Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes:
> > Then something is wrong with your box or it isn't powerful enough.
> It isn't.
> > Works perfectly in mine.
> Same here (at home.)
Nikos,
I had a problem with a dual (amd) machine once. I dropped
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
to "-j1"
for a while and the workst
On 20:31 Sat 27 Dec , Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Another reason I
> didn't put Gentoo on the server is because everyone would start
> spamming
> the forums about lag when I emerge -u world while they're getting frags
> in Counter-Strike :P
set PORTAGE_NICENESS=19 in /e
Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes:
> > set PORTAGE_NICENESS=19 in /etc/make.conf
> I'll just hay "ah, ah, ah" at that one :P OK, I'll also say that it
> doesn't work. Everything lags even with 19.
OK then 'renice' the game and other critical software to somewhere between
-1 and -5.
On Monday December 29 2008 19:38:48 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Norberto Bensa wrote:
> > I'm currently compiling gcc-4.3.2-r2, I have no cursor lagging, stuck,
> > or whatever. Everything is normal. Like if I were not compiling at all.
>
> I've just emerged glibc (with -j2).
I use -j5 (yeah, I kno
On Monday December 29 2008 11:24:40 Dale wrote:
> > Dale wrote:
> >> [...] I can't say
> >> that I have
> >> ever heard of evdev before.
> >
[...]
> Is this required for the new kernels?
Nope. I just wanted you to test other device drivers.
Norberto Bensa wrote:
Quoting Nikos Chantziaras :
It got worse with kernel 2.6.28, btw, especially mouse cursor movement.
It gets stuck and skips very noticeably. Fortunately, it's not a
point yet where I would describe it as unusable, but if the trend
continues, desktop will be totally unusa
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> The cynic in me wants to say that Colin Kolivas tried telling the kernel devs
> for years about it and got stone-walled and ignored for years, despite
> maintaining a set of desktop patches that worked really well. Eventually he
> gave up and
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 6:05 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Monday 29 December 2008 16:02:45 Mark Knecht wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Alan McKinnon
> wrote:
>> > On Monday 29 December 2008 15:32:45 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> >> Dale wrote:
>> >> > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> >> >> D
On Monday 29 December 2008 16:02:45 Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Alan McKinnon
wrote:
> > On Monday 29 December 2008 15:32:45 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> >> Dale wrote:
> >> > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> >> >> Dale wrote:
> >> >>> [...]
> >> >>> I would assume I don't have
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Monday 29 December 2008 15:32:45 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> Dale wrote:
>> > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> >> Dale wrote:
>> >>> [...]
>> >>> I would assume I don't have evdev here. Since I asked equery for
>> >>> anything with dev in it,
On Monday 29 December 2008 15:32:45 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Dale wrote:
> > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> >> Dale wrote:
> >>> [...]
> >>> I would assume I don't have evdev here. Since I asked equery for
> >>> anything with dev in it, it should have listed it if it was
> >>> installed. That is why
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Dale wrote:
>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>> Dale wrote:
[...]
I would assume I don't have evdev here. Since I asked equery for
anything with dev in it, it should have listed it if it was
installed. That is why I ask if there was something new. I can'
Dale wrote:
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Dale wrote:
[...]
I would assume I don't have evdev here. Since I asked equery for
anything with dev in it, it should have listed it if it was
installed. That is why I ask if there was something new. I can't say
that I have
ever heard of evdev before.
For
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Dale wrote:
>> [...]
>> I would assume I don't have evdev here. Since I asked equery for
>> anything with dev in it, it should have listed it if it was
>> installed. That is why I ask if there was something new. I can't say
>> that I have
>> ever heard of evdev before.
Dale wrote:
[...]
I would assume I don't have evdev here. Since I asked equery for
anything with dev in it, it should have listed it if it was installed.
That is why I ask if there was something new. I can't say that I have
ever heard of evdev before.
For X, it's the x11-drivers/xf86-input-
Mick wrote:
> On Monday 29 December 2008, Dale wrote:
>
>> Norberto Bensa wrote:
>>
>
>
>>> Do you use evdev?
>>>
>
>
>> This is what I have installed according to equery:
>>
>> r...@smoker / # equery list dev
>> [ Searching for package 'dev' in all categories among: ]
>> * in
On Monday 29 December 2008, Dale wrote:
> Norberto Bensa wrote:
> > Do you use evdev?
> This is what I have installed according to equery:
>
> r...@smoker / # equery list dev
> [ Searching for package 'dev' in all categories among: ]
> * installed packages
> [I--] [ ~] kde-base/kdewebdev-meta-3.
Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Quoting Dale :
>
>> It is software on mine. I can boot the new kernels and it is jumpy as
>> crap. It is really slow to respond and when it does, it just jerks all
>> over the place and is difficult to click on links and buttons. I can
>> reboot with the old kernel and it
Quoting Dale :
It is software on mine. I can boot the new kernels and it is jumpy as
crap. It is really slow to respond and when it does, it just jerks all
over the place and is difficult to click on links and buttons. I can
reboot with the old kernel and it works fine, just like it should.
Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Quoting Nikos Chantziaras :
>
>> It got worse with kernel 2.6.28, btw, especially mouse cursor movement.
>> It gets stuck and skips very noticeably. Fortunately, it's not a
>> point yet where I would describe it as unusable, but if the trend
>> continues, desktop will be t
Quoting Nikos Chantziaras :
It got worse with kernel 2.6.28, btw, especially mouse cursor movement.
It gets stuck and skips very noticeably. Fortunately, it's not a
point yet where I would describe it as unusable, but if the trend
continues, desktop will be totally unusable by 2.6.31/32 when d
Nicolas Sebrecht wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:13:50AM -0500, Chris Thomas wrote:
>
>
>> I have a Dell laser mouse.
>>
>> lsusb:
>> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:3010 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
>>
>
> I'm pretty sure it isn't software related. Did you tried various mouse
>
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:13:50AM -0500, Chris Thomas wrote:
> I have a Dell laser mouse.
>
> lsusb:
> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:3010 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
I'm pretty sure it isn't software related. Did you tried various mouse
pads or materials ?
--
Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 11:50 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht
wrote:
>
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 10:49:37PM -0500, Chris Thomas wrote:
>
>> I'm having the same exact problem with my mouse. I'm on AMD64 and my
>> cursor often jumps to a corner.
>>
>> Is there a fix?
>
> It really is a common behaviour with op
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 10:49:37PM -0500, Chris Thomas wrote:
> I'm having the same exact problem with my mouse. I'm on AMD64 and my
> cursor often jumps to a corner.
>
> Is there a fix?
It really is a common behaviour with optical mouses. What kind of mouse
do you use ?
PS : top-posting sucks
>
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Alan McKinnon
>> wrote:
>>> On Sunday 28 December 2008 22:52:08 Dale wrote:
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>>
> It got worse with kernel 2.6.28, btw, especially mouse cursor
> movement. It gets
I'm having the same exact problem with my mouse. I'm on AMD64 and my
cursor often jumps to a corner.
Is there a fix?
-Chris
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Alan McKinnon
> wrote:
>> On Sunday 28 December 2008 22:52:08 Dale wrote:
>>> Niko
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:57:13 +0200
Alan McKinnon wrote:
...[snip]...
> This is opensource, where you get to bash the code into any shape you
> need to get it to suit your needs :-) I myself don't need desktop
> patches (yet), but if I did, I would probably first look at the
> patches the Ubuntu k
Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Monday 29 December 2008 01:06:59 Dale wrote:
>
>>> I'm not that much of a cynic though. Instead I'll recommend you find a
>>> set of desktop patches that work well and roll a kernel from those. The
>>> kernel devs are mostly paid by organizations that have a vested inte
On Monday 29 December 2008 01:06:59 Dale wrote:
> > I'm not that much of a cynic though. Instead I'll recommend you find a
> > set of desktop patches that work well and roll a kernel from those. The
> > kernel devs are mostly paid by organizations that have a vested interest
> > in having Linux wor
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Sunday 28 December 2008 22:52:08 Dale wrote:
>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>
>> > It got worse with kernel 2.6.28, btw, especially mouse cursor
>> > movement. It gets stuck and skips very noticeably. Fortunately, it's
>> > not a point yet
Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Sunday 28 December 2008 22:52:08 Dale wrote:
>
>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>
>
>
>>> It got worse with kernel 2.6.28, btw, especially mouse cursor
>>> movement. It gets stuck and skips very noticeably. Fortunately, it's
>>> not a point yet where I would descr
On Sunday 28 December 2008 22:52:08 Dale wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > It got worse with kernel 2.6.28, btw, especially mouse cursor
> > movement. It gets stuck and skips very noticeably. Fortunately, it's
> > not a point yet where I would describe it as unusable, but if the
> > trend co
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On Saturday 27 December 2008 21:13:49 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>> I have this in my make.conf:
>>>
>>>PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND="ionice -c 3 -p \${PID}"
>>>
>>> Helped a bit. But still the GUI (KDE 3.5.10) gets pretty laggy.
>>> Just a
>>> few
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 2:07 AM, Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 27 December 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> >> Another reason I
>> >> didn't put Gentoo on the server is because everyone would start spamming
>> >> the forums about lag when I emerge -u world while they're getting frags
>> >> in Counter
Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Saturday 27 December 2008 21:13:49 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
I have this in my make.conf:
PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND="ionice -c 3 -p \${PID}"
Helped a bit. But still the GUI (KDE 3.5.10) gets pretty laggy. Just a
few hours ago I updated to gcc-4.3.2-r1. Even with nice
On Saturday 27 December 2008 21:13:49 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Dale wrote:
> > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> >> On my Gentoo at home, yes. The mouse cursor skips, scrolling gets
> >> skippy/laggy too. I have a dual core e6...@3.33ghz with 4GB DDR2 RAM.
