Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it.

Am 27.07.2014 01:07, schrieb Rich Freeman: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 6:55 PM, walt wrote: >> Is ECC memory a drop-in replacement for ordinary RAM, or does it need >> a special motherboard? >> > It requires both CPU and motherboard support I believe. The RAM > itself isn't much more expensive - re

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: re: which NTPd package to use?

On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 20:10:12 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Chrony is maintained by Red Hat in cooperation with the > > timekeeping code in the kernel. > > I didn't know Red Hat had taken over its maintenance - thanks for the > info. So the stories about Red Hat trying to force everyone to u

[gentoo-user] Re: Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

On 07/26/2014 02:00 PM, Grand Duet wrote: > After the last reboot I magically have got the right /etc/resolv.conf > with DNS servers IPs. > > Even more strange is that it happened *without* my intervention: > just a few reboots (one was no enough!). I'm glad the evil spirits decided to depart. A

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it.

On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 6:55 PM, walt wrote: > > Is ECC memory a drop-in replacement for ordinary RAM, or does it need > a special motherboard? > It requires both CPU and motherboard support I believe. The RAM itself isn't much more expensive - really just reflecting the cost of the extra capaci

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it.

Am 27.07.2014 00:55, schrieb walt: > On 07/26/2014 10:39 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> [894019.770058] [Hardware Error]: MC4 Error (node 0): DRAM ECC error >> detected on the NB. >> [894019.770084] EDAC MC0: 1 CE on mc#0csrow#2channel#0 (csrow:2 >> channel:0 page:0x2aa6ce offset:0xc60 grain:0

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it.

On 07/26/14 15:55, walt wrote: On 07/26/2014 10:39 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: [894019.770058] [Hardware Error]: MC4 Error (node 0): DRAM ECC error detected on the NB. [894019.770084] EDAC MC0: 1 CE on mc#0csrow#2channel#0 (csrow:2 channel:0 page:0x2aa6ce offset:0xc60 grain:0 syndrome:0x63e1

[gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it.

On 07/26/2014 10:39 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > [894019.770058] [Hardware Error]: MC4 Error (node 0): DRAM ECC error > detected on the NB. > [894019.770084] EDAC MC0: 1 CE on mc#0csrow#2channel#0 (csrow:2 > channel:0 page:0x2aa6ce offset:0xc60 grain:0 syndrome:0x63e1) > [894019.770090] [Hardw

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

2014-07-26 22:43 GMT+03:00 Peter Humphrey : > On Saturday 26 July 2014 22:16:53 Grand Duet wrote: >> 2014-07-26 21:19 GMT+03:00 Alan McKinnon : >> > On 26/07/2014 18:16, Grand Duet wrote: >> >> 2014-07-26 19:02 GMT+03:00 Alan McKinnon : >> >>> On 26/07/2014 17:23, Grand Duet wrote: >> The firs

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: re: which NTPd package to use?

Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On 07/26/2014 03:31 PM, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: >> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:05:23 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> >>> Which NTPd package would the list recommend using, ntp, openntpd, or >>> some other package? >> chrony - no competition, even for servers. ntpd is way o

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

On Saturday 26 July 2014 22:16:53 Grand Duet wrote: > 2014-07-26 21:19 GMT+03:00 Alan McKinnon : > > On 26/07/2014 18:16, Grand Duet wrote: > >> 2014-07-26 19:02 GMT+03:00 Alan McKinnon : > >>> On 26/07/2014 17:23, Grand Duet wrote: > The first reboot after recent update of the system have > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: re: which NTPd package to use?

On 07/26/2014 09:38 PM, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 21:14:04 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > >> Is this gentoo wiki article still relevant when it comes to configuring >> chrony on gentoo? >> http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Chrony >> >> Or should I stick to the instructions given h

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

2014-07-26 21:38 GMT+03:00 Mick : > On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 17:47:51 Grand Duet wrote: >> 2014-07-26 19:27 GMT+03:00 Jc García : >> > 2014-07-26 10:22 GMT-06:00 Grand Duet : >> > etc/resolv.conf ? >> > >> >> I guess, no. >> >> >> >>> if not, append some known dns to that file this way: >> >>> names

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

2014-07-26 21:19 GMT+03:00 Alan McKinnon : > On 26/07/2014 18:16, Grand Duet wrote: >> 2014-07-26 19:02 GMT+03:00 Alan McKinnon : >>> >>> On 26/07/2014 17:23, Grand Duet wrote: The first reboot after recent update of the system have shown that I cannot open any webpage in Firefox. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: re: which NTPd package to use?

