Re: [gentoo-user] Reinstall all packages needed by vim
Hi Justin, Justin schrieb: Try doing what the ebuild is telling you. Re-emerge perl and libperl with the same USE FLAGS that is what I tried to say, but maybe two commands make it more clear: equery u libperl [ Found these USE variables for sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r1 ] U I + + berkdb : Adds support for sys-libs/db (Berkeley DB for MySQL) - - debug: Enable extra debug co + + gdbm : Adds support for sys-libs/gdbm (GNU database libraries) - - ithreads : Enable Perl threads, has some compatibility problems equery u perl [ Found these USE variables for dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r4 ] U I + + berkdb: Adds support for sys-libs/db - - build : !!internal use only!! DO NOT - - debug : Enable extra debug codepaths - - doc : Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc) - - elibc_FreeBSD : unknown + + gdbm : Adds support for sys-libs/gd - - ithreads : Enable Perl threads, has som - - perlsuid : Enable Perl SUID install. Ha I shortened the description line from equery to get it into one line. Here you can see that perl and libperl is compiled with the same USE flags. So that could be another bug? Thanks, Matthias -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] xorg + synaptics|wacom
Hi Hi have a laptop with synaptics touchpad and wacom tablet. Everything used to work properly but recently I discovered that the synaptic specific functions and the tablet doesn't work any more. I start my xserver over /etc/init.d/xdm (rc). Now I surprisingly detected both works if I start the server as user using startx. Any hints how I can bring back the desired behavior? Regards Martin -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] New install boots but grub just says: grub
On Thu, 8 May 2008 21:17:47 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: What would cause grub to sit there and wait for me to type in the stuff that's in grub.conf anyway? You probably have an error in grub.conf/menu.lst, or you have both and GRUB is looking at the one you don't want it to (I think menu.lst takes priority). GRUB isn't particularly friendly when things go wrong, I've had it ignore a menu.lst it didn't like. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 002: No Error - Yet signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] New install boots but grub just says: grub
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 2:01 AM, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 8 May 2008 21:17:47 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: What would cause grub to sit there and wait for me to type in the stuff that's in grub.conf anyway? You probably have an error in grub.conf/menu.lst, or you have both and GRUB is looking at the one you don't want it to (I think menu.lst takes priority). GRUB isn't particularly friendly when things go wrong, I've had it ignore a menu.lst it didn't like. -- Neil Bothwick Dirk Neil, Thanks. Apparently grub wants menu.lst and the install didn't create it. Strange. I created the link by hand and then the machine booted fine. I appreciate the quick answer. Cheers, Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo
On Friday 09 May 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: 1) Is there a way for me to read the bootable ISO image into a directory on my machine 2) Edit the files 3) Make a new ISO image from the directory (mkisofs?) This seems 'relatively' straight forward. I haven't built it yet but I found isomaster in portage. Is it a good tool? Yes, you can do the above using isomaster: 1) mount the iso to get at the files for editing 2) edit files and save somewhere 3) open iso image using isomaster 4) in isomaster remove the files to be replaced from the iso image 5) in isomaster browse to where your files were saved in (2) and add them back into the image 6) save image and burn -- Crayon -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reinstall all packages needed by vim
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Matthias Fechner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I tried today to build vim but it fails. Now I want to make sure all packages needed by vim are installed correctly. To do this I decided to reinstall all packages need be vim. I checked the man page of emerge but could not found an option for this. Is there a possibility to reinstall all packages needed by vim? Thanks Matthias This is my emerge for vim just after complete or a long doing the install process. May it help you. [ebuild N] dev-util/ctags-5.5.4-r2 255 kB [ebuild N] app-admin/eselect-vi-1.1.4 2 kB [ebuild N] app-editors/vim-core-7.1.042 USE=acl bash-completion nls -livecd 8,642 kB [ebuild N] app-editors/vim-7.1.042 USE=acl bash-completion gpm nls perl python -cscope -minimal -ruby -vim-pager -vim-with-x 0 kB [ebuild N] app-vim/gentoo-syntax-20070506 USE=-ignore-glep31 19 kB -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning. -- Rich Cook -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo
Crayon Shin Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 09 May 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: 1) Is there a way for me to read the bootable ISO image into a directory on my machine 2) Edit the files 3) Make a new ISO image from the directory (mkisofs?) This seems 'relatively' straight forward. I haven't built it yet but I found isomaster in portage. Is it a good tool? Yes, you can do the above using isomaster: 1) mount the iso to get at the files for editing 2) edit files and save somewhere 3) open iso image using isomaster I recommend to run isodebug -i filename to see the commandline the original image has been created with in case it was mkisofs. The boot image is usually visible from inside the ISO filesystem, so you should be able to re-create a modified image from the unpacked oldd one. Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED](uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] portage foomatic problem
Selon Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Thursday 08 May 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
isba alain # emerge -uD world
returns the following:
Calculating world dependencies /
!!! Multiple versions within a single package slot have been
!!! pulled into the dependency graph:
net-print/foomatic-db-ppds:0
Look at the version numbers of foomatic-db-ppds below:
('installed', '/', 'net-print/foomatic-db-ppds-20060720',
'nomerge') pulled in by
('installed', '/', 'net-print/foomatic-3.0.20060601', 'nomerge')
('ebuild', '/', 'net-print/foomatic-db-ppds-3.0.20060720', 'merge')
pulled in by
('installed', '/', 'net-print/cups-1.2.12-r8', 'nomerge')
Looks like a sane version number sequence was implemented, and v20060720
(which you have installed) was renamed to 2.0.20060720 (which cups
wants to install. This will never be automated as portage thinks the
new version number is earlier than the older one (!)
