[gentoo-user] Re: Mounting USB Flash Drive

2006-04-01 Thread Lord Sauron
On 4/1/06, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't know if it relates to your case but I had a > similar problem until I realized the device was > formatted FAT16. Once I added proper support to my > kernel config it was smooth sailing. No, mine's a vfat. Here's a sample of what my /etc/f

[gentoo-user] Re: Mounting USB Flash Drive

2006-04-01 Thread Lord Sauron
On 4/1/06, Mait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2006/4/1, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 3/31/06, Mait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey! don,t hurry relax ~ : ) > > > > Relax? Sounds like something that unemployed people do : \ > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting USB Flash Drive

2006-03-31 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/31/06, Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 08:07:16PM -0800, Lord Sauron wrote > > > > $ man mount > > > $ man fstab > > > > Wow... I didn't know that man had a fstab entry. I thought it was > > only for com

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting USB Flash Drive

2006-03-31 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/31/06, Mait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey! don,t hurry relax ~ : ) Relax? Sounds like something that unemployed people do : \ > It's also useful in traditional way > $ man mount > $ man fstab Wow... I didn't know that man had a fstab entry. I thought it was only for commands and stuff.

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting USB Flash Drive

2006-03-31 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/31/06, b.n. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can just nano /etc/fstab and add /dev/sda1? > > Not only you can: you actually have to! :) > Check the Gentoo handbook for details. When I did install Gentoo (in > december 2004), I had to write *all* my fstab by hand, I don't know if > now it's dif

Re: [gentoo-user] Issues with Dependencies

2006-03-31 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/31/06, Bo Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 01 April 2006 02:25, Lord Sauron wrote: > > localhost ~ # emerge --pretend kde-meta > > > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > > > Calculating dependencies ...done! > &g

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting USB Flash Drive

2006-03-31 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/31/06, b.n. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyways, I've been working to try and mount my USB Flash disk so that > > I can use the stuff I backed up from my old Kubuntu install. However, > > /dev/sda1 isn't in /etc/fstab, though usbfs is in /etc/mtab. > > > > Well, I've narrowed it down to a

Re: [gentoo-user] Issues with Dependencies

2006-03-31 Thread Lord Sauron
blocking kde-base/konsole-3.4.3) No. Still doesn't like me. I never know about the meta packages, so I could be on Gnome for a little while until I get this sorted out, huh? On 3/31/06, Bo Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 01 April 2006 01:52, Lord Sauron wrote: > &

[gentoo-user] Mounting USB Flash Drive

2006-03-31 Thread Lord Sauron
Hi - again. You are totally free to get tired of me and completely ignore me. Please, just make sure that you all don't do it all at the same time ; ) Anyways, I've been working to try and mount my USB Flash disk so that I can use the stuff I backed up from my old Kubuntu install. However, /dev

[gentoo-user] Issues with Dependencies

2006-03-31 Thread Lord Sauron
Hi, I'm having a bit more trouble. I'm trying to re-compile KDE so that maybe some functionality which didn't compile right the first time will work. However, it says I've got some broken dependencies. localhost ~ # emerge --pretend kde These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calc

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-31 Thread Lord Sauron
the difference is causing a lot of confusion for most > people, especially when they aren't familiar with low level > programming. In the end this might degenerate to a "programmer's rating" thing. IE: one standardised benchmark. > On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [gentoo-user] Xgl, KDE, gnome

2006-03-31 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/30/06, Roy Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy, > > After playing with the Kororaa Xgl Live CD, then with Xorg 7 entering > ebuild testing, > I decided to give Xgl a try. Neat-o. Is it in the ~x86 area? > The xorg 7 upgrade went extremely smooth. Big THANK YOU to those > responsible!

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 17:41 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote: > > On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, however, I see all these people buy a cheap laptop from Dell and > > > > expe

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 15:42 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote: > > On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yeah, however, I see all these people buy a cheap laptop from Dell and > > expect it to run

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great for you. However, if you got a laptop for non-work use > > (personal, communications, mobile DVD viewing, &c) would you rather > > get the massiv

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
SOLVED!!! I did as you suggested. localhost ~ # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst default 0 timeout 7 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Current Kernel root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 title Old Kernel root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz.old root=/dev/hda3 titl

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How soon do you think we'll see laptops with the Dual Core Turion64? > > Summer. Got to have them out in time for back-to-school purchasing, right? > > > > > Elsewhere (perhaps on thi

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Bo Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 29 March 2006 21:58, Lord Sauron wrote: > > Okay, here's where I've isolated the problem to. This might be a > > rather lengthy explanation, so make sure you have about 15 minutes on > > your

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Mike Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you sure that it was a Pentium M and not a Pentium4-M or just the It's ID is a Pentium-M Ultra-Low Voltage 1.0GHz Processor. It's basically whatever you'll find in the IBM X40 type 2386-1CU. My serial # is KV-AC277. Proud owner of a IBM.

