Re: [gentoo-user] realtek 8197 wireless card setup

2007-12-19 Thread Jeff Cranmer
suggests that this may be the case: http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/ Does anyone know how I can locate the equivalent code in the kernel and perhaps perform a similar modification? Thanks Jeff On Monday 17 December 2007 06:26:41 pm Jeff Cranmer wrote: > I h

Re: [gentoo-user] realtek 8197 wireless card setup

2007-12-16 Thread Jeff Cranmer
are net.lo and net.eth0 Jeff On Sunday 16 December 2007 05:50:49 am Florian Philipp wrote: > On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 23:19 -0500, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 December 2007 09:48:10 am Mick wrote: > > > On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] realtek 8197 wireless card setup

2007-12-15 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Tuesday 11 December 2007 09:48:10 am Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > > I believe that I have this enabled, however ieee80211 is still barfing > > out by asking for CONFIG_NET_RADIO. > > > > I'll check and confirm this toni

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel configuration problems

2007-12-14 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Thanks guys. I got it figured out last night with the help of someone on Gentoo IRC help. The drivers were compiled as modules, which only works if you have an initial ramdisk. Once I compiled the correct SATA driver into the kernel, it found the drive and allowed me to boot. Jeff

[gentoo-user] kernel configuration problems

2007-12-13 Thread Jeff Cranmer
-7409 laptop. Can anyone offer me any guidance as to which kernel options to engage, whether to use modules or compiled-in, etc. Thanks Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] realtek 8197 wireless card setup

2007-12-11 Thread Jeff Cranmer
I believe that I have this enabled, however ieee80211 is still barfing out by asking for CONFIG_NET_RADIO. I'll check and confirm this tonight. Jeff -Original Message- >From: Jacek Szpot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Dec 11, 2007 7:07 AM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gen

[gentoo-user] realtek 8197 wireless card setup

2007-12-10 Thread Jeff Cranmer
kernel. Unfortunately, CONFIG_NET_RADIO does not exist in this kernel, and hence I'm presently a little stuck. When I type lsusb, I get Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. I'd like to connect up to my Belkin Router using WPA/PSK if possible. Thanks in adv

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.22-r9 installation problems

2007-11-19 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Monday 19 November 2007 11:46:39 pm Billy Holmes wrote: > Jeff Cranmer wrote: > > The kernel now finds the drive, but for some reason puts a little 8MB > > drive at sda, and populates the 'real' 250MB drive at sdb, so the kernel > > still panics (probably due t

Fwd: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.22-r9 installation problems

2007-11-19 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Monday 19 November 2007 12:35:14 am Billy Holmes wrote: > Jeff Cranmer wrote: > > Cannot open root device "sda3" or unknown block (0,0) > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option. > > Here are the available partitions > > run "make men

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 2.6.22-r9 installation problems

2007-11-18 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Well, I tried this, and didn't see any additional options which would explain the error. After copying the newly compiled kernel into the boot directory and re-running grub-install, I still get the same kernel panic error. I wonder what else could be going on which could explain this?

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.22-r9 installation problems

2007-11-18 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Sunday 18 November 2007 03:42:53 pm b.n. wrote: > Jeff Cranmer ha scritto: > > I have just tried to install the latest 2.6.22-r9 kernel > > I copied the config file across from the present 2.6.17.r8 installed > > kernel, then recompiled. > > [...] > > > Can

[gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.22-r9 installation problems

2007-11-18 Thread Jeff Cranmer
direction of why the new kernel will not boot, while the old one boots fine? Thanks Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] portage update problems due to sane-backends

2007-11-16 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Success. I updated hplip, which replaced the /etc/sane.d/dll/conf hpoj line with hpaio. Now all is working once more :-) Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, Neil Jeff On Friday 16 November 2007 09:00:06 am Jeff Cranmer wrote: > Progress kind of :-/ > > I set SANE_BACKE

Re: [gentoo-user] portage update problems due to sane-backends

2007-11-16 Thread Jeff Cranmer
0x Unfortunately, sane can no longer find my scanner, even after restarting hotplug. Any assistance gratefully received. Thanks Jeff On Friday 16 November 2007 08:33:14 am Jeff Cranmer wrote: > The scanner is an HP PSC-750xi > SANE_BACKENDS is set to hpaio in make.conf. > Wh

Re: [gentoo-user] portage update problems due to sane-backends

2007-11-16 Thread Jeff Cranmer
The scanner is an HP PSC-750xi SANE_BACKENDS is set to hpaio in make.conf. What should it be set to? Jeff > On Friday 16 November 2007 04:44:54 am Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:36:46 -0500, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > > > I do not seem to be able to update a lot of

