Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:20:22 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Dec 5, 2011 8:13 AM, "Alan McKinnon" > wrote: > > > > On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:34:46 +0700 > > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > > > > > > > Harry Putnam writes: > > > > > > > > > Alan McKinn

[gentoo-user] usb mount problem

When I try to mount my mp3-player as usb storage device, an error 'bad block device' occurs. I re-checked usb part of kernel config, all relevant devices compiled. where should I dig? some diagnostics lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID

Re: [gentoo-user] Advice on system monitoring

On Monday 05 December 2011 07:29:34 Michael Mol wrote: > I haven't yet needed to do this kind of system monitoring, so I'm very > much a newbie here. > > Let's start with that dual-xeon box I was using to benchmark "emerge > -e @world", figure I'm looking for how better to tune my MAKEOPTS and > E

[gentoo-user] Advice on system monitoring

I haven't yet needed to do this kind of system monitoring, so I'm very much a newbie here. Let's start with that dual-xeon box I was using to benchmark "emerge -e @world", figure I'm looking for how better to tune my MAKEOPTS and EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS variables, and assume I'd like to get more infor

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

On Monday 05 Dec 2011 01:25:06 Harry Putnam wrote: > Alan McKinnon writes: > > FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted > > > > That's a BIOS error, the vm's kernel and it's drivers have not yet been > > loaded, never mind running when that happens. In this respect a VM > > works just like

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

On Dec 5, 2011 10:42 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > Pandu Poluan writes: > > > Just before emerging the source, you really should tarball *everything* > > (except /proc, /sys, /var/tmp/*, and /usr/portage/distfiles/*), so you can > > just 'pick up where you left it' :-) > > > > That's almost as sl

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

Pandu Poluan writes: > Just before emerging the source, you really should tarball *everything* > (except /proc, /sys, /var/tmp/*, and /usr/portage/distfiles/*), so you can > just 'pick up where you left it' :-) > That's almost as slow as starting over from scratch... hehe.

Re: [gentoo-user] pg_upgrade91 - You must have read and write access in the current directory

On 12/05/11 13:37, Gregory Shearman wrote: In linux.gentoo.user, Joseph wrote: I'm upgrading form posgresql 9.0 to 9.1, it seem to the upgrade went OK but when try to transfer the data base: pg_upgrade91 -v --old-datadir=/var/lib/postgresql/9.0/data/ --new-datadir=/var/lib/postgresql/9.1/data

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

On Dec 5, 2011 8:35 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > Pandu Poluan writes: > > > On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > >> > >> Pandu Poluan writes: > >> > >> > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Harry Putnam writes: > >> >> > >> >> > Alan McKinnon writes: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] pg_upgrade91 - You must have read and write access in the current directory

In linux.gentoo.user, Joseph wrote: > I'm upgrading form posgresql 9.0 to 9.1, it seem to the upgrade went OK but > when try to transfer the data > base: > pg_upgrade91 -v --old-datadir=/var/lib/postgresql/9.0/data/ > --new-datadir=/var/lib/postgresql/9.1/data > --old-bindir=/usr/lib/postgresql

[gentoo-user] pg_upgrade91 - You must have read and write access in the current directory

I'm upgrading form posgresql 9.0 to 9.1, it seem to the upgrade went OK but when try to transfer the data base: pg_upgrade91 -v --old-datadir=/var/lib/postgresql/9.0/data/ --new-datadir=/var/lib/postgresql/9.1/data --old-bindir=/usr/lib/postgresql-9.0/bin/ --new-bindir=/usr/lib/postgresql-9.1/bin

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

Pandu Poluan writes: > On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: >> >> Pandu Poluan writes: >> >> > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: >> >> >> >> Harry Putnam writes: >> >> >> >> > Alan McKinnon writes: >> >> > >> >> > [...] >> >> > >> >> >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

Alan McKinnon writes: > FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted > > That's a BIOS error, the vm's kernel and it's drivers have not yet been > loaded, never mind running when that happens. In this respect a VM > works just like physical hardware, so what does one do with that error > on phy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

On Dec 5, 2011 8:13 AM, "Alan McKinnon" wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:34:46 +0700 > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > > > > > Harry Putnam writes: > > > > > > > Alan McKinnon writes: > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

On Dec 5, 2011 8:01 AM, "Pandu Poluan" wrote: > > > On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > > > Pandu Poluan writes: > > > > Yes it is, and its missing because I have no idea what it wants. Do you? > > > > I'm still on my way to the office, so I can't for sure tell you what, but IIRC

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:01:57 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > > > Pandu Poluan writes: > > > > > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > >> > > >> Harry Putnam writes: > > >> > > >> > Alan McKinnon writes: > > >> > > > >> > [...] > > >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:34:46 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > > > Harry Putnam writes: > > > > > Alan McKinnon writes: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup. > > >> Let's examine the host setti