So: emerge -avC =foomatic-db-ppds-20060702
emerge -uD world
Did this..
Got that:
Calculating world dependencies -
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy =net-print/foomatic-db-ppds-20060601.
(dependency required by net-print/foomatic-3.0.20060601 [installed])
!!! Problem resolving dependencies for net-print/foomatic
!!! Depgraph creation failed.
snip
I guess I have to fill a bug report...
No, it's not a bug
OK.
--
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Re: [gentoo-user] Best anti-virus
If you want open source antivirus, you can only use ClamAV. Anyway there are a number of free or commercial antivirus solutions for Linux. (I don't know if any of these supports Thunderbird). http://www.linux.com/articles/22899 This is a good article about antivirus solutions. You can use ClamAV along with Sylpheed(Claws) because it has integration for it. Bye, Gyuszk 2008/5/9 Tony Caudel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am currently using the clamv anti-virus program. I was wondering if there is a better one for Gentoo, especially one that integrates well with Thunderbird. That has been my one disappointment with clamav. Not necessarily clamav's fault since T/B maintains its emails in one long file. Tony -- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
Re: [gentoo-user] Best anti-virus
Am Freitag, 9. Mai 2008 schrieb ext Tony Caudel: I am currently using the clamv anti-virus program. I was wondering if there is a better one for Gentoo, especially one that integrates well with Thunderbird. That has been my one disappointment with clamav. Not necessarily clamav's fault since T/B maintains its emails in one long file. Hmm, how many Linux viruses exist out there? Usually these Linux based anti virus progs only make sense on mail servers that receive mail for Windows users. Or am I completely wrong here? Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Best anti-virus
On Freitag, 9. Mai 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Freitag, 9. Mai 2008 schrieb ext Tony Caudel: I am currently using the clamv anti-virus program. I was wondering if there is a better one for Gentoo, especially one that integrates well with Thunderbird. That has been my one disappointment with clamav. Not necessarily clamav's fault since T/B maintains its emails in one long file. Hmm, how many Linux viruses exist out there? Usually these Linux based anti virus progs only make sense on mail servers that receive mail for Windows users. Or am I completely wrong here? better save than sorry - and there is more malware than virus' and worms. A good av might be able to find some of the less sophisticated rootkits too. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Best anti-virus
Am Freitag, 9. Mai 2008 schrieb ext Volker Armin Hemmann: On Freitag, 9. Mai 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Freitag, 9. Mai 2008 schrieb ext Tony Caudel: I am currently using the clamv anti-virus program. I was wondering if there is a better one for Gentoo, especially one that integrates well with Thunderbird. That has been my one disappointment with clamav. Not necessarily clamav's fault since T/B maintains its emails in one long file. Hmm, how many Linux viruses exist out there? Usually these Linux based anti virus progs only make sense on mail servers that receive mail for Windows users. Or am I completely wrong here? better save than sorry - and there is more malware than virus' and worms. A good av might be able to find some of the less sophisticated rootkits too. On Linux, to be affected by malware received via mail, the user has to explicitely: 1) Save the attachment 2) make it executable 3) finally run it If you do all this with an attachment (eventually) received from an unknown source, you deserve having your data deleted ;-) Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Best anti-virus
On Fri, 9 May 2008 13:42:28 +0200, Abraham Gyorgy wrote: This is a good article about antivirus solutions. You can use ClamAV along with Sylpheed(Claws) because it has integration for it. Which? Sylpheed or Claws? They are now separate programs. Claws Mail no longer has a clamav plugin because libclamav is GPL 2 only and Claws is GPL 3, although you can still use actions to pass mails through clamd. there is a GPL3 compatible plugin that uses clamd rather than linking to libclamav but it's not in the official distribution. -- Neil Bothwick The truth shall make you free, but first it shall piss you off. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Best anti-virus
On Friday 09 May 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Freitag, 9. Mai 2008 schrieb ext Tony Caudel: I am currently using the clamv anti-virus program. I was wondering if there is a better one for Gentoo, especially one that integrates well with Thunderbird. That has been my one disappointment with clamav. Not necessarily clamav's fault since T/B maintains its emails in one long file. Hmm, how many Linux viruses exist out there? Usually these Linux based anti virus progs only make sense on mail servers that receive mail for Windows users. Or am I completely wrong here? I don't think you are wrong. I know that theoretical Linux viruses do exist, but I've yet to actually see one in the wild. Mail with a virus payload doesn't make much sense in the Linux world - how would the payload launch? Mail clients don't launch executables and they don't do it on Windows either - they tend to take advantage of ActiveX, VBMacros or whatever other sandbox applet MS comes up with next week. Linux doesn't have such things. Rootkits do exist though. But how is an anti-virus program going to detect them? By running as root OMFG. I think I will be much much much safer NOT running Symantec's latest and greatest than running it. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] portage foomatic problem
On Friday 09 May 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Calculating world dependencies - emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy =net-print/foomatic-db-ppds-20060601. (dependency required by net-print/foomatic-3.0.20060601 [installed]) !!! Problem resolving dependencies for net-print/foomatic !!! Depgraph creation failed. That version of foomatic is no longer in portage but you have it installed and it DEPENDS on something that is also not in portage. Apparently, you ran emerge --sync then this happened. It does happen sometimes. So: emerge foomatic first, then foomatic-db-ppds to get the latest that is in portage. That might not work due to DEPENDs order, in which case you must unmerge all foomatic packages and remerge them from scratch. This is a bit drastic with updates and blockers and isn't normally necessary. But sometimes it is, this looks like one of those times. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Is the mailing list working?