On Saturday 26 July 2014 12:31:55 Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:05:23 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > Which NTPd package would the list recommend using, ntp, openntpd, or > > some other package? > > chrony - no competition, even for servers. ntpd is way overrated, > unneces

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it.

On 26 July 2014 20:27:14 CEST, Mick wrote: >On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 19:23:20 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 26.07.2014 19:58, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: >> > On 26/07/14 20:39, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> and this, my children, is why I am using ECC ram. >> > >> > I don't rea

Re: [gentoo-user] adobe flash

On Saturday 26 July 2014 10:46:35 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday 25 July 2014 15:26:11 I wrote: > > On Friday 25 July 2014 09:30:43 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:32:23 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > > > I can't use any of the other packages because I use the BBC's > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 17:47:51 Grand Duet wrote: > 2014-07-26 19:27 GMT+03:00 Jc García : > > 2014-07-26 10:22 GMT-06:00 Grand Duet : > > etc/resolv.conf ? > > > >> I guess, no. > >> > >>> if not, append some known dns to that file this way: > >>> nameserver 8.8.8.8 > >>> nameserver 8.8.4.4 > >

[gentoo-user] Re: re: which NTPd package to use?

On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 21:14:04 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > Is this gentoo wiki article still relevant when it comes to configuring > chrony on gentoo? > http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Chrony > > Or should I stick to the instructions given here: > /usr/share/doc/chrony-1.29.1/chrony.txt.bz2 The

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it.

On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 19:23:20 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am 26.07.2014 19:58, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > > On 26/07/14 20:39, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> [...] > >> and this, my children, is why I am using ECC ram. > > > > I don't really care if the porn I'm watching has one frame wit

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it.

Am 26.07.2014 19:58, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > On 26/07/14 20:39, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> [...] >> and this, my children, is why I am using ECC ram. > > I don't really care if the porn I'm watching has one frame with > corrupted pixels on it. > > > but you will care when your kernel writ

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

On 26/07/2014 18:16, Grand Duet wrote: > 2014-07-26 19:02 GMT+03:00 Alan McKinnon : >> >> On 26/07/2014 17:23, Grand Duet wrote: >>> The first reboot after recent update of the system have >>> shown that I cannot open any webpage in Firefox. >>> >>> More exactly, Firefox or my system cannot any mor

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: re: which NTPd package to use?

On 07/26/2014 03:31 PM, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:05:23 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > >> Which NTPd package would the list recommend using, ntp, openntpd, or >> some other package? > chrony - no competition, even for servers. ntpd is way overrated, > unnecessarily hard t

[gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it.

On 26/07/14 20:39, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: [...] and this, my children, is why I am using ECC ram. I don't really care if the porn I'm watching has one frame with corrupted pixels on it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

Am 26.07.2014 18:47, schrieb Grand Duet: > 2014-07-26 19:27 GMT+03:00 Jc García : >> 2014-07-26 10:22 GMT-06:00 Grand Duet : >> etc/resolv.conf ? >>> I guess, no. >>> if not, append some known dns to that file this way: nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4 >>> This does not help as

[gentoo-user] ECC-ram, it is worth it.

[894019.770058] [Hardware Error]: MC4 Error (node 0): DRAM ECC error detected on the NB. [894019.770084] EDAC MC0: 1 CE on mc#0csrow#2channel#0 (csrow:2 channel:0 page:0x2aa6ce offset:0xc60 grain:0 syndrome:0x63e1) [894019.770090] [Hardware Error]: Error Status: Corrected error, no action required.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Am 26.07.2014 18:09, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > Volker Armin Hemmann [14-07-26 18:00]: >> Am 26.07.2014 14:16, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: >>> Volker Armin Hemmann [14-07-26 14:08]: Am 26.07.2014 12:26, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > Mick [14-07-26 11:28]: >> On Saturday 26 Jul

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

2014-07-26 19:27 GMT+03:00 Jc García : > 2014-07-26 10:22 GMT-06:00 Grand Duet : > etc/resolv.conf ? >> >> I guess, no. >> >>> if not, append some known dns to that file this way: >>> nameserver 8.8.8.8 >>> nameserver 8.8.4.4 >> >> This does not help as /etc/resolv.conf is overwritten on every rebo

