Re: [gentoo-user] make.conf for Pentium E2140

2010-12-14 Thread VeroLom
On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:31:14 +1100 Adam Carter wrote: No I didn't have read this article. Thanks, it's useful for me. > > > > I want to install Gentoo on my computer at work. I have installed Gentoo on > > my home computer, but it have Athlon64 processor. I have some troubles with > > make.conf.

Re: [gentoo-user] Changed monitor and even the BIOS screen doesn't show up.

2010-12-14 Thread Thanasis
Try using the same cable that works with the old monitor, to connect the new monitor.

Re: [gentoo-user] Gigabyte and controlling fans

2010-12-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:15:21 -0600, Dale wrote: > > You're assuming the problem was with HAL rather the the drivers of the > > hardware it was trying to work with... > So the PS/2 drivers have been working for years and all of a sudden hal > comes along and breaks them? Then on top of that, rem

Re: [gentoo-user] Gigabyte and controlling fans

2010-12-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 10:57 on Tuesday 14 December 2010, Neil Bothwick did opine thusly: > On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:15:21 -0600, Dale wrote: > > > You're assuming the problem was with HAL rather the the drivers of the > > > hardware it was trying to work with... > > > > So the PS/2 drive

Re: [gentoo-user] Gigabyte and controlling fans

2010-12-14 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:15:21 -0600, Dale wrote: You're assuming the problem was with HAL rather the the drivers of the hardware it was trying to work with... So the PS/2 drivers have been working for years and all of a sudden hal comes along and breaks them

Re: [gentoo-user] Gigabyte and controlling fans

2010-12-14 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 10:57 on Tuesday 14 December 2010, Neil Bothwick did opine thusly: On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:15:21 -0600, Dale wrote: You're assuming the problem was with HAL rather the the drivers of the hardware it was trying to work with...

Re: [gentoo-user] Gigabyte and controlling fans

2010-12-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 11:27 on Tuesday 14 December 2010, Dale did opine thusly: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 10:57 on Tuesday 14 December 2010, Neil > > > > Bothwick did opine thusly: > >> On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:15:21 -0600, Dale wrote: > You're assum

Re: [gentoo-user] Eeek: many open ports

2010-12-14 Thread Gary Golden
No, really. Run netstat -tlnp as root and paste output. Gary Golden On 12/14/2010 02:08 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > Eeek!! > > Just fooling around with some software on my laptop, I found that my > Gentoo desktop has an even dozen open inet ports with something > listening to them, in addition t

Re: [gentoo-user] Gigabyte and controlling fans

2010-12-14 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: I got no bright ideas on that one :-( Monitors and X and HAL and udev and mesa and nvidia and ATI are things that always JustWorked(tm) for me everywhere... Me too. I know the monitor works with my old rig so it is good to that point anyway. I also know the puter a

Re: [gentoo-user] Changed monitor and even the BIOS screen doesn't show up.

2010-12-14 Thread Daniel da Veiga
2010/12/14 Thanasis > Try using the same cable that works with the old monitor, to connect the > new monitor. > > You're assuming Dale's computer has a male DB plug on its back. Older monitors didn't have those, the cable would simply pop from the case, so you can't really change this older monit

Re: [gentoo-user] Changed monitor and even the BIOS screen doesn't show up.

2010-12-14 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:38, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > 2010/12/14 Thanasis > > Try using the same cable that works with the old monitor, to connect the >> new monitor. >> >> > You're assuming *Dale's computer* has a male DB plug on its back. Older > monitors didn't have those, the cable would si

Re: [gentoo-user] Changed monitor and even the BIOS screen doesn't show up.

2010-12-14 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Dale wrote: > Hi, > > I am in the process of switching from the old rig to the new rig.  While > doing the install I was using a Gateway EV700 monitor and it worked fine.  I > unhooked the cables from my old rig and moved in the new rig.  The new > monitor is a Gat

Re: [gentoo-user] Changed monitor and even the BIOS screen doesn't show up.

2010-12-14 Thread meino . cramer
Mark Knecht [10-12-14 16:26]: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Dale wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am in the process of switching from the old rig to the new rig.  While > > doing the install I was using a Gateway EV700 monitor and it worked fine.  I > > unhooked the cables from my old rig and moved

Re: [gentoo-user] Changed monitor and even the BIOS screen doesn't show up.

2010-12-14 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:38 AM, wrote: > Mark Knecht [10-12-14 16:26]: >> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Dale wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I am in the process of switching from the old rig to the new rig.  While >> > doing the install I was using a Gateway EV700 monitor and it worked fine.   >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Changed monitor and even the BIOS screen doesn't show up.

2010-12-14 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Dale wrote: Hi, I am in the process of switching from the old rig to the new rig. While doing the install I was using a Gateway EV700 monitor and it worked fine. I unhooked the cables from my old rig and moved in the new rig. The new m

Re: [gentoo-user] Changed monitor and even the BIOS screen doesn't show up.