> >
> > I have to use version 2.6.23-gentoo-r
From:
Richard Cox
To:
Roy Wright
Date:
Today 01:08:51
> > Gentoo is difficult to install.
A highly subjective statement to be sure. Many thousands have successfully
installed it...depends on your definition of 'difficult' I suppose.
>>Also, if it's left un-updated for
>> longer periods
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Gentoo is difficult to install. Also, if it's left un-updated for
> longer periods of time, it tends to break on the next update. I guess
> that's the downside of being versionless. Debian on the other hand, due
> to it being versioned, doesn't have that problem.
When
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
set PORTAGE_NICENESS=19 in /etc/make.conf
>>>
>>> I'll just hay "ah, ah, ah" at that one :P OK, I'll also say that it
>>> doesn't work. Everything lags even with 19.
>>
>> Is that measurable?
>
> On my Gentoo at home, yes. The mous
Norberto Bensa wrote:
Quoting Nikos Chantziaras :
On my Gentoo at home, yes. The mouse cursor skips, scrolling gets
skippy/laggy too. I have a dual core e6...@3.33ghz with 4GB DDR2 RAM.
Just like me, but I have it set to default clock: 2.4GHz. Beyond that,
it gets somewhat funny :-/
I bo
Norberto Bensa wrote:
Quoting Nikos Chantziaras :
Why? Does Gentoo forget how to do something? Why can't you just "set
and forget" your Gentoo boxes?
Gentoo is difficult to install.
For who? And BTW, that doesn't answer the question.
Huh? I answered it right next in the next phrase.
Quoting Nikos Chantziaras :
On my Gentoo at home, yes. The mouse cursor skips, scrolling gets
skippy/laggy too. I have a dual core e6...@3.33ghz with 4GB DDR2 RAM.
Just like me, but I have it set to default clock: 2.4GHz. Beyond that,
it gets somewhat funny :-/
Are you sure your HDs run
Dale wrote:
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
On my Gentoo at home, yes. The mouse cursor skips, scrolling gets
skippy/laggy too. I have a dual core e6...@3.33ghz with 4GB DDR2 RAM.
I have to use version 2.6.23-gentoo-r8 for my kernel or it does the same
thing. Someone mentioned that it is a settin
Quoting Nikos Chantziaras :
Why? Does Gentoo forget how to do something? Why can't you just
"set and forget" your Gentoo boxes?
Gentoo is difficult to install.
For who? And BTW, that doesn't answer the question.
Also, if it's left un-updated for
longer periods of time, it tends to break
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>
> On my Gentoo at home, yes. The mouse cursor skips, scrolling gets
> skippy/laggy too. I have a dual core e6...@3.33ghz with 4GB DDR2 RAM.
>
I have to use version 2.6.23-gentoo-r8 for my kernel or it does the same
thing. Someone mentioned that it is a setting in the
Mick wrote:
On Saturday 27 December 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Norberto Bensa wrote:
Why? Does Gentoo forget how to do something? Why can't you just "set and
forget" your Gentoo boxes?
Gentoo is difficult to install.
Well, it's not really difficult - but it takes awfully longer than r
On Saturday 27 December 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Norberto Bensa wrote:
> > Why? Does Gentoo forget how to do something? Why can't you just "set and
> > forget" your Gentoo boxes?
>
> Gentoo is difficult to install.
Well, it's not really difficult - but it takes awfully longer than runni
Norberto Bensa wrote:
On Saturday December 27 2008 15:14:26 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
I run Debian on my server because it's "set and forget". With Gentoo at
home, I have to take good care of it to keep it going.
Why? Does Gentoo forget how to do something? Why can't you just "set and
forge
On Saturday December 27 2008 15:14:26 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> I run Debian on my server because it's "set and forget". With Gentoo at
> home, I have to take good care of it to keep it going.
Why? Does Gentoo forget how to do something? Why can't you just "set and
forget" your Gentoo boxes?
James wrote:
Dale gmail.com> writes:
Watch him slowly convert them over to Gentoo. o_O Then he'll be back
and asking who has a server like theirs. lol
Thats a FACT! Many workstation users never discover the joy
of running gentoo based servers. They are really easy to maintain.
If more f
Dale gmail.com> writes:
> Watch him slowly convert them over to Gentoo. o_O Then he'll be back
> and asking who has a server like theirs. lol
Thats a FACT! Many workstation users never discover the joy
of running gentoo based servers. They are really easy to maintain.
If more folks ran gent
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