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Always interesting discussions on this list. > > I have two questions for everyone (not just the person I'm responding > to): > > How soon do you think we'll see laptops with the Dual Core Turion64? AMD says the release will be within 4 mo

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You have no idea what portable is. One month on a 3.7lb. 12.1 inch > > X40 and you'll never go back - even if you wanted to! > > Well, everybody h

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
Okay, here's where I've isolated the problem to. This might be a rather lengthy explanation, so make sure you have about 15 minutes on your hands before diving in. However, the explanation shouldn't take long - I've never actually compiled/installed/used a kernel before. Okay, enough apologising

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
ld tested the chip... the FX-60 was ~30% faster while being about $30 cheaper. Okay, I'll stop evangelising AMD now. Thanks for listening (it makes me feel somewhat important). On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm.. seems to me, you do like your laptops big and heavy and bulky. :-) > > IIRC, you had a P4 chip in your last laptop? (was that you?) > > Yep, except that 'luggable' incurred severe lid

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-27 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/27/06, Jeremy Olexa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lord Sauron wrote: > > Would you say about 45 seconds is right for a > > 1.0GHz Pentium-M with 256Megs of PC2700 SO-DIMM RAM? (200-pin, of > > course) > > Sounds about right. You aren't recompiling the W

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-27 Thread Lord Sauron
Okay, yet another update. I found that these packages were not installed: ibm-acpi acpi (though acpid was installed) I emerged them and then recompiled the kernel. However, I'm really beginning to get suspicious... I really think that a kernel recompile would take longer. Would you say about

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-27 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/27/06, Teresa and Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lord Sauron wrote: > > >On 3/27/06, Teresa and Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >Extremely clever. I'll have to remeber cool tricks like that when I'm > >work

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-27 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/27/06, Teresa and Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Devon Miller wrote: > > > Just to throw my 2 cents in... > > > > I always set > > > > CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y > > CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y > > > > unless I'm building for a memory constrained system. This stores the > > config file in the kernel imag

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-27 Thread Lord Sauron
Hey, I found something interesting... /boot/config > # > # Automatically generated make config: don't edit > # Linux kernel version: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 > # Sun Mar 26 17:30:03 2006 > # large snip of non-ACPI stuff, mainly architecture flags. > # > # ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interfac

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-27 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/27/06, Teresa and Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lord Sauron wrote: > > >On 3/26/06, Teresa and Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >I had this set to be compiled into the kernel. Should that present > >any problem

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-26 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/26/06, Teresa and Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gabriel Dain wrote: > > >Are you sure you compiled it as embbeded, and not module? (* or M in > >menuconfig). If it is M, you'll have to load the module, and add it to > >the list of modules that are loaded at startup. > >-- > >Gabriel Dain >

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-26 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/26/06, Gabriel Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "home directory" is ~. Get used to writing ~ for the home directory, > so that your scripts/apps/whatever are "plug n play" for all users. Yeah, it's just that I normally use my non-root account lsauron, however, I sometimes will open a Xnest w

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-25 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/25/06, Josh Helmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 25 March 2006 21:58, Peter Ruskin wrote: > > On Saturday 25 March 2006 21:22, Lord Sauron wrote: > > > Found xinit! However... it's very... confusing. > > > > What you want is a file called .

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-25 Thread Lord Sauron
Found xinit! However... it's very... confusing. Well, not confusing; I understand most of it, however, I'm just not prepared to start carving it up - I don't want to know how bad I can screw things up. I think that if I go to ~/.xinit.d it'll be the thing I'm looking for, but I'm not sure. Her

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-25 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/25/06, Teresa and Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lord Sauron wrote: > > > > >>Either they have a new bootloader or you mean grub. I have used Lilo > >>and now use grub. IMHO, grub is better. > >> > >> > > > >Yes, I mea

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-24 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/24/06, Teresa and Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lord Sauron wrote: > > >On 3/24/06, Teresa and Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Gabriel Dain wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>>However, I do

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-24 Thread Lord Sauron
y as "emerge apmd"? On 3/24/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/24/06, Teresa and Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gabriel Dain wrote: > > > > >>However, I don't know how to rebuild the kernel > > >> > > >&g

Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-24 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/24/06, Teresa and Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gabriel Dain wrote: > > >>However, I don't know how to rebuild the kernel > >> > >> > > > ># cd /usr/src/linux Know how to do that... > ># make menuconfig I don't see a file called "menuconfig" in here. Will this work? All I see (that lo

[gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel

2006-03-23 Thread Lord Sauron
CPI support. I only know a few precious things about emerge, like --sync, --search, and even --help, but beyond that I'm not that good at all, and the man pages didn't offer much help for me. I know this is a painfully elementary question, but thanks for any help you can give! ===

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