Re: [gentoo-user] problems updating system

2009-02-18 Thread Arnau Bria
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:46:11 +0100 Arnau Bria wrote: Hi, * Generated new 4_raw.rr and 4_owners.rr * Cleaning list of packages to rebuild * Generated new 4_pkgs.rr * Assigning packages to ebuilds * Generated new 4_ebuilds.rr * Evaluating package order * Generated new 5_order.rr

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-18 Thread daid kahl
Also, you should avoid using oldconfig except for really minor kernel upgrades. I know this is mentioned in documentation elsewhere, but just a useful reminder. ~daid This has been discussed on this list before. Running make oldconfig works fine. I, and a lot of others, have said

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-18 Thread daid kahl
I'm inclined to sumbit to the expertise of others when choosing kernel compilation options, and so I generally boot a recent liveCD and take a copy of the kernel .config from there (`zcat /proc/config.gz`) System Rescue CD uses a kernel of about the same vintage as the one you're trying to

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:59:38 +0900, daid kahl wrote: I'm pretty sure the kernels used for LiveCDs are absolutely huge because they just assume you have basically every piece of hardware available, and thus take much longer to boot (comparing a LiveCD on my machine to my kernel, maybe 4 to 5

Re: [gentoo-user] Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop

2009-02-18 Thread Matt Harrison
Shawn Haggett wrote: On Wednesday 18 February 2009 16:24:45 Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Beau Henderson b...@thehenderson.com wrote: G'day, I was wondering if anyone might have any idea's as to what is causing my new Toshiba A300 Satelite to idle at a load

Re: [gentoo-user] Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop

2009-02-18 Thread Alejandro
2009/2/18 Matt Harrison iwasinnamuk...@genestate.com Shawn Haggett wrote: On Wednesday 18 February 2009 16:24:45 Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Beau Henderson b...@thehenderson.com wrote: G'day, I was wondering if anyone might have any idea's as to what is

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd start failed

2009-02-18 Thread Chuanwen Wu
Hi, thanks for your tips! Do you have pygobject installed? I have updated pygobject to 2.14.2, then updated dbus-python to 0.82.4, now the problem is fixed :) -- wcw

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-18 Thread Evgeniy Bushkov
daid kahl пишет: Also, you should avoid using oldconfig except for really minor kernel upgrades. I know this is mentioned in documentation elsewhere, but just a useful reminder. ~daid This has been discussed on this list before. Running make oldconfig works

[gentoo-user] Re: Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop

2009-02-18 Thread James
podge at podgeweb.com writes: I was wondering if anyone might have any idea's as to what is causing my new Toshiba A300 Satelite to idle at a load of 1.00 when not in use. Right after boot up it settles at 1.00 when I do nothing. I'm not seeing anything out of ordinary in dmesg ( asside

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd start failed

2009-02-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:24:15 +0800, Chuanwen Wu wrote: Do you have pygobject installed? I have updated pygobject to 2.14.2, then updated dbus-python to 0.82.4, now the problem is fixed :) It looks like the dependencies are wrong,have you filed a bug? -- Neil Bothwick Yes, I am an

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd start failed

2009-02-18 Thread Alejandro
2009/2/18 Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:24:15 +0800, Chuanwen Wu wrote: Do you have pygobject installed? I have updated pygobject to 2.14.2, then updated dbus-python to 0.82.4, now the problem is fixed :) It looks like the dependencies are wrong,have you

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd start failed

2009-02-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:46:30 -0200, Alejandro wrote: Are you installing wicd from portage? Yes, and it works fine. But that could be because that unspecified dependencies were pulled in by something else. -- Neil Bothwick I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away

[gentoo-user] nfsd: random nfsd crashes

2009-02-18 Thread Florian Klink
hi, i'm having here a gentoo ~x86 server running on 2.6.29-rc4. It has a nfs server for booting diskless clients. In dmesg I see random crashes of nfsd, which cause the clients to hang until i reboot the server. Restarting /etc/init.d/nfs hangs at Starting NFS daemon using nfs-utils-1.1.4-r1

[gentoo-user] Are the video files there, or aren't they?

2009-02-18 Thread Michael Sullivan
I've had a lot of problems with X today. I finally got X back up, but when I went to check MythTV, it didn't work. I started tracking down the problem. I went into mythtv-setup and it said that it couldn't find any video inputs, so I examined /dev/v4l/video0. What I found was really confusing:

Re: [gentoo-user] Are the video files there, or aren't they?

2009-02-18 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 15:30 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: I've had a lot of problems with X today. I finally got X back up, but when I went to check MythTV, it didn't work. I started tracking down the problem. I went into mythtv-setup and it said that it couldn't find any video inputs, so

Re: [gentoo-user] Are the video files there, or aren't they?

2009-02-18 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 16:34 -0500, Albert Hopkins wrote: On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 15:30 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: I've had a lot of problems with X today. I finally got X back up, but when I went to check MythTV, it didn't work. I started tracking down the problem. I went into

[gentoo-user] atheros wifi for gentoo..

