Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
On Sunday 16 January 2011 03:25:41 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Adam Carter adamcart...@gmail.com wrote: Did you remember to repoint the /usr/src/linux link? IIRC the module is built to suit whatever kernel that is pointing to. If its not set correctly you'll need to re-emerge nvidia-drivers. linux is pointing correctly and it was after I emerged the nvidia-drivers that I got the invalid argument. You can't emerge nvidia-drivers if /usr/src/linux points to a kernel version other than the currently running one - it complains it can't find a valid kernel config. This means that, after emerging a new kernel version, it's necessary to reboot with the new kernel (and fail to start X) before it's possible to remerge nvidia-drivers to suit the new kernel - you can't do it in advance. On this ~amd64 multilib box, 260.19.29 has run trouble-free with gentoo- sources 2.6.36-r5, 2.6.36-r6 and 2.6.37. Perhaps your -multilib USE flag is causing trouble. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.
Re: [gentoo-user] Boost Openoffice
On Sunday 16 January 2011 05:50:58 Philip Webb wrote: Using more haste than sense after 'emerge -cpv =boost-1.41.0-r3' Did you mean 'emerge -cpv ...' or 'emerge -Cpv...' ? -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.
[gentoo-user] Re: Boost Openoffice
Peter Humphrey pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org writes: On Sunday 16 January 2011 05:50:58 Philip Webb wrote: Using more haste than sense after 'emerge -cpv =boost-1.41.0-r3' Did you mean 'emerge -cpv ...' or 'emerge -Cpv...' ? Probably -c, which is the one that checks for reverse dependencies. ,[ man emerge ] | Depclean serves as a dependency aware version of --unmerge. When | given one or more atoms, it will unmerge matched packages that | have no reverse dependencies. Use --depclean together with | --verbose to show reverse dependencies. ` Either way, shouldn't 'emerge openoffice' reinstall it? -- Nuno J. Silva gopher://sdf-eu.org/1/users/njsg
[gentoo-user] Left hand yes, right hand no
Oh, very droll! I just had to laugh at this: # emerge --sync [...] $ emerge -puDv world [...] emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy ~x11- libs/qt-gui-4.7.1[accessibility=,aqua=,debug=]. !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: - x11-libs/qt-gui-4.7.1-r1 (Change USE: -accessibility) - x11-libs/qt-svg-4.7.1-r1 (Change USE: +accessibility) (dependency required by x11-libs/qt-svg-4.7.1-r1 [ebuild]) (dependency required by sys-auth/polkit-kde-0.95.1-r1 [installed]) (dependency required by kde-base/kdelibs-4.5.5 [installed]) (dependency required by kde-base/kfilereplace-4.5.5 [installed]) (dependency required by kde-base/kdewebdev-meta-4.5.5 [installed]) (dependency required by @selected) (dependency required by @world [argument]) Currently the accessibility USE flag is unset. Portage is at 2.2.0_alpha15, python at 2.7.1. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 03:25:41 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Adam Carteradamcart...@gmail.com wrote: Did you remember to repoint the /usr/src/linux link? IIRC the module is built to suit whatever kernel that is pointing to. If its not set correctly you'll need to re-emerge nvidia-drivers. linux is pointing correctly and it was after I emerged the nvidia-drivers that I got the invalid argument. You can't emerge nvidia-drivers if /usr/src/linux points to a kernel version other than the currently running one - it complains it can't find a valid kernel config. This means that, after emerging a new kernel version, it's necessary to reboot with the new kernel (and fail to start X) before it's possible to remerge nvidia-drivers to suit the new kernel - you can't do it in advance. On this ~amd64 multilib box, 260.19.29 has run trouble-free with gentoo- sources 2.6.36-r5, 2.6.36-r6 and 2.6.37. Perhaps your -multilib USE flag is causing trouble. In the past when I do a kernel upgrade, I have linked to the new kernel, emerged nvidia drivers then rebooted to the new kernel. It worked fine for me. I haven't done that in a while since I just built a new rig but I have done that in the past many times. Is this something new? Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
On Sunday 16 January 2011 10:48:45 Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: You can't emerge nvidia-drivers if /usr/src/linux points to a kernel version other than the currently running one - it complains it can't find a valid kernel config. This means that, after emerging a new kernel version, it's necessary to reboot with the new kernel (and fail to start X) before it's possible to remerge nvidia-drivers to suit the new kernel - you can't do it in advance. In the past when I do a kernel upgrade, I have linked to the new kernel, emerged nvidia drivers then rebooted to the new kernel. It worked fine for me. I haven't done that in a while since I just built a new rig but I have done that in the past many times. Is this something new? It could easily be, yes. I remember being surprised once last year when it happened, and since then it's been every time - enough that I've written a tiny script to remerge drivers and vbox, then restart xdm. The difference may be my ~amd64 system and consequent later versions of nvidia-drivers. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 10:48:45 Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: You can't emerge nvidia-drivers if /usr/src/linux points to a kernel version other than the currently running one - it complains it can't find a valid kernel config. This means that, after emerging a new kernel version, it's necessary to reboot with the new kernel (and fail to start X) before it's possible to remerge nvidia-drivers to suit the new kernel - you can't do it in advance. In the past when I do a kernel upgrade, I have linked to the new kernel, emerged nvidia drivers then rebooted to the new kernel. It worked fine for me. I haven't done that in a while since I just built a new rig but I have done that in the past many times. Is this something new? It could easily be, yes. I remember being surprised once last year when it happened, and since then it's been every time - enough that I've written a tiny script to remerge drivers and vbox, then restart xdm. The difference may be my ~amd64 system and consequent later versions of nvidia-drivers. I have compiled a kernel for 2.6.37 but I have not booted it yet. I'll set the link to the new kernel, emerge nvidia and see what happens when I boot the new kernel. In the past, I was on x86 on my old rig. Maybe it is the arch that affects something. I'm not sure but will test later on today. Sort of in the middle of a download at the moment. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Left hand yes, right hand no
On Sunday 16 January 2011 10:26:49 Peter Humphrey wrote: Oh, very droll! I just had to laugh at this: # emerge --sync [...] $ emerge -puDv world [...] emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy ~x11- libs/qt-gui-4.7.1[accessibility=,aqua=,debug=]. !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: - x11-libs/qt-gui-4.7.1-r1 (Change USE: -accessibility) - x11-libs/qt-svg-4.7.1-r1 (Change USE: +accessibility) (dependency required by x11-libs/qt-svg-4.7.1-r1 [ebuild]) (dependency required by sys-auth/polkit-kde-0.95.1-r1 [installed]) (dependency required by kde-base/kdelibs-4.5.5 [installed]) (dependency required by kde-base/kfilereplace-4.5.5 [installed]) (dependency required by kde-base/kdewebdev-meta-4.5.5 [installed]) (dependency required by @selected) (dependency required by @world [argument]) Currently the accessibility USE flag is unset. Portage is at 2.2.0_alpha15, python at 2.7.1. yeah, that accessibility crap again *sigh*, just spare yourself a headache and set =x11-libs/qt-svg-4.7.1-r1 accessibility
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
I have compiled a kernel for 2.6.37 but I have not booted it yet. I'll set the link to the new kernel, emerge nvidia and see what happens when I boot the new kernel. In the past, I was on x86 on my old rig. Maybe it is the arch that affects something. I'm not sure but will test later on today. Sort of in the middle of a download at the moment. Interested. I *thought* what Dale's saying worked too. The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. So maybe the problem is not that you have to be running the kernel you want to build for, but that you have at least created the .config file for the kernel you want to build for. I'm guessing obviously.
