Re: [gentoo-user] dev-lang/R installation : a hard nut

2011-06-30 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 06/29/2011 07:23:19 PM, pk wrote: > On 2011-06-29 11:32, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > > I'm looking for advice on the following hard nut. > > On one of my machines emerging dev-lang/R fails while on > > a very similar one it succeeds! > > I don't have much to offer, unfortunately, but what are t

[gentoo-user] KDE and eye candy

2011-06-30 Thread András Csányi
Hi All, I like KDE and I use it on daily basis. I would like to change the style of the windows but if the eye candy stuffs are disabled only the original theme is working properly. What does it mean "working properly"? In this case means that the parts of the windows are well drawn according to d

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: kernel parameters

2011-06-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 27 June 2011 18:53:31 Remy Blank wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Can anyone point me to the parameter concerned? I can't find it with > > grep. > > Could it be CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP? Thanks to you and Alan. No, I don't think so, as there's none such in my kernel config (this is

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and eye candy

2011-06-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 30 June 2011 14:30:09 András Csányi did opine thusly: > Hi All, > > I like KDE and I use it on daily basis. I would like to change the > style of the windows but if the eye candy stuffs are disabled only > the original theme is working properly. What does it mean "working > properly"?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: kernel parameters

2011-06-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 30 June 2011 13:58:39 Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: > On Monday 27 June 2011 18:53:31 Remy Blank wrote: > > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Can anyone point me to the parameter concerned? I can't find > > > it with grep. > > > > Could it be CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP? > > Thanks to you a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: kernel parameters

2011-06-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 30 June 2011 14:28:26 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 30 June 2011 13:58:39 Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: > > On Monday 27 June 2011 18:53:31 Remy Blank wrote: > > > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > Can anyone point me to the parameter concerned? I can't find > > > > it with grep. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: kernel parameters

2011-06-30 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: Hmm. Could be. I'll try setting those in my Gentoo kernel and see if it hangs. Thanks Alan. I did grep for "lockup" without success, so I suppose I must have mistyped it. Use grep -i. That should ignore the case. Sometimes things are in all caps, all lower case o

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: kernel parameters

2011-06-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 30 June 2011 15:45:40 Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hmm. Could be. I'll try setting those in my Gentoo kernel and see if it > > hangs. > > > > Thanks Alan. I did grep for "lockup" without success, so I suppose I > > must have mistyped it. > > Use grep -i. That should ignore

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: kernel parameters

2011-06-30 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Thursday 30 June 2011 15:45:40 Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: Hmm. Could be. I'll try setting those in my Gentoo kernel and see if it hangs. Thanks Alan. I did grep for "lockup" without success, so I suppose I must have mistyped it. Use grep -i.

Re: [gentoo-user] Info about PCMCIA Combo USB 2.0 & SATA CardBus,,Model: PPA 1158

2011-06-30 Thread JD
On 06/29/2011 10:20 PM, Thanasis wrote: on 06/30/2011 07:34 AM JD wrote the following: This pcmcia card has a couple of bad raps from windows users. I need this card for my laptop because I have an external HD enclosure with eSATA port and

Re: [gentoo-user] Info about PCMCIA Combo USB 2.0 & SATA CardBus,,Model: PPA 1158

2011-06-30 Thread Dale
JD wrote: On 06/29/2011 10:20 PM, Thanasis wrote: on 06/30/2011 07:34 AM JD wrote the following: This pcmcia card has a couple of bad raps from windows users. I need this card for my laptop because I have an external HD enclosure with eSATA port and my laptop lacks USB 2.0 (has USB 1.1). The ma

Re: [gentoo-user] Info about PCMCIA Combo USB 2.0 & SATA CardBus, Model: PPA 1158

2011-06-30 Thread Thanasis
It is probably supported, but if I were you, I would ask at the linux-kernel mailing list http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/#s3-1

Re: [gentoo-user] Info about PCMCIA Combo USB 2.0 & SATA CardBus,,Model: PPA 1158

2011-06-30 Thread JD
On 06/30/2011 10:14 AM, Dale wrote: Thanx Dale. I wish they had used chipset name instead of the blanket VIA. But it that's fine. By the way, I tried to buy the card, but their website claims I do not have cookies enabled, whi

Re: [gentoo-user] Info about PCMCIA Combo USB 2.0 & SATA CardBus, Model: PPA 1158

2011-06-30 Thread JD
On 06/30/2011 10:40 AM, Thanasis wrote: It is probably supported, but if I were you, I would ask at the linux-kernel mailing list http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/#s3-1 I stumbled on 2 blogs which enumerated these 2 chipsets as fully supported since several years ago. Thanx, JD

Re: [gentoo-user] Info about PCMCIA Combo USB 2.0 & SATA CardBus, Model: PPA 1158

2011-06-30 Thread Thanasis
on 06/30/2011 01:09 PM JD wrote the following: > > I stumbled on 2 blogs which enumerated these 2 chipsets as fully > supported since several years ago. > VT6421 should be supported by sata_via module (CONFIG_SATA_VIA kernel configuration option)

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with slow Boot

2011-06-30 Thread Zhu Sha Zang
Yes man, you're right. Now with grub the system booting very very faster. Thank you a lot. Em 29-06-2011 08:52, dong l escreveu: maybe lilo doesn't support newer bios,why not try grub? 2011/6/28 Zhu Sha Zang > Hey people, i have some weird problem with m