Re: [gentoo-user] Packet Shaping
On Wednesday 18 April 2007 02:29:56 Grant wrote: > I switched from The Wonder Shaper and started using shorewall configs > and it's working great. I can't get ipp2p to identify bittorrent > traffic though, so I have the default set up for really low priority. > Thanks for your help! This is fun. > > - Grant Never got Shorewall traffic shaping to do anything. shorewall show | grep mark | grep -v "mark=0" | wc -l is 0. It seems to fail when classifying packets. Neither port based classifying worked nor ipp2p based classifying. If you have a working configuration, I'd like to see how you did it. Regards, Elias P. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 06:30:58PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > That's one way of doing it, but I believe it will be slower in the long > run. You have to load the page, read it, and decide is anything of > interest is new. If so, you then have to emerge --sync anyway, so why > not just do it reasonably often anyway? And if you use eix and run > eix-sync instead of emerge --sync, then you also get a nice display of > all changes to the tree as soon as the the sync is done. > > It is true that portage is a bit slow. If you are brave you can try > paludis (it's in the portage tree) as a replacement for portage - it's > claimed to be much faster. But, once again, it's relative: a large > update will still take many times as long to compile and install as > what it took portage to calculate what needs updating. > > Or are you actually saying that the unpack/build/install cycle takes > much longer than installing an rpm or a deb? That can't be helped, > that's how compilation works. Thanks very much, alan. The infomation you gave is very helpful, so I know maybe emerge --sync is one of best and reliable way to update, maybe it has some shortage, but I think that's a gentoo's way, I'm in gentoo's world :-) > > p.s. please don't top post I'm a novice, thank you, now I know the mailing list's rule. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
On Mon, April 16, 2007 11:48 pm, Alan McKinnon wrote: > To install gentoo, the minimum you require is a running kernel, a > network connection and a shell session. From there you chroot into the > directory that is going to become your /, unpack a portage tree and > binaries copies of some important apps, then emerge the rest. > > You don't have to use a gentoo CD for that, I've done it from a Red Hat > rescue disk, a Knoppix disk and from a working Mandrake install. The > gentoo CD does make life easier though if you run into trouble, as > everything you will need will be on the disk and you don't have to hunt > for stuff. You do need a working chroot, which can be a problem on some rescue floppies (if you are reduced to floppies). -- Nick Rout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage package.use
That worked flawlessly. Thank you very much.
On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 05:15 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 April 2007 17:58:27 Richard Marz wrote:
> > It is it possible to glob an entire subdirectory in package.use. I'm
> > trying to stop portage from using the doc flag when installing java
> > development suites. I tried adding the following to my package.use file:
> > dev-java/* -doc
> > Then ran `emerge -uD world` and it attempted to download the jdk doc
> > file which totally stopped the whole update process half-way because the
> > ebuild doesn't support that because of possible licensing issues. Is
> > there any globbing allowed in the package.use file.
>
> Nope. That leaves you two options that I'm aware of:
>
> 1) Adding all packages currently in dev-java:
>
> # { echo "# disable doc for all packages in dev-java" && \
> cd $(portageq portdir) && find dev-java -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d |
> \
> sed 's/$/ -doc/'; } >> /etc/portage/package.use
>
> 2) Switching to Paludis which does support wildcards (currently only in the
> -scm
>version): http://ciaranm.org/show_post/114
>
> If you go with 2) make sure to read the Paludis docs and faq at paludis.org...
>
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Re: [gentoo-user] Portage package.use
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 17:58:27 Richard Marz wrote:
> It is it possible to glob an entire subdirectory in package.use. I'm
> trying to stop portage from using the doc flag when installing java
> development suites. I tried adding the following to my package.use file:
> dev-java/* -doc
> Then ran `emerge -uD world` and it attempted to download the jdk doc
> file which totally stopped the whole update process half-way because the
> ebuild doesn't support that because of possible licensing issues. Is
> there any globbing allowed in the package.use file.
Nope. That leaves you two options that I'm aware of:
1) Adding all packages currently in dev-java:
# { echo "# disable doc for all packages in dev-java" && \
cd $(portageq portdir) && find dev-java -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | \
sed 's/$/ -doc/'; } >> /etc/portage/package.use
2) Switching to Paludis which does support wildcards (currently only in the -scm
version): http://ciaranm.org/show_post/114
If you go with 2) make sure to read the Paludis docs and faq at paludis.org...