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
Peter Humphrey pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 03:25:41 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Adam Carter adamcart...@gmail.com wrote: Did you remember to repoint the /usr/src/linux link? IIRC the module is built to suit whatever kernel that is pointing to. If its not set correctly you'll need to re-emerge nvidia-drivers. linux is pointing correctly and it was after I emerged the nvidia-drivers that I got the invalid argument. You can't emerge nvidia-drivers if /usr/src/linux points to a kernel version other than the currently running one - it complains it can't find a valid kernel config. This means that, after emerging a new kernel version, it's necessary to reboot with the new kernel (and fail to start X) before it's possible to remerge nvidia-drivers to suit the new kernel - you can't do it in advance. On this ~amd64 multilib box, 260.19.29 has run trouble-free with gentoo- sources 2.6.36-r5, 2.6.36-r6 and 2.6.37. Perhaps your -multilib USE flag is causing trouble. I am using x86 rather than 64 and I did emerge it after rebooting to the new kernel, but I got invalid argument when issuing the modprobe command. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Left hand yes, right hand no
On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:19:38 Peter Ruskin wrote: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351829 So it is. That was quick. I don't agree with his suggestion, which seems to imply requiring all KDE systems to be built with +accessibility, like it or not. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
I am using x86 rather than 64 and I did emerge it after rebooting to the new kernel, but I got invalid argument when issuing the modprobe command. Can you cut/paste the command and output? and also the command modinfo nvidia and its output?
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
Apparently, though unproven, at 11:18 on Sunday 16 January 2011, Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: On Sunday 16 January 2011 03:25:41 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Adam Carter adamcart...@gmail.com wrote: Did you remember to repoint the /usr/src/linux link? IIRC the module is built to suit whatever kernel that is pointing to. If its not set correctly you'll need to re-emerge nvidia-drivers. linux is pointing correctly and it was after I emerged the nvidia-drivers that I got the invalid argument. You can't emerge nvidia-drivers if /usr/src/linux points to a kernel version other than the currently running one - it complains it can't find a valid kernel config. This means that, after emerging a new kernel version, it's necessary to reboot with the new kernel (and fail to start X) before it's possible to remerge nvidia-drivers to suit the new kernel - you can't do it in advance. That's nonsense. The nvidia-driver ebuild will build modules for whatever kernel /usr/src/linuc points to. There is no dependency on the running kernel -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:06:30 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: You can't emerge nvidia-drivers if /usr/src/linux points to a kernel version other than the currently running one - it complains it can't find a valid kernel config. This means that, after emerging a new kernel version, it's necessary to reboot with the new kernel (and fail to start X) before it's possible to remerge nvidia-drivers to suit the new kernel - you can't do it in advance. In the past when I do a kernel upgrade, I have linked to the new kernel, emerged nvidia drivers then rebooted to the new kernel. It worked fine for me. I haven't done that in a while since I just built a new rig but I have done that in the past many times. Is this something new? It could easily be, yes. I remember being surprised once last year when it happened, and since then it's been every time - enough that I've written a tiny script to remerge drivers and vbox, then restart xdm. The difference may be my ~amd64 system and consequent later versions of nvidia-drivers. I don't have this problem. You could only see this error if /usr/src/linux/.config does not exist. As long as you have run make oldconfig, the drivers should build, although I only build them after compiling the kernel (but before rebooting). signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lxpanel-oddity
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 07:22:20 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: with my openbox desktop I am using lxpanel as taskbar. Unfortunately lxpanel gets confused what and where windows were opened and which of the desktop is currently active very often. I want to ask whether this general a problem or whether I have missed a configuration hint...??? I've never seen that with my LXDE desktop, which uses openbox anyway. Maybe you'd be better off using pure LXDE than trying to roll your own. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] perl-5.12.2-r6 emerge installs but with warning
As the title says, I got this warning at the very end: = ... --- replaced obj /usr/bin/a2p --- replaced dir /usr/bin --- replaced dir /usr dir /usr/share/doc/perl-5.12.2-r4 * Linking /usr/bin/ptar-1.54-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/ptar (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/ptar-1.54-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/ptar.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/ptardiff-1.54-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/ptardiff (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/ptardiff-1.54-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/ptardiff.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/shasum-5.47-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/shasum (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/shasum-5.47-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/shasum.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/cpan-1.9456-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/cpan (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/cpan-1.9456-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/cpan.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/cpanp-0.90-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/cpanp (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/cpanp-0.90-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/cpanp.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/cpan2dist-0.90-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/cpan2dist (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/cpan2dist-0.90-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/cpan2dist.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/cpanp-run-perl-0.90-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/cpanp-run-perl (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/enc2xs-2.39-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/enc2xs (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/enc2xs-2.39-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/enc2xs.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/piconv-2.39-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/piconv (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/piconv-2.39-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/piconv.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/instmodsh-6.56-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/instmodsh (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/instmodsh-6.56-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/instmodsh.