2010-12-14 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:38 AM, wrote: Mark Knecht [10-12-14 16:26]: On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Dale wrote: Hi, I am in the process of switching from the old rig to the new rig. While doing the install I was using a Gateway EV700 monitor and it

[gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Dale
Hi, I got one more hard drive to move over and it is SATA. Question one, can the new mobo's do hot plugging for SATA drives? I have a plug on the front of the case and was wondering since it is on the front if they can be hot swapped or if I need to shutdown then hook it up. If I can hot s

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Dale wrote: > Hi, > > I got one more hard drive to move over and it is SATA.  Question one, can > the new mobo's do hot plugging for SATA drives?  I have a plug on the front > of the case and was wondering since it is on the front if they can be hot > swapped or if

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 12/14/10 17:42:40, Dale wrote: > Hi, > > I got one more hard drive to move over and it is SATA. Question one, > can the new mobo's do hot plugging for SATA drives? I have a plug on > the front of the case and was wondering since it is on the front if > they If this is an eSATA connection

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [10-12-14 17:48]: > Hi, > > I got one more hard drive to move over and it is SATA. Question one, > can the new mobo's do hot plugging for SATA drives? I have a plug on > the front of the case and was wondering since it is on the front if > they can be hot swapped or if I need to shutdow

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Dale wrote: Hi, I got one more hard drive to move over and it is SATA. Question one, can the new mobo's do hot plugging for SATA drives? I have a plug on the front of the case and was wondering since it is on the front if they can be ho

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Dale
Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 12/14/10 17:42:40, Dale wrote: Hi, I got one more hard drive to move over and it is SATA. Question one, can the new mobo's do hot plugging for SATA drives? I have a plug on the front of the case and was wondering since it is on the front if they If this is

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [10-12-14 18:28]: > Helmut Jarausch wrote: > >On 12/14/10 17:42:40, Dale wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I got one more hard drive to move over and it is SATA. Question one, > >>can the new mobo's do hot plugging for SATA drives? I have a plug on > >>the front of the case and was wondering s

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Dale  wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I got one more hard drive to move over and it is SATA.  Question one, can >>> the new mobo's do hot plugging for SATA drives?  I have a plug on the >>> front

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Dale wrote: > > Well, according to the mobo book, AHCI "enables advanced SATA features". >  Me, I read that and I think that it may mean faster.  It also says it is > set to native by default for OS's that can handle only native mode > controllers.  I just don't w

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi Dale, as I know, the hd hardware can't nearly as fast as the bus speed regardless whether it is 6GB/s or 3GB/s. Quickly doing the same as you on my harddisk gave: /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 6726 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3364.06 MB/sec Timing buffered disk re

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Dale wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Dalewrote: Hi, I got one more hard drive to move over and it is SATA. Question one, can the new mobo's do hot plugging for SATA drives? I have a plug o

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: In the linux kernel configuration you can set AHCI for Sata... But whether this technically option is addtionally a wise one? I dont know... I better leave hot pluggin to the USB stuff. I don't want to smoke my new rig and have to down grade. :-( Thanks. Da

[gentoo-user] Gentoo + NetworkManager Applet + Modem ZTE MF180

2010-12-14 Thread Carlos Sura
Hello mates, I'm on a Gentoo Box (my laptop) and I have a usb modem (ZTE MF180), but it just don't work with my Gentoo Box, I've been searching in Google and I found this: http://christian.amsuess.com/tutorials/zte_mf180/ I tried, but, I ejected my cdrom and even my usb modem (eject /dev/sr1) and

[gentoo-user] Re: Eeek: many open ports

2010-12-14 Thread James
Kevin O'Gorman gmail.com> writes: > They are all in the range 32768-6. this syntax will show listen and open (active) ports: netstat -atnup hth, James

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [10-12-14 18:56]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Hi Dale, > > > >as I know, the hd hardware can't nearly as fast as the bus speed > >regardless whether it is 6GB/s or 3GB/s. > >Quickly doing the same as you on my harddisk gave: > > > >/dev/sda: > > Timing cached reads: 6726 MB in 2.00 se

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Jarry
On 14. 12. 2010 19:28, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: You know AGP (_Advanced_ graphics port), Dale? You know, why _this_ is "advanced"? Because it is "Accelerated Graphics Port"... Jarry -- ___ This mailbox accepts e-mails only from s

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread meino . cramer
Jarry [10-12-14 19:44]: > On 14. 12. 2010 19:28, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > >You know AGP (_Advanced_ graphics port), Dale? > >You know, why _this_ is "advanced"? > > Because it is "Accelerated Graphics Port"... > > Jarry > > > -- > ___

Re: [gentoo-user] 3Com PCMCIA network card not recognised

2010-12-14 Thread Bill Longman
On 12/13/2010 07:17 PM, Stroller wrote: >> What do you get in log messages and dmesg when you compile >> CONFIG_PCMCIA_3C589=m and run modprobe -v > > Exactly the same thing. If I `modprobe -v 3c589_cs && lsmod | grep -i 3c` I > can see the module loaded, but I see exactly the same single line o

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Tuesday 14 December 2010 11:49:00 Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Dale wrote: > >> Mark Knecht wrote: > >>> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Dalewrote: > Hi, > > I got one more hard drive to move over and it is SATA. Question > one

[gentoo-user] Fakeraid + lvm + openrc questions

2010-12-14 Thread Pau Peris
Hi, i'm currently running Gentoo on a RAID0 setup on some Sata disks using a Jmicron chip from an Asus P6T board. I'm using a fakeraid due to dualboot restrictions. My whole Gentoo system is on the raid0 device so i use an initramfs to bootup. I've been running with this setup for some time, but si

[gentoo-user] Re: Fakeraid + lvm + openrc questions

2010-12-14 Thread Pau Peris
After further investigation can say, although i'm not using lvm, the following command is able to pupulate /dev/mapper/* /sbin/vgscan --mknodes --config "${config}" >/dev/null the command can be located at /lib64/rcscripts/addons/lvm-start.sh which is called by /etc/init.d/lvm start Really stran

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-14 Thread Stroller
On 14/12/2010, at 4:57pm, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Dale wrote: >> ...I got one more hard drive to move over and it is SATA. Question one, can >> the new mobo's do hot plugging for SATA drives? >> ... > > The SATA spec allows for hot plugging, so technically yes ...