Re: [gentoo-user] Android 2.2 USB tethering?

2011-10-05 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Wed 05 Oct 2011 11:12:19 PM IST, David Abbott wrote: > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-843255.html > HTH, > David > Followed that guide step by step. But still not configured, kernel logs say "[134356.331426] usb 1-4: bad CDC descriptors" Any clue about this? I guess the device is at faul

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health

2011-10-05 Thread Grant
>>> Has anyone dealt with this successfully?  I'd love to >>> know how you did it. >> > > You're right to worry about thisand I suspect it's also aging > related.  The older I get, the more sensitive I am to how many > hours/day is healthy. > > I don't think there is a perfect solution, especia

Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 05 October 2011 17:47:21 Jonas de Buhr wrote: > sometimes things indeed need to change in order to improve. I remember things being improved. While I was in my 50s I was continually faced with youngsters' ideas for improving the company's methods. Stupid, every one. When challenged

Re: [gentoo-user] weird sound error in kde4

2011-10-05 Thread Dale
Doug Hunley wrote: Whenever I launch kde (from startx) I get a message saying that 'sb Live! 5.1 [SB0060] (rev.7, serial:0x80611102)' is disabled and it is falling back to 'sb Live! 5.1 [SB0060]' . and then the 'kde startup' sound plays and sound works perfectly. If I open systemsettings and

[gentoo-user] weird sound error in kde4

2011-10-05 Thread Doug Hunley
Whenever I launch kde (from startx) I get a message saying that 'sb Live! 5.1 [SB0060] (rev.7, serial:0x80611102)' is disabled and it is falling back to 'sb Live! 5.1 [SB0060]' . and then the 'kde startup' sound plays and sound works perfectly. If I open systemsettings and click 'multimedia' an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SERVFAIL with bind; problems in named.conf?

2011-10-05 Thread Andrey Moshbear
The zone file was 640 root:root. It should've been 640 root:named.

Re: [gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] Help!

2011-10-05 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 05 Oct 2011 17:20:02 Jonas de Buhr wrote: > Hello Lavender, > > we are going to help you. So please relax, tell your mail client to > wrap lines at 72 characters and use the reply button to answer. ... and also avoid top-posting if you can? > For now, build a kernel with genkernel a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard drives not detected in repeatable order.

2011-10-05 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 05.10.2011 20:54, schrieb walt: > On 10/05/2011 06:29 AM, Michael A. Koerber wrote: > >> Just tried root=PARTUUID= failed. Checked my genblk.c and the >> changes don't appear in the 2.6.36 or 2.6.39 kernels on my system. >> When did (does) the PARTUUID syntax support get released? > > Th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard drives not detected in repeatable order.

2011-10-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:54 PM, walt wrote: > On 10/05/2011 06:29 AM, Michael A. Koerber wrote: > >> Just tried root=PARTUUID=  failed.  Checked my genblk.c and the >> changes don't appear in the 2.6.36 or 2.6.39 kernels on my system. >> When did (does) the PARTUUID syntax support get released

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard drives not detected in repeatable order.

2011-10-05 Thread pk
On 2011-10-05 20:54, walt wrote: > You might think, as I did, that PARTUUID stands for the UUID of the > partition you're searching for -- not true :( > > PARTUUID stands for Partition Table UUID, which is entirely different > from a Partition UUID. Clear as mud, eh? IMHO it does seem like a be

Re: [gentoo-user] Why grub can't load win kernel

2011-10-05 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 05 Oct 2011 16:32:10 Lavender wrote: > The configuration of win kernel in grub.conf is like below: > > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 Assuming that your MSWindows OS is on the first partition of the first (master) disk then the above is correct and grub should

Re: [gentoo-user] Why grub can't load win kernel

2011-10-05 Thread Jonas de Buhr
Am Wed, 5 Oct 2011 21:20:07 +0200 schrieb Alan McKinnon : > > which of the grub USE flags do you think could cause this behavior? > > > > I have no idea. > > I'm asking for full fault report information, mentioning everything > I can think of that could be relevant. You know, the things one sh

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 12:10:45 -0700 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Grant Edwards > wrote: > > On 2011-10-05, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote: > > > >>> And the set of init scripts that belong to grub2 are just to try > >>> to auto-magically generate the config file? > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SERVFAIL with bind; problems in named.conf?

