Re: [gentoo-user] swapping processor problem

Michael Mol wrote: Play with your BIOS settings. Look for things like legacy USB support. Also, double-check that all the relevant USB drivers (UHCI, EHCI, XHCI, HID, etc) are either built-into the kernel, or are loaded as modules. Consider rebuilding your kernel. Just because one processor ha

Re: [gentoo-user] swapping processor problem

On 11/16/2011 08:11 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > Play with your BIOS settings. Look for things like legacy USB support. > Also, double-check that all the relevant USB drivers (UHCI, EHCI, > XHCI, HID, etc) are either built-into the kernel, or are loaded as > modules. Consider rebuilding your kernel. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading gcc: both 4.4 and 4.5 needed?

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Stéphane Guedon wrote: > On Wednesday 16 November 2011 02:07:12 Pandu Poluan wrote: >> And if you're adventurous, add USE "graphite", reemerge gcc, and reemerge >> world :) > > what does "graphite" add ? Thanks for reminding me; I meant to look it up when I got ho

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading gcc: both 4.4 and 4.5 needed?

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 02:11, Stéphane Guedon wrote: > On Wednesday 16 November 2011 02:07:12 Pandu Poluan wrote: >> On Nov 16, 2011 8:00 AM, "Nikos Chantziaras" wrote: >> > On 11/15/2011 08:58 PM, Jarry wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> today I upgraded gcc from 4.4.5 to the last stable version >> >> 4.5.

Re: [gentoo-user] swapping processor problem

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:33 AM, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > I have two gentoo boxes, X has an ASUS M2NPV-VM with AMD64 3500+ CPU, Y > has a AMD64 X2 5600+ CPU. Since I need more juice on X I thought I could > swap CPUs. > > After updating X's BIOS the system with the 'new' CPU boots up to the > Myt

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading gcc: both 4.4 and 4.5 needed?

On Wednesday 16 November 2011 02:07:12 Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Nov 16, 2011 8:00 AM, "Nikos Chantziaras" wrote: > > On 11/15/2011 08:58 PM, Jarry wrote: > >> Hi, > >> today I upgraded gcc from 4.4.5 to the last stable version > >> 4.5.3-r1. > >> [...] > >> > >> But at the and I noticed gcc 4.4 h

[gentoo-user] Re: swapping processor problem

On 11/15/2011 08:33 AM, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > I have two gentoo boxes, X has an ASUS M2NPV-VM with AMD64 3500+ CPU, Y > has a AMD64 X2 5600+ CPU. Since I need more juice on X I thought I could > swap CPUs. > > After updating X's BIOS the system with the 'new' CPU boots up to the > MythTv scree

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro

Érico Porto wrote: is it possible to install lightDM (ubuntu 11.10) in gentoo? Érico V. Porto It looks like you can. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/10/simple-lightdm-manager-lets-easily-tweak-ubuntu-11-10-login-screen/ I have not tested this tho so no idea what it could/might break. Dal

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro

is it possible to install lightDM (ubuntu 11.10) in gentoo? Érico V. Porto On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Dale wrote: > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On Nov 16, 2011 8:07 AM, "Dale" wrote: > > > > Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Nov 16, 2011 3:26 AM, "Dale" wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

I'm using systemd as init. Currently there's no .service file for mdev. Hope someone on this list can provide one :-) On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Plus, I'm feeling adventurous and will experiment with VirtualBox also ;) > > Rgds, > On Nov 16, 2011 7:52 AM, "Pandu Polu

[gentoo-user] [OT] Where to discuss Xming

Sorry about the OT, this was one of those times where I cannot think of a better place to ask this... and there are many well informed people here. I've been unable to turn up a mailing list about Xming. gmanes active list doesn't appear to have any group with xming in the name... googling turns

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another hardware thread

> Performance is one issue, another one is energy/noise ... the phenom > 1090t seems to pull in a lot and need good (and maybe noisy) fans. I've just bought a 965 (a 1100T wouldn't boot despite being supported by the latest bios). The CPU fan is very quiet when the system is idling, but spins up a

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

Plus, I'm feeling adventurous and will experiment with VirtualBox also ;) Rgds, On Nov 16, 2011 7:52 AM, "Pandu Poluan" wrote: > > On Nov 16, 2011 3:21 AM, wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:44:58PM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote > > > > > However, my Gentoo systems are all virtual servers (

