Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-28 Thread Grant
Strangely, now my laptop's brightness adjustment doesn't work via the keyboard shortcuts.  Any ideas on that? - Grant Please share the beast model :P (or maybe ive missed it). in kernel config You have multiple option for backlight eg. for thinkpad there

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-27 Thread Bartosz Szatkowski
Dnia 2010-04-26, pon o godzinie 19:10 -0700, Grant pisze: Strangely, now my laptop's brightness adjustment doesn't work via the keyboard shortcuts. Any ideas on that? - Grant Please share the beast model :P (or maybe ive missed it). in kernel config You have multiple option

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-27 Thread Grant
Strangely, now my laptop's brightness adjustment doesn't work via the keyboard shortcuts.  Any ideas on that? - Grant Please share the beast model :P (or maybe ive missed it). in kernel config You have multiple option for backlight eg. for thinkpad there is extra one in

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-27 Thread Bartosz Szatkowski
Dnia 2010-04-27, wto o godzinie 10:37 -0700, Grant pisze: Strangely, now my laptop's brightness adjustment doesn't work via the keyboard shortcuts. Any ideas on that? - Grant Please share the beast model :P (or maybe ive missed it). in kernel config You have multiple

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-26 Thread Grant
Strangely, now my laptop's brightness adjustment doesn't work via the keyboard shortcuts.  Any ideas on that? - Grant Please share the beast model :P (or maybe ive missed it). in kernel config You have multiple option for backlight eg. for thinkpad there is extra one in thinkpad

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-24 Thread Bartosz Szatkowski
Dnia 2010-04-23, pią o godzinie 09:51 -0700, Grant pisze: Strangely, now my laptop's brightness adjustment doesn't work via the keyboard shortcuts. Any ideas on that? - Grant Please share the beast model :P (or maybe ive missed it). in kernel config You have multiple option for

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-23 Thread Bartosz Szatkowski
Dnia 2010-04-22, czw o godzinie 09:47 -0700, Grant pisze: Could this be the problem? # grep ^\(EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log (EE) Failed to load module vesa (module does not exist, 0) (EE) Failed to load module fbdev (module does not exist, 0) (EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-23 Thread Grant
Strangely, now my laptop's brightness adjustment doesn't work via the keyboard shortcuts.  Any ideas on that? - Grant Please share the beast model :P (or maybe ive missed it). in kernel config You have multiple option for backlight eg. for thinkpad there is extra one in thinkpad specific

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-23 Thread erdunand
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 09:51:19AM -0700, Grant wrote: And (its only my private opinion - could base on wrong facts :P) dont be used to hal because the 1.8 xorg-server dont like it any more, preferring udev, and future versions wouldn't probably support hal at all. Lately i delete hal

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone confirm that as users we should be moving away from hal? http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.8-upgrade-guide.xml http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/XorgHAL

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-23 Thread Grant
Can anyone confirm that as users we should be moving away from hal? http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.8-upgrade-guide.xml http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/XorgHAL OK, and since xorg-server-1.7 doesn't have a udev USE flag, I should probably stick with hal until 1.8.

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-23 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 4/23/2010 1:37 PM, Grant wrote: Can anyone confirm that as users we should be moving away from hal? http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.8-upgrade-guide.xml http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/XorgHAL OK, and since xorg-server-1.7 doesn't have a udev USE flag, I should

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-23 Thread Grant
Can anyone confirm that as users we should be moving away from hal? http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.8-upgrade-guide.xml http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/XorgHAL OK, and since xorg-server-1.7 doesn't have a udev USE flag, I should probably stick with hal until 1.8.  