* Daniel da Veiga [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. May 08: In fact, gmail recognizes it as a mailing-list (even offering special commands, like filtering email from the list). Wow, that new and shiny Ajax-Web3.0-Gigabyte-buzzword gmail stuff does the same as my 20 years old mutt now? SCNR. Kind regards, Frank. -- Sigmentation fault -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] 2.6.23-gentoo-r7 causes blinking X display
I recently tried switching from linux-2.6.23-gentoo-r9 to linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r7. The latter is configured as indentically as possible to the former, but when I run X under the 2.6.24 kernel, one of my two displays blinks off every 10-20 seconds (it's off for about 1 second, then comes back on). The blinking doesn't happen with the 2.6.23 kernel. The blinking doesn't happen in console mode. I'm running nvidia-drivers 169.09-r1 with a NVIDIA GPU Quadro NVS 290 (G86GL), connected via DVI to dual Samsung 204B displays running at 1600x1200. There's nothing in the system or X logs that conicides with the blinking. I'm a bit baffled as to how to troubleshoot the problem other than stick with 2.6.23 and hope that a newer kernel rev fixes things... -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! My mind is a potato at field ... visi.com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: back up gentoo system
Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 08 May 2008 09:55:50 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: To a backup device? Why? Don't Windows users need to backup? No. Not to a drive used for backups of Linux machines. Why? Different OS. You could equally be saying that Linux users don't need to backup to a drive used for Windows machines. Yes, I would say so. But more interesting: Why should they even be able to backup to the same drive (or better: to the same filesystem)? My partner has to use Windows for work, are you saying we are not allowed to share a backup device? It just doesn't make sense. Michael -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: back up gentoo system
Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the other hand, sharing storage space makes a lot of sense. No, it does not· Not for such important and specialized things as backups. For general usage: Yes, it makes a whole lot of sense. But we're not talking general usage here. Michael -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reinstall all packages needed by vim
Hi Abraham, [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: emerge --emptytree vim thanks for that. It completed now successfully and vim is installed fine :) Best regards, Matthias -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: back up gentoo system
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Michael Schmarck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the other hand, sharing storage space makes a lot of sense. No, it does not· Not for such important and specialized things as backups. For general usage: Yes, it makes a whole lot of sense. But we're not talking general usage here. Michael I don't understand why it doesn't make sense. (Full disclosure - I keep backups for both Windows and Linux on the same pair of drives.) In my case I have two external drives. I do my backups and when they are complete I move the images for both Windows and Gentoo to the same drive. The next week I swap and use the second drive doing the same thing. If one drive fails I have the second backup drive. Both drives have Windows and Gentoo backups. Why is it a problem? - Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Is the mailing list working?
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Frank Gruellich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Daniel da Veiga [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. May 08: In fact, gmail recognizes it as a mailing-list (even offering special commands, like filtering email from the list). Wow, that new and shiny Ajax-Web3.0-Gigabyte-buzzword gmail stuff does the same as my 20 years old mutt now? SCNR. Kind regards, Frank. -- Sigmentation fault -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list Wow, can you be even more of an ass? He was pointing out how unlikely it was that gmail was filtering the mailing list as spam; he wasn't whipping out his dick like some elitist asshole ready to gloat about features of his e-mail client. Not like you. That said, I've had a problem every now and then where gmail would tag an e-mail from a mailing list as spam, but it's never happened with gentoo-user; just was a wordpress-hackers mailing list e-mail, and only a few. -- - Mark Shields
Re: [gentoo-user] portage foomatic problem: SOLVED
Selon Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: snip That version of foomatic is no longer in portage but you have it installed and it DEPENDS on something that is also not in portage. Apparently, you ran emerge --sync then this happened. It does happen sometimes. So: emerge foomatic first, then foomatic-db-ppds to get the latest that is in portage. That might not work due to DEPENDs order, in which case you must unmerge all foomatic packages and remerge them from scratch. This is a bit drastic with updates and blockers and isn't normally necessary. But sometimes it is, this looks like one of those times. Finally, emerge --unmerge foomatic worked, removing no file but removing foomatic from /var/lib/portage world. Updated foomatic-* packages are still there. Thanks for the help, I was lost as I didn't realize that emerge was trying to update a meta-package (foomatic) no more in portage... Thanks, -- ~adj~ -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: installation cd for P1 P2
Ian Hilt ian.hilt at gmail.com writes: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=2 So you are saying (implying) that i586 and k6 machines can use the 2008.0.beta2 minimum CD for installation? What about all of those old drivers that are often removed from the newer minimal CDs? This can lead to many false starts on the installation process. I've usually had to use 2006 CD for such installs: http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20061127-newsletter.xml As these installs take a while, which I do not mind, but, having to make 3 or 4 stabs at the installation per machine, is painful. Every time I install one it takes 3 or 4 attempts to get things right. GNAP would be ideal, but it's not scheduled for a facelift until the summer of coding work is complete I'm only using the machines for minimal tasks such as primary/secondary name service, firewalls and small mail servers James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Is the mailing list working?
