003, Ernie Schroder wrote: On Sunday 12 October 2003 03:06 pm, Scharf

[gentoo-user] Can insert ppp_generic module into linux 2.6.0-test6-mm1

2003-09-30 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi, dmesg shows: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 devfs_mk_cdev: could not append to parent for ppp failed to register PPP device (-17) Can someone tell me what the problem is or atlaest give me a direction for investigation? Thanks, Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] emerge mplayer fails

2003-09-29 Thread Scharf Yuval
yuval_scharf root # emerge -v mplayer Calculating dependencies ...done! emerge (1 of 1) media-video/mplayer-0.92 to / Downloading http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/distfiles/font-arial-iso-8859-2.tar.bz2 --18:33:02-- http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/distfiles/font-arial-iso-8859-2.tar.bz2 =

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge mplayer fails

2003-09-29 Thread Scharf Yuval
. Good Luck! On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 17:29, Scharf Yuval wrote: yuval_scharf root # emerge -v mplayer Calculating dependencies ...done! emerge (1 of 1) media-video/mplayer-0.92 to / Downloading http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/distfiles/font-arial-iso-8859-2.tar.bz2 --18:33:02--http

[gentoo-user] Telling Portage that a package is installed

2003-09-27 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, I want to upgrade kde from 3.1.3 to 3.1.4 on a mchine running kernel 2.6. Kde depende on alsa-driver which failes to build. But I don't need ALSA because I have it in the kernel. How do I tell Portage that he doesn't have to emerge alsa-drivers? Thanks, Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL

Re: [gentoo-user] Telling Portage that a package is installed

2003-09-27 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi, I do have mm-sources on that machine and still KDE asked for alsa-driver. Yuval Scharf On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Andrei Ivanov wrote: The latest development-sources and mm-sources provide virtual/alsa. Emerge one of them, and you'll be fine... On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Scharf Yuval wrote

Re: [gentoo-user] Telling Portage that a package is installed

2003-09-27 Thread Scharf Yuval
If I use ALSA don't I want my ebuilds to be aware of it? Yuval Scharf On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Andrew Jennings wrote: Hi, I do have mm-sources on that machine and still KDE asked for alsa-driver. Yuval Scharf You have alsa in your USE flags. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] installing fans (was: strange informations from lm-sensors)

2003-09-26 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi, Does you boxes really give you all this flexibility? I look at my box and see no place to add fans. Does it in mean that my box is a very cheap one? Happy new year, Yuval Scharf On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However you do it, you will want to have an air-flow that

[gentoo-user] Error while building lm-sensors

2003-09-25 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi emerge -v lm-sensors !!! ERROR: sys-apps/lm-sensors-2.7.0-r1 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 45, Exitcode 2 !!! lm_sensors requires the source of a compatible kernel\nversion installed in /usr/src/linux and =i2c-2.7.0 support built as a modules this support is included in

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling on SMP machine?

2003-09-24 Thread Scharf Yuval
What is metallic paint mod? Yuval Scharf On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Dan McCombs wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 16:13, Tom Wesley wrote: On Wednesday 24 September 2003 20:39, Rick [Kitty5] wrote: Thought about modding some XP's but didn't feel brave enough, metallic paint would make it tricky

[gentoo-user] Sound Blaster 5.1 from DELL

2003-09-23 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi, Can some one tell me where I can find a free driver for this card? I found only a non free driver from 4front. Thanks, Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver

2003-09-23 Thread Scharf Yuval
If you run 2.6 why do you want to build alsa-driver? Yuval Scharf On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Michael Rasile wrote: On Tue Sep 23, 2003 at 03:10:32PM -0400 or thereabouts, Ernie Schroder wrote: On Tuesday 23 September 2003 03:51 pm, Michael Rasile wrote: On Tue Sep 23, 2003 at 02:20:36PM -0400