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > Pandu Poluan writes: > > > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > >> > >> Harry Putnam writes: > >> > >> > Alan McKinnon writes: > >> > > >> > [...] > >> > > >> >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup. Let's

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

Pandu Poluan writes: > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: >> >> Harry Putnam writes: >> >> > Alan McKinnon writes: >> > >> > [...] >> > >> >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup. Let's >> >> examine the host settings first as that affects booting too. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > Harry Putnam writes: > > > Alan McKinnon writes: > > > > [...] > > > >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup. Let's > >> examine the host settings first as that affects booting too. > >> > >> What settings do you have o

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

Harry Putnam writes: > Alan McKinnon writes: > > [...] > >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup. Let's >> examine the host settings first as that affects booting too. >> >> What settings do you have on the System and Storage tabs on the VBox >> host for that vm? > > I

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

Alan McKinnon writes: [...] > A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup. Let's > examine the host settings first as that affects booting too. > > What settings do you have on the System and Storage tabs on the VBox > host for that vm? I guess the easiest is to post screen

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:11:08 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > The other question is "do I have time to keep diving in to rescue this > > person when they get out of their depth". When you recommend Gentoo, > > you also volunteer to provide support. > > I was going to mention something like that t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 20:45:26 + Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 19:37:27 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > An equally good question is "does this person right now asking me a > > question have what it takes to dive into Gentoo blindly, and swim?" > > The other question is "do I have

Re: [gentoo-user] vbox vm no boot

On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:53:40 -0600 Harry Putnam wrote: > Fresh install of gentoo as guest vm on win7 > > Configured kernel, fdisked like so: > > /dev/sda1 boot > /dev/sda2 swap > /dev/sda3 / > > set boot as bootable > > emerged various things... > emerged grub and ran it > > grub > root (

[gentoo-user] vbox vm no boot

Fresh install of gentoo as guest vm on win7 Configured kernel, fdisked like so: /dev/sda1 boot /dev/sda2 swap /dev/sda3 / set boot as bootable emerged various things... emerged grub and ran it grub root (hd0,0) setup (hd0,0) bla bla [...] succeeded Edited fstab /dev/sda1 /

[gentoo-user] no sound on upgraded Firefox from 7 to 8 - using pulse audio

Hi, I have just upgraded Firefox from 7 to 8 and after that I was unable to hear the sound of videoclips from YouTube, for instance. I remember there was a little trick to make past versions of FF to work with pulse audio (that I use so VirtualBox machines can also play sounds), but can't find wh

[gentoo-user] Re: ECONF behavior

Harry Putnam writes: > If I wanted to enable something during an emerge using ECONF to add a > ./configure option... what is the proper syntax? > > I want to enable rootcommit for cvs. I thought I remembered something > like: > > ECONF='--enable-rootcommit' USE='server' emerge -v cvs > > But

[gentoo-user] ECONF behavior

If I wanted to enable something during an emerge using ECONF to add a ./configure option... what is the proper syntax? I want to enable rootcommit for cvs. I thought I remembered something like: ECONF='--enable-rootcommit' USE='server' emerge -v cvs But when I watch that run I see --enable-r

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge ignoring -v switch

On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 15:18:40 +, Mick wrote: > But then if there were say 5 ebuilds running in parallel and all their > output printed in the same terminal, it would be almightily difficult > to untangle the spaghetti that may show up in an error? Which is why setting -j >1 sets wh -- Neil Bo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 19:37:27 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > An equally good question is "does this person right now asking me a > question have what it takes to dive into Gentoo blindly, and swim?" The other question is "do I have time to keep diving in to rescue this person when they get out of th

[gentoo-user] Re: kernel .config that works for gentoo as guest vm

Leho Kraav writes: > On Sunday, December 4, 2011 9:20:02 PM UTC+2, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Leho Kraav writes: >> >> > grab my 3.0.2 virtualbox config [1] and do make oldconfig on it >> > >> > [1]: http://codepad.org/QreqHSMs >> >> Thank you.. that is exactly what I was after... I'll be trying

Re: [gentoo-user] Chrome

On Sun, 2011-12-04 at 17:36 +0100, András Csányi wrote: > Has anybody experienced that the Chrome browser is able to eat all of > memory? I have this issue on both Linux and Win 7 as well. I assume > flash could be the main issue. However, facebook, gmail and g+ eat > more than 100 MByte memory. C

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel .config that works for gentoo as guest vm

On Sunday, December 4, 2011 9:20:02 PM UTC+2, Harry Putnam wrote: > Leho Kraav writes: > > > grab my 3.0.2 virtualbox config [1] and do make oldconfig on it > > > > [1]: http://codepad.org/QreqHSMs > > Thank you.. that is exactly what I was after... I'll be trying it out > in the next few hours

[gentoo-user] cpio error still here... What

On new install, first attempt at kernel build. I hit this same old problem that was here mnths ago: usr/src/linux-3.1.14-gentoo/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Cannot open `/usr/share/v86d/initramfs [...] initramfs.cpio] Error 1 I know that one way to fix it is to emerge v86d which I am now doing

[gentoo-user] Re: kernel .config that works for gentoo as guest vm

Leho Kraav writes: > grab my 3.0.2 virtualbox config [1] and do make oldconfig on it > > [1]: http://codepad.org/QreqHSMs Thank you.. that is exactly what I was after... I'll be trying it out in the next few hours.