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/config_data-0.3603-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/config_data (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/config_data-0.3603-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/config_data.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/corelist-2.38-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/corelist (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/corelist-2.38-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/corelist.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/pod2usage-1.37-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/pod2usage (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/pod2usage-1.37-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/pod2usage.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/podchecker-1.37-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/podchecker (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/podchecker-1.37-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/podchecker.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/podselect-1.37-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/podselect (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/podselect-1.37-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/podselect.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/prove-3.17-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/prove (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/prove-3.17-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/prove.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/pod2man-2.3.1-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/pod2man (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/pod2man-2.3.1-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/pod2man.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/pod2text-2.3.1-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/pod2text (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/pod2text-2.3.1-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/pod2text.1.bz2 (relative) Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... Original instance of package unmerged safely. * Linking /usr/bin/ptar-1.54-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/ptar (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/ptar-1.54-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/ptar.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/ptardiff-1.54-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/ptardiff (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/ptardiff-1.54-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/ptardiff.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/shasum-5.47-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/shasum (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/shasum-5.47-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/shasum.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/cpan-1.9456-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/cpan (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/cpan-1.9456-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/cpan.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/cpanp-0.90-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/cpanp (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/cpanp-0.90-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/cpanp.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/cpan2dist-0.90-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/cpan2dist (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/cpan2dist-0.90-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/cpan2dist.1.bz2 (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/cpanp-run-perl-0.90-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/cpanp-run-perl (relative) * Linking /usr/bin/enc2xs-2.39-perl-5.12.2 to /usr/bin/enc2xs (relative) * Linking /usr/share/man/man1/enc2xs-2.39-perl-5.12.2.1.bz2 to /usr/share/man/man1/enc2xs.1.bz2 (relative) *
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boost Openoffice
110116 Nuno J. Silva wrote: Peter Humphrey pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org writes: On Sunday 16 January 2011 05:50:58 Philip Webb wrote: Using more haste than sense after 'emerge -cpv =boost-1.41.0-r3' Did you mean 'emerge -cpv ...' or 'emerge -Cpv...' ? What I wrote. Probably -c, which is the one that checks for reverse dependencies. ,[ man emerge ] | Depclean serves as a dependency aware version of --unmerge. When | given one or more atoms, it will unmerge matched packages that | have no reverse dependencies. Use --depclean together with | --verbose to show reverse dependencies. ` Either way, shouldn't 'emerge openoffice' reinstall it? Please both of you, read my msg more carefully, then comment (smile). -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X -config fail
how can i confim i have evdev,if i donn't have ,i think i have to edite /etc/make.cof USE=-evdev -dri -dri2 or VIDEOCARD=-evdev -dri -dri2 and recompile xorg-server 2011/1/16 walt w41...@gmail.com On 01/15/2011 07:17 AM, doherty pete wrote: when i input Xorg -configure the log is [ 442.765] (EE) Failed to load module evdev (module does not exist, 0) This is all very confusing unless you know the history of evdev, which most sane people don't know. (I obviously don't qualify as sane :) Try emerging xf86-input-evdev. -- pete_doherty
Re: [gentoo-user] Boost Openoffice
On 2011-01-16 06:50, Philip Webb wrote: Can anyone explain why the latest stable Openoffice can't use the latest stable slotted Boost(-build), which is used only for OO ? Perhaps the devs have tripped up slightly in the sequence of updates. eselect boost ? Best regards Peter K
Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox
Apparently, though unproven, at 02:56 on Saturday 15 January 2011, Mark Knecht did opine thusly: On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 4:23 PM, john j...@arcticwolf.myzen.co.uk wrote: Any one having issues with version 4 of VirtualBox. Mouse integration does not work any more. I can no longer use mouse within VirtualBox. I have disabled/enabled mosue integration. -- John D Maunder j...@arcticwolf.myzen.co.uk Hi John, I'm having a few issues with it, but not specifically any mouse problems. I run both Gentoo and Win7 VMs, and I run the Gentoo VMs on both Gentoo and Win7 hosts. The mouse has been a little touchy within the Gentoo VM on a Win7 host, at least the first day or two. However I followed the guide I found and enabled the additions package in rc-update and things got better. No mouse problems with any of the VMs on my Gentoo host. My big problem is that a perfectly working Win7 VM under 3.?.? now 'pauses' at odd times. It's working fine, but I come back and hour later and it's all grayed out. I unpause it and it is working again for another hour. The same VM under the previous version didn't do this ever. - Mark Mark, Sounds like this: http://pi-ist-genau-3.de/?p=1071 -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make oldconfig, compiled the kernel and copied it to /boot. Still nvidia- drivers won't compile, apparently because /usr/src/linux points to a kernel other than the running one. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:54:46 Alan McKinnon wrote: That's nonsense. It is not. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
