Re: [gentoo-user] current network traffic rate, in real time (in console)?

2010-07-07 Thread Bill Longman
On 07/07/2010 10:37 AM, Jarry wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to see in console current network transfer rate > for given interface, similar as I can see cpu-loading in [%] > with "top" command. > > Just single overall value in [bytes/second] or similar unit > would be enough for me, averaged over

Re: [gentoo-user] Compilation error: pygtk

2010-07-02 Thread Bill Longman
On 07/01/2010 06:35 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > * Call stack: > * ebuild.sh, line 54: Called src_compile > * environment, line 5365: Called python_src_compile > * environment, line 5150: Called python_execute_function '-d' '-s' '--' > * environment, line 4058: Called die >

Re: [gentoo-user] activating swap by udev event

2010-07-01 Thread Bill Longman
On 07/01/2010 08:59 AM, SpaceCake wrote: > that's good if I want to mount at a specific location, but for swap I > need the device name, but this is changes depending on how many other > usb drives are connected. Looks lik this is a tricky question :) No, you don't *NEED* the device name to mount

Re: [gentoo-user] activating swap by udev event

2010-07-01 Thread Bill Longman
On 07/01/2010 08:44 AM, SpaceCake wrote: > So, it solves the first problem, identifiying the device, but how can I > tell to udev to use always /dev/sds (for example) for this device? Also > I'm thinking how can I instruct udev to turn off swap when the device is > removed, but this is another stor

Re: [gentoo-user] Stable users: libpng-1.4

2010-06-30 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/30/2010 02:17 PM, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 29 June 2010 22:56:56 Alan McKinnon wrote: >> Seems like the horrendous screw-up that was the libpng-1.4 update never got >> fixed properly and is hitting stable users now. >> >> Flameeyes, in his usual in-your-face style, has documented what needs t

Re: [gentoo-user] CD for testing laptops

2010-06-30 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/30/2010 10:57 AM, Florian Philipp wrote: >> What do you mean here, Florian? The Atom can do either 32 or 64 bits. I >> don't understand what you mean by "partly i686". >> > > Quick lookup on Wikipedia for Intel64 instruction set support: > > Atom Z6xx "Lincroft" aka "Moorestown": no support

Re: [gentoo-user] CD for testing laptops

2010-06-30 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/30/2010 09:44 AM, Florian Philipp wrote: > You forget about Intel Atoms which are still partly i686 flavored. Of > course, this point is mostly mood because these systems don't usually > come with an optical drive. What do you mean here, Florian? The Atom can do either 32 or 64 bits. I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Minimal Gentoo with X

2010-06-30 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/30/2010 09:20 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:17:00 -0700, Bill Longman wrote: > >> I agree with Grant and others. XFCE is the other WM on my machines. On >> my old PIII with 256MB RAM, it's really the only option. KDE for the >> ones with t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Minimal Gentoo with X

2010-06-30 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/30/2010 08:03 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2010-06-30, Shoka wrote: > >> I'm trying to build kind of a minimal gentoo setup with X support. All I >> need is >> >> - X11 and a Window Manager >> - Mozilla Firefox >> - Lighttpd >> >> I use Gnome at this time. > > Gnome?!?! > > That's like s

Re: [gentoo-user] -march=native

2010-06-29 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/29/2010 06:08 PM, Hasan SAHIN wrote: > I have read the safe flags document and it says that : > > /GCC 4.2 introduces a new -march option, -march=*native*, which > automatically detects the features your CPU supports and sets the > options appropriately. If you have an Intel or AMD CPU and a

Re: [gentoo-user] -march=native

2010-06-29 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/29/2010 05:54 PM, Hasan SAHIN wrote: > Hello all, > > I am using Athlon64 X2 processor with the > CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" option. > > Can I use the -march=native option instead of that? Sorry, Hasan, I dropped my "3"s. -msse3 and -march=k8-sse3

Re: [gentoo-user] -march=native

2010-06-29 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/29/2010 05:54 PM, Hasan SAHIN wrote: > Hello all, > > I am using Athlon64 X2 processor with the > CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" option. > > Can I use the -march=native option instead of that? > > P.S. : I am using x86 stable box. Depends more on the version of gcc you'

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel configuration problem -- genkernel: no irq handler; manual config: root filesystem could not be mounted r/w

2010-06-28 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/25/2010 12:17 PM, rocwhite168 wrote: > "Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up. > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. > VFS: Cannot open root device "sda5" or unknown-block(2,0) > Please append ac correct "root=" boot option; here are the > available partitions: > Kerne

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Legacy GRUB vs GRUB2

2010-06-23 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/22/2010 09:37 PM, kashani wrote: > For the record only Sun servers have ever made me utter, "Let me get > this straight. I have to update the firware on the POWER SUPPLY too?!?" > E6500s circa '99. :-) And the "hotswap" E250 power supply. You know, the one that you have to tell the kern

