Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to configure thochpad sensitivity (using hal)?

2010-12-11 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On 12/11/2010 08:52 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2010-11-19, Mick wrote: > [snip] >> >> and paste this in it: >> >> >> >> >> >> synaptics > [ synaptic driver options] >> >> >> >> >> Then see the examples in the file and man synaptics for finely tuning your >> touchpad.

[gentoo-user] FAN-Speed readout/control ???

2010-12-11 Thread meino . cramer
Hallo, I want to read the fan speed and want to control it with gentoo. My motherboard is a ASUS Crosshair IV Formula. lm_sensors does not report any relevant sensor. Does anyone got this working on this or an equivalent board with 890FX chipset? Thank you very much in advance for any help! B

[gentoo-user] Gigabyte and controlling fans

2010-12-11 Thread Dale
HI, I got everything installed on the new rig. Trying to sort out some "kinks" now. I notice that Gigabyte has software for windoze to control the fan speed and such. I use gkrellm to monitor them but was wondering if there is a Linux package that does the same. Is there such a thing? I

Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant connect-disconnect loop

2010-12-11 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On 12/11/2010 08:35 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > On 12/11/2010 06:28 PM, Mick wrote: >> On Saturday 11 December 2010 20:26:54 Valmor de Almeida wrote: >>> Hello, >>> > [snip] >>> >>> There were a number of steps to get to where I am now and I would be >>> glad to post additional information if re

[gentoo-user] Re: How to configure thochpad sensitivity (using hal)?

2010-12-11 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-11-19, Mick wrote: That only works if you're using the synaptics driver -- which I'm not. I haven't figured out how to do that yet. It was built, since I included it in INPUT_DEVICES, but HAL decided not to use it. >>> >>> What does your Xorg.0.log say about sy

Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant connect-disconnect loop

2010-12-11 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On 12/11/2010 06:28 PM, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 11 December 2010 20:26:54 Valmor de Almeida wrote: >> Hello, >> [snip] >> >> There were a number of steps to get to where I am now and I would be >> glad to post additional information if required. > > You could try changing channels (if there is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:25:16 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Although you usually change the BIOS settings to not act broken just > > to appease rubbish Windows drivers. > > if you have a bios that lets you change stuff like that. > I meant to write "Although you CAN usually change the

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-11 Thread meino . cramer
Helmut Jarausch [10-12-10 01:09]: > Hi, > > I see a strange effect which puzzles me. > I have two AMD64 (~amd64) Systems. Both have 8Gb memory installed > as reported by their BIOS as well as by lshw. > One is a somewhat older Opteron, the other one a recent Phenom II. > But the output of 'free -

Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant connect-disconnect loop

2010-12-11 Thread Mick
On Saturday 11 December 2010 20:26:54 Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Hello, > > The output of > > wpa_supplicant -Dwext -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf > -iwlan0 -d dhcpcd > > on my laptop shows continuous output to screen which appears to be > looping on association and disassociation t

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Friday 10 December 2010 23:07:10 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:47:18 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > a) bios limitiation. Some bad bios implementations (even from expensive > > vendors) map the pci space into the 3.5-4gb or 7.5-8gb area. Stupid. > > Although you usually c

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody using xorg-server-1.9 yet

2010-12-11 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Saturday 11 December 2010 02:17:01 Dale wrote: The subject pretty much says it all. Anyone using xorg-server-1.9 yet No problems here. Lspci says it's a "compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [Quadro FX 580] (rev a1)". $ genlop xorg-server [...] Tue

[gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant connect-disconnect loop

2010-12-11 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Hello, The output of wpa_supplicant -Dwext -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 -d dhcpcd on my laptop shows continuous output to screen which appears to be looping on association and disassociation to my wireless router (I am not posting this long list here). The corresponding e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mutt+gnupg: how do you name the attached signature file ?

2010-12-11 Thread Willie Wong
Jean-Christophe: On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 02:31:41PM +0100, Jean-Christophe Bach wrote: > It would be great if this patch were added to the gentoo-patches when > gpg flag is enabled for mutt. Thanks for the work! If you want the patch merged into the gentoo patch set, I think you should file a bug

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Firefox 3.6.12 problem?

2010-12-11 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 11 December 2010 11:40:56 Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 10.12.2010 01:26, schrieb Peter Humphrey: > > On Thursday 09 December 2010 14:32:57 Florian Philipp wrote: > >> Probably an issue with your desktop theme. Try to switch it and > >> maybe log-out/log-in. > > > > I'm not aware of havi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mutt+gnupg: how do you name the attached signature file ?

2010-12-11 Thread Jean-Christophe Bach
* Jean-Christophe Bach [08.12.2010. @00:14:03 +0100]: > * walt [07.12.2010. @11:44:18 -0800]: > > > On 12/06/2010 12:07 PM, Jean-Christophe Bach wrote: > > > * walt [06.12.2010. @11:44:12 -0800]: > > > > > >> On 12/06/2010 11:11 AM, Jean-Christophe Bach wrote: > > >>> Hi all, > > >>> > > >>> I

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Firefox 3.6.12 problem?

2010-12-11 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 10.12.2010 01:26, schrieb Peter Humphrey: > On Thursday 09 December 2010 14:32:57 Florian Philipp wrote: > >> Probably an issue with your desktop theme. Try to switch it and maybe >> log-out/log-in. > > I'm not aware of having a desktop theme. I certainly haven't changed > anything in that de

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody using xorg-server-1.9 yet

2010-12-11 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 11 December 2010 02:17:01 Dale wrote: > The subject pretty much says it all. Anyone using xorg-server-1.9 yet No problems here. Lspci says it's a "compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [Quadro FX 580] (rev a1)". $ genlop xorg-server [...] Tue Oct 26 18:06:03 2010 >>> x11-ba

Re: [gentoo-user] Need networking help. Can't ping google.

2010-12-11 Thread Mick
On Friday 10 December 2010 18:25:14 Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > The above should hopefully work. > > OK. I had a LONG day yesterday. I took a nap. I was getting a little > goofy here. Before I try all this, what is the best way to "undo" > everything I have done with this so far? I ask b