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-23 Thread Dale
Mike Edenfield wrote: On 4/23/2010 1:37 PM, Grant wrote: Can anyone confirm that as users we should be moving away from hal? http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.8-upgrade-guide.xml http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/XorgHAL OK, and since

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-22 Thread Grant
Could this be the problem? # grep ^\(EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log (EE) Failed to load module vesa (module does not exist, 0) (EE) Failed to load module fbdev (module does not exist, 0) (EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for : No such file or directory (EE) intel(0): Failed to become

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-22 Thread Mick
On Thursday 22 April 2010 17:47:23 Grant wrote: Could this be the problem? # grep ^\(EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log (EE) Failed to load module vesa (module does not exist, 0) (EE) Failed to load module fbdev (module does not exist, 0) (EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for : No

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-21 Thread Adam
ummm .. ok ? so your using the default xorg.conf .. could be why youve got bad performance. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml - deface But the new version of xorg (from circa 1.7) dont really need xorg.conf, moreover its discouraged to use one. (or just i think so) You only

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-21 Thread Mick
On 21 April 2010 12:26, Adam a...@jaftan.com.au wrote: ummm .. ok ? so your using the default xorg.conf .. could be why youve got bad performance. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml - deface But the new version of xorg (from circa 1.7) dont really need xorg.conf, moreover its

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-21 Thread Grant
ummm .. ok ? so your using the default xorg.conf .. could be why youve got bad performance. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml - deface But the new version of xorg (from circa 1.7) dont really need xorg.conf, moreover its discouraged to use one. (or just i think so) You only

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-21 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 4/21/2010 3:07 PM, Grant wrote: Could this be the problem? # grep ^\(EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log (EE) Failed to load module vesa (module does not exist, 0) (EE) Failed to load module fbdev (module does not exist, 0) (EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for : No such file or

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-21 Thread Grant
Could this be the problem? # grep ^\(EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log (EE) Failed to load module vesa (module does not exist, 0) (EE) Failed to load module fbdev (module does not exist, 0) (EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for : No such file or directory (EE) intel(0): Failed to become

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-20 Thread deface
ummm .. ok ? so your using the default xorg.conf .. could be why youve got bad performance. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml - deface On Apr 19, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Grant wrote: did etc-update over write xorg.conf ? I actually don't use an xorg.conf at all. - Grant I

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-20 Thread Bartosz Szatkowski
Dnia 2010-04-19, pon o godzinie 20:24 -0500, deface pisze: ummm .. ok ? so your using the default xorg.conf .. could be why youve got bad performance. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml - deface But the new version of xorg (from circa 1.7) dont really need xorg.conf, moreover

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-20 Thread Grant
ummm .. ok ? so your using the default xorg.conf .. could be why youve got bad performance. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml - deface But the new version of xorg (from circa 1.7) dont really need xorg.conf, moreover its discouraged to use one. (or just i think so) Exactly.

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-20 Thread Bartosz Szatkowski
Dnia 2010-04-20, wto o godzinie 11:51 -0700, Grant pisze: ummm .. ok ? so your using the default xorg.conf .. could be why youve got bad performance. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml - deface But the new version of xorg (from circa 1.7) dont really need xorg.conf,

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-19 Thread deface
did etc-update over write xorg.conf ? On Apr 19, 2010, at 5:06 PM, Grant wrote: I just updated a lot of packages on my laptop including xorg stuff, the intel-drivers, and firefox. Firefox is running really slowly now, with kind of a lag to everything. Does anyone know of anything to try in

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-19 Thread Grant
did etc-update over write xorg.conf ? I actually don't use an xorg.conf at all. - Grant I just updated a lot of packages on my laptop including xorg stuff, the intel-drivers, and firefox.  Firefox is running really slowly now, with kind of a lag to everything.  Does anyone know of anything

RE: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-11-01 Thread John Dangler
regardless of the kernel generation method chosen. JD -Original Message- From: Roy Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:16 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] updates John Dangler wrote: Roy~ Thanks for the reply. I actually used

RE: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-10-31 Thread John Dangler
Yes, it is. JD -Original Message- From: Qian Qiao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 7:00 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] updates On 10/30/05, John Dangler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Roy~ Thanks for the reply. I actually used

RE: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-10-30 Thread John Dangler
Message- From: Holly Bostick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 1:52 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] updates John Dangler schreef: I'm trying to get a definitive answer to this - when I want to install a new kernel, I know

Re: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-10-30 Thread Holly Bostick
John Dangler schreef: John Dangler schreef: Holly Bostick schreef: I'm trying to get a definitive answer to this - when I want to install a new kernel, I know that there are certain packages that will not come back, Is there a way to setup a list of these based on what I have installed