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

2014-07-26 19:13 GMT+03:00 Mick : > On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 16:23:20 Grand Duet wrote: >> The first reboot after recent update of the system have >> shown that I cannot open any webpage in Firefox. >> >> More exactly, Firefox or my system cannot any more resolve >> URL to IP address (sorry if I use

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

2014-07-26 10:22 GMT-06:00 Grand Duet : etc/resolv.conf ? > > I guess, no. > >> if not, append some known dns to that file this way: >> nameserver 8.8.8.8 >> nameserver 8.8.4.4 > > This does not help as /etc/resolv.conf is overwritten on every reboot. > Creating /etc/resolv.conf.tail also did not h

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

2014-07-26 19:09 GMT+03:00 Jc García : > 2014-07-26 9:23 GMT-06:00 Grand Duet : >> The first reboot after recent update of the system have >> shown that I cannot open any webpage in Firefox. >> >> More exactly, Firefox or my system cannot any more resolve >> URL to IP address (sorry if I use wrong

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

2014-07-26 10:16 GMT-06:00 Grand Duet : > ># Generated by net-scripts for interface lo >domain mynetwork > > That is all. > > I tried to add here lines like: > > nameserver 8.8.8.8 > > but found out that this file is rewritten on every reboot. > > My net try was to create /etc/resolv.con

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

2014-07-26 19:02 GMT+03:00 Alan McKinnon : > > On 26/07/2014 17:23, Grand Duet wrote: > > The first reboot after recent update of the system have > > shown that I cannot open any webpage in Firefox. > > > > More exactly, Firefox or my system cannot any more resolve > > URL to IP address (sorry if I

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 16:23:20 Grand Duet wrote: > The first reboot after recent update of the system have > shown that I cannot open any webpage in Firefox. > > More exactly, Firefox or my system cannot any more resolve > URL to IP address (sorry if I use wrong terms). > > Thus, >host gmai

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Volker Armin Hemmann [14-07-26 18:00]: > Am 26.07.2014 14:16, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > > Volker Armin Hemmann [14-07-26 14:08]: > >> Am 26.07.2014 12:26, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > >>> Mick [14-07-26 11:28]: > On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi,

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

2014-07-26 9:23 GMT-06:00 Grand Duet : > The first reboot after recent update of the system have > shown that I cannot open any webpage in Firefox. > > More exactly, Firefox or my system cannot any more resolve > URL to IP address (sorry if I use wrong terms). > > Thus, >host gmail.com > gives:

Re: [gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

On 26/07/2014 17:23, Grand Duet wrote: > The first reboot after recent update of the system have > shown that I cannot open any webpage in Firefox. > > More exactly, Firefox or my system cannot any more resolve > URL to IP address (sorry if I use wrong terms). > > Thus, >host gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Am 26.07.2014 14:16, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > Volker Armin Hemmann [14-07-26 14:08]: >> Am 26.07.2014 12:26, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: >>> Mick [14-07-26 11:28]: On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > After running smartctl for an extended

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Volker Armin Hemmann [14-07-26 14:08]: > Am 26.07.2014 12:26, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > > Mick [14-07-26 11:28]: > >> On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got > >>> a badblock (information extr

[gentoo-user] Something went wrong with DNS, plz help!

The first reboot after recent update of the system have shown that I cannot open any webpage in Firefox. More exactly, Firefox or my system cannot any more resolve URL to IP address (sorry if I use wrong terms). Thus, host gmail.com gives: ;; connection timed out no servers could be reached

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS tutorial for the brain dead sysadmin?

On 26/07/2014 04:47, walt wrote: > In this case, the brain dead sysadmin would be moi :) > > For years I've been using NFS to share /usr/portage with all of the > gentoo machines on my LAN. > > Problem: occasionally it stops working for no apparent reason. > > Example: two days ago I updated t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: re: which NTPd package to use?

On 07/26/2014 03:31 PM, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:05:23 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > >> Which NTPd package would the list recommend using, ntp, openntpd, or >> some other package? > chrony - no competition, even for servers. ntpd is way overrated, > unnecessarily hard t

[gentoo-user] Re: re: which NTPd package to use?

On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:05:23 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > Which NTPd package would the list recommend using, ntp, openntpd, or > some other package? chrony - no competition, even for servers. ntpd is way overrated, unnecessarily hard to setup correctly, fragile and contrary to popular belief

Re: [gentoo-user] re: which NTPd package to use?