[gentoo-user] portage update problems due to sane-backends

2007-11-15 Thread Jeff Cranmer
. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/sane-backends-1.0.18-r4/temp/build.log'. Can anyone suggest a workaround? Thanks Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] recipe for managing multiple network/system settings

2007-07-24 Thread Jeff
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:15:42 -0500, Jeff wrote: > I know that baselayout can handle certain services, but how do I > combine that with the need for > various host files, resolve.conf files, gateway, hostname, domainname, > ESSID, etc. Even default printers would be

[gentoo-user] recipe for managing multiple network/system settings

2007-07-23 Thread Jeff
? Thanks, Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;)

2007-06-02 Thread Jeff Horelick
Florian, That's not that big of a difference...Also, Gentoo/Linux does not have powersaving for every device like Windows XP...it's writing to the hard drive more often and it doesn't spin as much down when it's not in use to help performance. Also, if i was you, i'd be worried about your system

[gentoo-user] OT: Recommend a good PCI or PCMCIA b/g wifi card

2007-05-21 Thread Jeff Horelick
I use an Orinoco Gold PCMCIA wifi card (2Wire branded) and i love it...it has full linux compatibility and you can pick one up for under $30 on Ebay

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

2007-04-01 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi Thomas In the last episode, Thomas Wouters wrote: TW> On Sunday 01 April 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: TW> > Hi list TW> > TW> > I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any TW> > sense of the links? Purple on black is a really bad idea, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

2007-04-01 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hello Herman In the last episode, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: HV> On Sonntag, 1. April 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: HV> > Hi list HV> > HV> > I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any HV> > sense of the links? Purple on black is a really ba

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

2007-04-01 Thread Jeff Rollin
nce the website design has just been changed. Jeff -- For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. Richard Phillips Feynman, American physicist, 11/5/18-15/2/88 -- pgptYyStxhXq0.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] Re: Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

2007-04-01 Thread Jeff Rollin
In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> Hi list JR> JR> I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any JR> sense of the links? Purple on black is a really bad idea, and that's from JR> someone who doesn't have any accessibility issues with

[gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

2007-04-01 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi list I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any sense of the links? Purple on black is a really bad idea, and that's from someone who doesn't have any accessibility issues with websites. Should this be filed as a bug? Jeff -- For a successful

Re: [gentoo-user] Ridiculous amount of borkage in portage

2007-04-01 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi again In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> Hi Mick JR> JR> In the last episode, Mick wrote: JR> Mi> If my experience is anything to go by, then there Mi> may be something wrong with your machine/build. JR> JR> Oh joy! JR> JR> More likely to be the mach

Re: [gentoo-user] Ridiculous amount of borkage in portage

2007-04-01 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi Mick In the last episode, Mick wrote: Mi> On Sunday 01 April 2007 01:04, Jeff Rollin wrote: Mi> > In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: Mi> > JR> In the last episode, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: Mi> > JR> HV> On Sonntag, 1. April 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: Mi&

Re: [gentoo-user] depscan.sh?

2007-04-01 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi again In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> Hi Dale JR> JR> In the last episode, Dale wrote: JR> Da> Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> Da> > Hi all JR> Da> > JR> Da> > Somehow when updating the system the file /sbin/depscan.sh has gone JR> missing - Da&

Re: [gentoo-user] depscan.sh?

2007-04-01 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi Dale In the last episode, Dale wrote: Da> Jeff Rollin wrote: Da> > Hi all Da> > Da> > Somehow when updating the system the file /sbin/depscan.sh has gone missing - Da> > please advise as to how to get it back! Da> Da> It is part of baselayout. So emerge -1

[gentoo-user] depscan.sh?

2007-03-31 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi all Somehow when updating the system the file /sbin/depscan.sh has gone missing - please advise as to how to get it back! TIA Jeff PS I have already run equery belongs /sbin/depscan.sh - no luck. -- For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for

Re: [gentoo-user] Ridiculous amount of borkage in portage

2007-03-31 Thread Jeff Rollin
In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> In the last episode, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: JR> HV> On Sonntag, 1. April 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> HV> > Am I the only one seeing a ridiculous amount of borkage in Gentoo this JR> HV> > week? JR> HV> yes, you ar

