Re: [gentoo-user] rc.log errors

2012-08-29 Thread Cinder
Does OP have /var on / or is it a separate mount point? /var is on / _ Get your FREE, LinuxWaves.com Email Now! -- http://www.LinuxWaves.com Join Linux Discussions! -- http://Community.LinuxWaves.com

Re: [gentoo-user] My PC died. What should I try?

2012-08-29 Thread Alex Schuster
Peter Humphrey writes: On Tuesday 28 August 2012 21:57:43 Alex Schuster wrote: I wrote: Well, all I can do now is to get a new board and see if things will be okay then. [...] So I had to wait. And when it became available, I wondered if it might be the processor instead that has the

Re: [gentoo-user] My PC died. What should I try?

2012-08-29 Thread Alex Schuster
Dale writes: Alan McKinnon wrote: Rule #1 in dealing with odd weird strange computer faults is ALWAYS test with another PSU of at least twice the capacity you think you need. +1 I always start with the P/S. Well, unless I see something else unrelated letting the smoke out. Even then tho,

[gentoo-user] qemu-kvm and xscreensaver

2012-08-29 Thread jdm
Whenever I run a qemu-kvm when xscreensaver starts it stops guest os from working. Eg if I am emerging on guest or downloading a file when xscreensaver starts on the host the guest freezes. Stopping xscreensaver and guest continues where left off. I can cure this by disabling xscreensaver but

Re: [gentoo-user] My PC died. What should I try?

2012-08-29 Thread Alex Schuster
Volker Armin Hemmann writes: Am Dienstag, 28. August 2012, 22:57:43 schrieb Alex Schuster: This sucks. Is it a faulty board again? Is something (the PSU?) killing the board once I turn the thing on? What will happen when I have the next board and try again? Argh. so - instead of changing

Re: [gentoo-user] [Offtopic] Lightweight server distro for an old motherboard

2012-08-29 Thread v_2e
On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:35:57 -0400 Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au wrote: Hi all, Anyone got any suggestions for a lightweight server distro for an old motherboard? I've got one of the VIA mini-ITX boards,

Re: [gentoo-user] [Offtopic] Lightweight server distro for an old motherboard

2012-08-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 29 August 2012 04:41:54 Andrew Lowe wrote: It had Gentoo on it for ages, and has not been updated in ages. It takes years to do anything, with respect to compiling so I'm just looking for a simple point and click, binary download type of thingy to keep it going. I've been

Re: [gentoo-user] [Offtopic] Lightweight server distro for an old motherboard

2012-08-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:41:54 +0800 Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au wrote: On 08/29/12 11:35, Michael Mol wrote: On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au wrote: Hi all, Anyone got any suggestions for a lightweight server distro for an old motherboard? I've got

Re: [gentoo-user] [Offtopic] Lightweight server distro for an old motherboard

2012-08-29 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:53:47 +0800 Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au wrote: On 08/29/12 12:42, kwk...@hkbn.net wrote: On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:57:07 +0800 Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au wrote: Hi all, Anyone got

Re: [gentoo-user] [Offtopic] Lightweight server distro for an old motherboard

2012-08-29 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:41:54 +0800 Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au wrote: On 08/29/12 11:35, Michael Mol wrote: On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au wrote: Hi all, Anyone got any

Re: [gentoo-user] Issues with =x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.14.4: driver issue or hardware issue?

2012-08-29 Thread Andrey Moshbear
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Michael Scherer a6702...@unet.univie.ac.at wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:18:02 +0200 Michael Scherer a6702...@unet.univie.ac.at wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 04:52:35 -0400 Andrey Moshbear andrey@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Michael

[gentoo-user] mdev and lxde

2012-08-29 Thread Bill Kenworthy
I am installing a new system and would like to go udev/systemd less. I have dumped gnome3 for lxde and find it a lot more usable and stable but I would like to know if anyone has gone down the mdev and lxde path? BillK