2011-10-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 13:29:40 -0400 Andrey Moshbear wrote: > Bit by yet another EPERM :/ > An EPERM you say? How ... fascinating. Care to elaborate? -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Why grub can't load win kernel

2011-10-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 18:26:31 +0200 Jonas de Buhr wrote: > Am Wed, 5 Oct 2011 17:39:59 +0200 > schrieb Alan McKinnon : > > > What version of grub, and what options (USE flags) was grub built > > with? > > which of the grub USE flags do you think could cause this behavior? > I have no idea. I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-10-05, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote: > >>> And the set of init scripts that belong to grub2 are just to try to >>> auto-magically generate the config file? >> >> With options from /etc/default/grub, yes. But please stop calling the >>

[gentoo-user] Re: Hard drives not detected in repeatable order.

2011-10-05 Thread walt
On 10/05/2011 06:29 AM, Michael A. Koerber wrote: > Just tried root=PARTUUID= failed. Checked my genblk.c and the > changes don't appear in the 2.6.36 or 2.6.39 kernels on my system. > When did (does) the PARTUUID syntax support get released? This is very obscure and confusing if you don't

[gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2011-10-05, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote: >> And the set of init scripts that belong to grub2 are just to try to >> auto-magically generate the config file? > > With options from /etc/default/grub, yes. But please stop calling the > files in /etc/grub.d "init scripts". I'm not calling those "i

Re: [gentoo-user] Android 2.2 USB tethering?

2011-10-05 Thread David Abbott
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-843255.html HTH, David

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SERVFAIL with bind; problems in named.conf?

2011-10-05 Thread Andrey Moshbear
Bit by yet another EPERM :/

[gentoo-user] Android 2.2 USB tethering?

2011-10-05 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
**I'm a desktop user, so please don't suggest me wifi tethering. Which module am I supposed to enable in the kernel to get my android tablet usb tethering to work? It's an olivepad (vt100 tablet, see http://www.olivetelecom.in/laptop/olivepad/features.html) Also, please tell me some Gentoo-specif

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-10-05, Pandu Poluan wrote: > >>> I give up.  I've absolutely no idea what grub2 has to do with the OS's >>> init system, and none of what you've written makes any sense to me. >> >> I think what he meant was: > > I assume you mean PID

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Grant Edwards >> wrote: >>> On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote: On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-10-04, Ca

Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Jonas de Buhr
Am Wed, 5 Oct 2011 09:20:07 -0700 schrieb ny6...@gmail.com: > > > Why does Gentoo still 'standardize' on grub instead of going > > > forward with grub2? > > > > Grub2 is weird (coming from anything that isn't grub2), and if you > > mess up the upgrade, you can't boot. > > > > It's a support nigh

Re: [gentoo-user] Why grub can't load win kernel

2011-10-05 Thread Jonas de Buhr
Am Wed, 5 Oct 2011 23:48:09 +0800 schrieb "Lavender" <448463...@qq.com>: > Sorry, I'm a gentoo newcomer, so I am totally not familar with this > OS. Does USE make sense with grub ? And in the building there is no > error, I had grub-install done. which was the *exact* commandline for grub-instal

Re: [gentoo-user] Why grub can't load win kernel

2011-10-05 Thread Jonas de Buhr
Am Wed, 5 Oct 2011 17:39:59 +0200 schrieb Alan McKinnon : > What version of grub, and what options (USE flags) was grub built > with? which of the grub USE flags do you think could cause this behavior?

Re: [gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] Help!

2011-10-05 Thread Jonas de Buhr
Hello Lavender, we are going to help you. So please relax, tell your mail client to wrap lines at 72 characters and use the reply button to answer. For now, build a kernel with genkernel according to the handbook and stick to the rest of the hints you already got in the other replies. Save manual

Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread ny6p01
On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 08:56:54AM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 10/04/2011 06:16 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > On Oct 4, 2011 5:10 PM, "Neil Bothwick" > > wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:49:56 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> > >> > Subject line says it pretty w

Re: [gentoo-user] Why grub can't load win kernel

2011-10-05 Thread Lavender
Sorry, I'm a gentoo newcomer, so I am totally not familar with this OS. Does USE make sense with grub ? And in the building there is no error, I had grub-install done. Grub boot interface can show up , I can choose which OS to boot, but I couldn't boot win , what is the problem in your opinio

Re: [gentoo-user] Why grub can't load win kernel

2011-10-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 23:32:10 +0800 "Lavender" <448463...@qq.com> wrote: > The configuration of win kernel in grub.conf is like below: > > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > It worked yesterday , but after I rebuilding grub software, it can't > work. I don't know why, i

[gentoo-user] Why grub can't load win kernel

2011-10-05 Thread Lavender
The configuration of win kernel in grub.conf is like below: rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 It worked yesterday , but after I rebuilding grub software, it can't work. I don't know why, it still can boot gentoo kernel, I am confused,because grub only can do operations to M