Re: [gentoo-user] Ridiculous amount of borkage in portage

2007-03-31 Thread Jeff Rollin
In the last episode, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: HV> On Sonntag, 1. April 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: HV> > Hi HV> > HV> > Am I the only one seeing a ridiculous amount of borkage in Gentoo this HV> > week? HV> yes, you are. HV> HV> Have you filed bugs? No, for t

[gentoo-user] Ridiculous amount of borkage in portage

2007-03-31 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi Am I the only one seeing a ridiculous amount of borkage in Gentoo this week? So far I have had gcc, perl, perl-dependent packages, autogen and some other packages fail on me this week. Jeff -- For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature

Re: [gentoo-user] Eez a byootiful dai todai

2007-03-31 Thread Jeff Rollin
t decrease security afforded by the "old" Debian way (which ends up BS> prompting for two passwords; each twice). BS> It is also possible to use sudo by passing it the root password - I myself do this, and it is more secure. Jeff -- For a successful technology, reality must take

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Eez a byootiful dai todai

2007-03-30 Thread Jeff Rollin
In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> Indeed - and that's even assuming you buy from a shop (that you walk into). JR> Here in the UK, companies that sell preloaded Linux are as rare as hen's JR> teeth, and though I can cope with written German, there are linguistic

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Eez a byootiful dai todai

2007-03-29 Thread Jeff Rollin
re or the States. (What happens if it gets damaged in transit? Would they be liable for not living up to the guarantee? Is there a warranty that covers international customers? If I have to take legal action, where would I file a suit? etc.) Whatever happens, there's very little chan

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Eez a byootiful dai todai

2007-03-29 Thread Jeff Rollin
In the last episode, »Q« wrote: »Q> In <news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, »Q> Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: »Q> »Q> > So, preinstalled Linux is not important to you? Mind explaining why? »Q> »Q> I'm not the one you asked, but preinstalled Linux isn't im

Re: [gentoo-user] Eez a byootiful dai todai

2007-03-29 Thread Jeff Rollin
In the last episode, Richard Cox wrote: RC> On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:43:22AM +0100, Jeff Rollin wrote: RC> > So, preinstalled Linux is not important to you? Mind explaining why? RC> RC> I'd have to say its definatly not important to me. As it is, I never use a 'generi

Re: [gentoo-user] Eez a byootiful dai todai

2007-03-29 Thread Jeff Rollin
ining why? HH> - Mark OT posts OT. How is this off-topic? Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Eez a byootiful dai todai

2007-03-29 Thread Jeff Rollin
as stated above there are no more details as yet but they will be making more announcements in the coming weeks. UPDATE: just had to add "preinstalled" to Kmail's dictionary! (Oh, and Ubuntu - never mind ;-) ) . OK, silly season over, get back to work ;-) Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compile gcc reboot my laptop!

2007-03-28 Thread Jeff Rollin
n storing up more problems for later. Far better to get it fixed. And then of course there's the question of whether the reboots will still happen even if you AREN'T running X. You should also check that there is plenty of space on the partition where /var resides. Good advice

Re: SOLVED: Recover from LVM errors? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling)

2007-03-28 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi Boyd On 28/03/07, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 28 March 2007, "Jeff Rollin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: SOLVED: Recover from LVM errors? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling)': > > >

Re: SOLVED: Recover from LVM errors? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling)

2007-03-28 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi Boyd. On 28/03/07, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 28 March 2007, "Jeff Rollin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'SOLVED: Recover from LVM errors? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling)': > Ignore the fo

SOLVED: Recover from LVM errors? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling)

2007-03-28 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi lug Here's hoping the problem is solved, thanks to all (especially Alex) for the help. Jeff. I have successfully compiled a few things, so it looks like the problem IS solved. Thanks again where due. Ignore the following if you don't like minirants. 1. Frankly, I'm not

Re: [gentoo-user] Compile gcc reboot my laptop!

2007-03-28 Thread Jeff Rollin
filesystems, which is what was causing the problem. If there aren't then it must be something else, for which it might be more helpful if you post a detailed summary of the hardware in your laptop. Jeff -- Q: What will happen in the Aftermath? A: Impossible to tell, since we're still in

Re: [gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling

2007-03-26 Thread Jeff Rollin
Hi list On 12/02/07, Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12/02/07, Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you can read german (or if you know someone who is able to translate it for > you): > > http://hardware.thgweb.de/2007/01/15/stress

Re: [gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling

2007-02-12 Thread Jeff Rollin
ne's I, that looks to be the same test someone else mentioned from Tom's Hardware - which is in English. That would probably work better than a machine translation, especially of a language like German, where the order of the words quite often with respect to English up-mixed is. :-) Jeff

