[gentoo-user] Re: Idle Process Scheduling

2009-06-13 Thread Jason Lynch
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:39:52 +0200, Sascha Hlusiak wrote: > How do you know how many processes are running? What does 'top' say > about CPU usage and load? Maybe dnetc has two threads, which can each > occupy a core, so you have still 4 threads that are running, in 3 > processes. You still should g

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Considering launching into Gentoo

2009-06-13 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:04:57 -0700 walt wrote: > It's me and gentoo til death do us part. And I hope I go first... C'mon, something better might always come along, obsoleting gentoo, like gentoo-ng ;) -- Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: font missing

2009-06-13 Thread John P. Burkett
rea...@newsguy.com wrote: > "John P. Burkett" writes: > >> Suggestions for recovering the old "10x20" font would be appreciated. > > I had the same problem but was able to view from an old backup of var > in a previous OS install what was installed. > > It showed 38 packages I'd also like t

[gentoo-user] Re: Considering launching into Gentoo

2009-06-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 06/14/2009 03:04 AM, walt wrote: Portage is more flexible probably, but apt-get, with an appropriate frontend like Synaptics, is a piece of cake: in 99% of cases is click& go. Yes, if gentoo ever disappears (God forbid) I would probably go back to Ubuntu because the Synaptics front end isn't

[gentoo-user] Re: Considering launching into Gentoo

2009-06-13 Thread walt
bn wrote: walt ha scritto: Ah, maybe that explains why I despise their package manager. When I was a Debian user I figured that the most basic of utilities should be easy to use -- and I'm only half joking. Just for fun I tried Ubuntu recently since it's been so popular the last few years. Th

[gentoo-user] apache dep apr no emerge

2009-06-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: pc 2.6.30-gentoo-r1_rdr_3 profile=default/linux/x86/2008.0 This a fresh install... just being built up now. Attempting to emerge apache, and breaking on the depenedency apr. Apparently something to do with not being able to determine `tagged configuration' Anyone recognize what

[gentoo-user] inkscape won't start

2009-06-13 Thread Michael P. Soulier
So, it used to work, but now I get this: (inkscape:456): gtkmm-CRITICAL **: void::container_foreach_callback(GtkWidget*, void*): assertion `widget != 0' failed Emergency save activated! Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now. If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at www.in

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE menu missing: not solved !

2009-06-13 Thread Philip Webb
090613 Philip Webb wrote: > It looks as if the problem here is that if 'kdeinit' is started > without an existing desktop to relate to, some connection is not made. I've investigated further & can't find which file Krusader uses to remember its file associations. However, I did find the changelog

[gentoo-user] Re: How to know the fonts inside various font packages

2009-06-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 06/14/2009 12:52 AM, rea...@newsguy.com wrote: How can user learn the exact fonts contained in the various font package offered in portage without actually installing them? Either by visiting the homepage of the package, or by fetching it (emerge --fetchonly) and then examining the download

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: set local kenel version

2009-06-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:13:06 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > You did already you made me look around better and finally > recompile to test once more and now it works. > > Some kind of operator dimmness going on before I guess. .version isn't set until after the first make run, so it will show

[gentoo-user] Re: set local kenel version

2009-06-13 Thread reader
rea...@newsguy.com writes: > Just for you own info in case you ever want to do it not that > wasn't why it didn't work. Jesus... I'm getting more illiterate as time goes on. Should say: Just for [your] own info in case you ever want to do it... [No], that wasn't why it didn' work.

