Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-08-01 Thread Kent Fredric
On 8/1/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kent Fredric gmail.com> writes: > > > > > X/kde runs fine, but when I exit it now, the system latches up, tight > > > all ssh sessions, the console, everything. > > Now X/kde will not start. Everything latches up as soon as I enter > 'startx' at the co

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 20:52, James wrote: > Mick gmail.com> writes: > > From a terminal within X while you have booted the LiveCD run xvidtune > > (emerge > > OK I'll give this a whirl, after > emerge --emptytree world > completes. I'll try all of your suggestions and post to > a new thread on t

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread James
Mick gmail.com> writes: > From a terminal within X while you have booted the LiveCD run xvidtune > (emerge OK I'll give this a whirl, after emerge --emptytree world completes. I'll try all of your suggestions and post to a new thread on the result. The laptop (hopefully) will be compiling a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 17:32, James wrote: > I have no ide how to diable 'composite support'. Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" (or False) > When the system was ordered it was specified 1680x1050 on the > 17 inch screen resolution. The few times (sporadically) I d

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread James
Kent Fredric gmail.com> writes: > > X/kde runs fine, but when I exit it now, the system latches up, tight > > all ssh sessions, the console, everything. Now X/kde will not start. Everything latches up as soon as I enter 'startx' at the console. > Try Disabling anything fancy ( ie: composite su

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread James
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. volumehost.net> writes: > > > > and provided you have enabled CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ in your kernel, > > > > hold down Alt and SysReq/PrtScr and press S, U and B in turn to > > > > reboot (reasonably) cleanly. Pausing a couple of seconds between > > > > each key is probably a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread Kent Fredric
On 7/31/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann tu-clausthal.de> writes: > > > > > > I've never seen starting up X/kde cause a system to hang before... > > > > Is the whole system handing, or just X? > > > The entire system latches up tight, even the ssh remote shells and conso

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
Hello James, > > > hold down Alt and SysReq/PrtScr and press S, U and B in turn to > > > reboot (reasonably) cleanly > > Interesting idea however this laptop does not have this key > "SysReq/PrtScr". As Boyd said, it may be hidden (in which case it is very well hidden on this iBook, I haven't fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 30 July 2007, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs': > Volker Armin Hemmann tu-clausthal.de> writes: > > Neil wrote: > > > If all else fails, > > > and provided you have enabled CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ in your

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread James
Volker Armin Hemmann tu-clausthal.de> writes: > > > I've never seen starting up X/kde cause a system to hang before... > > Is the whole system handing, or just X? The entire system latches up tight, even the ssh remote shells and console. > > Do you have a networked computer > > you can SSH

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Montag, 30. Juli 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:22:07 + (UTC), james wrote: > > For now the system is booting to a console prompt. I'm looking > > for a guide that tells you how to test xorg.conf configs > > and recover without having to reboot (powercycle) the system. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:22:07 + (UTC), james wrote: > For now the system is booting to a console prompt. I'm looking > for a guide that tells you how to test xorg.conf configs > and recover without having to reboot (powercycle) the system. > > I've never seen starting up X/kde cause a system t

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread james
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. volumehost.net> writes: > > /dev/sda2/boot reiserfsdefaults 1 2 Did this one second "No corruption found" from step 2... > > /dev/sda4/ reiserfsdefaults 1 1 Accidentially issued 4b before 2 reiserfsck

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread James
James tampabay.rr.com> writes: > > > /dev/sda2/boot reiserfsdefaults 1 2 > > > /dev/sda4/ reiserfsdefaults 1 1 > Well OK, I got your instructions. 10 passes of memtest86 and not one error. I do not think it's the ram

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread James
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. volumehost.net> writes: > > /dev/sda2/boot reiserfsdefaults 1 2 > > /dev/sda4/ reiserfsdefaults 1 1 > > which should force an fsck on the reiserfs file system? > I don't see how this would force a fsck.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 30 July 2007, "Kent Fredric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs': > On 7/30/07, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 5) If (2) indicates corruptions that can only be corrected by > > --reb

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Kent Fredric
On 7/30/07, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 5) If (2) indicates corruptions that can only be corrected by --rebuild-tree >a) If you suspect your hardware is failing -- replace it. reiserfs doesn't > like bad hardware and continuing the recovery process on it will likely ca

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Dale
Florian Philipp wrote: > Am Montag 30 Juli 2007 13:53 schrieb Dale: > >> Florian Philipp wrote: >> >>> Just as a side note: It is not very wise to choose reiserfs for /boot. We >>> had a topic about it some time ago. On such a small partition the journal >>> eats up a lot of space (32MB wit

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Florian Philipp
Am Montag 30 Juli 2007 13:53 schrieb Dale: > Florian Philipp wrote: > > Just as a side note: It is not very wise to choose reiserfs for /boot. We > > had a topic about it some time ago. On such a small partition the journal > > eats up a lot of space (32MB with default settings). > > I'm not sure t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Dale
Florian Philipp wrote: > > Just as a side note: It is not very wise to choose reiserfs for /boot. We had > a topic about it some time ago. On such a small partition the journal eats up > a lot of space (32MB with default settings). > I'm not sure the math is 100% correct but it has to be clo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-30 Thread Florian Philipp
Am Sonntag 29 Juli 2007 22:32 schrieb James: > Mick gmail.com> writes: > > man reiserfsck, or > > This helps, > > > # reiserfsck --help > > try the same for reiserfstune and debugreiserfs. If you want to create a > > reiserfs fs then look at mkreiserfs. > > My problems in on a new installation. >

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-29 Thread James
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > I set xdm to auto start upon reboot (rc-update), and I'm not > > sure what file I can edit ( or what else I can do from a minimalCD > > boot) to stop this process set to autostart during the boot process? > rc-update del xdm You maean after: mount file

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:32:29 + (UTC), James wrote: > I set xdm to auto start upon reboot (rc-update), and I'm not > sure what file I can edit ( or what else I can do from a minimalCD > boot) to stop this process set to autostart during the boot process? rc-update del xdm -- Neil Bothwick

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-29 Thread James
Mick gmail.com> writes: > man reiserfsck, or This helps, > # reiserfsck --help > try the same for reiserfstune and debugreiserfs. If you want to create a > reiserfs fs then look at mkreiserfs. My problems in on a new installation. I'm not sure my resiserfs is auto checking the /boot and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-29 Thread Александър Л . Димитров
On 02:30 Sun 29 Jul , James wrote: > Kent Fredric gmail.com> writes: > > > > qlist sys-fs/reiserfsprogs > > qlist, very nice... You can also use equery, which is in app-portage/gentoolkit. The corresponding equery command would be equery files sys-fs/reiserfsprogs pgpeWSUIrPSIB.pgp Des

[gentoo-user] Re: reiserfsprogs

2007-07-28 Thread James
Kent Fredric gmail.com> writes: > qlist sys-fs/reiserfsprogs qlist, very nice... thx, James -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list