On 07/26/2014 03:18 PM, Dale wrote: > Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> Which NTPd package would the list recommend using, ntp, openntpd, or >> some other package? >> >> openntpd seems to be easier to set up according to wiki.gentoo.org. >> >> The list's advice would be much appreciated. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 11:26:54 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > got this: > > #> /root>mkswap -L swap -c /dev/sda2 > 1 bad page OK, so we know for sure now that the bad block was on your swap. :-) > Sorry for stuutering postings...overlocked this one: > #>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda2 bs=512 con

Re: [gentoo-user] re: which NTPd package to use?

Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > Howdy, > > Which NTPd package would the list recommend using, ntp, openntpd, or > some other package? > > openntpd seems to be easier to set up according to wiki.gentoo.org. > > The list's advice would be much appreciated. > > > I have used ntp before, seen others recomm

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Volker Armin Hemmann [14-07-26 14:08]: > Am 26.07.2014 12:26, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > > Mick [14-07-26 11:28]: > >> On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got > >>> a badblock (information extr

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am 26.07.2014 03:49, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: >> How severe is the problem? >> > first bad block? Not at all. Your drive's firmware knows about it, so > all read/write access should either generate an error your system can > deal with or will be mapped tranparently

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Am 26.07.2014 12:26, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > Mick [14-07-26 11:28]: >> On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got >>> a badblock (information extracted from the report): >>> >>> SMART Self-test log st

[gentoo-user] re: which NTPd package to use?

Howdy, Which NTPd package would the list recommend using, ntp, openntpd, or some other package? openntpd seems to be easier to set up according to wiki.gentoo.org. The list's advice would be much appreciated.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Am 26.07.2014 03:49, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > How severe is the problem? > first bad block? Not at all. Your drive's firmware knows about it, so all read/write access should either generate an error your system can deal with or will be mapped tranparently to a working reserve block. Since it

Fwd: Re: [gentoo-user] wxGTK compilation fails "missing thread.h"

Forgot to mention. equery -q b /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/thread.h x11-libs/wxGTK-2.8.12.1-r1

Re: [gentoo-user] Regular user can't mount/unmount mtpfs; root is OK

25.07.2014 02:52, Neil Bothwick пишет: > On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:23:47 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > >> I'm a total noobie at mtpfs/FUSE. My "excellent adventure" started >> yesterday when I got a clearout 7" tablet, and took a sample photo, and >> tried mounting the tablet... no /dev/sdb to be fou

Re: [gentoo-user] wxGTK compilation fails "missing thread.h"

On 07/26/2014 01:47 PM, Adam Carter wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Peter Humphrey > wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 July 2014 15:38:42 Adam Carter wrote: > > Here's what i get; > > > > /var/tmp/portage/x11-libs/wxGTK-2.8.12.1-r1/work/wxPython-sr

Re: [gentoo-user] wxGTK compilation fails "missing thread.h"

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2014 15:38:42 Adam Carter wrote: > > Here's what i get; > > > /var/tmp/portage/x11-libs/wxGTK-2.8.12.1-r1/work/wxPython-src-2.8.12.1/src/u > > nix/threadpsx.cpp:51:24: fatal error: thread.h: No such file or directory >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Mick [14-07-26 11:28]: > On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got > > a badblock (information extracted from the report): > > > > SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 > > Num Test_Description

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Mick [14-07-26 11:28]: > On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got > > a badblock (information extracted from the report): > > > > SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 > > Num Test_Description

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Mick [14-07-26 11:28]: > On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got > > a badblock (information extracted from the report): > > > > SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 > > Num Test_Description

Re: [gentoo-user] adobe flash

On Friday 25 July 2014 15:26:11 I wrote: > On Friday 25 July 2014 09:30:43 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:32:23 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > > I can't use any of the other packages because I use the BBC's radio > > > > > streaming service every day, and none of them work wi

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got > a badblock (information extracted from the report): > > SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 > Num Test_DescriptionStatus Remaining L

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: acroread woes

On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 03:23:18 James wrote: > Hmmm. I cannot find 'qpdfviewer' even as an overlay? How did you install > it? I beg your pardon! I meant to have typed "qpdfview": qfile /usr/bin/qpdfview app-text/qpdfview (/usr/bin/qpdfview) $ eix -l qpdfview [I] app-text/qpdfview Availa

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

Dale [14-07-26 09:54]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got > > a badblock (information extracted from the report): > > > > SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 > > Num Test_DescriptionStatus Remaini