Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-25 Thread Dale
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 06:28:45PM -0500, Dale wrote: Alan Grimes wrote: The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is also a 3TB

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-25 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 06:28:45PM -0500, Dale wrote: Alan Grimes wrote: The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is also a 3TB drive for all my p***, er

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Dale
Fernando Rodriguez wrote: On Saturday, August 22, 2015 1:52:00 AM Alan Grimes wrote: That said, I spent the day doing diagnostics: Findings: 1. There were a hell of a lot more memory errors than I had seen before. 2. There was a smudge on one of the dimm's contacts and some of the usual

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Mick
On Saturday 22 Aug 2015 09:18:05 Dale wrote: Fernando Rodriguez wrote: On Saturday, August 22, 2015 1:52:00 AM Alan Grimes wrote: That said, I spent the day doing diagnostics: Findings: 1. There were a hell of a lot more memory errors than I had seen before. 2. There was a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 22/08/2015 13:25, Mick wrote: On Saturday 22 Aug 2015 09:18:05 Dale wrote: Fernando Rodriguez wrote: On Saturday, August 22, 2015 1:52:00 AM Alan Grimes wrote: That said, I spent the day doing diagnostics: Findings: 1. There were a hell of a lot more memory errors than I had seen

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Saturday, August 22, 2015 1:52:00 AM Alan Grimes wrote: J. Roeleveld wrote: Please don't bother this list with more of your complaining until you grow up and learn how to use computers properly. I built my first machine nearly a quarter century ago. =| Shame! That said, I spent the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Mick
On Saturday 22 Aug 2015 12:47:52 Alan McKinnon wrote: On 22/08/2015 13:25, Mick wrote: Then try a replacement PSU if you have a spare one, or take your multimeter and measure the output, checking for lower voltage values and fluctuations. If you get bad measurements, then take your

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Dale
Alan Grimes wrote: The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is also a 3TB drive for all my p***, er kerbals ( Kerbal Space Program ) . There is one optical

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 22/08/2015 18:40, Alan Grimes wrote: The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is also a 3TB drive for all my p***, er kerbals ( Kerbal Space Program ) .

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Alan Grimes
The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is also a 3TB drive for all my p***, er kerbals ( Kerbal Space Program ) . There is one optical drive and four chassis

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Alan Grimes
J. Roeleveld wrote: Please don't bother this list with more of your complaining until you grow up and learn how to use computers properly. I built my first machine nearly a quarter century ago. =| That said, I spent the day doing diagnostics: Findings: 1. There were a hell of a lot more

[gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread James
Alan Grimes ALONZOTG at verizon.net writes: 8, got to the end of the list about two and a half days later (which is par for my machine.) Hello Alan Grimes, You seem to imply you are running hardware less that some version of the latest 4/8 processor monster? Perhaps something lighter then

[gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-21, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Earlier I saw segfaults in gcc, and another poster pointed it out. When gcc segfaults, it is always suspicious mostly because the compiler is an app where we know the devs take extraordinary measures to prevent it. The most common

[gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-21, Alan Grimes alonz...@verizon.net wrote: Grant Edwards wrote: On 2015-08-21, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Earlier I saw segfaults in gcc, and another poster pointed it out. When gcc segfaults, it is always suspicious mostly because the compiler is an app where

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Alan Grimes
Grant Edwards wrote: On 2015-08-21, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Earlier I saw segfaults in gcc, and another poster pointed it out. When gcc segfaults, it is always suspicious mostly because the compiler is an app where we know the devs take extraordinary measures to prevent

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Friday, August 21, 2015 11:00:16 AM Alan Grimes wrote: Grant Edwards wrote: Yeah, I know there's a single bit error out at the end of RAM that will appear on the third or fourth pass... Replace it I have already RMA'd half of the ram in this machine because it was giving a whole

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Dale
Alan Grimes wrote: Grant Edwards wrote: On 2015-08-21, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Earlier I saw segfaults in gcc, and another poster pointed it out. When gcc segfaults, it is always suspicious mostly because the compiler is an app where we know the devs take extraordinary

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Friday, August 21, 2015 11:00:16 AM Alan Grimes wrote: Grant Edwards wrote: On 2015-08-21, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Earlier I saw segfaults in gcc, and another poster pointed it out. When gcc segfaults, it is always suspicious mostly because the compiler is an

[gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-20 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-20, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Let me describe what I see. This can't be a clusterfuck, as it is affecting only you. No-one else to my knowledge is reporting problems caused by ncurses. So, it is then highly likely that you have a setup that the devs did not