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[gentoo-user] Portage package.use
It is it possible to glob an entire subdirectory in package.use. I'm trying to stop portage from using the doc flag when installing java development suites. I tried adding the following to my package.use file: dev-java/* -doc Then ran `emerge -uD world` and it attempted to download the jdk doc file which totally stopped the whole update process half-way because the ebuild doesn't support that because of possible licensing issues. Is there any globbing allowed in the package.use file. Thanks, Richard -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 11:08 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: ... > These are irrelevant. As long as the CD boots, recognises your core > hardware - which really comes down to disk controllers and network > interfaces - and installs a working system, the rest can be updated > post-install. Unfortunately, 2006.1 wont even boot with increasing amounts of hardware - and increasingly other distros LiveCD's do. My last one was a catch 22 - earlier LiveCD's would boot, but no drivers for the network card, and therefore no easy way to install. (no floppy etc access as well :( 2006.1 doesnt fully boot as it loses the cdrom partway through the boot process. I ended up using the soon to be superseeded (if it isnt already) FC6 livecd - a pain. BillK -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Packet Shaping
> It's actually my upload rate that's difficult to limit. That's not > inbound traffic right? Right. You should be able to shape upload quite well. Did you try to lower allowed upload bandwith further below the nominate bandwith? I switched from The Wonder Shaper and started using shorewall configs and it's working great. I can't get ipp2p to identify bittorrent traffic though, so I have the default set up for really low priority. Thanks for your help! This is fun. - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
fire-eyes wrote: Neil Walker wrote: Be lucky, Neil This is completely offtopic. But "Be lucky" made me think of the movie Demolition man, is this where you got it? In that case, the reply to that line was amusing :P I've been using it since the early days of Fidonet. I don't think Demolition Man was around then. ;) Be lucky, Neil -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: I do not see how it is hard to create a minimal installation CD image every time new hardware support is added into the kernel, or new gcc version goes stable, or new portage version goes stable. How is any of that relevant to the minimal install CD? GGC, Portage, etc. come from the stage tarball you install. All the install CD does is boot the system - you can use any livecd for that. What is really needed, is updated stages. Be lucky, Neil -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
Neil Walker wrote: Be lucky, Neil This is completely offtopic. But "Be lucky" made me think of the movie Demolition man, is this where you got it? In that case, the reply to that line was amusing :P -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
Hamie wrote: Hey thanks I'd never heard of it I'll give it a go If you want to install Sabayon and stay with it without ever updating anything until the next Sabayon release, fine - but don't ever think that Sabayon is a quick and easy way to a working Gentoo system, it most certainly isn't. A simple "emerge -uavD world" will fail without hours of work. Be lucky, Neil -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] symlinking device with udev
Hello maxim wexler, > Google says create file > /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules > containing the line > > KERNEL=="parport0" NAME="lp0" > > Which creates the device no problem. However > /dev/parport0 is no more and That's right, because you have told udev to give it the name lp0, instead of parport0. what you want is KERNEL=="parport0", SYMLINK="lp0" See http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php -- Neil Bothwick Trekkers work out in the `He's Dead Gym'. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] symlinking device with udev
Hi group, New gentoo won't let me symlink device like so: #ln -s /dev/parport0 /dev/lp0 Google says create file /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules containing the line KERNEL=="parport0" NAME="lp0" Which creates the device no problem. However /dev/parport0 is no more and #udevinfo -a -p /dev/parport0 *and* #udevinfot -a -p /dev/lp0 come up "device not found". Not complaining too strenuously but curious. Is this normal behaviour? Seems strange. Why the actual device and no symlink? Another thing: from 50-udev.rules <...> # lp devices KERNEL=="lp*", NAME="%k", GROUP="lp" KERNEL=="irlpt",NAME="%k", GROUP="lp" KERNEL=="usblp",NAME="%k", GROUP="lp" KERNEL=="lp*", NAME="%k", GROUP="lp" KERNEL=="parport*", NAME="%k", GROUP="lp" <...> Why doesn't that last line take care of the problem. Is it meant only as a template? -Maxim __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] create an installable custom distro with gentoo?
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 20:27:58 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > Or change it for OOo builds only. > > > > I keep forgetting to do stuff like that and only find out 4 hours into > > an 8 hour emerge :-) > > I wonder if you could do this in /etc/portage/env? You cannot. Setting CHECKREQS_ACTION="error" in /etc/make.conf should work though. -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] create an installable custom distro with gentoo?
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:41:36 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Set PORTAGE_TMPDIR to somewhere where the space would be useful at > > other times too, like /home. > > That's a good idea - I didn't think of that No, I did - which means there's probably some hidden gotcha waiting in it :( > > Or change it for OOo builds only. > > I keep forgetting to do stuff like that and only find out 4 hours into > an 8 hour emerge :-) I wonder if you could do this in /etc/portage/env? -- Neil Bothwick When you said you wanted to live in sin, I didn't know you meant "sloth" signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] no images displayed in Konqueror or Gwenview
On Montag, 16. April 2007, Garry Smith wrote: > Hi all, > > My Konqueror and Gwenview applications are not displaying images (no > thumbnails or images displayed) > > Gwenview 1.3.1 (Using KDE 3.5.5) > > What library do I need to be looking at to get png, gif, jpeg support > for these two applications? > you need to rebuild qt with support for all of them. Check your useflags! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] create an installable custom distro with gentoo?