On Friday 09 May 2008, Mark Shields wrote: That said, I've had a problem every now and then where gmail would tag an e-mail from a mailing list as spam, but it's never happened with gentoo-user; just was a wordpress-hackers mailing list e-mail, and only a few. Very occasionally, posts from Linux Enthusiasts Association Durban (LEAD) and Gauteng Linux User Group (GLUG) are tagged by gmail as spam. The biggie though is wine-user, when I was still subscribed I'd find about 2 or 3 posts a week tagged as spam. I never found anything in those posts that could be interpreted as spam. Maybe it's something in the headers, GLUG's headers are ... em ... unusual. gentoo-user always gets through 100% for me though. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] portage foomatic problem: SOLVED
On Friday 09 May 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the help, I was lost as I didn't realize that emerge was trying to update a meta-package (foomatic) no more in portage... Long bitter hard experience has shown me that if I get A blocks B messages, I usually have to: eix A eix B read A's ebuild read B's ebuild then and only then do I have enough information to know what to do about it. Portage does well at telling you that blockers are present and where they are coming from, but is completely useless at giving good reasons why and what the best resolution is. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Fun with Foo (matic) ?
My printer stopped working yesterday (no ppds?), so I upgraded CUPS and hplip to the latest masked versions and everything worked fine. Today did an emerge -puDv world, and got this: [ebuild UD] net-print/foomatic-db-ppds-3.0.20060720 [20060720] 12,056 kB Any help would be appreciated (UD for an ebuild that is already at the current version?) TIA -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Fun with Foo (matic) ?
7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: My printer stopped working yesterday (no ppds?), so I upgraded CUPS and hplip to the latest masked versions and everything worked fine. Today did an emerge -puDv world, and got this: [ebuild UD] net-print/foomatic-db-ppds-3.0.20060720 [20060720] 12,056 kB Any help would be appreciated (UD for an ebuild that is already at the current version?) TIA oops and this: [ebuild UD] net-print/foomatic-db-3.0.20060720 [20060720] 0 kB -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome CD automount fails without error
Hello, I just experienced the same problem. Could you solve your problem? If so could you post the solution? Some data of mine: I'm in the groups: groups=10(wheel),11(floppy),18(audio),19(cdrom),27(video),35(games),85(usb),100(users),250(portage),443(plugdev),1000(rh),1001(wireshark) CD/DVD device: $ ls -l /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2008-05-09 04:45 /dev/cdrom - sr0 $ ls -l /dev/sr0 brw-rw 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2008-05-09 04:45 /dev/sr0 dbus and hal are running. USB disks, cameras or MP3-players are correctly mounted. Only CDs are not. Tips, comments highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. W. Canis signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with Foo (matic) ?
On Friday 09 May 2008, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: My printer stopped working yesterday (no ppds?), so I upgraded CUPS and hplip to the latest masked versions and everything worked fine. Today did an emerge -puDv world, and got this: [ebuild UD] net-print/foomatic-db-ppds-3.0.20060720 [20060720] 12,056 kB Any help would be appreciated (UD for an ebuild that is already at the current version?) See other thread on this very subject yesterday and today for details: emerge -avC all foomatic ebuilds emerge -av all foomatic ebuilds -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Fun with Foo (matic) ?
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Friday 09 May 2008, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: My printer stopped working yesterday (no ppds?), so I upgraded CUPS and hplip to the latest masked versions and everything worked fine. Today did an emerge -puDv world, and got this: [ebuild UD] net-print/foomatic-db-ppds-3.0.20060720 [20060720] 12,056 kB Any help would be appreciated (UD for an ebuild that is already at the current version?) See other thread on this very subject yesterday and today for details: emerge -avC all foomatic ebuilds emerge -av all foomatic ebuilds Yes; that worked. Thank you very much for patiently answering this question -- sigh -- again! (Wish I had parsed it more carefully!!) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fun with Foo (matic) ?