[gentoo-user] Re: kernel .config that works for gentoo as guest vm

Pandu Poluan writes: > On Dec 4, 2011 11:40 PM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: >> >> Installing fresh gentoo in guest vm on win7 >> >> Before I even try to configure a kernel, because I've been down this >> road a few times, and so far have always had trouble getting a kernel >> config that boots first t

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel .config that works for gentoo as guest vm

grab my 3.0.2 virtualbox config [1] and do make oldconfig on it [1]: http://codepad.org/QreqHSMs

Re: [gentoo-user] cleanup_tmp_dir()

111204 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:47:40 +0100 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> how can I permanently disable the function cleanup_tmp_dir() >> in /etc/init.d/bootmisc and similiar function ? > ... why ? The whole point of /tmp is a scratch pad > where files are not expected to survi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:16:19 +0100 Alex Schuster wrote: > > No flames from me. I agree. I wouldn't recommend Gentoo to > > someone who has no, or even very little, Linux experience. Looking > > back, I was one heck of a noob when I installed Gentoo. It had to > > be fools luck that I got it d

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:16:19 +0100 Alex Schuster wrote: > > No flames from me. I agree. I wouldn't recommend Gentoo to > > someone who has no, or even very little, Linux experience. Looking > > back, I was one heck of a noob when I installed Gentoo. It had to > > be fools luck that I got it d

Re: [gentoo-user] cleanup_tmp_dir()

On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:47:40 +0100 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > how can I permanently and for all times and resistant against all kind > of updates disable the function cleanup_tmp_dir() in > /etc/init.d/bootmisc and similiar function, which automatically kill > files??? In /etc/conf.d/b

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel .config that works for gentoo as guest vm

On Dec 4, 2011 11:40 PM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > Installing fresh gentoo in guest vm on win7 > > Before I even try to configure a kernel, because I've been down this > road a few times, and so far have always had trouble getting a kernel > config that boots first time on gentoo vm. > > The vm is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

Dale writes: > No flames from me. I agree. I wouldn't recommend Gentoo to someone who > has no, or even very little, Linux experience. Looking back, I was one > heck of a noob when I installed Gentoo. It had to be fools luck that I > got it done. Then again, the docs were, and still are, r

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gnome 3.2.2 Block

Well I now have it all completely working and dumped my findings here: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/HOWTO_Gnome_3 Hopefully it helps the next person coming to Gnome 3 from a fresh install. On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Jason Weisberger wrote: > I was getting that error after syncing late

[gentoo-user] cleanup_tmp_dir()

Hi, how can I permanently and for all times and resistant against all kind of updates disable the function cleanup_tmp_dir() in /etc/init.d/bootmisc and similiar function, which automatically kill files??? best regards, mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:55:28 + Neil Bothwick wrote: For the OP, a few posters have mentioned that under gentoo, every thing is compiled from scratch, but it was not made clear that it happens again and again at most updates. If the OP had read so little about Gentoo t

[gentoo-user] Chrome

Dear All, Has anybody experienced that the Chrome browser is able to eat all of memory? I have this issue on both Linux and Win 7 as well. I assume flash could be the main issue. However, facebook, gmail and g+ eat more than 100 MByte memory. It's annoying... -- - - --  Csanyi Andras (Sayusi A

[gentoo-user] kernel .config that works for gentoo as guest vm

Installing fresh gentoo in guest vm on win7 Before I even try to configure a kernel, because I've been down this road a few times, and so far have always had trouble getting a kernel config that boots first time on gentoo vm. The vm is a gentoo guest installed with Vbox on windows 7. Its been a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:55:28 + Neil Bothwick wrote: > > For the OP, a few posters have mentioned that under gentoo, every > > thing is compiled from scratch, but it was not made clear that it > > happens again and again at most updates. > > If the OP had read so little about Gentoo that th

[gentoo-user] Re: What is the latest version for a new install

Harry Putnam newsguy.com> writes: > At distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86 > I see 10.1, 11.0, 11.2 > Which is the latest usable? I have always just burned the latest install dvd, to take shopping and boot up potential computers and have a spin, right in the store. The last HP laptop I tried DV