[gentoo-user] Re: font missing

2009-06-13 Thread reader
"John P. Burkett" writes: > Suggestions for recovering the old "10x20" font would be appreciated. I had the same problem but was able to view from an old backup of var in a previous OS install what was installed. It showed 38 packages I'd also like to know what specific fonts are in which p

[gentoo-user] How to know the fonts inside various font packages

2009-06-13 Thread reader
How can user learn the exact fonts contained in the various font package offered in portage without actually installing them? Even after installing, unless you have something like xlsfonts installed you still won't be able to tell. equery files Gives a list of the files installed but the naming

Re: [gentoo-user] Idle Process Scheduling

2009-06-13 Thread Sascha Hlusiak
Am Saturday 13 June 2009 07:46:34 schrieb Jason Lynch: > I'm having a strange problem on my Q6600 that cropped up starting with > the 2.6.29 series of the kernel, and is still present in 2.6.30. > > Essentially, at all times, I have four nice 19 processes running, which > for the sake of this post,

[gentoo-user] Re: set local kenel version

2009-06-13 Thread reader
Nikos Chantziaras writes: > It doesn't seem you followed the instructions correctly. I don't know > if that's the cause of the problem, but the instructions said: > > echo "-${MYHOST}-">localversion1 > > but you seem to have used: > > echo "_${MYHOST}_">localversion1 > > instead. Just for y

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Considering launching into Gentoo

2009-06-13 Thread bn
walt ha scritto: > Ah, maybe that explains why I despise their package manager. > > When I was a Debian user I figured that the most basic of utilities > should be easy to use -- and I'm only half joking. > > Just for fun I tried Ubuntu recently since it's been so popular the > last few years. T

[gentoo-user] Acrobat reader problem

2009-06-13 Thread Peter Wood
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have just installed my first amd64 gentoo. I took the world file of one of my x86 installs and did an emerge -e world. Now everythin seems to work fine apart from acroread. There seems to be a font problem: instead of the text normally displayed

[gentoo-user] Re: Considering launching into Gentoo

2009-06-13 Thread walt
Alan McKinnon wrote: ...As a Debian user, it is normally safe to assume you can, in fact, read :-) Ah, maybe that explains why I despise their package manager. When I was a Debian user I figured that the most basic of utilities should be easy to use -- and I'm only half joking. Just for fun

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: set local kenel version

2009-06-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 13 June 2009 20:13:06 Harry Putnam wrote: > Alan McKinnon writes: > > On Saturday 13 June 2009 18:05:37 Harry Putnam wrote: > >> > Is that a real mistake, or just a typo in your mail? > >> > >> Its a typo... I just checked to make sure though.. would have been nice > >> if a real missn

[gentoo-user] antlr compile error

2009-06-13 Thread Grant
I'm getting the following when trying to compile antlr. I'm not sure exactly where the error is. Should I file a bug on this? >> >> make -C lib/python all >> make[2]: Entering

[gentoo-user] Re: set local kenel version

2009-06-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan McKinnon writes: > On Saturday 13 June 2009 18:05:37 Harry Putnam wrote: >> > Is that a real mistake, or just a typo in your mail? >> >> Its a typo... I just checked to make sure though.. would have been nice if >> a real missnaming was the problem. >> >> ls -l /usr/src/linux/localversion*

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE menu missing: not solved !

2009-06-13 Thread Philip Webb
090613 Mick wrote: > On Saturday 13 June 2009, Philip Webb wrote: >> Yet another step reveals the locus of the problem here at least: >> (11) try to run 'klauncher' from CLI : "must be started by Kdeinit"; >> (12) restart in KDE, fix Krusader + Apwal ; >> (13) reboot & restart FB but without 'kdein

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE menu missing: not solved !

2009-06-13 Thread Mick
On Saturday 13 June 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 13 June 2009 11:33:56 Mick wrote: > > On Saturday 13 June 2009, Philip Webb wrote: > > > Yet another step reveals the locus of the problem here at least: > > > (11) try to run 'klauncher' from CLI : "must be started by Kdeinit"; > > > (12

[gentoo-user] Installing python packages for different versions

2009-06-13 Thread Florian Philipp
Hi! This is actually a follow-up for my thread "Trouble installing Plone". Following scenario: I have packages which run on python-2.4 and other packages which work with 2.5. Zope is a prominent example of the 2.4 gang. The problem: When I emerge a python package, for example dev-python/imaging,