On Friday 09 May 2008, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: See other thread on this very subject yesterday and today for details: emerge -avC all foomatic ebuilds emerge -av all foomatic ebuilds Yes; that worked. Thank you very much for patiently answering this question -- sigh -- again! (Wish I had parsed it more carefully!!) It gets easier round about the 42nd time. At least that's how it worked for me :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Best anti-virus
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Dirk Heinrichs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm, how many Linux viruses exist out there? Usually these Linux based anti virus progs only make sense on mail servers that receive mail for Windows users. Or am I completely wrong here? On the other hand, plenty of us then forward this mail to our windoze-using friends who would be very unhappy if we infected them. -- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
[gentoo-user] booting to grub prompt, but config works
I'm performing a gentoo installation and have proceeding without problem until I went to reboot. I am greeted with the grub prompt and when issuing $configfile /boot/grub/grub.confthe boot process continues without issue. The grub-install command seemed to work correctly, and I've been googling for some trouble-shooting ideas without headway. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you. = grub.conf default 0 timeout 5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux (2.6.23-gentoo-r7-initial) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.24-gentoo-r7-initial root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda3 initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.24-gentoo-r7-initial title=Gentoo Linux (failsafe) kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.24-gentoo-r7-initial root=/dev/sda3 === -- Travis -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] df showing rootfs
Having just upgraded to baselayout2 and openrc, I found that when I run df, I get Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on rootfs 8008068 6827336 1180732 86% / /dev/root 8008068 6827336 1180732 86% / udev 1024088 10152 1% /dev none257012 0257012 0% /dev/shm rc-svcdir 102456 968 6% /lib/rc/init.d /dev/hda6 401572139560262012 35% /var /dev/hda7 29735368 28433384 1301984 96% /home Note the first two lines are identical. Is this the way it is supposed to be? Or did I miss a configuration variable somewhere when I etc-update'd? Thanks, Willie -- - How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? - Two: one to hold the giraffe, the other to fill the bathtub with lots of brightly colored machine tools. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 518 days, 18:17 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] booting to grub prompt, but config works
Travis Osterman writes: I'm performing a gentoo installation and have proceeding without problem until I went to reboot. I am greeted with the grub prompt and when issuing $configfile /boot/grub/grub.confthe boot process continues without issue. The grub-install command seemed to work correctly, and I've been googling for some trouble-shooting ideas without headway. Check for /boot/grub/menu.lst, this is an alternate (and maybe empty) config file which grub seems to prefer over grub.conf. I'd make it a symlink to grub.conf. Wonko -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] booting to grub prompt, but config works
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Travis Osterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm performing a gentoo installation and have proceeding without problem until I went to reboot. I am greeted with the grub prompt and when issuing $configfile /boot/grub/grub.confthe boot process continues without issue. The grub-install command seemed to work correctly, and I've been googling for some trouble-shooting ideas without headway. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you. This happened to me last night. The link menu.lst was missing. cd /boot/grub ln -s grub.conf menu.lst and a reboot will get you going. Cheers, Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
SOLVED: [gentoo-user] booting to grub prompt, but config works
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Travis Osterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm performing a gentoo installation and have proceeding without problem until I went to reboot. I am greeted with the grub prompt and when issuing $configfile /boot/grub/grub.confthe boot process continues without issue. The grub-install command seemed to work correctly, and I've been googling for some trouble-shooting ideas without headway. cd /boot/grub ln -s grub.conf menu.lst Thanks for the quick responses Wonko and Mark. Everything is working again. -- T -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Best anti-virus
On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 14:25 -0500, Tony Caudel wrote: On the other hand, plenty of us then forward this mail to our windoze-using friends who would be very unhappy if we infected them. Then let them get the anti-virus software. -a -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] booting to grub prompt, but config works
On Fri, 9 May 2008 21:50:09 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: Check for /boot/grub/menu.lst, this is an alternate (and maybe empty) config file which grub seems to prefer over grub.conf. menu.lst has been the preferred config file for some years, it seem that GRUB is a little more strict about this nowadays. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 00A: Promotional literature overflow - Mailbox full signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: installation cd for P1 P2
On Fri, 9 May 2008 15:07:38 + (UTC), James wrote: So you are saying (implying) that i586 and k6 machines can use the 2008.0.beta2 minimum CD for installation? What about all of those old drivers that are often removed from the newer minimal CDs? This can lead to many false starts on the installation process. It's called a beta for a reason, you may need to check these things for yourself. It shouldn't require many false starts though, just boot the CD and check that everything works. If it doesn't, file a bug report. -- Neil Bothwick The truth shall make you free, but first it shall piss you off. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Is the mailing list working?
On Fri, 9 May 2008 10:09:50 -0400, Mark Shields wrote: he wasn't whipping out his dick like some elitist asshole That's got to be one of the most eye-watering mixed metaphors ever. -- Neil Bothwick Data to Picard: 'No, Captain, I do NOT run WINDOWS!' signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: back up gentoo system
On Fri, 09 May 2008 15:38:51 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: No. Not to a drive used for backups of Linux machines. Why? Different OS. So. We can use the same web pages, read the same email, why not share hardware? My partner has to use Windows for work, are you saying we are not allowed to share a backup device? It just doesn't make sense. So if I have a Linux box, a Windows box and a Mac and want to backup to an external drive, you say I must buy three drives when one will do? Should I buy a fourth drive for my Palm Treo? Do I need separate rsync.net accounts too? A backup device is just a storage appliance, if should not be parochial about the origin of the data it stores. -- Neil Bothwick Grow your own dope, plant a politician! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] booting to grub prompt, but config works
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 9 May 2008 21:50:09 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: Check for /boot/grub/menu.lst, this is an alternate (and maybe empty) config file which grub seems to prefer over grub.conf. menu.lst has been the preferred config file for some years, it seem that GRUB is a little more strict about this nowadays. I tried to read the ebuild but failed. In my case I am sure that I was out of order WRT the way the quick install guide says to build the system - first emerge grub, make grub.conf, and then install grub. I was thinking I'd get the grub.conf file from another system so I didn't bother doing it. After this happened - and thanks for your help finding the solution - I started wondering if the grub install or even the emerge of grub creates the link when grub.conf is there but if it isn't there then there's nothing to link to so we end up like my system last evening. Anyway, just my guess since I know for a fact I didn't have a grub.conf file when I did the emerge. - Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] [wildly OT]advice for a wireless antenna?