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel configuration problem -- genkernel: no irq handler; manual config: root filesystem could not be mounted r/w

2010-06-23 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/22/2010 05:35 PM, rocwhite168 wrote: >>> Yes, it's built-in. I have attached a copy of my kernel config file in the >>> original post. >> >> I'll bet you don't have HUGETLBFS turned on in your kernel. It's >> required for ext4. >> > > I checked and both HUGETLBFS and HUGETLB_PAGE are enable

Re: [gentoo-user] core i5

2010-06-22 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/22/2010 02:56 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > again ... I consider buying a new box for work. > > currently I am still quite happy with my core2duo E6600 with 8 gigs of > ram, running ~amd64 ... running fine. > > but I remember the huge step back then from the pentium 4 ... > > Will i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Legacy GRUB vs GRUB2

2010-06-22 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/22/2010 12:29 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Dienstag 22 Juni 2010, walt wrote: >> On 06/22/2010 11:44 AM, Dale wrote: >>> Tanstaafl wrote: >>>> On 2010-06-18 12:17 PM, Bill Longman wrote: >>>>> And finally, don't even mention how br

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot hangs after install, no error

2010-06-22 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/21/2010 03:37 PM, Dale wrote: > I'm not saying you can't use it just that it doesn't always work. Thing > is, when someone uses genkernel to make the kernel, when someone asks > 'did you include some driver', the usual answer is 'I don't know, I used > genkernel' and then nobody knows whethe

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel configuration problem -- genkernel: no irq handler; manual config: root filesystem could not be mounted r/w

2010-06-22 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/21/2010 10:20 PM, rocwhite168 wrote: > Dale gmail.com> writes: > >> >> I notice you are using ext4 for the root partition file system. Do you >> have support for ext4 compiled in the kernel? Not as a module but built >> into the kernel? Using modules is OK but things that it has to h

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot hangs after install, no error

2010-06-21 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/21/2010 01:23 PM, Dale wrote: >> The only thing that genkernel would add is your initrd. The kernel is >> exactly the same, whether you compile it with "make" or through >> "genkernel". Do a test and you'll see. (I'm assuming we're both talking >> about gentoo-sources, not vanilla-sources. Ei

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot hangs after install, no error

2010-06-21 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/21/2010 12:01 PM, Dale wrote: > Alex Schuster wrote: >> Dale writes: >> >> >>> I don't use genkernel anymore. I just roll my own. That way, I know >>> what is in there and what is not. Then if something doesn't work, I >>> know if it is the kernel or something else. With genkernel, you

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot hangs after install, no error

2010-06-21 Thread Bill Longman
> This is funny. I have NEVER got a genkernel to work on my system. > Actually, on any system. I'm not sure the OP would know that kernel is > any better then the one he makes. Dale, If you've never gotten genkernel to work, you should try this little script that I've used for the past few ye

Re: [gentoo-user] what should I restart after changing /etc/resolv.conf?

2010-06-19 Thread Bill Longman
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Jarry wrote: > Hi, > > I modified /etc/resolv.conf (added opendns-servers in addition > to my own), but I do not know what I should restart for these > changes to come into effect... > > I could restart the whole system, but there sure must be some > cleaner way.

Re: [gentoo-user] Issue with Multiple Networks in Gentoo...

2010-06-18 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/18/2010 11:29 AM, Christopher Kurtis Koeber wrote: > I am sure this is simple but I can't figure this out. I added a network > card to an existing Gentoo installation to have two in total. *ETH1* is > my new network card which is a Gigabit connection and *ETH0* is my old > network card with j

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and use-flags

2010-06-18 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/18/2010 08:17 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I'm running grub 2 it seems. I don't know when that started, or what > difference it makes compared to legacy grub. I guess I don't need to > know. But a recent post had me looking at use-flags, and I was a bit > surprised to find (ncurses -static)

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to expunge virtualbox

2010-06-18 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/17/2010 06:03 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > Just recently switched to a backup machine and I notice the following. > Some time ago, I had tried Virtualbox, and uninstalled it. I still get > the following as the final 2 lines of the bootup process... > > * Starting VirtualBox kernel module ...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Unable to emerge kdebase/kfilereplace-4.3.5

2010-06-18 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/17/2010 05:23 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 08:02:25AM -0700, Bill Longman wrote >> On 06/16/2010 05:33 PM, walt wrote: >>> On 06/16/2010 02:29 PM, Thomas Revell wrote: >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> I've got a bi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Unable to emerge kdebase/kfilereplace-4.3.5

2010-06-17 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/16/2010 05:33 PM, walt wrote: > On 06/16/2010 02:29 PM, Thomas Revell wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I've got a bit of a problem with a new Gentoo install that I'm currently >> trying to install KDE on. The installation of kdebase/kfilereplace-4.3.5 >> is failing, apparently due to a missing he

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