RE: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver

2003-09-23 Thread Scharf Yuval
:-( Apparently you know more than me. Yuval Scharf On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Mark Knecht wrote: If you run 2.6 why do you want to build alsa-driver? Agreed, alsa-driver is only for 2.4 kernels. 2.5/2.6 have alsa drivers built into the kernel tree. So teach me. The alsa revision

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver

2003-09-23 Thread Scharf Yuval
) Scharf Yuval [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you run 2.6 why do you want to build alsa-driver? Agreed,alsa-driver is only for 2.4 kernels. 2.5/2.6 have alsa drivers built into the kernel tree. I was just trying to get better sound. I am currently using the emu10k1 sound module. What do

Re: [gentoo-user] HDs dying. please save me

2003-09-13 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi, What are the legal values? My result was 39C. Yuval Scharf On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Sylvain wrote: Le Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:50:45 +0200 mathieu perrenoud [EMAIL PROTECTED] a crit: On Friday 12 September 2003 16:55, Andrew Farmer wrote: You might want to check to see if the problem is

Re: [gentoo-user] which is the package that contains Latex ?

2003-09-08 Thread Scharf Yuval
tetex Yuval Scharf On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, raptor wrote: which is the package that contains Latex ? sorry for the stupid question, but I really cant find it?! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] My HD is collapsing

2003-09-08 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, Every day I get more signs that my HD is collapsing. Tomorrow I'll have to go to the store and buy a new one. So I'll have to copy the old HD to the new HD. I have no time to investigate how to do it properly so I need your help. First question: Can I do it while using the system or do I

Re: [gentoo-user] My HD is collapsing

2003-09-08 Thread Scharf Yuval
Why would I use tar, Whats wrong with 'cp'? Yuval Scharf On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Holger Kettler wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, First question: Can I do it while using the system or do I have to boot from a CD? You should mount every single partition readonly

[gentoo-user] Vocal chat

2003-09-07 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, I'm looking for a software that will allow me to have a vocal chat with both Linux users and Windows users (not at the same time). Can you suggest a software to me? Assume that I can ask the Windows user to use what ever software I'll tell him. Thanks, Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL

[gentoo-user] A problem with sound card

2003-09-07 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, Please tell me if I'm right when I think that my i810 sound card is not duplex in Linux. Thanks, Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] A process refuses to die

2003-09-05 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, How do I kill a process that 'kill' can't kill? Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] A process refuses to die

2003-09-05 Thread Scharf Yuval
I've tried all those things. The father is 'init' so I can't kill it, right? Yuval Scharf On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 00:53:30 +0300 (IDT) Scharf Yuval [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | How do I kill a process that 'kill' can't kill? Try kill -9 processid . Try

Re: [gentoo-user] A process refuses to die

2003-09-05 Thread Scharf Yuval
I'm not sure what you are asking. It is not a zombie. Is father is init. Yuval Scharf On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Mikhail P. wrote: On Friday 05 September 2003 22:02, Scharf Yuval wrote: I've tried all those things. The father is 'init' so I can't kill it, right? Well, I would not kill init

Re: [gentoo-user] A process refuses to die

2003-09-05 Thread Scharf Yuval
It's D - uninterruptible sleep Yuval Scharf On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Mikhail P. wrote: On Friday 05 September 2003 22:02, Scharf Yuval wrote: I've tried all those things. The father is 'init' so I can't kill it, right? Well, I would not kill init.. Btw, what's the status of process you

[gentoo-user] Yahoo messenger

2003-09-05 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, I've emerged ymessenger (Yahoo Messenger) in order to talk with a friend. But I didn't find any way to start a voice conversation. Does the Linux version has this ability? Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] CDRW does not read CD's

2003-08-31 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, When I'm trying to read the CD's that I've just burned the CD-RWs LED just blinks for a long time and after that if I try to mount I get: /dev/cdroms/cdrom1: Input/output error mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified This is not a problem with the media