Hi, I have a Gentoo-powered Macbook. I would like to improve its wireless receiver capabilities, to be able to connect to weak wireless networks for example in my laboratory (I would have legal access to the university network, but in my building the signal is extremly weak... yes, welcome to Italian infrastructures). I would like to experiment with a cantenna or something like that. What do you advice for it? Usb wireless key to use, advices on construction, etc.? Anything. Thanks a lot m. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: [wildly OT]advice for a wireless antenna?
On 2008-05-09, brullo nulla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a Gentoo-powered Macbook. I would like to improve its wireless receiver capabilities, to be able to connect to weak wireless networks for example in my laboratory (I would have legal access to the university network, but in my building the signal is extremly weak... yes, welcome to Italian infrastructures). I would like to experiment with a cantenna or something like that. I've had very good luck with home-made biquad reflectors: http://martybugs.net/wireless/biquad/ http://www.trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm I've build both a single and a double biquad using methods similar to the first page. I use thin-walled brass tubing instead of copper. What do you advice for it? Usb wireless key to use, You get the key from the network admin, don't you? advices on construction, etc.? Anything. I've collected some cans and some N connectors but haven't gotten around to building a can/waveguide antenna yet. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm changing the at CHANNEL ... But all I get visi.comis commercials for RONCO MIRACLE BAMBOO STEAMERS! -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [wildly OT]advice for a wireless antenna?
I've had very good luck with home-made biquad reflectors: http://martybugs.net/wireless/biquad/ http://www.trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm I've build both a single and a double biquad using methods similar to the first page. I use thin-walled brass tubing instead of copper. Thanks, I'll have a look. What do you advice for it? Usb wireless key to use, You get the key from the network admin, don't you? I'm talking about the USB wireless adapter (I don't think I can connect the antenna to my laptop directly), not the passphrase key... m. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Home page slowness
Hi, We plan to eval Gentoo. We await 2008 final. The comment is, Gentoo home page gives no clue about status. Convincing people that Gentoo is alive becomes tricky because the final is months late and little motion on the home page. That's about all most people inspect. So bottom line, impressions of Gentoo are going south even before we test. Some sort of progress bar or chart showing bugs squashed and new reported, maybe?? At least some kind of ticker showing expected final release date? Counting lines of code or something? Personally I don't care when final ships - just knowing present expectations or status with an easy home page glance is all I ask. Thanks. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.23-gentoo-r7 causes blinking X display
On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 1:34pm -, Grant Edwards wrote: I'm running nvidia-drivers 169.09-r1 with a NVIDIA GPU Quadro NVS 290 (G86GL), connected via DVI to dual Samsung 204B displays running at 1600x1200. Did you rebuild the nvidia-drivers module? -- Ian Hilt ian.hilt (at) gmail.com GnuPG key: 0x4AFC1EE3 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: [wildly OT]advice for a wireless antenna?
On 2008-05-09, brullo nulla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm talking about the USB wireless adapter (I don't think I can connect the antenna to my laptop directly), not the passphrase key... Ah. I've got a Hawking HWUG1 USB WiFi adapter that works fine with Gentoo (I had to download driver source from somewhere). It's got an R-SMA connector for use with external antennas. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Is the EIGHTIES at when they had ART DECO visi.comand GERALD McBOING-BOING lunch boxes?? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome CD automount fails without error
On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 5:53pm +0200, Wolf Canis wrote: Hello, I just experienced the same problem. Could you solve your problem? If so could you post the solution? Some data of mine: I'm in the groups: groups=10(wheel),11(floppy),18(audio),19(cdrom),27(video),35(games),85(usb),100(users),250(portage),443(plugdev),1000(rh),1001(wireshark) CD/DVD device: $ ls -l /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2008-05-09 04:45 /dev/cdrom - sr0 $ ls -l /dev/sr0 brw-rw 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2008-05-09 04:45 /dev/sr0 dbus and hal are running. USB disks, cameras or MP3-players are correctly mounted. Only CDs are not. Tips, comments highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. W. Canis What does /etc/fstab look like? If you're using hald to auto-mount, the cdrom should *not* be in /etc/fstab. -- Ian Hilt ian.hilt (at) gmail.com GnuPG key: 0x4AFC1EE3 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: 2.6.23-gentoo-r7 causes blinking X display
On 2008-05-09, Ian Hilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 1:34pm -, Grant Edwards wrote: I'm running nvidia-drivers 169.09-r1 with a NVIDIA GPU Quadro NVS 290 (G86GL), connected via DVI to dual Samsung 204B displays running at 1600x1200. Did you rebuild the nvidia-drivers module? Yes. The exact same version of nvidia-drivers was being used for both kernels. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! .. does your DRESSING at ROOM have enough ASPARAGUS? visi.com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: installation cd for P1 P2