Re: [gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling

2007-02-12 Thread Jeff Rollin
shown that your memory chips are not likely to be faulty, but you have not yet proven that the cpu (or the rest of the machine) isn't getting hot and overloading. Jeff, if you were paying me to diagnose your problem, I'd be telling you to swap out the psu and test some more, then d

Re: [gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling

2007-02-12 Thread Jeff Rollin
, so I used that instead. Is there a finite number of passes the program needs to make? I left it running for six hours yesterday and it had done something like 11+ passes without finding an error. Is that anywhere near long enough? Thanks Jeff

Re: [gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling

2007-02-11 Thread Jeff Rollin
On 11/02/07, Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sonntag, 11. Februar 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: > Hi list, > > I am having trouble when compiling things on Gentoo. When I start a > compile, it goes partway through and then reboots the machine (I can't

Re: [gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling

2007-02-11 Thread Jeff Rollin
NOT the PSU as it is new, and replaced a dead one. ("New" as in "bought sometime in the summer") Will check all the same, thanks Jeff

[gentoo-user] Help - system reboots while compiling

2007-02-11 Thread Jeff Rollin
t might be causing the problem (?) is that last time I compiled the kernel I stupidly left out ACPI support. Any ideas? TIA, Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy?

2006-12-22 Thread Jeff Rollin
sorry. Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy?

2006-12-22 Thread Jeff Rollin
still missing mails from Gentoo lists, although the problem seems less than previously. Sorry if this is too obvious, but have you checked what your spam filter's doing lately? Jeff. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Misconfigured system

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Rollin
of a system, use hostname(1). Yes, it is daft - but, that's what happens when an OS acquires a history, I suppose Jeff. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] What gives

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Rollin
clean. Something is wrong here maybe I'm learning a little bit about how to run gentoo. nahh... must be something else. Heh Congrats Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy?

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Rollin
u like, with whatever software options you like, behind some sort of "curtain" - maybe, umm, I dunno, a button marked "advanced installation"? - it instead /completely removes the possibility of doing an advanced installation at all! Poo! Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy?

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Rollin
ounted six reboots the last time I installed XP for somebody. It took longer too. Then you get to install the software you had to buy, including anti-virus, adware protection, trojan watchers and all that. Yea, I pick Linux. Precisely. Jeff http://latedeveloperbasketcase.blogspot.com -- gento

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy?

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Rollin
at risk of nuking the partitions already containing Windows/Linux/SkyOS/$MYFAVOS anyway. "Whether you click here, click ok then say 'oops' or type 'fdisk c:' then say 'oops' you're still gonna say 'oops'". Last I heard, btw, Windows was still using a nasty type-at-me-don't-click partitioner. My £0.02 Jeff. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Has Linux "jumped the Shark"?

2006-12-20 Thread Jeff Rollin
ecause GNOME is running into problems and because KDE is behind schedule, the Linux desktop is dead. How true is this? Jeff -- Now, did you hear the news today? They say the danger's gone away But I can hear the marching feet Moving into the street Adapted from Genesis, "

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy?

2006-12-20 Thread Jeff Rollin
new people. Granted, but most people are capable of reading and typing (even two fingered typists). There are a lot more "consumer" gadgets that need manuals (at least for "higher-order functions") than just computers. Jeff -- Now, did you hear the news today? They say the dang

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy?

2006-12-20 Thread Jeff Rollin
On 19/12/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:18:19 +, Jeff Rollin wrote: > On 18/12/06, John J. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > It may, but you are confusing cause and effect. A distro with more > > > developers should be

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy?

2006-12-20 Thread Jeff Rollin
ence. During the last ten years "good things in computing" have been steadily encroaching on the Redmond/Windows/Office "stupid" monopoly. Jeff. -- Now, did you hear the news today? They say the danger's gone away But I can hear the marching feet Moving into the

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy?