On Tuesday 17 April 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:46:08 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > I ask because I need to rezise my /var to minimize wasted space. I > > know for sure I have remerged QT and mozilla (with USE= -gnome) > > recently without problems with just over 1G free. I hate having 5G > > lying there doing nothing until I remerge OOo :-) > > Set PORTAGE_TMPDIR to somewhere where the space would be useful at > other times too, like /home. That's a good idea - I didn't think of that > Or change it for OOo builds only. I keep forgetting to do stuff like that and only find out 4 hours into an 8 hour emerge :-) alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] no images displayed in Konqueror or Gwenview
Hi Garry Garry Smith wrote on 16/04/07 14:50: > My Konqueror and Gwenview applications are not displaying images (no > thumbnails or images displayed) > Gwenview 1.3.1 (Using KDE 3.5.5) > What library do I need to be looking at to get png, gif, jpeg support > for these two applications? You may need to increase your maximum file size for konqueror image preview. konqueror -> settings -> configure konqueror -> Previews & Meta-Data -> Maximum file size. I've upped this to 3.6MB on my system to cope with the images from my 7 megapixel digicam. The default maximum file size value is +- 1MB if I remember it right. No idea about Gwenview though, sorry. Cheers, Dave -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Howto get nvidia serial ATA with DMA running
On Dienstag, 17. April 2007, Matthias Fechner wrote: > Hello Volker, > > * Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [17-04-07 10:11]: > > which is correct. You don't set dma for SATA devices and you don't do it > > with hdparm. > > ah ok, thx for that information. > But I have a problem. If I copy some data on disks the system is at a > very high load and extremely slow (load at 2.5). > > If I record movies with VDR every recording is damaged (distortions). > > So I thought it is a problem of missing DMA. > > Is the SATA driver so bad and produces a such high CPU load? Dunno, I am recording fine and sata is fast (uli based board, jmicron controller). There is a lot of stuff that can go wrong. IO-scheduler (which one are you using), preemption (don't use forced preemption), ticks... The lower the latency, the lower the troughput, for example -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?
On Tuesday 17 April 2007, anhnmncb wrote: > Yes, maybe http://packages.gentoo.org/archs/x86/stable/ is what I > want. Anyway, I still think the way gentoo uses for its package's > database update is different with other distro, and seems a bit > slower than others, err, I only used archlinux before. That's one way of doing it, but I believe it will be slower in the long run. You have to load the page, read it, and decide is anything of interest is new. If so, you then have to emerge --sync anyway, so why not just do it reasonably often anyway? And if you use eix and run eix-sync instead of emerge --sync, then you also get a nice display of all changes to the tree as soon as the the sync is done. It is true that portage is a bit slow. If you are brave you can try paludis (it's in the portage tree) as a replacement for portage - it's claimed to be much faster. But, once again, it's relative: a large update will still take many times as long to compile and install as what it took portage to calculate what needs updating. Or are you actually saying that the unpack/build/install cycle takes much longer than installing an rpm or a deb? That can't be helped, that's how compilation works. > And..., what I have said above will cause a war too?... Maybe, maybe not :-) alan p.s. please don't top post > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 11:08:02AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Tuesday 17 April 2007, anhnmncb wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I just want to know another method to gain the latest x86 > > > stable branch's update info, nothing more else, what I have heard > > > of I mensioned in the first thread really wasn't the point I > > > wanted to make, so... can all of you ignore of it... > > > > > > Any way, thank you all;p > > > > Now that we've all had an interesting discussion on the side, maybe > > we *should* get back to your original question :-) > > > > Did you get an answer/solution for it yet? > > > > -- > > Optimists say the glass is half full, > > Pessimists say the glass is half empty, > > Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? > > > > Alan McKinnon > > alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za > > +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: can not run Gizmo
you are on amd64 I suppose? Otherwise you can get a gizmo emerged by doing the following steps: emerge layman layman -f -a sunrise echo "source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf" >> /etc/make.conf ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 emerge gizmo On amd64 someone yould need to look into the emul libs needed, likel from your output you are mising some of the emul libs for x86 and are on amd64 Best regards, Stefan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ruby scripts for amarok won't run anymore
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 16:48:11 Nistor Andrei wrote: > > > Hi, after an emerge --depclean I noticed none of the ruby scripts work > > > anymore. I get this error: "ruby: no such file to load -- auto_gem > > > (LoadError)" > > > > > > Does anyone know how this can be fixed? > > > > (re-)emerge rubygems. > > It works! Thanks a lot! I wonder why revdep-rebuild didn't detect it? Obviously because there are no broken libs. There is not even a dependency upon rubygems. There is, however, an environment variable RUBYOPT="-rauto_gem" that tells ruby to load auto_gem which obviously fails when --depclean just uninstalled it. Clearly one solution is to reinstall it as you've done. Another solution is to stop telling it to load it as explained in another post to this thread... -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] ruby scripts for amarok won't run anymore
On Tuesday 17 April 2007, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Dienstag, 17. April 2007 schrieb ext Nistor Andrei: > > Hi, after an emerge --depclean I noticed none of the ruby scripts work > > anymore. I get this error: "ruby: no such file to load -- auto_gem > > (LoadError)" > > > > Does anyone know how this can be fixed? > > (re-)emerge rubygems. > It works! Thanks a lot! I wonder why revdep-rebuild didn't detect it? > HTH... > > Dirk -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Howto get nvidia serial ATA with DMA running