On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 3:07pm -, James wrote: Ian Hilt ian.hilt at gmail.com writes: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=2 So you are saying (implying) that i586 and k6 machines can use the 2008.0.beta2 minimum CD for installation? What about all of those old drivers that are often I was merely providing an official Gentoo document which provided information related to your question. -- Ian Hilt ian.hilt (at) gmail.com GnuPG key: 0x4AFC1EE3 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2.6.23-gentoo-r7 causes blinking X display
Grant Edwards writes: On 2008-05-09, Ian Hilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you rebuild the nvidia-drivers module? Yes. The exact same version of nvidia-drivers was being used for both kernels. Any other changes with things that could possibly influence the building of the drivers, like X libraries and such? I'd save the current module (/lib/modues/2.6.23-gentoo-r9/somewehere there/nvidia.ko, maybe quickpkg will also work), re-build the drivers for that kernel and check if it still unaffected. If so, you could try the other kernels between those revisions, or vanilla-sources, and narrow down the cause. Good luck, that's a nasty problem you have. Wonko -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Best anti-virus
Tony Caudel wrote: I am currently using the clamv anti-virus program. I was wondering if there is a better one for Gentoo, especially one that integrates well with Thunderbird. That has been my one disappointment with clamav. Not necessarily clamav's fault since T/B maintains its emails in one long file. Tony I am extremely pleased with Antivir (aka Avira) and its realtime LKM, Dazuko! 1. The Antivir database and heuristics contain dozens of Linux-specific rootkits and Trojans. These in addition to Windows sigs. FWICT, the only freeware AntiMalware that take Linux seriously (Kaspersky payware does). 2. With Dazuko - a LKM, developed by AntiVir/Avira which provides real-time, on-access (read/write) scanning within directories you specify in configuration. I scan mail (in a chroot jail), browser and downloads (within a chroot jail, within RamDisk), Portage and portage work areas, and /home. Given that emerges are done with Root privilege, this scanning for signatures may keep your box from being borked, should someone hack a distribution site, or poison the DNS system, or etc. 3. Recent testing by Windows testers indicate that Antivir is now one of the better windows AV's, and that their heuristics are quite effective. I'd guess the same to be true for 'ix. 4. It scans for Linux screwups. :-) :-) e.g. here's one that I have left unrepaired because I think it's so great: ANTIVIR 2008-05-05_05:49:12.39449 Mon May 5 01:49:12 2008 WARNING: file '/etc/openvpn/trustconnect/pwd' is group or others accessible 5. its heuristics have notified me of XSS script attacks (at test sites) after scanning scripts loaded into the browser cache, with suspicious script warnings - and blocking that script from use by the browser. The only other tool of similar function that I know of is NoScript, an extension for use in FireFox. 6. I run WAN/LAN-connected applications in chroot jails (Grsecurity Hardened). Anything downloaded into a browser jail, lftp or TBird jail is moved to a download area via a script that invokes a deep scan by Antivir after it gets there. Dazuko invokes a second scan, as it also monitors that area. 7. AntiVir is not in portage. Dazuko is. Dazuko can be used with other AntiMalwares, or customized to respond to user-created tests (e.g. changed file). 8. Linux and Unix oldtimers will scoff at real-time malware scanning - but I'm convinced that in todays world, realtime scanning is one important thing (perhaps the only thing) that we can learn from Windows. HTH -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: back up gentoo system
On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 10:51pm +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
A backup device is just a storage appliance, if should not be parochial
about the origin of the data it stores.
hmmm ... parochial
#include wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
main()
{
printf(%s, parochial);
}
$ gcc parochial.c -o parochial
$ ./parochial
$ narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
Ah, got it.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2.6.23-gentoo-r7 causes blinking X display
On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 11:33pm -, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2008-05-09, Ian Hilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 1:34pm -, Grant Edwards wrote: I'm running nvidia-drivers 169.09-r1 with a NVIDIA GPU Quadro NVS 290 (G86GL), connected via DVI to dual Samsung 204B displays running at 1600x1200. Did you rebuild the nvidia-drivers module? Yes. The exact same version of nvidia-drivers was being used for both kernels. Um ... just to be clear, that means you did something like emerge nvidia-drivers *after* you built the kernel, right? -- Ian Hilt ian.hilt (at) gmail.com GnuPG key: 0x4AFC1EE3 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best anti-virus
On 20:13 Fri 09 May , 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: I am extremely pleased with Antivir (aka Avira) and its realtime LKM, Dazuko! 1. The Antivir database and heuristics contain dozens of Linux-specific rootkits and Trojans. These in addition to Windows sigs. FWICT, the only freeware AntiMalware that take Linux seriously (Kaspersky payware does). 2. With Dazuko - a LKM, developed by AntiVir/Avira which provides real-time, on-access (read/write) scanning within directories you specify in configuration. I scan mail (in a chroot jail), browser and downloads (within a chroot jail, within RamDisk), Portage and portage work areas, and /home. Given that emerges are done with Root privilege, this scanning for signatures may keep your box from being borked, should someone hack a distribution site, or poison the DNS system, or etc. 3. Recent testing by Windows testers indicate that Antivir is now one of the better windows AV's, and that their heuristics are quite effective. I'd guess the same to be true for 'ix. 4. It scans for Linux screwups. :-) :-) e.g. here's one that I have left unrepaired because I think it's so great: ANTIVIR 2008-05-05_05:49:12.39449 Mon May 5 01:49:12 2008 WARNING: file '/etc/openvpn/trustconnect/pwd' is group or others accessible 5. its heuristics have notified me of XSS script attacks (at test sites) after scanning scripts loaded into the browser cache, with suspicious script warnings - and blocking that script from use by the browser. The only other tool of similar function that I know of is NoScript, an extension for use in FireFox. 