2006-12-18 Thread Jeff Rollin
very reason you and he cites, that throwing more developers at a project will not only fail to improve it, and improve it faster, but will slow it down and make it buggier. Jeff -- Now, did you hear the news today? They say the danger's gone away But I can hear the marching feet Moving into the s

[gentoo-user] Wierd ALSA sound problem

2006-11-12 Thread jeff
sound goes silent, and the only way to correct it is to shut down the application using the sound card, then re-run alsaconf. Has anyone else experienced similar issues? Thanks Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] X not working after update

2006-11-09 Thread jeff
Thanks Bo. That did the trick. The DISPLAYMANAGER variable used to be in rc.conf, but the last update removed it from there. Jeff On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 00:17 +0100, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > On Thursday 09 November 2006 23:59, jeff wrote: > > I just updated X, and now I no long

[gentoo-user] X not working after update

2006-11-09 Thread jeff
pending on what you install currently include: # # Gnome - will start gnome-session # kde- - will start startkde (look in /etc/X11/Sessions/) # Xsession - will start a terminal and a few other nice apps XSESSION="kde-3.5" In the /etc/X11/Sessions directory, there are two files, Xsession and kde-3.5 Thanks in advance Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Networking problems

2006-11-04 Thread Jeff Cranmer
oceed with installing kde :-) The results of ifconfig and route -n are unchanged. Jeff -Original Message- >From: Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 4, 2006 8:29 AM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Networking problems > >On Saturday

Re: [gentoo-user] Networking problems

2006-11-04 Thread Jeff Cranmer
he problems I'm having? Thanks Jeff -Original Message- >From: Novensiles divi Flamen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 3, 2006 10:15 PM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Networking problems > >On Saturday 04 November 2006 09:57

[gentoo-user] Networking problems

2006-11-03 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Stopping dhcpcd on eth0 Starting eth0 Bringing up eth0 dhcp Running dhcpcd eth0 received address 192.168.2.4/24 Mounting network filesystems With the corresponding 'OK' comments on the right of the screen. Nothing extra appears in dmesg in response to this comman

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems

2006-10-31 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Thanks Mick. The problem turned out to be hardware related. I moved the primary SATA hard drive cable from SATA4 to SATA1, and that fixed the problem. One fresh install later and I was up and running. Jeff -Original Message- >From: Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 31

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems - Success

2006-10-30 Thread Jeff Cranmer
out whether having the SATA main drive not on SATA1 or the RAID card broke it, and hopefully get a multi-drive system running without having to purchase another SATA compatible drive. Thanks Jeff -Original Message- >From: David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 29,

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems

2006-10-30 Thread Jeff Cranmer
the issue that way. There were no custom CFLAGS in use, and I built it from the stage3 tarball. Unfortunately, I've already wiped that particular attempt during last night's diagnosis process, so I can't do the checks you suggest. Jeff -Original Message- >From: Ri

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems

2006-10-29 Thread Jeff Cranmer
The Bios drive order appears to be correct. The 250MD SATA drive is top of the hard drive order list, and I'm stumped. Jeff -Original Message- >From: Joe Menola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 29, 2006 8:06 PM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gen

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems

2006-10-29 Thread Jeff Cranmer
take the computer back to the shop :-/ Jeff -Original Message- >From: Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 29, 2006 6:27 PM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems > >On 10/29/06, Jeff Cranmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems

2006-10-29 Thread Jeff Cranmer
PS: The /boot/grub/devices.map presently contains (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/hde (hd2) /dev/hdh Jeff -Original Message- >From: Jeff Cranmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 29, 2006 3:55 PM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems >

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems

2006-10-29 Thread Jeff Cranmer
s... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 15 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+15 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded Done. I still have the same response when I try to reboot :-( Jef

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems

2006-10-29 Thread Jeff Cranmer
element to the screen. No sign of any boot-up activity. Any suggestions gratefully received, as I'm trying to get this system working by the end of the weekend. Thanks in advance Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems

2006-10-29 Thread Jeff Cranmer
grub.conf file so that the splash image and root lines reference (hd2,5), then re-ran grub-install /dev/sda. Still no joy. On boot up, the screen stays blank for a while, then every 10 seconds or so, it adds another " GRUB" text element to the screen. No sign of any boot-up activ

Re: [gentoo-user] 320GB hard drive maxed at ~280GB?

2006-10-24 Thread Jeff Rollin
On 25/10/06, Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 25/10/06, Richard Fish < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/24/06, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I have a 320GB hard drive with a small swap partition, a small boot > partition, and the remainder in the root partition.

[gentoo-user] Help! Xorg broken!

2006-10-16 Thread Jeff Cranmer
c/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing Any assistance gratefully received. Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend an HTML/CSS editor?

2006-09-19 Thread Jeff Grant
gly and behaves badly around >> style sheets. >> c) I can. emerge -s bluefish :-D -Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Emerging gnome-light without X support

2006-09-12 Thread Jeff Rollin
ning anyway. "minimal" USEflag enabled globally and a "emerge -vuDN world" could bedesastrous. xDD.Just to stop another potential misunderstanding: "pretender" in Spanish = "to aim to" in English. "pretend" in English is "fingir" in Spanish! Jeff Rollin

Re: [gentoo-user] The Real Darkside...