Re: [gentoo-user] Sounds from mouse.... Is it possible

2003-08-25 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, Dmitry, You want a mouse that makes sounds, I have one here. I'm trying to catch him for three days. When I'll catch him I'll send him to you :-) Yuval Scharf On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Dmitry Suzdalev wrote: Hello, list! I'm here with maybe a silly question. :) I just wanted to know is

Re: [gentoo-user] mount: special device /dev/croms/crom0 does notexist

2003-08-25 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hi, Try to go over the output of dmesg and see what it says about your cd-rom. Did it identified it? and as what? I think that maybe you don't have a problem with devfs but the kernel is not aware of the cd-rom. Yuval Scharf On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Redmond Militante wrote: hi thanks for

[gentoo-user] Strange behaviour of CD-ROM.

2003-08-22 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, I have a strange problem. When I play a music CD in my CD-ROM every now and then (but quiet a lot) My CD-ROM stops playing and my HD start working as mad. This can take between one second and 4 seconds. I don't think that the HD is really used then. I don't understand what is the problem.

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behaviour of CD-ROM.

2003-08-22 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, DMA is enabled. I've just checked again that it is connected to the sound card. Yuval Scharf On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:38:20PM +0300, Scharf Yuval wrote: Hello, I have a strange problem. When I play a music CD in my CD-ROM every

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behaviour of CD-ROM.

2003-08-22 Thread Scharf Yuval
No, I think that it happeneds even in the case when the computer is doing almost nothing. Yuval Scharf On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Scharf Yuval wrote: DMA is enabled. I've just checked again that it is connected to the sound card. Are you low on memory? It could

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behaviour of CD-ROM.

2003-08-22 Thread Scharf Yuval
themselves. Yuval Scharf On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Tom Wesley wrote: On Friday 22 August 2003 21:42, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Scharf Yuval wrote: DMA is enabled. I've just checked again that it is connected to the sound card. Are you low on memory? It could be that the HD activity is the system

[gentoo-user] A beginner question about USE

2003-08-21 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, If I write USE=kde in /etc/make.conf it means that if I emerge a package with KDE optional KDE support the support should be installed. If I don't add kde to USE it means that I'm indifferent to kde so I don't need the optional support. Correct? But what does USE=-kde means I found one

Re: [gentoo-user] A beginner question about USE

2003-08-21 Thread Scharf Yuval
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Adam Scriven wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 09:51:59PM +0300, Scharf Yuval wrote: If I write USE=kde in /etc/make.conf it means that if I emerge a package with KDE optional KDE support the support should be installed. Correct. If I don't add kde to USE it means

Re: [gentoo-user] How to install NPTL v0.55?

2003-08-21 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, Can someone describe in a few sentences why it is so dangerous to install a newer version of glibc. And also what is the gain from getting NPTL? Do you think it improves performance very much? When is it suppose to be part of the stable version? Thanks, Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL

[gentoo-user] IDE bus speed

2003-08-19 Thread Scharf Yuval
Hello, Can someone explain to me the following log messages from the kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx ICH2: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev f9 ICH2: chipset revision 2 ICH2: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at

Re: [gentoo-user] IDE bus speed

2003-08-19 Thread Scharf Yuval
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Nicolas STURMEL wrote: Scharf Yuval wrote: Hello, Can someone explain to me the following log messages from the kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx ICH2: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev f9 ICH2: chipset revision 2

RE: [gentoo-user] IDE bus speed

2003-08-19 Thread Scharf Yuval
I get between 27MB/s and 30MB/s Yuval Scharf On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I don't understand your answer Nicolas. Because My bus is 33MHz I get 27MB/s. I understand that. What I'm asking is if the UDMA(100) means that the HD is capable of 100MB/s and the bus

Re: [gentoo-user] IDE bus speed

2003-08-19 Thread Scharf Yuval
Nicolas, If you are reffering to hdb you are wrong because there is no device there. So, If I sum up your answers then my HD is capable of 30MB/s. The UDMA(100) is a sales persons trick. My bus is 33Mhz and it is not holding back my HD. So, If I like to buy a new motherboard and a new HD, what