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro

Pandu Poluan wrote: On Nov 16, 2011 8:07 AM, "Dale" > wrote: > > Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> >> On Nov 16, 2011 3:26 AM, "Dale" > wrote: >> > >> > >> > I always make /home separate. Well, until udev needs it too I guess. lol >> > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro

On Nov 16, 2011 8:07 AM, "Dale" wrote: > > Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> >> On Nov 16, 2011 3:26 AM, "Dale" wrote: >> > >> > >> > I always make /home separate. Well, until udev needs it too I guess. lol >> > >> >> Heh, I knew you'd bring up that monstrosity ;-) >> >> Rgds, > > > I couldn't resist.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro

Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:19:48 -0600, Dale wrote: Heh indeed; you can even keep an lvm setup across distros. I used to have `gentoo' and `debian' volume groups and it's easy to mount logical volumes in either direction (/home was on a separate large physical partition.) Lear

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading gcc: both 4.4 and 4.5 needed?

On Nov 16, 2011 8:00 AM, "Nikos Chantziaras" wrote: > > On 11/15/2011 08:58 PM, Jarry wrote: >> >> Hi, >> today I upgraded gcc from 4.4.5 to the last stable version >> 4.5.3-r1. >> [...] >> >> But at the and I noticed gcc 4.4 has not been unmerged >> and my "world" file is somehow larger. To my su

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro

Pandu Poluan wrote: On Nov 16, 2011 3:26 AM, "Dale" > wrote: > > > I always make /home separate. Well, until udev needs it too I guess. lol > Heh, I knew you'd bring up that monstrosity ;-) Rgds, I couldn't resist. Sorry. o_O Just shows people on here

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading gcc: both 4.4 and 4.5 needed?

On 11/15/2011 08:58 PM, Jarry wrote: Hi, today I upgraded gcc from 4.4.5 to the last stable version 4.5.3-r1. [...] But at the and I noticed gcc 4.4 has not been unmerged and my "world" file is somehow larger. To my surprise, it contains these lines: sys-devel/gcc sys-devel/gcc:4.4 I did full b

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro

On Nov 16, 2011 3:26 AM, "Dale" wrote: > > Steven J Long wrote: >> >> Dale wrote: >>> >>> Of course, if I find something better, I can backup the /home >>> directory and install something else then restore the /home and carry on >>> with something new. >>> >> I strongly recommend keeping a separa

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

On Nov 16, 2011 3:21 AM, wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:44:58PM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote > > > However, my Gentoo systems are all virtual servers (DomU VMs on XenServer). > > So, the hardware devices are static. Will switching over to mdev give any > > benefits? > > > > I even am toying ar

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another hardware thread

On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:51:44 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > I play with the thought of getting myself a nice new machine for work, > better to spend some money on hardware than on taxes (2012 is near ...). My thoughts exactly. > Performance is one issue, another one is energy/noise ... the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another hardware thread

Am 2011-11-13 12:56, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > General desktop use, but that does include some image processing > and plenty of virtualisation. It will also be a build host for some > lower powered Gentoo systems, so fast compile times, and plenty of > cores, are advantages. Nearly the same use he

Re: [gentoo-user] Help, please! I've hosed my gcc.

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, Mark > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:06:32PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> > My gcc now fails to work. > >> > I upgraded it earlier on (I think) after doing an emerge --sync.  I

Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible for F5 to delete all contacts in Kmail?!!!

On Tuesday 15 Nov 2011 21:36:14 Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 15.11.2011 20:39, schrieb Mick: > > Thankfully this didn't happen on my machine, but I have to fix this all > > the same ... > > > > Is it possible to press F5 (the user thought that this would just refresh > > the content) while in the K

Re: [gentoo-user] Help, please! I've hosed my gcc.

Hi, Mark On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:06:32PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > My gcc now fails to work. > > I upgraded it earlier on (I think) after doing an emerge --sync.  I > > can't remember the before/after versions, or even whether I've

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro

On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:19:48 -0600, Dale wrote: > > Heh indeed; you can even keep an lvm setup across distros. I used to > > have `gentoo' and `debian' volume groups and it's easy to mount > > logical volumes in either direction (/home was on a separate large > > physical partition.) > > Learned

Re: [gentoo-user] Help, please! I've hosed my gcc.

Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Gentoo. My gcc now fails to work. I upgraded it earlier on (I think) after doing an emerge --sync. I can't remember the before/after versions, or even whether I've got both of them. lipgmp has a lot to do with my problem. After my last emerge -uND world, I think lib

Re: [gentoo-user] Help, please! I've hosed my gcc.

symlink it to the later version, or copy the lib over from another system. Then rebuild dev-libs/gmp and dont delete the lib! I got bitten by this but only on one system - the file is supplied by the later ebuild so I dont know why it asks to delete it. Was in the middle of a major snafu when it

Re: [gentoo-user] Help, please! I've hosed my gcc.

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, Gentoo. > > My gcc now fails to work. > > I upgraded it earlier on (I think) after doing an emerge --sync.  I > can't remember the before/after versions, or even whether I've got both > of them. > > lipgmp has a lot to do with my problem

Re: [gentoo-user] Help, please! I've hosed my gcc.

Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, Gentoo. > > My gcc now fails to work. > > I upgraded it earlier on (I think) after doing an emerge --sync. I > can't remember the before/after versions, or even whether I've got both > of them. > > lipgmp has a lot to do with my problem. After my last emerge -uND

[gentoo-user] Help, please! I've hosed my gcc.

Hi, Gentoo. My gcc now fails to work. I upgraded it earlier on (I think) after doing an emerge --sync. I can't remember the before/after versions, or even whether I've got both of them. lipgmp has a lot to do with my problem. After my last emerge -uND world, I think libgmp was upgraded. At an

Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible for F5 to delete all contacts in Kmail?!!!

Am 15.11.2011 20:39, schrieb Mick: > Thankfully this didn't happen on my machine, but I have to fix this all the > same ... > > Is it possible to press F5 (the user thought that this would just refresh the > content) while in the Kmail address book and as a result all but the current > contact

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro

Steven J Long wrote: Dale wrote: Of course, if I find something better, I can backup the /home directory and install something else then restore the /home and carry on with something new. I strongly recommend keeping a separate partition for /home; it makes things a lot easier if and when yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:44:58PM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote > However, my Gentoo systems are all virtual servers (DomU VMs on XenServer). > So, the hardware devices are static. Will switching over to mdev give any > benefits? > > I even am toying around with the idea of having a completely stati

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading gcc: both 4.4 and 4.5 needed?

Jarry wrote: On 15-Nov-11 20:36, Andrey Moshbear wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 13:58, Jarry wrote: today I upgraded gcc from 4.4.5 to the last stable version But at the and I noticed gcc 4.4 has not been unmerged and my "world" file is somehow larger. To my surprise, it contains these lines:

[gentoo-user] Re: The SIMPLEST web server to config (this time - just for serving video files) ?

Mick wrote: >> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 694, in finish >> self.wfile.flush() >> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/socket.py", line 303, in flush >> self._sock.sendall(view[write_offset:write_offset+buffer_size]) >> error: [Errno 32] Broken pipe >> -

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading gcc: both 4.4 and 4.5 needed?

On 15-Nov-11 20:36, Andrey Moshbear wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 13:58, Jarry wrote: today I upgraded gcc from 4.4.5 to the last stable version But at the and I noticed gcc 4.4 has not been unmerged and my "world" file is somehow larger. To my surprise, it contains these lines: sys-devel/gcc

[gentoo-user] Is it possible for F5 to delete all contacts in Kmail?!!!

Thankfully this didn't happen on my machine, but I have to fix this all the same ... Is it possible to press F5 (the user thought that this would just refresh the content) while in the Kmail address book and as a result all but the current contact being deleted? -- Regards, Mick signature.as

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading gcc: both 4.4 and 4.5 needed?

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 13:58, Jarry wrote: > Hi, > today I upgraded gcc from 4.4.5 to the last stable version > 4.5.3-r1. I followed "Gentoo GCC Upgrade Guide": > > # emerge -uav gcc > # gcc-config 2 > # env-update && source /etc/profile > # emerge --oneshot libtool > > # emerge --depclean > # re

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro

Dale wrote: > Of course, if I find something better, I can backup the /home > directory and install something else then restore the /home and carry on > with something new. > I strongly recommend keeping a separate partition for /home; it makes things a lot easier if and when you switch. It also m

[gentoo-user] Upgrading gcc: both 4.4 and 4.5 needed?

Hi, today I upgraded gcc from 4.4.5 to the last stable version 4.5.3-r1. I followed "Gentoo GCC Upgrade Guide": # emerge -uav gcc # gcc-config 2 # env-update && source /etc/profile # emerge --oneshot libtool # emerge --depclean # revdep-rebuild But at the and I noticed gcc 4.4 has not been unme

[gentoo-user] Re: The LIGHTEST web server (just for serving files)?

