Re: [gentoo-user] iwl5000 firmware fails to load

2010-09-25 Thread Adam Carter
For reference here's mine iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree: iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation iwlagn :04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 iwlagn :04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 iwlagn :04:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless

Re: [gentoo-user] Fire the fox.

2010-09-25 Thread Stroller
On 25 Sep 2010, at 03:17, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>> ... > I've heard good things about it, but I'm under the impression it is not > free (as in beer). Is that true? >>> I don't know but I can emerge -q icc >> >> There is other non-Free software you can install with Portage. >> >> Just

Re: [gentoo-user] machine check exception errors

2010-09-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Tuesday 21 September 2010, Stroller wrote: > On 21 Sep 2010, at 18:37, Grant wrote: > I'm getting a lot of machine check exception errors in dmesg on my > hosted server. Running mcelog I get: > ... > > > > They offered to take my machine down and do a memory test which they > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: machine check exception errors

2010-09-25 Thread Dale
walt wrote: On 09/25/2010 02:53 PM, Dale wrote: Grant wrote: Did you configure your kernel without any modules? Yes, no modules except that one that seems to be required called something along the lines of scsi-wait-scan. I tried getting rid of that, I don't like modules much, but I had no

[gentoo-user] Re: machine check exception errors

2010-09-25 Thread walt
On 09/25/2010 02:53 PM, Dale wrote: Grant wrote: Did you configure your kernel without any modules? Yes, no modules except that one that seems to be required called something along the lines of scsi-wait-scan. I tried getting rid of that, I don't like modules much, but I had no luck. It j

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: machine check exception errors

2010-09-25 Thread Dale
Grant wrote: Do any of these warnings sound an alarm for anyone? Warning: The command '/usr/bin/ldd' has been replaced by a script: /usr/bin/ldd: Bourne-Again shell script text executable Warning: The command '/usr/bin/whatis' has been replaced by a script: /usr/bin/whatis: POSIX shell script t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: machine check exception errors

2010-09-25 Thread Grant
>> Do any of these warnings sound an alarm for anyone? >> >> Warning: The command '/usr/bin/ldd' has been replaced by a script: >> /usr/bin/ldd: Bourne-Again shell script text executable >> >> Warning: The command '/usr/bin/whatis' has been replaced by a script: >> /usr/bin/whatis: POSIX shell scri

[gentoo-user] Re: iwl5000 firmware fails to load

2010-09-25 Thread James
Any thoughts / ideas would be greatly appreciated. :o) I'm about to rip a handful of hair out of my head. :) -james On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:46 AM, James wrote: > Folks, > > I am having a fairly strange problem with my iwl5000 and the microcode. > > After a fresh install Gentoo install wireless

[gentoo-user] Re: machine check exception errors

2010-09-25 Thread walt
On 09/25/2010 09:38 AM, Grant wrote: Do any of these warnings sound an alarm for anyone? Warning: The command '/usr/bin/ldd' has been replaced by a script: /usr/bin/ldd: Bourne-Again shell script text executable Warning: The command '/usr/bin/whatis' has been replaced by a script: /usr/bin/wha

Re: [gentoo-user] machine check exception errors

2010-09-25 Thread Grant
>> > Thanks Mick.  My host is big with multiple data centers of their own. >> > They did exactly as I asked and I'm running on new RAM.  There was a >> > problem bringing my system back online and the cause was purported to >> > be an unseated ethernet cable.  I handed over my root password as I >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Dropbox, cli, and all that [SOLVED]

2010-09-25 Thread felix
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 08:31:14AM +0200, Jean-Christophe Bach wrote: > I'm using Dropox to synchronize few conf files and data between my > Gentoo boxes (desktops and server). I only use it in CLI, without > nautilus or something else (my server has no X server). > Since I do not want to let Dropb

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X programs as root

2010-09-25 Thread Dale
Yohan Pereira wrote: On Saturday 25 September 2010 2:51:45 pm Dale wrote: In the Advanced tab, I set it to run as user root. When I then select to run the item from the menu, a little GUI window will pop up and ask me for the root password. i just tried that and it worked perfectly

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X programs as root

2010-09-25 Thread Yohan Pereira
On Saturday 25 September 2010 2:51:45 pm Dale wrote: > In the Advanced tab, I set it to run as user root. When I then > select to run the item from the menu, a little GUI window will pop up > and ask me for the root password. i just tried that and it worked perfectly for konqueror, maybe you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X programs as root

2010-09-25 Thread Dale
Yohan Pereira wrote: On Saturday 25 September 2010 8:33:09 am Dale wrote: Well, I don't really know what it is using. I just set up the menu item to run the program as root. i assume you mean you setup a menuitem to run a paticular application as root like say to run konsole/konquero

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X programs as root

2010-09-25 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Saturday 25 September 2010, Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/23/2010 04:18 AM, Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/22/2010 09:48 PM, Andrey Vul wrote: When I launch X programs via sudo, I get the followin

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X programs as root

2010-09-25 Thread Yohan Pereira
On Saturday 25 September 2010 8:33:09 am Dale wrote: > Well, I don't really know what it is using. I just set up the menu item > to run the program as root. i assume you mean you setup a menuitem to run a paticular application as root like say to run konsole/konqueror as root. > I don't know i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X programs as root

2010-09-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 25 September 2010, Dale wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 09/23/2010 04:18 AM, Dale wrote: > >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >>> On 09/22/2010 09:48 PM, Andrey Vul wrote: > When I launch X programs via sudo, I get the following: > > $sudo gui-admin > No protoco

Re: [gentoo-user] Dropbox, cli, and all that

2010-09-25 Thread Jean-Christophe Bach
Hi, * fe...@crowfix.com [24.09.2010. @21:11:46 -0700]: > I have recently discovered Dropbox as an interesting thing to > experiment with, not without its drawbacks, but interesting. > > I have it running on a work Mac laptop and an Android phone, and it is > another interesting idea to put it on