Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 06:45 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > You got your answer. 8gig and no swap is NOT ENOUGHT. It's a strong indicator, which is going to be corrected. I am slightly confused by the resulting behaviour however. I was of the impression oomkiller would start to kill process

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 16:27 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > > I had a virtual server that kept crashing/rebooting during compiles of > large packages such as php. It ended up being because it was running > out of memory. Added another 1GB of swap space and it has been happy > ever since. Thanks Pau

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
You got your answer. 8gig and no swap is NOT ENOUGHT. Am 20.03.2013 22:51 schrieb "Carlos Hendson" : > On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 20:57 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > you might just hit a thrashing situation. Linux is very bad when it > > comes to abusing swap in case of an emergency. > > > > B

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: screen tearing when moving windows...

2013-03-20 Thread 木叶
On 03/21/2013 11:31 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 20/03/13 06:01, 木叶 wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm suffering screen tearing when moving windows around, watching >> videos, and some other situations. I've tried almost all popular desktop >> environments, including KDE, gnome(both traditional gnome

[gentoo-user] Re: screen tearing when moving windows...

2013-03-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 20/03/13 06:01, 木叶 wrote: Hi all, I'm suffering screen tearing when moving windows around, watching videos, and some other situations. I've tried almost all popular desktop environments, including KDE, gnome(both traditional gnome 2 and new gnome 3), and xfce, the issue always exists except i

[gentoo-user] smartctl and external hard drives

2013-03-20 Thread covici
I have a couple of external hard drives -- one is a 1.5t disk which has failed and the other is a brand new Seagate 3t disk -- both in USB enclosures one a Roseweil USB 3 and the other one a Startech USB 3. When I run smartctl against them, the newer one gives a serial number which Seagate says is

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: parental control software

2013-03-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > I'm looking for software that can be used to control a child's usage of > the computer (not Internet filtering). At the very least it should be > able to control length of login sessions and when the child is able to > login. Ideally it would

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: parental control software

2013-03-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:00:18 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > limits.conf > groups (just add the kid to all the groups it needs - and nothing else) > parental supervision. Whilst I agree with that in principle, I have been tasked with finding software solutions. And the uses are not limited t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 16:14 +, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2013-03-20, Carlos Hendson wrote: > > > That's by no means conclusive, however, I've also run a complete pass of > > memcheck for over an hour without any issues reported. > > FWIW. I've had flakey memory that ran memcheck fine for se

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 20:57 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > you might just hit a thrashing situation. Linux is very bad when it > comes to abusing swap in case of an emergency. > > But it also sounds like overheating or a power problem. Power problems > might be caused by the PSU - but it cou

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 08:17 +, Mick wrote: > Stating the obvious, it seems that the kernel is struggling and indeed > you may > have come across some nasty kernel bug. However, it could well be > that it is > not related to the kernel you're running, or your kernel config. It > could be >

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 18:43 +0100, Daniel Wagener wrote: > "Frozen" means there is no Hard Drive Activity going on right? > And there is no other indication, that you are just running out of > memory? I can't categorically state if there was drive activity. I was so fixated on regaining control

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Carlos Hendson wrote: > For last few weeks or so, I've been getting intermittent hard lock-ups > during the emerge of various packages. It appears the more compile > intensive the package, the more likely the lock-up. These lock-ups have > occurred under kernels

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: parental control software

2013-03-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > I'm looking for software that can be used to control a child's usage of > the computer (not Internet filtering). At the very least it should be > able to control length of login sessions and when the child is able to > login. Ideally it would

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: parental control software

2013-03-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 20.03.2013 12:04, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > I'm looking for software that can be used to control a child's usage of > the computer (not Internet filtering). At the very least it should be > able to control length of login sessions and when the child is able to > login. Ideally it would also be ab

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 20.03.2013 05:42, schrieb Carlos Hendson: > Hello, > > For last few weeks or so, I've been getting intermittent hard lock-ups > during the emerge of various packages. It appears the more compile > intensive the package, the more likely the lock-up. These lock-ups have > occurred under kernels

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Daniel Wagener
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:42:28 +0100 Carlos Hendson wrote: > Hello, > > For last few weeks or so, I've been getting intermittent hard lock-ups > during the emerge of various packages. It appears the more compile > intensive the package, the more likely the lock-up. These lock-ups have > occurred

[gentoo-user] Re: System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2013-03-20, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2013-03-20, Carlos Hendson wrote: > >> That's by no means conclusive, however, I've also run a complete pass of >> memcheck for over an hour without any issues reported. > > FWIW. I've had flakey memory that ran memcheck fine for several hours > and multi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2013-03-20, Carlos Hendson wrote: > > > That's by no means conclusive, however, I've also run a complete pass of > > memcheck for over an hour without any issues reported. > > FWIW. I've had flakey memory that ran memcheck fine for se

[gentoo-user] Re: System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2013-03-20, Carlos Hendson wrote: > That's by no means conclusive, however, I've also run a complete pass of > memcheck for over an hour without any issues reported. FWIW. I've had flakey memory that ran memcheck fine for several hours and multiple passes -- but if I let it run long enough,

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: parental control software

2013-03-20 Thread Michael Mol
On 03/20/2013 07:04 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > I'm looking for software that can be used to control a child's usage of > the computer (not Internet filtering). At the very least it should be > able to control length of login sessions and when the child is able to > login. Ideally it would also be a

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-20 Thread Michael Mol
On 03/20/2013 04:47 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: > Am 20.03.2013 03:58, schrieb Michael Mol: >> Does anybody know of time lock flash drives? >> >> The scenario I'm looking at is to have a drive that's only accessible >> for a certain amount of time after being powered on. It would hold >> crypto key

[gentoo-user] OT: parental control software

2013-03-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
I'm looking for software that can be used to control a child's usage of the computer (not Internet filtering). At the very least it should be able to control length of login sessions and when the child is able to login. Ideally it would also be able to control access to programs, for example educat

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:17:11 +, Mick wrote: > Stating the obvious, it seems that the kernel is struggling and indeed > you may have come across some nasty kernel bug. However, it could well > be that it is not related to the kernel you're running, or your kernel > config. It could be a probl

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-20 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 20.03.2013 03:58, schrieb Michael Mol: > Does anybody know of time lock flash drives? > > The scenario I'm looking at is to have a drive that's only accessible > for a certain amount of time after being powered on. It would hold > crypto keys in a server context. > I am no expert on embedded

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 20 Mar 2013 04:42:28 Carlos Hendson wrote: > Hello, > > For last few weeks or so, I've been getting intermittent hard lock-ups > during the emerge of various packages. It appears the more compile > intensive the package, the more likely the lock-up. These lock-ups have > occurred un

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-20 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 03/20/2013 03:58:11 AM, Michael Mol wrote: Does anybody know of time lock flash drives? The scenario I'm looking at is to have a drive that's only accessible for a certain amount of time after being powered on. It would hold crypto keys in a server context. You might use encfs. It has an o