Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems

2008-07-18 Thread Mick
On Friday 18 July 2008, Andreas Niederl wrote: Mick wrote: On Thursday 17 July 2008, Andrew Tchernoivanov wrote: # modprobe -v radeon_drv FATAL: Module radeon_drv not found. That's strange. But try one more thing - copy this radeon_drv from /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers to

Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems

2008-07-18 Thread Andreas Niederl
Mick wrote: On Friday 18 July 2008, Andreas Niederl wrote: [...] I'm just guessing here, but maybe your kernel is missing DRM support for your graphics chip. What's the output of grep -i radeon /boot/config-$(uname -r) ? # grep -i radeon /boot/config-$(uname -r) CONFIG_FB_RADEON=y

Re: [gentoo-user] Video DVD Creation

2008-07-18 Thread Joerg Schilling
sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jorg, Another update. I had made two attempts burning my movie to a no-brand DVD-R. Not wanting to waste another DVD-R I instead used a brand name DVD+RW for another test. It worked, the movie played. When I get the chance I will pick up a brand

Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems

2008-07-18 Thread Andreas Niederl
Andreas Niederl wrote: Mick wrote: [...] # grep -i radeon /boot/config-$(uname -r) CONFIG_FB_RADEON=y CONFIG_FB_RADEON_I2C=y CONFIG_FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT=y # CONFIG_FB_RADEON_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_DRM and CONFIG_DRM_RADEON are needed for direct rendering. The respective options are found

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu working but invisible

2008-07-18 Thread dhk
Sebastian Günther wrote: * Andrew Tchernoivanov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [15.07.08 01:41]: Are the characters on the screen readable? I had this problem too, along with the black grub screen. If they aren't - try adding vga=0x31B to your grub.conf Why should that help with grub? Did not found any

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu working but invisible

2008-07-18 Thread Matt Harrison
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 dhk wrote: | So what is the solution to making grub visible again? I remember when | it changed, I didn't understand the message displayed and I still don't | know the fix. | | Running emerge --config grub doesn't work. | | Is it as simple as

[gentoo-user] playing audio discs

2008-07-18 Thread Allan Gottlieb
I am a novice with respect to sound. Nearly everything works. totem plays CDs system sounds are OK The trouble is that the cd player, gnome-cd part of gnome-media, says there is no disc in the drive (there is only one drive). I don't have many USE flags (in particular ogg, wavpack, and

[gentoo-user] 2.6.26, rtc problem

2008-07-18 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
Hi! After upgrading to 2.6.26 I have got a problem with starting hwclock service - it doesn't find /dev/rtc. I have tried to add rtc_cmos to /conf.d/modules, but the module loads after the service starting. So, questions are: 1. How to force the module loading be before the service starting?

[gentoo-user] emerging meta packages and it's DEPENDS

2008-07-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
Hi, emerge package will remerge package regardless of it's state. Is there a way to tell portage to do that for a package's DEPENDS as well? I have 6 ebuilds I maintain myself, all are CVS checkout builds with - version numbers, call them packageA, packageB ... packageF. To make my life

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.26, rtc problem

2008-07-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 18 July 2008, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: Hi! After upgrading to 2.6.26 I have got a problem with starting hwclock service - it doesn't find /dev/rtc. I have tried to add rtc_cmos to /conf.d/modules, but the module loads after the service starting. So, questions are: 1. How to force

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.26, rtc problem

2008-07-18 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Andrew Gaydenko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [18.07.08 17:03]: Hi! After upgrading to 2.6.26 I have got a problem with starting hwclock service - it doesn't find /dev/rtc. I have tried to add rtc_cmos to /conf.d/modules, but the module loads after the service starting. So, questions are:

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.26, rtc problem

2008-07-18 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
=== On Friday 18 July 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: === On Friday 18 July 2008, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: Hi! After upgrading to 2.6.26 I have got a problem with starting hwclock service - it doesn't find /dev/rtc. I have tried to add rtc_cmos to /conf.d/modules, but the module loads

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.26, rtc problem

2008-07-18 Thread Joshua D Doll
Andrew Gaydenko wrote: === On Friday 18 July 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: === On Friday 18 July 2008, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: Hi! After upgrading to 2.6.26 I have got a problem with starting hwclock service - it doesn't find /dev/rtc. I have tried to add rtc_cmos to

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.26, rtc problem

2008-07-18 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
=== On Friday 18 July 2008, Joshua D Doll wrote: === Andrew Gaydenko wrote: === On Friday 18 July 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: === On Friday 18 July 2008, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: Hi! After upgrading to 2.6.26 I have got a problem with starting hwclock service - it

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.26, rtc problem

2008-07-18 Thread Joshua D Doll
Andrew Gaydenko wrote: === On Friday 18 July 2008, Joshua D Doll wrote: === Andrew Gaydenko wrote: === On Friday 18 July 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: === On Friday 18 July 2008, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: Hi! After upgrading to 2.6.26 I have got a problem

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu working but invisible

2008-07-18 Thread Miika Linnapuomi
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:47:52 + dhk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sebastian Günther wrote: * Andrew Tchernoivanov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [15.07.08 01:41]: Are the characters on the screen readable? I had this problem too, along with the black grub screen. If they aren't - try adding vga=0x31B

[gentoo-user] Is this because of make oldconfig?