Apparently, though unproven, at 17:18 on Sunday 16 January 2011, Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:54:46 Alan McKinnon wrote: That's nonsense. It is not. It has not been a problem for me, not once, in 4 years at least, both on x86 and amd64. Other posters report the same and you are the only one reporting experiencing the problem. Logic tells me you likely have something dodgy local to your machine as you are the only one so this would be a good point to post the error output you get. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X -config fail
On Sunday 16 January 2011 13:53:14 doherty pete wrote: how can i confim i have evdev,if i donn't have ,i think i have to edite /etc/make.cof USE=-evdev -dri -dri2 or VIDEOCARD=-evdev -dri -dri2 and recompile xorg-server Pete, can you please read the documentation and follow it to the letter: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml What you are asking is covered under the section titled make.conf configuration. To find out if you have something installed you can try: === # emerge --search evdev Searching... [ Results for search key : evdev ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev Latest version available: 2.5.0 Latest version installed: 2.5.0 Size of files: 306 kB Homepage: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/ Description: Generic Linux input driver License: MIT === If it has not been installed before, it will say: Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Alternatively, you can emerge and use app-portage/eix and then run: === # eix -l evdev [I] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev Available versions: 2.4.0 alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ~mips ppc ppc64 sh sparc x86 [debug] 2.5.0 ~alpha amd64 arm hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ppc64 ~sh ~sparc x86 ~ 2.6.0 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 Installed versions: 2.5.0(22:20:38 26/12/10) Homepage:http://xorg.freedesktop.org/ Description: Generic Linux input driver === Finally, if you know the exact package name try running: === # emerge -1aDv xf86-input-evdev These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.5.0 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] No Quitting. The R symbol denotes that you are trying to re-emerge it. If you hadn't installed it, you get [ebuild N] for 'new'. HTH. PS. Please try to avoid top posting. It breaks the natural flow of the discussion. 2011/1/16 walt w41...@gmail.com On 01/15/2011 07:17 AM, doherty pete wrote: when i input Xorg -configure the log is [ 442.765] (EE) Failed to load module evdev (module does not exist, 0) This is all very confusing unless you know the history of evdev, which most sane people don't know. (I obviously don't qualify as sane :) Try emerging xf86-input-evdev. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] No HW acceleraton on radeon Mobility X300 with linux-2.6.36-r5, mesa-7.9, xorg-server-1.9.2 and video-ati-6.13.2
On Sunday 16 January 2011 15:18:50 Daniel Tihelka wrote: And the kernel seems to use them (when started with boot options 'video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:3 vga=792'): Dan, try removing uvesa/vesa/radeon/etc. framebuffer modules from your kernel and the above line too from grub when you boot and see if your KMS radeon driver can now work on its own. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Boost Openoffice
110116 pk wrote: On 2011-01-16 06:50, Philip Webb wrote: Can anyone explain why the latest stable Openoffice can't use the latest stable slotted Boost(-build), which is used only for OO ? Perhaps the devs have tripped up slightly in the sequence of updates. eselect boost ? That looks very relevant: thanks ! -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
[gentoo-user] Re: Gnome problem (?)
On 01/15/2011 11:17 PM, Victor Fragoso wrote: Hello, After upgrading xorg to 1.9 now Gnome is not able to start session. This is the message I get after login in using GDM Protocol not supported by server. xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' which: no keychain in [PATH] *** gnome-session: 32574: WARNING ** cannot open display If I run startx, everything works no complaints. I don't use gdm so all I can offer is the standard shotgun approach I would use in the same circumstances. First, did you run revdep-rebuild after updating? I do that now every time I update the system. Second, I would re-emerge gdm. Why? Just because it's easy. Third, the amount of gnome configuration data in your home directory is vast, and some of it may be outdated. For that reason I keep another user account on each machine (I call him tester). As root, I delete every gnome-related directory in ~/tester so that he can start over from scratch with gnome when he logs in. Amazing how many times that has uncovered errors in my own home directory. Oh, actually I would first check your ~/.gnomerc-errors for anything helpful. I find that file is always quite large even when everything seems perfect ;)
[gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
I've been running without swap for quite a while, but my system goes into a near freeze whenever I undertake a large emerge such as chromium or openoffice. Is there anything I can do to prevent this besides turning swap back on? I have 3GB RAM and MAKEOPTS=-j1. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
On Sunday 16 January 2011 11:25:06 Grant wrote: I've been running without swap for quite a while, but my system goes into a near freeze whenever I undertake a large emerge such as chromium or openoffice. Is there anything I can do to prevent this besides turning swap back on? I have 3GB RAM and MAKEOPTS=-j1. - Grant no. And turning off swap is not a good idea. Google for overcommitting and why it is bad to turn swap off.
Re: [gentoo-user] how to forbid dhcp for eth0
On 01/14/2011 10:39 AM, Kostya Sha. wrote: On 14.01.2011, at 12:41, Norman Rieß wrote: Am 01/14/11 06:33, schrieb doherty pete: when i start the kernel, it wait long time to dhcp for eth0: eth0:dhcped 4.0.15 starting eth0:waiting for carrier i want to forbid dhcp,how can i do? Hi, configure a static IP or bring up the interface without configuration with config_eth0=( null ) If you do not want dhcp at all, unmerge dhcpcd. Regards, Norman lol, 1) What baselayout do you use? if the second then go to /usr/share/doc/openrc-*/net.example 2) no need to unmerge, you could disable by modules_eth0=!dhcp (check net.example i'm writing from head) As it has been suggested in this list before. Dump all the /etc/conf.d/net configuration stuff (including removing the /etc/init.d/net.eth0 and net.wlan0 files) and just use wicd. It will know when your machine is wired or not and will boot your system without waiting for eth0. -- Valmor
Re: [gentoo-user] config with wireless
On 01/15/2011 06:03 AM, doherty pete wrote:
yeah!it can work,now,this is my configure:
/etc/conf.d/net
config_eth0=(null)
modules=wpa_supplicant
wpa_supplicant_wlan0=-Dwext
config_wlan0=192.168.1.99 netmask 255.255.255.0
routes_wlan0=default gw 192.168.1.1
//etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf/
/
/
/
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid=huang
proto=WPA2
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk=Xda111524*^
}
/
2011/1/15 Zhu Sha Zang zhushaz...@yahoo.com.br
mailto:zhushaz...@yahoo.com.br
Em 14-01-2011 14:02, Mick escreveu:
On 14 January 2011 15:24, doherty pete nishizaw...@gmail.com
mailto:nishizaw...@gmail.com wrote:
i donn't known what different form wext and madwifi
i just known my wireless is bcm4357...