Michael Mol wrote: > Isn't there a kernelland HTTP server? ISTR seeing the option. I don't > know anything about it, though. > Yeah there was; as I recall it got removed a while back. Google got me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUX_web_server and khttpd at: http://www.fenrus.demon.nl/ ..both of

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

On Nov 15, 2011 11:43 PM, "Albert W. Hopkins" wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 14:44 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > However, my Gentoo systems are all virtual servers (DomU VMs on > > XenServer). > > So, the hardware devices are static. Will switching over to mdev give > > any > > benefits? > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

On Nov 15, 2011 11:19 PM, "Alan McKinnon" wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:44:58 +0700 > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > Create the file if it doesn't already exist. You now have a > > > totally udev-free machine > > > > > > > Sounds nice! > > > > However, my Gentoo systems are all virtual servers

Re: [gentoo-user] amavisd-new needed for spam-only filtering with SpamAsssassin?

On Nov 15, 2011 11:06 PM, "Paul Hartman" wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > I'm setting up my company's email server (Postfix), and I want to use > > SpamAssassin to weed out the spam messages. > > > > Do I need to use amavisd-new? Or can I just pipe Postfix to >

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 14:44 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > However, my Gentoo systems are all virtual servers (DomU VMs on > XenServer). > So, the hardware devices are static. Will switching over to mdev give > any > benefits? > > I even am toying around with the idea of having a completely > static

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:44:58 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > >  Create the file if it doesn't already exist.  You now have a > > totally udev-free machine > > > > Sounds nice! > > However, my Gentoo systems are all virtual servers (DomU VMs on > XenServer). So, the hardware devices are static. Will

Re: [gentoo-user] amavisd-new needed for spam-only filtering with SpamAsssassin?

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > I'm setting up my company's email server (Postfix), and I want to use > SpamAssassin to weed out the spam messages. > > Do I need to use amavisd-new? Or can I just pipe Postfix to > SpamAssassin directly without using amavisd-new? It should b

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Are "push" backups flawed?

On 11/14/11 20:54, Grant wrote: >> >> If you're intent on making a two-stage pull work; you can do it by >> creating a 'backups' user on your servers, and then using filesystem >> ACLs to grant backups+r to every file/directory you want to back up. >> That way, an attacker on the backup server can'

CRTs and EDID (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:21 AM, wrote: > Contrary to the FUD I've heard, X works just fine, thank you, without an > xorg.conf.  Modern flatscreens with EDID info are set up automatically.  I > suppose that old CRT monitors without EDID info might require xorg.conf, > but that's "exotic hardware"

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Tempertaure of NVidia GPUs

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Hartmut Figge wrote: > meino.cra...@gmx.de: > >>is there any tool to read out the temperature of NVidia GPUs other >>than the NVidia Setting GUI and nvclock ? > > Perhaps this one? > > hafi@i5 ~ $ nvidia-smi > Tue Nov 15 05:29:24 2011 > +---

[gentoo-user] Re: Realtec 8111C LAN not detected...

On 10/28/2011 10:13 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 10/28/2011 05:46 PM, Jarry wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install gentoo on mobo with Realtek 8111C LAN Note that this chip isn't properly supported by Linux. It uses a driver for the 8111* chips that isn't really compatible. I have a 8111E chip a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: multi-threaded mplayer

On 11/15/2011 12:24 PM, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 15 Nov 2011 09:55:55 Raffaele BELARDI wrote: >> I'll answer myself: just pass the option. >> >> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-789673-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start- >> 75.html > > Also look at: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: multi-threaded mplayer

On Tuesday 15 Nov 2011 09:55:55 Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > I'll answer myself: just pass the option. > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-789673-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start- > 75.html Also look at: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/247578/match=mplayer+2 -- Regards, Mick

[gentoo-user] Re: multi-threaded mplayer

I'll answer myself: just pass the option. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-789673-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-75.html On 11/15/2011 08:58 AM, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > Do I need to set any particular USE flag to enable multi-threaded > decoding with mplayer, or is it just a matter of passi

[gentoo-user] amavisd-new needed for spam-only filtering with SpamAsssassin?

I'm setting up my company's email server (Postfix), and I want to use SpamAssassin to weed out the spam messages. Do I need to use amavisd-new? Or can I just pipe Postfix to SpamAssassin directly without using amavisd-new? Rgds, -- FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~  • LOPSA Member #15248  • B