2008-07-18 Thread Mick
Hi All, I rolled up a new kernel after I ran make oldconfig and noticed this little message: === . . . CC arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.o AR arch/x86/lib/lib.a LD vmlinux.o MODPOST vmlinux.o WARNING: modpost: Found 10 section mismatch(es). To

[gentoo-user] Re: Is this because of make oldconfig?

2008-07-18 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Mick wrote: Hi All, I rolled up a new kernel after I ran make oldconfig and noticed this little message: [...] WARNING: modpost: Found 5 section mismatch(es). To see full details build your kernel with: 'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y' [...] What's it telling me? Is this something I

Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems

2008-07-18 Thread Mick
On Friday 18 July 2008, Andreas Niederl wrote: Andreas Niederl wrote: Mick wrote: [...] # grep -i radeon /boot/config-$(uname -r) CONFIG_FB_RADEON=y CONFIG_FB_RADEON_I2C=y CONFIG_FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT=y # CONFIG_FB_RADEON_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_DRM and CONFIG_DRM_RADEON are

[gentoo-user] Creating a wireless router

2008-07-18 Thread Jason Carson
Greetings, I want to setup a wireless router for the first time using WPA. Here is the setup I want... Internet---Gentoo Wireless Router---My Computer I have configured my kernel properly from what I can tell and emerged madwifi. However when I modprobe ath_pci nothing shows up. When I do

Re: [gentoo-user] Is this because of make oldconfig?

2008-07-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag, 18. Juli 2008, Mick wrote: Hi All, I rolled up a new kernel after I ran make oldconfig and noticed this little message: === . . . CC arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.o AR arch/x86/lib/lib.a LD vmlinux.o MODPOST vmlinux.o

Re: [gentoo-user] Is this because of make oldconfig?

2008-07-18 Thread Duane Griffin
2008/7/18 Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi All, I rolled up a new kernel after I ran make oldconfig and noticed this little message: [snip] WARNING: modpost: Found 10 section mismatch(es). [snip] What's it telling me? Is this something I should ignore? The tool has detected something that could

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is this because of make oldconfig?

2008-07-18 Thread Mick
On Friday 18 July 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Mick wrote: Hi All, I rolled up a new kernel after I ran make oldconfig and noticed this little message: [...] WARNING: modpost: Found 5 section mismatch(es). To see full details build your kernel with: 'make

Re: [gentoo-user] Is this because of make oldconfig?

2008-07-18 Thread Mick
On Friday 18 July 2008, Duane Griffin wrote: 2008/7/18 Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi All, I rolled up a new kernel after I ran make oldconfig and noticed this little message: [snip] WARNING: modpost: Found 10 section mismatch(es). [snip] What's it telling me? Is this something I

[gentoo-user] Re: xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems

2008-07-18 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Mick wrote: [...] For some reason on the 2.6.24-gentoo-r8 kernel the xf86-video-ati fails to install any modules, hence this message. I haven't configured this box for ages so I may be misunderstanding something here. Do I have to switch to the kernel drivers? You need to compile a kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating a wireless router

2008-07-18 Thread Stroller
On 18 Jul 2008, at 15:30, Jason Carson wrote: ... I want to setup a wireless router for the first time using WPA. Here is the setup I want... Internet---Gentoo Wireless Router---My Computer I have configured my kernel properly from what I can tell and emerged madwifi. However when I

Re: [gentoo-user] Video DVD Creation

2008-07-18 Thread sean
If you like to use a DVD-R, you may better use cdrecord instead of growisofs in order to get compatibility. Growisofs was designed on top of DVD+RW which uses something similar to packetwriting. Use mkisofs -i xx.iso -dvd-video -r -J DVD/ cdrecord -v -sao xx.iso Jörg Thank You. --

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.26, rtc problem

2008-07-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:02:33 +0400, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: After upgrading to 2.6.26 I have got a problem with starting hwclock service - it doesn't find /dev/rtc. I have tried to add rtc_cmos to /conf.d/modules, but the module loads after the service starting. If you need rtc_cmos every

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating a wireless router

2008-07-18 Thread Stroller
On 18 Jul 2008, at 17:10, Jason Carson wrote: Yeah, I read the the HOWTO WAP but I am confused. It said to go to another article when using MADWIFI which told be to use the command... ifconfig ath0 down wlanconfig ath0 destroy wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap Right. I

[gentoo-user] Installation: help me set up my keyboard, please.