6. I run WAN/LAN-connected applications in chroot jails (Grsecurity Hardened). Anything downloaded into a browser jail, lftp or TBird jail is moved to a download area via a script that invokes a deep scan by Antivir after it gets there. Dazuko invokes a second scan, as it also monitors that area. 7. AntiVir is not in portage. Dazuko is. Dazuko can be used with other AntiMalwares, or customized to respond to user-created tests (e.g. changed file). 8. Linux and Unix oldtimers will scoff at real-time malware scanning - but I'm convinced that in todays world, realtime scanning is one important thing (perhaps the only thing) that we can learn from Windows. HTH I think alot of old-timers also realize that, unless you specifically allow something to run, then it can't hurt you. Chances are, unless you are allowing XSS and are surfing sites you can't trust, you're close to bullet-proof, with the exception of program exploits that you really can't do anything about. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: 2.6.23-gentoo-r7 causes blinking X display
On 2008-05-10, Alex Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Grant Edwards writes: On 2008-05-09, Ian Hilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you rebuild the nvidia-drivers module? Yes. The exact same version of nvidia-drivers was being used for both kernels. Any other changes with things that could possibly influence the building of the drivers, like X libraries and such? I don't think so. I rebuilt the nvidia-drivers for both kernels within minutes of each other without changing anything else. At least that's what I thought I did. I'll rebuild them again to make sure. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! ... bleakness... at desolation... plastic visi.comforks... -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: 2.6.23-gentoo-r7 causes blinking X display
In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 11:33pm -, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2008-05-09, Ian Hilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 1:34pm -, Grant Edwards wrote: I'm running nvidia-drivers 169.09-r1 with a NVIDIA GPU Quadro NVS 290 (G86GL), connected via DVI to dual Samsung 204B displays running at 1600x1200. Did you rebuild the nvidia-drivers module? Yes. The exact same version of nvidia-drivers was being used for both kernels. Um ... just to be clear, that means you did something like emerge nvidia-drivers *after* you built the kernel, right? Right. And after I changed /usr/src/linux to point to the new kernel source tree. Otherwise I'd get no X at all because there's no nvidia kernel module. I also did another emerge nvidia-drivers again with /usr/src/linux pointed to the old kernel to make sure that the kernel was the only difference. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Just imagine you're at entering a state-of-the-art visi.comCAR WASH!! -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: 2.6.23-gentoo-r7 causes blinking X display
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2.6.23-gentoo-r7 causes blinking X display In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 2008-05-10, Ian Hilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 11:33pm -, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2008-05-09, Ian Hilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 1:34pm -, Grant Edwards wrote: I'm running nvidia-drivers 169.09-r1 with a NVIDIA GPU Quadro NVS 290 (G86GL), connected via DVI to dual Samsung 204B displays running at 1600x1200. Did you rebuild the nvidia-drivers module? Yes. The exact same version of nvidia-drivers was being used for both kernels. Um ... just to be clear, that means you did something like emerge nvidia-drivers *after* you built the kernel, right? Right. And after I changed /usr/src/linux to point to the new kernel source tree. Otherwise I'd get no X at all because there's no nvidia kernel module. I also did another emerge nvidia-drivers again with /usr/src/linux pointed to the old kernel to make sure that the kernel was the only difference. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Just imagine you're at entering a state-of-the-art visi.comCAR WASH!! -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.23-gentoo-r7 causes blinking X display
On Fri, 9 May 2008 at 1:34pm -, Grant Edwards wrote: I recently tried switching from linux-2.6.23-gentoo-r9 to linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r7. The latter is configured as indentically as possible to the former, but when I run X under the 2.6.24 kernel, one of my two displays blinks off every 10-20 seconds (it's off for about 1 second, then comes back on). The blinking doesn't happen with the 2.6.23 kernel. The blinking doesn't happen in console mode. I'm running nvidia-drivers 169.09-r1 with a NVIDIA GPU Quadro NVS 290 (G86GL), connected via DVI to dual Samsung 204B displays running at 1600x1200. There's nothing in the system or X logs that conicides with the blinking. What's the output of dmesg while this is happening? -- Ian Hilt ian.hilt (at) gmail.com GnuPG key: 0x4AFC1EE3 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: 2.6.23-gentoo-r7 causes blinking X display
On 2008-05-10, Ian Hilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the output of dmesg while this is happening? Good question. I looked in /var/log/messages and /var/log/Xwhatever. I don't think I looked at the output of dmesg. I'll give that a try tomorrow. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm ANN LANDERS!! I at can SHOPLIFT!! visi.com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