RE: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-10-30 Thread John Dangler
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 2:35 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] updates John Dangler schreef: John Dangler schreef: Holly Bostick schreef: I'm trying to get a definitive answer to this - when I want to install a new kernel, I

Re: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-10-30 Thread Roy Wright
John Dangler wrote: Holly~ Thanks for the reply. It seems fairly straightforward. From reading this, I would think that running module-rebuild populate would be the first task. Add/Del package would be for building discriminate versions of a kernel (presumably for locating problems or just

RE: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-10-30 Thread John Dangler
, 2005 3:12 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] updates John Dangler wrote: Holly~ Thanks for the reply. It seems fairly straightforward. From reading this, I would think that running module-rebuild populate would be the first task. Add/Del package would be for building

Re: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-10-30 Thread Roy Wright
John Dangler wrote: hrmm... I recompile the new kernel, before rebooting, I run module-rebuild list... and get one entry - =media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4 So, I reboot the new kernel, and get no Ethernet, no wireless, no sound, nonvidia, and the vga mode is wrong. (the grub entry is an

RE: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-10-30 Thread John Dangler
: Roy Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 5:27 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] updates John Dangler wrote: hrmm... I recompile the new kernel, before rebooting, I run module-rebuild list... and get one entry - =media-video/nvidia-kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-10-30 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/30/05, John Dangler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Roy~ Thanks for the reply. I actually used genkernel to make the kernel. I used 'genkernel all'. That's why I'm a little confused as to why this didn't take effect. The previous kernel was also built with genkernel and didn't have any

Re: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-10-30 Thread Roy Wright
John Dangler wrote: Roy~ Thanks for the reply. I actually used genkernel to make the kernel. I used 'genkernel all'. That's why I'm a little confused as to why this didn't take effect. The previous kernel was also built with genkernel and didn't have any problems. Regards, JD I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] updates with B

2005-08-19 Thread Peter O'Connor
John Dangler wrote: looking at the list of updates after a fresh install of 2005.1 (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop which has both wired and wireless networking, I see an entry which says. [blocks B] =net-wireless/ipw2100-1.1.0 (is blocking net-wireless/ieee80211-1.0.3) . . . [ebuild N]

RE: [gentoo-user] updates with B

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 9:22 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] updates with B John Dangler wrote: looking at the list of updates after a fresh install of 2005.1 (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop which has both wired and wireless networking, I see an entry

Re: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
John Dangler wrote: I just finished the base install of the 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6). When I run emerge -sync, and then emerge -uDvp system, I get a short list updates that portage wants to emerge, but there aren't any kernel updates. However, if I run emerge -uDvp world, there is a new

Re: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
you might also want to try man emerge most commands on your system will have a manpage, and they will probably give you helpful hints as to how they function. you can also do it with any other command: man ls man gcc man ldd man man ... Hope that helps, Marco -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

RE: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 10:02 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] updates John Dangler wrote: I just finished the base install of the 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6). When I run emerge -sync, and then emerge -uDvp system, I get a short list updates

Re: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
John Dangler wrote: That makes some sense. (Gentoo is all about choices) So, basically, I emerge the new 'slot' and then re-compile the new kernel version according to the handbook, giving me both the existing kernel version and the new version... Exactly, installing the new kernel sources does

RE: [gentoo-user] updates with B

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
Would John Dangler GenoFit 800-505-4078 (Corporate) 386-767-3730 (Direct) www.genofit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: John Dangler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 9:31 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] updates with B

Re: [gentoo-user] updates with B

2005-08-19 Thread Peter O'Connor
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 9:31 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] updates with B That fails with this... !!! ERROR: net-wireless/ipw2100-1.1.2-r1 failed. !!! Function linux-mod-src-compile, Line 491, Exitcode 2 !!! Unable to make KSRC=/usr/src

Re: [gentoo-user] updates with B

2005-08-19 Thread Willie Wong
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 03:31:14AM +1200, Peter O'Connor wrote: An interesting conundrum indeed. You can't install (due to it being blocked) ieee80211-1.0.3 with ipw2100-1.1.0 merged And from the error message you posted it looks like you can't merge ipw2100 (1.1.0) without having the