2008-07-18 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Gentoo, I'm having a great time installing Gentoo, and everything's going swimmingly, including having compiled a kernel, got networking working, I can use a USB stick, . Except I've hit a brick wall. I want to set up my console keyboard, so I go to edit /etc/conf.d/keymaps, as

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation: help me set up my keyboard, please.

2008-07-18 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Alan Mackenzie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [18.07.08 23:00]: Hi, Gentoo, Hi, I'm having a great time installing Gentoo, and everything's going swimmingly, including having compiled a kernel, got networking working, I can use a USB stick, . fine, Except I've hit a brick wall. I want to

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.26, rtc problem

2008-07-18 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
=== On Saturday 19 July 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: === On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:02:33 +0400, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: After upgrading to 2.6.26 I have got a problem with starting hwclock service - it doesn't find /dev/rtc. I have tried to add rtc_cmos to /conf.d/modules, but the module

[gentoo-user] Re: No progress indicator in bootsplash

2008-07-18 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Sebastian Günther wrote: * Nikos Chantziaras ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [16.07.08 17:55]: Sebastian Günther wrote: * Nikos Chantziaras ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [16.07.08 15:02]: Thanks for helping in tracking down this issue. Here's /etc/conf.d/splash: SPLASH_VERBOSE_ON_ERRORS=no try turning this to

[gentoo-user] Non-case sensitive alphabetical sorting

2008-07-18 Thread Mark David Dumlao
When ordering items by name, a separate and distinct sequence is scene for A-Z before the sequence for a-z. This is the expected behavior. What might i need to look up to intermix [Aa]-[Zz]?

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating a wireless router - I got it working!

2008-07-18 Thread Jason Carson
ok, I got it working without encryption. Here is what I did I configured my kernel according to these webpages... http://madwifi.org/wiki/Requirements and http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/KernelConfig ...then I configured my system as follows... 1)Add madwifi to USE flags 2)emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating a wireless router - I got it working!

2008-07-18 Thread Jason Carson
ok, I got it working without encryption. Here is what I did I configured my kernel according to these webpages... http://madwifi.org/wiki/Requirements and http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/KernelConfig ...then I configured my system as follows... 1)Add madwifi to USE flags 2)emerge

[gentoo-user] dev-python/setuptools conflict when running python-updater

2008-07-18 Thread Walter Dnes
I did some updates today. emerge --sync and updated world on my production machine. Things went OK, including running python-updater. Then I scp'd the contents of /usr/portage/distfiles over to my hot backup machine, ran emerge --sync (pointing at my production machine) and updated. Just like

[gentoo-user] WPA encryption on my wireless network

2008-07-18 Thread Jason Carson
I have installed and configured my wirelss network with MadWifi and wpa_supllicant. However it is unencrypted. What do I have to do to setup WPA encryption? I have followed this (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Building_a_Wireless_Access_Point#WPA_Encryption) but when I run... hostapd -dd

Re: [gentoo-user] WPA encryption on my wireless network

2008-07-18 Thread Dale
Jason Carson wrote: SNIP So what does this mean? ioctl[unknown???]: Invalid argument I can't get hostapd to startup until this is fixed. No knowledge here but google may have found something. http://madwifi.org/ticket/422 Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-) --

Re: [gentoo-user] WPA encryption on my wireless network

2008-07-18 Thread Jason Carson
Jason Carson wrote: SNIP So what does this mean? ioctl[unknown???]: Invalid argument I can't get hostapd to startup until this is fixed. No knowledge here but google may have found something. http://madwifi.org/ticket/422 Hope that helps. Dale That looked promising. There

[gentoo-user] Mounting usb problem

2008-07-18 Thread Norman Hakim
Hi all, I have problem regarding mounting my usb thumbdrive. I have tried to add this line to /etc/fstab: echo /dev/usb /mnt/usb auto noauto,rw,user /etc/fstab After i mount it: mount /dev/usb It shows there is no mount point for /dev/usb I wonder is it this is the correct line that i should

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting usb problem

2008-07-18 Thread Norman Hakim
NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA --- On Fri, 7/18/08, Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] Mounting usb problem To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 10:56 PM Hi all, I have problem regarding mounting my usb

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting usb problem

2008-07-18 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:56:24 -0700 (PDT) Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have problem regarding mounting my usb thumbdrive. I have tried to add this line to /etc/fstab: echo /dev/usb /mnt/usb auto noauto,rw,user /etc/fstab Do you have a file called /dev/usb ? On my system they have

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting usb problem

2008-07-18 Thread Norman Hakim
Do you have a file called /dev/usb ? On my system they have longer names. What does ls /dev/usb* show? allan -- It shows: /dev/usbdev1.1_ep00 /dev/usbdev1.2_ep81 /dev/usbdev3.1_ep81 /dev/usbdev1.1_ep81 /dev/usbdev2.1_ep00 /dev/usbdev4.1_ep00 /dev/usbdev1.2_ep00