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 08:22:23 am Daniel Iliev wrote: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:37:28 +0200 > > May be it's a io-scheduling issue. This topic from the forums > could be helpful: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-462230.html > Daniel... the post you made wasn't directed tome, but I benefited from it greatly. Thanks for the info... -- Jerry McBride -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ruby scripts for amarok won't run anymore
On Tuesday 17 April 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:55:59 +0300, Nistor Andrei wrote: > > Hi, after an emerge --depclean I noticed none of the ruby scripts work > > anymore. I get this error: "ruby: no such file to load -- auto_gem > > (LoadError)" > > Have you run revdep-rebuild? I've tried revdep-rebuild, but the scripts still won't work. I'm re-emerging rubygems now... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ruby scripts for amarok won't run anymore
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:55:59 +0300, Nistor Andrei wrote: > Hi, after an emerge --depclean I noticed none of the ruby scripts work > anymore. I get this error: "ruby: no such file to load -- auto_gem > (LoadError)" Have you run revdep-rebuild? -- Neil Bothwick The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:30:14 +0400, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: > >> I do not see how it is hard to create a minimal installation CD image > >> every time new hardware support is added into the kernel, > > > > Then do it. Open source gives you the opportunity to make things > > happen yourself instead of whining that others won't do it. The build > > tools are in portage, so there's nothing stopping anyone from > > producing an updated minimal install CD, as has already been posted > > to the forums. > > > > Sorry, where do you see whining? Sorry, that came across as rather harsh. It was intended as a general comment, not a criticism of you. > Even if I say that if whatever posted > to forums is good then it should go to the official Gentoo site, this > would not be whining. No, but it would not be practical either, because an official release needs a lot more testing. > Once again, there should be some problem with my English. It is > official Gentoo release policy to have minimal, live, and platform > releases in sync. Posting a new image to forums is not that tightly > related to policies. No it's not, and I never suggested it was. As an Open Source project, ANYONE can build a new, unofficial image that supports brand new hardware. They don't need to wait for the full releng cycle of testing on all packages. > This very thread, as explained in my post, is just > one reason to change the policy. Then you should file a bug suggesting this. > >> or new gcc > >> version goes stable, or new portage version goes stable. > > > > These are irrelevant. As long as the CD boots, recognises your core > > hardware - which really comes down to disk controllers and network > > interfaces - and installs a working system, the rest can be updated > > post-install. > > > > No, GCC and portage are relevant. The fact that the installation > process succeeds does not help much when a new user, just after > downloading the latest and greatest, has to recompile something as > basic and huge as GCC or just interrupt the install getting the scary > message "you better do nothing until you upgrade Portage". Whatever is included, something big will have a new version by the time the full install has been comprehensively tested on all supported platforms and put on the mirrors for a week. A Gentoo install is supposed to give you a working system that is a starting point, not an end in itself. The only time a new install disc is really necessary is when the old one doesn't support your hardware. > > A major GCC update is the exception to this rule, but that is > > precisely the sort of thing that needs extensive testing on a range > > of platforms rather than a rushed release. > Just in case you already deleted my post, I recommend new minimal CD > release each time a new GCC version, major or not, goes stable. I still maintain that minor GCC upgrades are not an issue, kernel upgrades are far more relevant as that is where most hardware support takes place. Why do you consider a GCC upgrade such a big deal? After a Stage 3 install, you are likely to want to do an emerge -e world anyway, to apply your customisations, so GCC will probably be recompiled anyway. As long as the latest stable version is not incompatible with the CD, what's the big deal? > What extra testing does a stable version need? To ensure that everything works as a cohesive whole. -- Neil Bothwick If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] ruby scripts for amarok won't run anymore
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 14:55:59 Nistor Andrei wrote: > Hi, after an emerge --depclean I noticed none of the ruby scripts work > anymore. I get this error: "ruby: no such file to load -- auto_gem > (LoadError)" > > Does anyone know how this can be fixed? # unset RUBYOPT And make sure /etc/env.d/10rubygems has been removed and env-update has been run... You'll have to unset it in every terminal from which you want to run ruby apps until you've restarted X at least.. -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Gnome gets stuck on "opening file" or "browsing"
Hi! I use gnome 2.16.2 stable but I have a little problem while using some apps. The problem starts in just some applications when I am triying to "Open file" or "Browse" ( actually browsing folders ) , the effect is that the program gets stuck waiting for the "browse window" to open. I've seen this effect in VmWare or Cedega Transgaming, among others. If I use the same program and do the same thing with KDE or XFCE it works well, but since Gnome is my prefered desktop, I find it very frustrating to restart X and change desktop every time I need these apps. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] ruby scripts for amarok won't run anymore
Hi, after an emerge --depclean I noticed none of the ruby scripts work anymore. I get this error: "ruby: no such file to load -- auto_gem (LoadError)" Does anyone know how this can be fixed? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?