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 14:46:03 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: >> The *installer* portion of grub2 is aware of which pid#0 is running > > when it auto-creates the bootloader's configuration. That pid#0 is > > passed on to the kernel by the bootloader. > > OK. I that I understand. It seems a bi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 14:46:03 + (UTC) Grant Edwards wrote: > > The *installer* portion of grub2 is aware of which pid#0 is running > > when it auto-creates the bootloader's configuration. That pid#0 is > > passed on to the kernel by the bootloader. > > OK. I that I understand. It seems a b

[gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2011-10-05, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> I give up. I've absolutely no idea what grub2 has to do with the OS's >> init system, and none of what you've written makes any sense to me. > > I think what he meant was: I assume you mean PID#1 (typically /sbin/init). On Unixes with PID#0, it's usually t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 05.10.2011 15:55, schrieb Grant Edwards: > I give up. I've absolutely no idea what grub2 has to do with the OS's > init system, and none of what you've written makes any sense to me. It has NOTHING to do with it, or not more or less then lilo or grub1 or any other bootloader. But the automagi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard drives not detected in repeatable order.

2011-10-05 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 05.10.2011 15:29, schrieb Michael A. Koerber: >> > > I have found that use of LABEL=FOO in /etc/fstab doesn't always solve >> > > the problem of disks being reassigned during boot. >> > >> > That's because fstab isn't used during boot. What "root=" setting is >> > passed to you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Oct 5, 2011 8:59 PM, "Grant Edwards" wrote: > > On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote: > >>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Grant Edwards < grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: >

[gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote: > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Grant Edwards > wrote: >> On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote: >>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Grant Edwards >>> wrote: On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote: > Then any boot loader wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SERVFAIL with bind; problems in named.conf?

2011-10-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 09:38:01 -0400 Andrey Moshbear wrote: > No clue, as logging isn't yet enabled. However, chechzone says that > all is fine. Well that's your primary error right there. How can you run a daemon that isn't logging and consider that even halfway proper? Get some real logs from whe

[gentoo-user] Re: SERVFAIL with bind; problems in named.conf?

2011-10-05 Thread Andrey Moshbear
No clue, as logging isn't yet enabled. However, chechzone says that all is fine. On 2011-10-05, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 05:06:27 -0400 > Andrey Moshbear wrote: > >> For bind, I have the following as named.conf: >> >> acl "xfer" { none; }; >> >> acl "trusted" { 127.0.0.0/8; ::1/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard drives not detected in repeatable order.

2011-10-05 Thread Michael A. Koerber
> > > I have found that use of LABEL=FOO in /etc/fstab doesn't always solve > > > the problem of disks being reassigned during boot. > > > > That's because fstab isn't used during boot. What "root=" setting is > > passed to your kernel by your bootloader? Is that using /dev/sda1

Re: [gentoo-user] SERVFAIL with bind; problems in named.conf?

2011-10-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 05:06:27 -0400 Andrey Moshbear wrote: > For bind, I have the following as named.conf: > > acl "xfer" { none; }; > > acl "trusted" { 127.0.0.0/8; ::1/128; }; > > options { > directory "/var/bind"; > pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid"; > > listen-on-v

[gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] Help!

2011-10-05 Thread Lavender
I did that manually, did I lose something when I build the kernel ? But I really turn the options which handbook mentioned on . I don't know how to work out. -- 原始邮件 -- 发件人: "Yohan Pereira"; 发送时间: 2011年10月5日(星期三) 下午3:18 收件人: "gentoo-user"; 主题: Re:

[gentoo-user] SERVFAIL with bind; problems in named.conf?

2011-10-05 Thread Andrey Moshbear
For bind, I have the following as named.conf: acl "xfer" { none; }; acl "trusted" { 127.0.0.0/8; ::1/128; }; options { directory "/var/bind"; pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid"; listen-on-v6 { none; }; listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.1.0/10; EXTERNAL_IP;

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 22:11:00 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > The thing is that GRUB2 needs to understand several filesystems to > > grab the kernel image from. It also wants to be able to use a more > > interesting resolution than 640x480. This means that it has to > > reimplement all the code for

Re: [gentoo-user] Help!

2011-10-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 12:52:41 +0800, Lavender wrote: > Hi, everybody! I installed gentoo according to Gentoo Handbook , then I > login gentoo . But I found that I couldn't use wpa_supplicant for > scanning netcard device failed . I think that means the netcard module > not loaded, so I type lsmod an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

2011-10-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:33:34 +0200, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > > Then any boot loader will need to call something to start it. > > Understand this: any Linux/Unix init system (systemd, SysV, Upstart, > > OpenRC) is simply a program... that the Linux kernel itself executes. > > That's the init