[gentoo-user] Network card failing under load

2012-10-17 Thread Datty
Hi all, I have an issue with a remote server that keeps losing access to the network. I've managed to replicate the issue by pulling a large file from the server at full speed (100mbit). It will cut out during the file copy and the log will show the following: Oct 17 17:47:26 eric kernel: WARNING

Re: [gentoo-user] Network card failing under load

2012-10-17 Thread Kerin Millar
Datty wrote: Hi all, I have an issue with a remote server that keeps losing access to the network. I've managed to replicate the issue by pulling a large file from the server at full speed (100mbit). It will cut out during the file copy and the log will show the following: Oct 17 17:47:26 eric

[gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2012-10-17 Thread Allan Gottlieb
A few months ago a procedure was given for converting from testing to stable (e.g. ~amd64-->~amd) by essentially waiting for stable to catch up. I believe the basic idea was to unmask a bunch of packages and then as stable catches up, remove the unmasks. I also believe there was some automated wa

Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2012-10-17 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 17.10.2012 22:18, schrieb Allan Gottlieb: > A few months ago a procedure was given for converting from testing to > stable (e.g. ~amd64-->~amd) by essentially waiting for stable to catch > up. > > I believe the basic idea was to unmask a bunch of packages and then as > stable catches up, remove

Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2012-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:18:50 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > A few months ago a procedure was given for converting from testing to > stable (e.g. ~amd64-->~amd) by essentially waiting for stable to catch > up. > > I believe the basic idea was to unmask a bunch of packages and then as > stable catc

Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2012-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:54:16 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > qlist -ICv | sed -e 's/^/~/' -e 's/-r[1-9]$//' > >/etc/portage/package.use/goingstable That should, of course, be package.unmask, not package.use. -- Neil Bothwick This chicken has no beak, said Tom impeccably. signature.asc Descri

Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2012-10-17 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Wed, Oct 17 2012, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:18:50 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> A few months ago a procedure was given for converting from testing to >> stable (e.g. ~amd64-->~amd) by essentially waiting for stable to catch >> up. >> >> I believe the basic idea was to u

[gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

2012-10-17 Thread Walter Dnes
I ran "emerge -p --deep --update world" on a machine, and got... * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use' needs updating. * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge * man page to learn how to update confi

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

2012-10-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > I ran "emerge -p --deep --update world" on a machine, and got... > > > * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use' needs updating. > * See the CONFIGURATION FILES

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

2012-10-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: >> I ran "emerge -p --deep --update world" on a machine, and got... >> >> >> * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/pac

RE: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

2012-10-17 Thread Tsukasa Mcp_Reznor
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:26:54 -0700 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use > From: markkne...@gmail.com > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

2012-10-17 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 07:26:54PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > Post package.use please. > > > > Cheers, > > Mark > > Also, what version of portage are you using? > > Note that I've never seen this message and other than adds and deletes