Yes, maybe http://packages.gentoo.org/archs/x86/stable/ is what I want. Anyway, I still think the way gentoo uses for its package's database update is different with other distro, and seems a bit slower than others, err, I only used archlinux before. And..., what I have said above will cause a war too?... On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 11:08:02AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 17 April 2007, anhnmncb wrote: > > Hello, > > I just want to know another method to gain the latest x86 stable > > branch's update info, nothing more else, what I have heard of I > > mensioned in the first thread really wasn't the point I wanted to > > make, so... can all of you ignore of it... > > > > Any way, thank you all;p > > Now that we've all had an interesting discussion on the side, maybe we > *should* get back to your original question :-) > > Did you get an answer/solution for it yet? > > -- > Optimists say the glass is half full, > Pessimists say the glass is half empty, > Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? > > Alan McKinnon > alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za > +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Howto get nvidia serial ATA with DMA running
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:37:28 +0200 Matthias Fechner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Volker, > > * Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [17-04-07 10:11]: > > which is correct. You don't set dma for SATA devices and you don't > > do it with hdparm. > > ah ok, thx for that information. > But I have a problem. If I copy some data on disks the system is at a > very high load and extremely slow (load at 2.5). > > If I record movies with VDR every recording is damaged (distortions). > > So I thought it is a problem of missing DMA. > > Is the SATA driver so bad and produces a such high CPU load? > > Best regards, > Matthias > May be it's a io-scheduling issue. This topic from the forums could be helpful: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-462230.html -- Best regards, Daniel -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ruby scripts for amarok won't run anymore
Am Dienstag, 17. April 2007 schrieb ext Nistor Andrei: > Hi, after an emerge --depclean I noticed none of the ruby scripts work > anymore. I get this error: "ruby: no such file to load -- auto_gem > (LoadError)" > > Does anyone know how this can be fixed? (re-)emerge rubygems. HTH... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] SATA kernel messages
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commit c23bbe5978f98e7ae3a41f13dbf48d70c6651573
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Date: Tue Apr 10 13:06:56 2007 -0400
ahci.c: walkaround for SB600 SATA internal error issue
ahci.c: walkaround for SB600 SATA internal error issue
There is a HW issue in ATI SB600 SATA that PxSERR.E should not be
set on some conditions, for example, when there is no media in SATA
CD/DVD drive or media is not ready, AHCI controller fails to execute
ATAPI commands and reports PORT_IRQ_TF_ERR, but ATI SB600 SATA
controller sets PxSERR.E at the
same time, which is not necessary.
This patch is just to ignore the INTERNAL ERROR in such case.
Without this patch, ahci error handler will report many errors as
below:
--- cut from dmesg ---
ata9: soft resetting port
ata9: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata9.00: configured for UDMA/33
ata9: EH complete
ata9.00: exception Emask 0x40 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x800 action 0x2
ata9.00: (irq_stat 0x4001)
ata9.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0
res 51/24:03:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x40 (internal
error)
ata9: soft resetting port
ata9: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata9.00: configured for UDMA/33
ata9: EH complete
ata9.00: exception Emask 0x40 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x800 action 0x2
ata9.00: (irq_stat 0x4001)
ata9.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x43 data 12
in
res 51/24:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x40 (internal
error)
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[gentoo-user] can not run Gizmo
i usually use Skype most of the time, as it is the only thing available for Voice-Chat on Gentoo Linux. but these days i am having problems with the Skype sound quality. so i downloaded the Gizmo and Wengophone binaries but they do not run :-( this is from my terminal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ .binaries/gizmo/gizmo-run .binaries/gizmo/gizmo: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory BUT the library it is reported missing is right there on my system: Code: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls /usr/lib | grep libgtk libgtk-1.2.so.0 libgtk-1.2.so.0.9.1 libgtk-x11-2.0.la libgtk-x11-2.0.so libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1000.9 libgtk.a libgtk.la libgtk.so [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ same trouble with Wengophone. how to make it run. i used to run the same binaries on Arch Linux but Gentoo can not run them, any idea ? -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:08:49 +0400, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:26:23 +0400, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: I do not see how it is hard to create a minimal installation CD image every time new hardware support is added into the kernel, Then do it. Open source gives you the opportunity to make things happen yourself instead of whining that others won't do it. The build tools are in portage, so there's nothing stopping anyone from producing an updated minimal install CD, as has already been posted to the forums. Sorry, where do you see whining? Even if I say that if whatever posted to forums is good then it should go to the official Gentoo site, this would not be whining. Once again, there should be some problem with my English. It is official Gentoo release policy to have minimal, live, and platform releases in sync. Posting a new image to forums is not that tightly related to policies. This very thread, as explained in my post, is just one reason to change the policy. I agree that if I become a Gentoo developer and use developer mailing lists then the chances for the change are better. or new gcc version goes stable, or new portage version goes stable. These are irrelevant. As long as the CD boots, recognises your core hardware - which really comes down to disk controllers and network interfaces - and installs a working system, the rest can be updated post-install. No, GCC and portage are relevant. The fact that the installation process succeeds does not help much when a new user, just after downloading the latest and greatest, has to recompile something as basic and huge as GCC or just interrupt the install getting the scary message "you better do nothing until you upgrade Portage". A major GCC update is the exception to this rule, but that is precisely the sort of thing that needs extensive testing on a range of platforms rather than a rushed release. Just in case you already deleted my post, I recommend new minimal CD release each time a new GCC version, major or not, goes stable. What extra testing does a stable version need? -- Andrei Gerasimenko -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT im more just curious