If there's a driver in the kernel for your wireless hardware, select
it and use -Dwext. The madwifi driver will work with particular
wireless chipsets only (atheros). If there is no wireless driver in
Linux, then use ndiswrapper (you'll need to emerge it) and use the
MSWindows driver with it - it may work.
I'm using wpa with openrc:
/
[rodolfo@asgard ~]$ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=2
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid=VALHALLA
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk=
}/
/[rodolfo@asgard ~]$ cat
/etc/conf.d/net
modules=wpa_supplicant
wpa_supplicant_wlan0=-Dwext
wpa_timeout_wlan0=60
config_wlan0=10.10.10.25 netmask 255.255.255.0
routes_wlan0=default gw 10.10.10.1
/And works well with /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start (in boot too)
Att
/
/
--
pete_doherty
Check the e-mail thread on this list with the subject:
starting wlan0 only when wireless is turned on
http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org/msg108144.html
Just dump all of the network config and use wicd.
--
Valmor
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
On 01/16/2011 08:25 PM, Grant wrote: I've been running without swap for quite a while, but my system goes into a near freeze whenever I undertake a large emerge such as chromium or openoffice. Is there anything I can do to prevent this besides turning swap back on? I have 3GB RAM and MAKEOPTS=-j1. - Grant The near freeze is probably the result from Linux' bad IO-scheduling. I know the phenomena :( I'm very much looking forward to some future changes in the kernel :) For now it'll help to use ionice -c 3. This is the IO-equivalent to nice -n 19. $ ionice -c 3 emerge something Bye, Daniel -- PGP key @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/pks/lookup?search=0xBB9D4887op=get # gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0xBB9D4887 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I've been running without swap for quite a while, but my system goes into a near freeze whenever I undertake a large emerge such as chromium or openoffice. Is there anything I can do to prevent this besides turning swap back on? I have 3GB RAM and MAKEOPTS=-j1. - Grant As Volker says, don't turn swap off. Make it small if you must, but keep some around. It's just disk space. I doubt swap has anything at all to do with this problem myself, but it will be interesting to hear from others. You don't say what sort of processor this machine has, nor what sort of hard drives. Even on a very high-end machine I saw the symptoms you report when I tried a 4K sector WD Green drive with the partitions misaligned. Once properly aligned the machine worked as expected. If this is a single processor machine and you're in the middle of a big emerge then likely you're just going to lose interactivity. It's the nature of the beast. You could try PORTAGE_NICE= in make.conf and possibly get some relief. Cheers, Mark
[gentoo-user] Re: No HW acceleraton on radeon Mobility X300 with linux-2.6.36-r5, mesa-7.9, xorg-server-1.9.2 and video-ati-6.13.2
On 01/16/2011 05:18 PM, Daniel Tihelka wrote: Hallo, after update to 2.6.36-r5 kernel, xorg 1.9.2, mesa-7.9 and xf86-video- ati-6.13.2 (all from gentoo portage), the hw graphics acceleration stopped working. The problem seems to be in drm kernel module, as it is claimed by X.org (the part of X.org log): [...] And the kernel seems to use them (when started with boot options 'video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:3 vga=792') Remove the above and try this: video=vesafb:off radeon.modeset=1 radeon.dynpm=1 Then, try deleting your xorg.conf (if you have one) and do: eselect mesa set r300 gallium Also make sure that mesa is emerged with the video_cards_r300 USE flag enabled. video_cards_radeon is *not* enough. Your make.conf should probably contain this: VIDEO_CARDS=fbdev vesa radeon r300 After changing this, try an emerge -auDN world and see if something needs to be rebuilt.
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
I've been running without swap for quite a while, but my system goes into a near freeze whenever I undertake a large emerge such as chromium or openoffice. Is there anything I can do to prevent this besides turning swap back on? I have 3GB RAM and MAKEOPTS=-j1. - Grant The near freeze is probably the result from Linux' bad IO-scheduling. I know the phenomena :( I'm very much looking forward to some future changes in the kernel :) For now it'll help to use ionice -c 3. This is the IO-equivalent to nice -n 19. $ ionice -c 3 emerge something Bye, Daniel Thanks Daniel, that got me through the chromium emerge without a single hiccup. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
I've been running without swap for quite a while, but my system goes into a near freeze whenever I undertake a large emerge such as chromium or openoffice. Is there anything I can do to prevent this besides turning swap back on? I have 3GB RAM and MAKEOPTS=-j1. - Grant As Volker says, don't turn swap off. Make it small if you must, but keep some around. It's just disk space. I thought swap was no longer necessary on a machine with sufficient memory. I guess I took I some bad advice a while back. I doubt swap has anything at all to do with this problem myself, but it will be interesting to hear from others. You don't say what sort of processor this machine has, nor what sort of hard drives. Even on a very high-end machine I saw the symptoms you report when I tried a 4K sector WD Green drive with the partitions misaligned. Once properly aligned the machine worked as expected. It's a laptop with a dual-core 2.2ghz CPU. If this is a single processor machine and you're in the middle of a big emerge then likely you're just going to lose interactivity. It's the nature of the beast. You could try PORTAGE_NICE= in make.conf and possibly get some relief. Cheers, Mark 'onice -c 3 emerge -DuN world' ended up working great. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I've been running without swap for quite a while, but my system goes into a near freeze whenever I undertake a large emerge such as chromium or openoffice. Is there anything I can do to prevent this besides turning swap back on? I have 3GB RAM and MAKEOPTS=-j1. - Grant As Volker says, don't turn swap off. Make it small if you must, but keep some around. It's just disk space. I thought swap was no longer necessary on a machine with sufficient memory. I guess I took I some bad advice a while back. I think the idea is never use swap if possible, but in a case where you don't have swap space or run out of swap space I think it's still possible to lose data. I no longer double memory in swap. In the old days I did that. On this server I have 24GB or memory. It seems silly to chew up 50GB of disk space for something that almost never gets touched. If I see this machine swapping I turn something off, but I'm the only user and here to watch what it's doing. SNIP You don't say what sort of processor this machine has, nor what sort of hard drives. Even on a very high-end machine I saw the symptoms you report when I tried a 4K sector WD Green drive with the partitions misaligned. Once properly aligned the machine worked as expected. It's a laptop with a dual-core 2.2ghz CPU. So -j1 is pretty safe. That's what I was wondering... SNIP 'onice -c 3 emerge -DuN world' ended up working great. - Grant Yeah, I saw the response that got you there. Good info and good to know it works. Cheers, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