[gentoo-user] Re: set local kenel version

2009-06-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 06/13/2009 05:27 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Setting a version to local kernel builds has been discussed here so sorry to bang on it some more. I found information here from a previous thread and kept one of the answers but finding now that I don't really understand it. Or am doing the proceedur

Re: [gentoo-user] Prioritizing mpd

2009-06-13 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:31:39 -0700 Grant wrote: > Pre-converting sounds interesting. I could convert all of my 16/44.1 > files to 24/96 files? That way the CPU wouldn't be stressed at > playback time. How can I do that? I use libsamplerate "Best" for > resampling. Just use flac/lame/vorbis-t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: set local kenel version

2009-06-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 13 June 2009 18:05:37 Harry Putnam wrote: > > Is that a real mistake, or just a typo in your mail? > > Its a typo... I just checked to make sure though.. would have been nice if > a real missnaming was the problem. > > ls -l /usr/src/linux/localversion* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jun 1

[gentoo-user] Re: set local kenel version

2009-06-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan McKinnon writes: >> So for linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r1 >> >> and in /usr/src/linux >> cat localverion1: >> _reader_ >> >> Cat .version: >> 1 >> And the symlink >> ls -l localversion2 >> lrwxrwxrwx [...] Jun 12 18:01 localversion2 -> .version >> I get this naming after a build: >> >> viml

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE menu missing: not solved !

2009-06-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 13 June 2009 11:33:56 Mick wrote: > On Saturday 13 June 2009, Philip Webb wrote: > > Yet another step reveals the locus of the problem here at least: > > (11) try to run 'klauncher' from CLI : "must be started by Kdeinit"; > > (12) restart in KDE, fix Krusader + Apwal ; > > (13) reboot

[gentoo-user] install consistently fails to create work (sub)directory

2009-06-13 Thread Walt Rarus
I can't perform any successful emerges. An example output is: >>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.13 * portage-2.1.6.13.patch.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) [ ok ] * portage-2.1.6.tar.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) [ ok ] * checking

Re: [gentoo-user] Considering launching into Gentoo

2009-06-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 13 June 2009 15:02:26 AG wrote: > Hello list > > I am currently running Debian Squeeze and am considering the feasibility > of switching to Gentoo due to several issues I am experiencing with a > new machine with a SATA HDD and a TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Z which refuses > to play audio CD

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Keyboard handling weird... in 2.6.30?

2009-06-13 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 9:00 AM, walt wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: > >> try this: Type some text, like >> X and then hold left arrow. Your >> cursor will move to the left until you release the key. Now try to >> hold the right arrow after you've already been hold

Re: [gentoo-user] set local kenel version

2009-06-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 13 June 2009 16:27:48 Harry Putnam wrote: > Setting a version to local kernel builds has been discussed here so > sorry to bang on it some more. > > I found information here from a previous thread and kept one of the > answers but finding now that I don't really understand it. > > Or am

[gentoo-user] set local kenel version

2009-06-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Setting a version to local kernel builds has been discussed here so sorry to bang on it some more. I found information here from a previous thread and kept one of the answers but finding now that I don't really understand it. Or am doing the proceedure wrong. It was Neil B's post: From: Neil

[gentoo-user] Re: Considering launching into Gentoo

2009-06-13 Thread walt
AG wrote: Hello list I am currently running Debian Squeeze and am considering the feasibility of switching to Gentoo due to several issues I am experiencing with a new machine with a SATA HDD and a TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Z which refuses to play audio CDs and pre-recorded DVDs. Well, I'm all fo

[gentoo-user] font missing

2009-06-13 Thread John P. Burkett
After doing "emerge --depclean" on an amd64 machine, I find that Emacs no longer locates the font it previously used. The font I liked was specified in my .emacs file with the line (set-default-font "10x20"). Using the old .emacs file and doing "emacs --debug-init" now produces an error message tha

[gentoo-user] Re: Considering launching into Gentoo

2009-06-13 Thread Francesco Talamona
On Saturday 13 June 2009, AG wrote: > Hello list > > I am currently running Debian Squeeze and am considering the > feasibility of switching to Gentoo due to several issues I am > experiencing with a new machine with a SATA HDD and a TSSTcorp CDDVDW > TS-H653Z which refuses to play audio CDs and pr

[gentoo-user] Re: Keyboard handling weird... in 2.6.30?