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge ignoring -v switch

On Sunday 04 Dec 2011 14:05:29 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 08:27:33AM +, Mick wrote: > > > > Remerged python, verified the right python via eselect, remerge > > > > portage, etc etc etc etc I just can't seem to get proper output from > > > > emerge anymore no matter what

[gentoo-user] Re: Listing applications with eix...

gmx.de> writes: > is there a way to list all -- for exmaple -- audio related > applications without without being burried under audio related > system libs for example or entries with (also as an exmaple) > "this application does not supprt audio but only imageing" So the easy thing to is use

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the latest version for a new install

I have used 11.2. It works fine. Linux Blog: http://xtreme-linux.blogspot.com/ Fedora Blog: http://xtreme-fedora.blogspot.com/ My Blog: http://sharedonweb.blogspot.com/ On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Dale wrote: > Harry Putnam wrote: > >> At >> distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/**x86

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

Harry Putnam wrote: One point no one has mentioned and I've wondered from time to time myself is whether one can expect gentoo to continue into the future for a long while, as compared to the likely hood of opensuse or maybe debian that has been around a very long time. It seemed at one time a y

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the latest version for a new install

Harry Putnam wrote: At distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86 I see 10.1, 11.0, 11.2 Which is the latest usable? 11.2 should work. I haven't tested it but it should be fine. It will also have less to update too. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > One point no one has mentioned and I've wondered from time to time > myself is whether one can expect gentoo to continue into the future > for a long while, as compared to the likely hood of opensuse or maybe > debian that has been around a ver

[gentoo-user] What is the latest version for a new install

At distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86 I see 10.1, 11.0, 11.2 Which is the latest usable?

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge ignoring -v switch

On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 08:27:33AM +, Mick wrote: > > > Remerged python, verified the right python via eselect, remerge portage, > > > etc etc etc etc I just can't seem to get proper output from emerge > > > anymore no matter what. Other than that everything is working fine, but > > > I do nee

[gentoo-user] Controlling mkisofs output

The default behaviour for mkisofs is to display detailed progress information and a summary at the end. I don't want the progress information but do want the summary, but the -quiet argument suppresses both. Is there a way of telling mkisofs to omit only the progress information or am I forced to p

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:44:32 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > It seemed at one time a year or so ago that gentoo's longevity was > questionable. (Possibly my own mis-perception) The discussions about Gentoo's imminent demise are an annual tradition. > For the OP, a few posters have mentioned that un

[gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

One point no one has mentioned and I've wondered from time to time myself is whether one can expect gentoo to continue into the future for a long while, as compared to the likely hood of opensuse or maybe debian that has been around a very long time. It seemed at one time a year or so ago that ge

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

ah, one more: Now would be the time to clean up gnome-related config-stuff. I see a rather long login-time (between entering the password and getting the started desktop). I also had that under gnome-2 and somehow hoped that this would magically disappear w/ gnome-3. What files may I safely rem

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

Am 03.12.2011 10:51, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Am 2011-12-02 16:57, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > >> Good to hear. Maybe I will give it a try after doing some snapshot of my >> /-fs ... quick rollback possible ... > > emerged it on my thinkpad. Looks good and feels a bit more performant >

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo + HP + Quickmedia

On Tuesday 29 Nov 2011 06:51:30 Carlos Sura wrote: > Hello Mates, > > I have a new HP laptop i5, this came with Windows 7 pre-installed with HP > quickweb (a tool that let me skype, check my email and navigate Interne, > whitout loading WINDOWS). I believe that HP are using Splashtop OS to achiev

Re: [gentoo-user] installing gentoo (multiple OS)

As far as I know all/most of these OS will interfere with your MBR and potentially your /boot partition and install their boot code in there. This is not a problem per se, as long as you are aware of it. Booting from a LiveCD is all you will need to do to fix things. Given the number of OS' t

Re: [gentoo-user] clamav and spamassassin

On Dec 4, 2011 10:10 AM, "Michael Orlitzky" wrote: > > On 12/03/2011 09:48 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> >> >> Thanks! Very helpful resources. >> >> You mentioned amavisd-new. What's their relationship? I mean, if I >> deploy postscreen, how will it affect amavisd-new? >> > > Postscreen sits in fr

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge ignoring -v switch

On Saturday 03 Dec 2011 16:45:19 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 09:23:48AM -0500, Indi wrote: > > About a month or so ago I did an update which seems to have caused > > portage to lose the ability to work verbosely. > > Ever since it looks like this: > > > > idd@gh:[~]9:07:23

Re: [gentoo-user] installing gentoo (multiple OS)

@MIck I have a 1TB seagate disk drive, which I would like to install... 1. Will also have windoze whatever bs it is, since its usage is still in existence duh! - - 2. Surely Debian the universal OS - will have x86-64 image. - GNOME - Kernel 3.x. - bash 3. The Ubuntu - will have 32-bit - image