On 4/16/07, Bryan Whitehead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nearly 28. Been using gentoo since version 1.0 (maybe pre-1.0 but can't remember). I started using linux back when slackware fit on a bunch of 5.25" floppies. ooohhh you are an old time Linux user. i am 26 and i started using Linux 1.5 years ago with Fedora Core 3 and did dual-boot my system with Windows XP and after 6 months i got rid of that crappy OS and made my system fully GNU(ish) . it was Celeron 600 MHz . i loved GNOME too much at that time. after some months, i had some trouble with my new D-Link router and felt totally frustrated when i tried Fedora's sysconfig GUI tools and for the 1st time in my life i got a chance to meet my 1st configuration text file "/etc/resolv.conf", next one i hit was "/etc/hosts". it was really difficult and coool at the same time because i felt i am controlling my machine which was never possible with Windows. after some more time passed, i installed Debian and used it over a long time and just 3 months ago i started hating Desktop things, i looked into some other distros and used many: gnewSense, KATEOS, SOURCEMAGE, Lunar, Arch and lots of others and my hatred towards Desktop based system grew in large proportions. i tried Gentoo this time and did quit, it looked too weired to me, finally i landed with Arch and ran Xfce on the top of it as Arch Linux forces a user to manage his system using command-line tools BUT that was not what i was looking for. it seems like i had "the GNU OS effect" a.k.a "the UNIX effect" a.k.a "command-line addiction" wired into me and when i read this: http://ironphoenix.org/tril/fvwm/ i came to know i was not the only one, so i finally quit the Xfce and landed onto Window Maker on Arch. i was not satisfied yet and my journey reached at Gentoo Linux, NO Xfce, NO GNOME no GUI tools and menus. i feel good now, i am running Window Maker for now but will switch to another Window Manager where i will make design-use by own hands, like FVWM, IceWM or Sawfish,i am just reading the different articles on these. i think one day i will land on GNU Screen with RatPoison but for now a Window Manager will rule:-) I now work full time at a startup in the silicon valley watching over 4 datacenters full of CentOS machines (and some Solaris). good got any job for me there... ;-) may be i could make some money and buy an LCD monitor, for keeping eyes n good condition -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:33:18 -0500, Dale wrote: > > A major GCC update is the exception to this rule, but that is > > precisely the sort of thing that needs extensive testing on a range > > of platforms rather than a rushed release. > That was what I was referring too. It would be time consuming to > install then turn right around and have to upgrade gcc and do a emerge > -e world etc etc etc. The time taken is irrelevant, because the computer is still usable while the emerge is running in the background. The important point is that everything builds with the new GCC on all supported platforms. That's the sort of thing that takes the time. -- Neil Bothwick Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Howto get nvidia serial ATA with DMA running
Hello Volker, * Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [17-04-07 10:11]: > which is correct. You don't set dma for SATA devices and you don't do it with > hdparm. ah ok, thx for that information. But I have a problem. If I copy some data on disks the system is at a very high load and extremely slow (load at 2.5). If I record movies with VDR every recording is damaged (distortions). So I thought it is a problem of missing DMA. Is the SATA driver so bad and produces a such high CPU load? Best regards, Matthias -- "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." -- Rich Cook -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
Neil Bothwick wrote: > A major GCC update is the exception to this rule, but that is precisely > the sort of thing that needs extensive testing on a range of platforms > rather than a rushed release. > > That was what I was referring too. It would be time consuming to install then turn right around and have to upgrade gcc and do a emerge -e world etc etc etc. Again, I see that this can be a difficult thing to balance and it would not be easy to keep it balanced. Dale :-) :-) :-) -- www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967 Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Packet Shaping
Hi, On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:19:14 -0700 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's actually my upload rate that's difficult to limit. That's not > inbound traffic right? Right. You should be able to shape upload quite well. Did you try to lower allowed upload bandwith further below the nominate bandwith? -hwh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] create an installable custom distro with gentoo?
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:46:08 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I ask because I need to rezise my /var to minimize wasted space. I know > for sure I have remerged QT and mozilla (with USE= -gnome) recently > without problems with just over 1G free. I hate having 5G lying there > doing nothing until I remerge OOo :-) Set PORTAGE_TMPDIR to somewhere where the space would be useful at other times too, like /home. Or change it for OOo builds only. -- Neil Bothwick Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle: The location of all objects cannot be known simultaneously. Corollary: If a lost thing is found, something else will disappear. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:26:23 +0400, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: > I do not see how it is hard to create a minimal installation CD image > every time new hardware support is added into the kernel, Then do it. Open source gives you the opportunity to make things happen yourself instead of whining that others won't do it. The build tools are in portage, so there's nothing stopping anyone from producing an updated minimal install CD, as has already been posted to the forums. > or new gcc > version goes stable, or new portage version goes stable. These are irrelevant. As long as the CD boots, recognises your core hardware - which really comes down to disk controllers and network interfaces - and installs a working system, the rest can be updated post-install. A major GCC update is the exception to this rule, but that is precisely the sort of thing that needs extensive testing on a range of platforms rather than a rushed release. -- Neil Bothwick Honk if you love peace and quiet. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] create an installable custom distro with gentoo?