2009-06-13 Thread walt
Paul Hartman wrote: try this: Type some text, like X and then hold left arrow. Your cursor will move to the left until you release the key. Now try to hold the right arrow after you've already been holding the left arrow. It will start to move to the right. Pr

[gentoo-user] Re: Introduce Manual manipulation during an emerge

2009-06-13 Thread Harry Putnam
"Arttu V." writes: > Is there a reason to use i486 stage3? I think an i686 one might have > been available and a better hit if your system is/was set up as an i686 > before this? Well, not that it counts now, gotta go with what you have > unpacked. Looking at those stages again... it is not appa

Re: [gentoo-user] Prioritizing mpd

2009-06-13 Thread Grant
>> renice -20 -p `pgrep mpd` >> >> but my Athlon 2.2Ghz still can't handle it for more than a few >> seconds.  I don't have SMP enabled because of a bug in madwifi, and >> I'm hoping when I get that fixed I'll be able to run the best >> libsamplerate resampler.  Any other ideas for making this work

[gentoo-user] Considering launching into Gentoo

2009-06-13 Thread AG
Hello list I am currently running Debian Squeeze and am considering the feasibility of switching to Gentoo due to several issues I am experiencing with a new machine with a SATA HDD and a TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Z which refuses to play audio CDs and pre-recorded DVDs. In any event, because I

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in fstab w/ lvm?

2009-06-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:47:50 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > You have only two choices, being an eee user myself, and having it > upgraded to 2GB RAM, I choose the tempfs filesystem for /tmp (RAM) > instead of keeping temporary files writen and deleted from my poor > SSD. If you have low RAM, you

Re: [gentoo-user] Lost free space on /

2009-06-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:56:04 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > /var/tmp/portage should be at least 1G on a modern system, 6G+ if > building mozilla stuff and OOo is something you intend to do. IMO PORTAGE_TMPDIR should not be on such an important filesystem as /var. Having system programs unable to

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE menu missing: not solved !

2009-06-13 Thread Mick
On Saturday 13 June 2009, Philip Webb wrote: > Yet another step reveals the locus of the problem here at least: > (11) try to run 'klauncher' from CLI : "must be started by Kdeinit"; > (12) restart in KDE, fix Krusader + Apwal ; > (13) reboot & restart FB but without 'kdeinit &' in ~/.xinitrc : >

Re: [gentoo-user] Lost free space on /

2009-06-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 12 June 2009 22:24:29 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Freitag 12 Juni 2009 21:56:04 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > There's a few guidlelines one can give (but only a few). The variables > > tend to be large than the amounts with guidelines though. > > > > /var/tmp/portage should be at least 1G on

Re: [gentoo-user] kde 3.5 packages blocking each other

2009-06-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 13 June 2009 01:54:45 Francisco Ares wrote: > Thanks a lot! It's not completely obvious from Dirk's post (what he said is completely accurate though), but kde-3.5.10 will not receive monolithic ebuilds (dev decision). If you want kde-3.5.10, there is only one way to do it - Unmerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Prioritizing mpd

2009-06-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 13 June 2009 06:30:56 Mike Kazantsev wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:02:00 -0700 > > Grant wrote: > > When I use the medium quality libsamplerate resampler with mpd, my CPU > > is around 15% and all is well. When I try to use the best quality > > resampler, the CPU stays around 99% an

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about X warnings/errors

2009-06-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 13 Juni 2009, Walter Dnes wrote: > Here's the video card as per "lspci -vv" > == > 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 > PRO] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc

[gentoo-user] Questions about X warnings/errors

2009-06-13 Thread Walter Dnes
Here's the video card as per "lspci -vv" == 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] Control: I/O+ Mem+ Bu