Apparently, though unproven, at 02:15 on Monday 17 January 2011, Mark Knecht did opine thusly: [snip] As Volker says, don't turn swap off. Make it small if you must, but keep some around. It's just disk space. I thought swap was no longer necessary on a machine with sufficient memory. I guess I took I some bad advice a while back. I think the idea is never use swap if possible, but in a case where you don't have swap space or run out of swap space I think it's still possible to lose data. I no longer double memory in swap. In the old days I did that. On this server I have 24GB or memory. It seems silly to chew up 50GB of disk space for something that almost never gets touched. If I see this machine swapping I turn something off, but I'm the only user and here to watch what it's doing. The 2 x RAM rule is an ancient artifact that hasn't been true for, well for ages now. It came about because way back when you had to have swap to get anything done. The question is how much? The answer sucked out of someone's thumb was 2xRAM. This is a pretty useless generic value, but it was less useless than any other default. Picking swap amounts is like picking a wife - there's no sane default. A modern desktop that swaps is unusable - enormous amounts of data has to be pulled back in from the drive. A web server that swaps is already thrashing so you always want to avoid that. Besides, RAM is cheap and a server with 24G is common place. So is 4G on a notebook. So your viewpoint is completely correct. The kernel does need some swap though - it needs wiggle room for when you DO run out of RAM, and a little bit of swap gives that. It also staves off that bastard demon spawn progeny of satan called the dreaded oom killer -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 14:41 -0800, Grant wrote: I've been running without swap for quite a while, but my system goes into a near freeze whenever I undertake a large emerge such as chromium or openoffice. Is there anything I can do to prevent this besides turning swap back on? I have 3GB RAM and MAKEOPTS=-j1. - Grant As Volker says, don't turn swap off. Make it small if you must, but keep some around. It's just disk space. I thought swap was no longer necessary on a machine with sufficient memory. I guess I took I some bad advice a while back. The answer is that you have insufficient memory when emerging - hence swap is necessary - turn it on! ionice will help, but it is alleviating symptoms of lack of swap, not curing it. Downside in this case is slower emerges and some will still be flaky. You can use a temporary swapfile or swap over ndb for those special cases if you have no swap partition. Also check the tunable parameter /proc/sys/vm/swappiness to force memory to swap, or to get the kernel to be very reluctant to use swap - can give the benefits of no swap, but still have a safety margin with a small penalty when running low on memory. google for /proc/sys/vm/swappiness In short, swap is good, downside to swap is sometimes small pauses while pages are swapped back in. But not having swap forces the kernel to have a large overhead in trying to manage a low memory situation when it gets low such as during an emerge. No swap is ok if you have a system doing almost nothing, but with almost any normal use, 3G and no swap is going to be trouble at times. BillK
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 03:08 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 02:15 on Monday 17 January 2011, Mark Knecht did opine thusly: [snip] As Volker says, don't turn swap off. Make it small if you must, but keep some around. It's just disk space. I thought swap was no longer necessary on a machine with sufficient memory. I guess I took I some bad advice a while back. I think the idea is never use swap if possible, but in a case where you don't have swap space or run out of swap space I think it's still possible to lose data. I no longer double memory in swap. In the old days I did that. On this server I have 24GB or memory. It seems silly to chew up 50GB of disk space for something that almost never gets touched. If I see this machine swapping I turn something off, but I'm the only user and here to watch what it's doing. The 2 x RAM rule is an ancient artifact that hasn't been true for, well for ages now. It came about because way back when you had to have swap to get anything done. The question is how much? The answer sucked out of someone's thumb was 2xRAM. This is a pretty useless generic value, but it was less useless than any other default. There was in ye old unix days a good technical reason for 2xmemory for swap - google didnt confirm it for me but I think old solaris used to coredump memory to swap on a crash. Picking swap amounts is like picking a wife - there's no sane default. love the metaphor! A modern desktop that swaps is unusable - enormous amounts of data has to be pulled back in from the drive. A web server that swaps is already thrashing so you always want to avoid that. Besides, RAM is cheap and a server with 24G is common place. So is 4G on a notebook. So your viewpoint is completely correct. The kernel does need some swap though - it needs wiggle room for when you DO run out of RAM, and a little bit of swap gives that. It also staves off that bastard demon spawn progeny of satan called the dreaded oom killer There is one case where ~2xram is still a good idea - when hibernating to swap using (in my case) tuxonice - 2xram gives a reasonable safety margin for hibernation plus existing swap contents. BillK -- William Kenworthy bi...@iinet.net.au Home in Perth!