On Tuesday 17 April 2007, Wayne Oliver wrote: > > Going slightly OT here, but does anyone know which ebuilds are the > > big ones using lots of space in /var/tmp when compiling? Apart from > > OOo that is :-) > > > > alan > > Just guessing now I would add QT and Mozilla. I ask because I need to rezise my /var to minimize wasted space. I know for sure I have remerged QT and mozilla (with USE= -gnome) recently without problems with just over 1G free. I hate having 5G lying there doing nothing until I remerge OOo :-) So I'm considering keeping about 1G free for /var/tmp and switching to openoffice-bin alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:50:23 +0400, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: I agree that "the installation CD does not need to be specifically a Gentoo cd", but I believe that it should be always possible to use it for installation, even when workarounds are available. The only argument that explains why it is currently not the fact is the inability to sustain quarterly release schedule. It looks like everybody, me too, agrees that it is a very good reason to switch to semi-annual releases, but please note that the very fact that quarterly releases were started is a proof that they are desirable. I guess the problem here is that the Gentoo Minimal Installation CD release is linked to the Gentoo Installer LiveCD release and to the Gentoo Reference Platform release. If the minimal CD is released quarterly or, better, whenever new hardware hits the shelves, the experience of new Gentoo users will be better. --Andrei Gerasimenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list Even though I would like to see semi-annual releases, I can also understand the effort that has to go into making it happen. You would have to catch everything just right to make it worthwhile. Example, it is time for a new release and gcc is almost ready to be marked stable. Do you do the release anyway or wait until gcc is stable? What if it is not as stable as people think and it is already released before that is found out? That would not be good for Gentoo either. Add in that some new piece of hardware is coming out and the drivers are being worked on but not yet finished. Then what? What if the packages such as gcc, KDE, Gnome and other important ones and the newer hardware drivers never sync up exactly right? Who would decide what is more important, hardware drivers or packages? I can see this from both sides. Having a reasonably up to date install CD would be nice but it would take some effort and planning to get it there. I suspect the new Proctors would be all over Gentoo-dev. LOL That could turn into a really long discussion and it would never end really. By the time one is released it would be time to start planning the next and may even overlap a lot too. I'm glad I'm a lowly user and not a dev. :-) Dale Sorry for the long quote, it all looks equally relevant (or irrelevant). There should be some problem with my English. I understand and agree with your arguments and even, I hope, have explained that in the original post. However, they are valid for the Gentoo Installer LiveCD and the Reference Platform only. The Gentoo Minimal Installation CD has much less packages and it is much easier to update it. I do not see how it is hard to create a minimal installation CD image every time new hardware support is added into the kernel, or new gcc version goes stable, or new portage version goes stable. Whether this is desirable or quarterly releases are sufficient is another question, since too many versions may confuse new users. The problem is that currently the minimal CD, the Live CD, and the Reference Platform are released simultaneously. I guess the minimal CD should be numbered like 2006.1, 2006.1.u1, 2006.1.u2, 2007.0.p1, 2007.0.p2, 2007.0, 2007.0.u1 and so on and released as necessary between full releases. I feel it is harder to fix the relevant Handbook and web site entries and, possibly, ensure that it gets to all the mirrors than to prepare the new CD image. -- Andrei Gerasimenko -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] create an installable custom distro with gentoo?
> -Original Message- > From: Alan McKinnon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 April 2007 11:01 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] create an installable custom distro with > gentoo? > > On Tuesday 17 April 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > The last time I looked, portage compiles were Gentoo-specific too. If > > you want to change where portage uses for its workspace, it is much > > safer to use the provided configuration settings than move the whole > > of a system-critical directory to an unreliable medium. > > Going slightly OT here, but does anyone know which ebuilds are the big > ones using lots of space in /var/tmp when compiling? Apart from OOo > that is :-) > > alan Just guessing now I would add QT and Mozilla. Wayn0 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?
On Tuesday 17 April 2007, anhnmncb wrote: > Hello, > I just want to know another method to gain the latest x86 stable > branch's update info, nothing more else, what I have heard of I > mensioned in the first thread really wasn't the point I wanted to > make, so... can all of you ignore of it... > > Any way, thank you all;p Now that we've all had an interesting discussion on the side, maybe we *should* get back to your original question :-) Did you get an answer/solution for it yet? -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT im more just curious
On Friday 13 April 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the average age of the gentoo user here? > Sent via BlackBerry® from Vodafone I recently hit the ideal age for any geek: 42 I think I'm going to stay this age from now on. Moving to 43 is such a let-down after being 42 for an entire year alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] create an installable custom distro with gentoo?
On Tuesday 17 April 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote: > The last time I looked, portage compiles were Gentoo-specific too. If > you want to change where portage uses for its workspace, it is much > safer to use the provided configuration settings than move the whole > of a system-critical directory to an unreliable medium. Going slightly OT here, but does anyone know which ebuilds are the big ones using lots of space in /var/tmp when compiling? Apart from OOo that is :-) alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 08:41, Rumen Yotov wrote: > Hi, [deleted] > > H > > Don't want to seem i recommend it, but you can try the Sabayon-miniCD > for a new install. > Don't know how actual the kernel/userspace are but in all cases newer > then 2006.1. > It's a Gentoo-based (slightly modified) distro. > A good thing is it updates it's install-CDs quite often. Hey thanks I'd never heard of it I'll give it a go regards Hamish pgpCLHstvY47n.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?