2009-02-18 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group,.too is considerably tougher. Xandros must die! But it has support for the wifi, so the linux drivers must be out there. I don't want to start dragging around more unnecessary stuff to get on line at my favo(u)rite cafe. I would love to hear from someone who managed a gentoo install

Re: [gentoo-user] Are the video files there, or aren't they?

2009-02-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:30:31 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: Is it there, or isn't it? I don't know if it matters, but when I was trying to fix the X problem, I built and booted with a new kernel: Did you try going back to the old kernel? -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 36: Alone

Re: [gentoo-user] atheros wifi for gentoo..

2009-02-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:06:13 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler wrote: I would love to hear from someone who managed a gentoo install on a 4G SSHD with the onboard Atheros wifi chipset;also the ethernet would be nice, it uses the L1e Gigabit chip, another Atheros product. Use a 2.6.28 kernel and

MythTV WAS: [Re: [gentoo-user] Are the video files there, or aren't they?]

2009-02-18 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 22:15 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:30:31 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: Is it there, or isn't it? I don't know if it matters, but when I was trying to fix the X problem, I built and booted with a new kernel: Did you try going back to the old

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop

2009-02-18 Thread Beau Henderson
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:18 AM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: podge at podgeweb.com writes: I was wondering if anyone might have any idea's as to what is causing my new Toshiba A300 Satelite to idle at a load of 1.00 when not in use. Right after boot up it settles at 1.00

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop

2009-02-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Beau Henderson b...@thehenderson.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:18 AM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: podge at podgeweb.com writes: I was wondering if anyone might have any idea's as to what is causing my new Toshiba A300 Satelite to

Re: [gentoo-user] Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop

2009-02-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Beau Henderson b...@thehenderson.com wrote: G'day, I was wondering if anyone might have any idea's as to what is causing my new Toshiba A300 Satelite to idle at a load of 1.00 when not in use. Right after boot up it settles at 1.00 when I do nothing. I'm not

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop

2009-02-18 Thread Beau Henderson
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.compaul.hartman%2bgen...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Beau Henderson b...@thehenderson.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:18 AM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: podge at podgeweb.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop

2009-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 19 February 2009 01:38:39 Beau Henderson wrote: I've tried manually altering the governor to performance but its the same story. The system doesn't appear sluggish, I'm really more concerned that something is causing the load and this might lead to shorter battery life and and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop

2009-02-18 Thread Beau Henderson
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.comwrote: On Thursday 19 February 2009 01:38:39 Beau Henderson wrote: I've tried manually altering the governor to performance but its the same story. The system doesn't appear sluggish, I'm really more concerned that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop

2009-02-18 Thread Beau Henderson
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Beau Henderson b...@thehenderson.comwrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.comwrote: On Thursday 19 February 2009 01:38:39 Beau Henderson wrote: I've tried manually altering the governor to performance but its the same

Re: [gentoo-user] atheros wifi for gentoo..

2009-02-18 Thread daid kahl
2009/2/19 Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:06:13 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler wrote: I would love to hear from someone who managed a gentoo install on a 4G SSHD with the onboard Atheros wifi chipset;also the ethernet would be nice, it uses the L1e Gigabit chip, another

Re: [gentoo-user] atheros wifi for gentoo..

2009-02-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:55:29 +0900, daid kahl wrote: Use a 2.6.28 kernel and enable ATH5K for wireless and ATL2 for wired. This may not be as good a suggestion as the former, so I don't post it in contradiction, but just as extra information. My method works with kernels at least as old at

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop

2009-02-18 Thread Dale
Beau Henderson wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Beau Henderson b...@thehenderson.com mailto:b...@thehenderson.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com mailto:alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 19 February 2009

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd start failed

2009-02-18 Thread Chuanwen Wu
It looks like the dependencies are wrong,have you filed a bug? Not yet, do you mean in bugzilla? -- wcw

[gentoo-user] Re: Scanner sharing with HPLIP?

2009-02-18 Thread Grant
Here is a method for sharing a scanner over a network with sane-backends and inetd: http://www.linux.com/articles/57798 My prospective printer/scanner (HP c4599) is not listed in the SANE compatible devices: http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-HEWLETT-PACKARD It is listed in

Re: MythTV WAS: [Re: [gentoo-user] Are the video files there, or aren't they?]

2009-02-18 Thread Stroller
On 18 Feb 2009, at 22:41, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 22:15 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:30:31 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: Is it there, or isn't it? I don't know if it matters, but when I was trying to fix the X problem, I built and booted with

Re: MythTV WAS: [Re: [gentoo-user] Are the video files there, or aren't they?] [SOLVED sort of]

2009-02-18 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 04:42 +, Stroller wrote: On 18 Feb 2009, at 22:41, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 22:15 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:30:31 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: Is it there, or isn't it? I don't know if it matters, but when I