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:13 PM, William Kenworthy bi...@iinet.net.au wrote: On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 14:41 -0800, Grant wrote: I've been running without swap for quite a while, but my system goes into a near freeze whenever I undertake a large emerge such as chromium or openoffice. Is there anything I can do to prevent this besides turning swap back on? I have 3GB RAM and MAKEOPTS=-j1. - Grant As Volker says, don't turn swap off. Make it small if you must, but keep some around. It's just disk space. I thought swap was no longer necessary on a machine with sufficient memory. I guess I took I some bad advice a while back. The answer is that you have insufficient memory when emerging - hence swap is necessary - turn it on! ionice will help, but it is alleviating symptoms of lack of swap, not curing it. Downside in this case is slower emerges and some will still be flaky. I think that's well worded. He has insufficient memory when emerging. If he's really running short of DRAM Then he might also do well to boot to a console and do his emerges there. No memory given over to other things like KDE or browsers, etc. I am a bit surprised though that a -j1 type emerge would be running out of memory on a 3GB machine. I just finished emerge updates on a desktop with 4GB and only used 2.5GB which includes KDE, FIrefox and a number of other things: mark@firefly ~ $ top top - 17:24:12 up 1:58, 3 users, load average: 1.01, 1.03, 0.91 Tasks: 121 total, 1 running, 120 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 1.0%us, 0.6%sy, 0.0%ni, 98.4%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Mem: 3851008k total, 2466316k used, 1384692k free, 351200k buffers Swap: 8393924k total,0k used, 8393924k free, 1316212k cached - Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:41:24 -0800, Grant wrote: 'onice -c 3 emerge -DuN world' ended up working great. Or you can set PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND in make.conf to make it a default. -- Neil Bothwick Vuja De: the feeling that you've never been here before. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] config with wireless
Em 16-01-2011 18:29, Valmor de Almeida escreveu:
On 01/15/2011 06:03 AM, doherty pete wrote:
yeah!it can work,now,this is my configure:
/etc/conf.d/net
config_eth0=(null)
modules=wpa_supplicant
wpa_supplicant_wlan0=-Dwext
config_wlan0=192.168.1.99 netmask 255.255.255.0
routes_wlan0=default gw 192.168.1.1
//etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf/
/
/
/
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid=huang
proto=WPA2
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk=Xda111524*^
}
/
2011/1/15 Zhu Sha Zang zhushaz...@yahoo.com.br
mailto:zhushaz...@yahoo.com.br
Em 14-01-2011 14:02, Mick escreveu:
On 14 January 2011 15:24, doherty pete nishizaw...@gmail.com
mailto:nishizaw...@gmail.com wrote:
i donn't known what different form wext and madwifi
i just known my wireless is bcm4357...
If there's a driver in the kernel for your wireless hardware, select
it and use -Dwext. The madwifi driver will work with particular
wireless chipsets only (atheros). If there is no wireless driver in
Linux, then use ndiswrapper (you'll need to emerge it) and use the
MSWindows driver with it - it may work.
I'm using wpa with openrc:
/
[rodolfo@asgard ~]$ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=2
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid=VALHALLA
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk=
}/
/[rodolfo@asgard ~]$ cat
/etc/conf.d/net
modules=wpa_supplicant
wpa_supplicant_wlan0=-Dwext
wpa_timeout_wlan0=60
config_wlan0=10.10.10.25 netmask 255.255.255.0
routes_wlan0=default gw 10.10.10.1
/And works well with /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start (in boot too)
Att
/
/
--
pete_doherty
Check the e-mail thread on this list with the subject:
starting wlan0 only when wireless is turned on
http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org/msg108144.html
Just dump all of the network config and use wicd.
--
Valmor
I think that this software, wicd, is just to ubuntu's users not to
Gentoo. If work without gui,, why i need a gui?
Att
Re: [gentoo-user] Near freezes during large emerges
On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 17:26 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:13 PM, William Kenworthy bi...@iinet.net.au wrote: On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 14:41 -0800, Grant wrote: ... I think that's well worded. He has insufficient memory when emerging. If he's really running short of DRAM Then he might also do well to boot to a console and do his emerges there. No memory given over to other things like KDE or browsers, etc. I am a bit surprised though that a -j1 type emerge would be running out of memory on a 3GB machine. I just finished emerge updates on a desktop with 4GB and only used 2.5GB which includes KDE, FIrefox and a number of other things: I have a diskless 3GB ram atom system (mythtv frontend) and I have to arrange swap over nbd for gcc and glibc emerges - others just get very slow when getting to limits, or get flaky unless -j1 is used. Havent tried OO on it yet :) BillK
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make oldconfig, compiled the kernel and copied it to /boot. Still nvidia- drivers won't compile, apparently because /usr/src/linux points to a kernel other than the running one. I haven't rebooted yet but I did point the symlink to the new kernel. I can emerge nvidia here with no problems. It noticed it was pointing to the new kernel and installed them correctly. I'll reboot here in a bit and see what happens. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make oldconfig, compiled the kernel and copied it to /boot. Still nvidia- drivers won't compile, apparently because /usr/src/linux points to a kernel other than the running one. I haven't rebooted yet but I did point the symlink to the new kernel. I can emerge nvidia here with no problems. It noticed it was pointing to the new kernel and installed them correctly. I'll reboot here in a bit and see what happens. Dale :-) :-) OK. I just rebooted. When I booted, xdm started and the nvidia drivers worked fine. I was still running the old kernel when I built the new one. Peter, you got something weird going on with your system? Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] config with wireless
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:27:27PM -0200, Zhu Sha Zang wrote: I think that this software, wicd, is just to ubuntu's users not to Gentoo. You are in the minority. Many on this list (including me) use wicd for desktop/laptop use. If work without gui,, why i need a gui? wicd doesn't require a GUI. It has a CLI interface and a curses one (I prefer to use the curses interface myself), in addition to the GTK one. Which you install can be controlled by USE. W -- Willie W. Wong ww...@math.princeton.edu Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make oldconfig, compiled the kernel and copied it to /boot. Still nvidia- drivers won't compile, apparently because /usr/src/linux points to a kernel other than the running one. I haven't rebooted yet but I did point the symlink to the new kernel. I can emerge nvidia here with no problems. It noticed it was pointing to the new kernel and installed them correctly. I'll reboot here in a bit and see what happens. Getting back to the original, I tried with 2.6.37 and it didn't work either, but my 2.6.30 works fine with the same drivers. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make oldconfig, compiled the kernel and copied it to /boot. Still nvidia- drivers won't compile, apparently because /usr/src/linux points to a kernel other than the running one. I haven't rebooted yet but I did point the symlink to the new kernel. I can emerge nvidia here with no problems. It noticed it was pointing to the new kernel and installed them correctly. I'll reboot here in a bit and see what happens. Getting back to the original, I tried with 2.6.37 and it didn't work either, but my 2.6.30 works fine with the same drivers. I'm using nvidia-drivers-260.19.29 on kernel 2.6.37-gentoo and it is working fine so far. It booted and X is working. Could there be something amiss in the kernel config? I ran into problems a while back. It was missing the option CONFIG_SYSVIPC in the kernel. You got that built in? Dale :-) :-)
[gentoo-user] lilo wants to re-assign volume ID on external USB device
I have an older 1-gig MP3 player with a USB interface that plugs into
a PC and looks like a mass-storage device. It also recharges the
internal battery from the USB port. I had it plugged in when I made a
tweak to my kernel, and ran lilo to update the boot process for the new
kernel. I got the following message...