On Monday 16 April 2007, Thomas Tuttle wrote: > > Seriously, I spend half my days on support debunking just this kind > > of twaddle. > > ...and scaring off users who passed it (probably just because they > misunderstood or misinterpreted something) by replying like this. > > Please, be nice. Oh, I have no problem with the OP's (anhnmncb) post at all - he's obviously been given wrong information by someone else. He even hints in his post that he's not sure if he should take it seriously or not. So I'm quite happy to give him the correct facts, but I didn't need to as several other people had already done it before me. I do have a problem with whoever gave him that wrong information. The only effective way to handle utter BS at the source is to call it as BS. It's rarely nice. alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Howto get nvidia serial ATA with DMA running
Hi, On Dienstag, 17. April 2007, Matthias Fechner wrote: > Hi, > > I have here an AMD64 (32-bit installation) with a MSI K8N-Neo2FX > running. > Gentoo is installed on a serial ATA drive. > lspci says: > 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) > (rev a2) 00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA > Controller (v2.5) (rev a2) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 > 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia > Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2) > > I i try now to enable DMA transfer with: > hdparm -d1 /dev/sda > /dev/sda: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device which is correct. You don't set dma for SATA devices and you don't do it with hdparm. > > So my first thought was, check kernel for the right driver. > But nv_sata is selected (statically). > > I checked dmesg and found: > nv_sata: Primary device added > nv_sata: Primary device removed > nv_sata: Secondary device removed > ata1: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133 as you can see, it uses udma/133 already. > scsi0 : sata_nv > ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0) > scsi1 : sata_nv > Vendor: ATA Model: ST3250820NS Rev: 3.AE > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 > SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB) > sda: Write Protect is off > sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back > SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB) > sda: Write Protect is off > sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back > sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 > sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda > > I boot my system with grub and had the option from the installer > "doscsi" in the boot params. > > Must I use a different driver for that sata controller? No. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
Hi, On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:52:42 +0100 Hamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 15 April 2007 07:37, Dale wrote: > > Norberto Bensa wrote: > > > Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > >> On 4/15/07, Norberto Bensa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Not true. 2006.1 doesn't boot on my hardware. > > > > > > ... > > > > > >>> We (I) need 2007.0 ASAP. > > >> > > >> Just get any old version (that works), > > > > > > That's the point. None works. The media needs kernel 2.6.18 or > > > better. > > > > > > I can use Knoppix or Ubuntu, but that's not the point. > > > > Maybe some are not understanding the point he is making. If I > > understand correctly, he needs a newer release so that when he > > boots the CD to do a install, it will see his hardware. It would > > appear that the > > The same thing happens on my laptop as well (Thinkpad Z61m, > core2Duo). The Gentoo boot disks just don't have the drivers. I had > to boot a Knoppix disk, install that, then do gentoo as a chroot... > Which was a REAL nightmare because the knoppix was 32bit & I wanted a > 64-bit install (It took messing around with a kernel from a ~amd64 > desktop manually copied over as well before I could get gentoo > installed correctly). > > H Don't want to seem i recommend it, but you can try the Sabayon-miniCD for a new install. Don't know how actual the kernel/userspace are but in all cases newer then 2006.1. It's a Gentoo-based (slightly modified) distro. A good thing is it updates it's install-CDs quite often. HTH. Rumen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:14:48 +, anhnmncb wrote: > I just want to know another method to gain the latest x86 stable > branch's update info, packages.gentoo.org has an RSS feed. -- Neil Bothwick JPEG (JPG) Joint Photographic Experts Group. The original name of the committee that designed the eponymous standard image compression algorithm. Abbreviated to JPG by PPL WHO CNT TYP or WSE PCS ARE BKN. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:26:20 +0400, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: > It looks like everybody, me too, agrees that > it is a very good reason to switch to semi-annual releases, but > please note that the very fact that quarterly releases were started is > a proof that they are desirable. All it proves is that releng thought it was a good idea at the time, until they tried to achieve it :( -- Neil Bothwick If at first you don't succeed, you'll get a lot of free advice from folks who didn't succeed either. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Howto get nvidia serial ATA with DMA running
Hi, I have here an AMD64 (32-bit installation) with a MSI K8N-Neo2FX running. Gentoo is installed on a serial ATA drive. lspci says: 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2) 00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2) I i try now to enable DMA transfer with: hdparm -d1 /dev/sda /dev/sda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device So my first thought was, check kernel for the right driver. But nv_sata is selected (statically). I checked dmesg and found: nv_sata: Primary device added nv_sata: Primary device removed nv_sata: Secondary device removed ata1: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133 scsi0 : sata_nv ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0) scsi1 : sata_nv Vendor: ATA Model: ST3250820NS Rev: 3.AE Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda I boot my system with grub and had the option from the installer "doscsi" in the boot params. Must I use a different driver for that sata controller? Thx a lot for help, Matthias -- "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." -- Rich Cook -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