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Reference: disk /dev/sdc (8,32) 0820
LILO wants to assign a new Volume ID to this disk drive. However, changing
the Volume ID of a Windows NT, 2000, or XP boot disk is a fatal Windows error.
This caution does not apply to Windows 95 or 98, or to NT data disks.
Is the above disk an NT boot disk? [Y/n]^C
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I hit {CTRL-C} to stop it. Then I unplugged the MP3 player, and ran
lilo without incident. Was lilo actually intending to physically write
to /dev/sdc? BTW, here's the output of fdisk -l. The MP3 player is
listed at the end.
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Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9ba53901
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 121601 9767600015 Extended
/dev/sda5 1 33 265009+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 341209 9446188+ 82 Linux swap /
Solaris
/dev/sda71210 121601 967048708+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc: 1041 MB, 1041367040 bytes
227 heads, 56 sectors/track, 160 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 12712 * 512 = 6508544 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 160 1016932b W95 FAT32
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Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org
Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make oldconfig, compiled the kernel and copied it to /boot. Still nvidia- drivers won't compile, apparently because /usr/src/linux points to a kernel other than the running one. I haven't rebooted yet but I did point the symlink to the new kernel. I can emerge nvidia here with no problems. It noticed it was pointing to the new kernel and installed them correctly. I'll reboot here in a bit and see what happens. Getting back to the original, I tried with 2.6.37 and it didn't work either, but my 2.6.30 works fine with the same drivers. I'm using nvidia-drivers-260.19.29 on kernel 2.6.37-gentoo and it is working fine so far. It booted and X is working. Could there be something amiss in the kernel config? I ran into problems a while back. It was missing the option CONFIG_SYSVIPC in the kernel. You got that built in? Dale :-) :-) Yep, its in there. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
[gentoo-user] Firmware loading problem
Hi, I have a bttv0: detected: AVermedia AverTV DVB-T 771 [card=123], PCI subsystem ID is 1461:0771 dvb-t card installed in my PC. I am running a vanilla linux kernel version 2.6.37 . Furthermore in /lib/firmware there is a folder called av7110 which I think contains the firmware for that card. I read, that I need hotplug to load this firmware while booting. I did a emerge hotplug which runs fine but gave me warning that I should emerge coldplug. Ok, so I did an additional emerge coldplug which fails with solfire:/home/mccramersudo emerge coldplug Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N] sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1 [blocks B ] sys-apps/coldplug (sys-apps/coldplug is blocking sys-fs/udev-151-r4) [blocks B ] =sys-fs/udev-089 (=sys-fs/udev-089 is blocking sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by coldplug If I understand this correctly, I have to downgrade udev from udev-151 down to udev-089 to be able to install coldplug. Is this really needed? How can I install the firmware? Thank you very much in advance for any help! Best regards, mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] Left hand yes, right hand no
On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 12:33 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:19:38 Peter Ruskin wrote: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351829 So it is. That was quick. I don't agree with his suggestion, which seems to imply requiring all KDE systems to be built with +accessibility, like it or not. Not exactly. His suggestion is that everything should have the same defaults. Some qt packages default to +accessibility, others default to -accessibility. Then there's a third group that depends packages from both groups having consistent US flags, meaning you're forced to set the USE flag (either + or -) on at least one package or your build fails. Since +accessibility doesn't appear to pull in any extra packages, just enable some extra Qt widgets to be built, I don't really see any reason it should *default* to off. You could globally set USE=-accessibility if you really don't like it. --Mike
Re: [gentoo-user] Firmware loading problem
2011/1/17 meino.cra...@gmx.de: I am running a vanilla linux kernel version 2.6.37 . Furthermore in /lib/firmware there is a folder called av7110 which I think contains the firmware for that card. I don't think this card needs a firmware. You just enabled to much dvb related stuff in your kernel configuration which results in the creation of this folder. I need the av7110 stuff here for my FF DVB-S card. What problem do you have with this card, normally dmesg should spit something out if there is firmware missing. I read, that I need hotplug to load this firmware while booting. I did a emerge hotplug which runs fine but gave me warning that I should emerge coldplug. Ok, so I did an additional emerge coldplug which fails with solfire:/home/mccramersudo emerge coldplug Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1 [blocks B ] sys-apps/coldplug (sys-apps/coldplug is blocking sys-fs/udev-151-r4) [blocks B ] =sys-fs/udev-089 (=sys-fs/udev-089 is blocking sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by coldplug If I understand this correctly, I have to downgrade udev from udev-151 down to udev-089 to be able to install coldplug. Is this really needed? How can I install the firmware? I think the functionality from hot- and coldplug is now provided by udev thus the blocker. -- Daniel Pielmeier