2006-09-09 Thread Jeff Grant
- I started her off on the right foot. What you need that yucky NTFS stuff for? :-D Welcome aboard. -Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Jeff Grant
ut the original. These are some tricks that work for me, but as always - YMMV! Good luck with Xorg, that many tentacled beast that it is. -Jeff > Regards, > > Colleen > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] hello

2006-09-07 Thread Jeff Rollin
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" makes the system pull in masked packages (rather than unmasked ones) by default. Jeff Rollin-- Proud Linux user since 1998

Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse pointer in Xorg?

2006-09-07 Thread Jeff Grant
Donnie Berkholz wrote: > > You can set the cursor theme in > /usr/local/share/cursors/xorg-x11/default/index.theme with a line > Inherits=theme_name. (You should also be able to put the default/ > subdirectory in any valid icon path [1], but I like this one.) > > The regular black one is called c

[gentoo-user] Mouse pointer in Xorg?

2006-09-07 Thread Jeff Grant
I want my default Xorg pointer back - silly right? How the heck do you manipulate the appearance of the mouse pointer? Never though about this one. :-) -Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] hello

2006-09-07 Thread Jeff Rollin
On 07/09/06, A. R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Up until now, to remedy this when I want to attempt to use one of these> packages, I simply edit the ebuild, regenerate the digest, and do the> installation.  I feel sure there is an easier way around this - I've > read somewhere of being able to tell

[gentoo-user] Rebuild video drivers after kernel compile?

2006-09-07 Thread Jeff Grant
With modular Xorg, do you still need to re-build your video drivers after every time you re-compile a kernel? Just wondering... -Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Gentoo started)

2006-09-06 Thread Jeff Rollin
don't cut it. FWIW the other day I need to do some "resurrection" work involving LVM and it would have taken a quarter of the time if I'd just been more careful ;-) Jeff Rollin-- Proud Linux user since 1998

[SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel serial error messages

2006-09-05 Thread Jeff Grant
Jeff Grant wrote: > This one eludes me - for the past week, I've been seeing these messages > popping up in my terminal: > > error 3 request 15 minor 0 serial 20113326 > error 3 request 15 minor 0 serial 20113326 > error 3 request 15 minor 0 serial 20113326 > > Th

[gentoo-user] Kernel serial error messages

2006-09-05 Thread Jeff Grant
pular one. The only external device I'm currently using is a DVD burner - but that's USB. Any idea what this might be all about? -Jeff begin:vcard fn:Jeff Grant n:Grant;Jeff org:VoiceSignal;Information Technology adr:;;150 Presidential Way;Woburn;MA;01801;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [gentoo-user] Audio CD support

2006-09-01 Thread Jeff Grant
Make sure you log out/log back in after adding yourself to any group. -Jeff sdoma wrote: > I've installed it now and added me to the cdrom group. > Still nothing ... ) > > BTW: > I don't see the plugin amongst the installed plugins within XMMS. The > manual do

Re: [gentoo-user] Audio CD support

2006-09-01 Thread Jeff Grant
-2 I know this used to mess me up when I was still using XMMS. -Jeff sdoma wrote: > Hi, > > Does somebody know how I can get XMMS to play audio CSs? "Play audio CD" > simply cleans the playlist and doesn't do anything else. > > In Preferences->Audio CD the Aud

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg 7.0 upgrade questions

2006-08-30 Thread Jeff Grant
For my K/V/M (keyboard, video, mouse) to all work snappy with the new Xorg, I made sure to include these items in my /etc/make.conf: INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse joystick" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia v4l vesa" My Logitech mouse was acting crappy until I added those lines. As

Re: [gentoo-user] openLDAP clients

2006-08-30 Thread Jeff Grant
Don't forget --> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ldap-howto.xml :-) -Jeff bijayant kumar wrote: > Marc, >Hi Once again you have solved my problem. Thank you very > very much. > > > Marc Blumentritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: bijayant kumar

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia 1.0-8774 drivers not in portage

2006-08-29 Thread Jeff Grant
# emerge -s nvidia * x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers Latest version available: 1.0.8774 Latest version installed: 1.0.8774 Size of files: 31,714 kB Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/ Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries License: NVIDIA -Jeff

Re: [gentoo-user] XFS FileSystem - Slow Writes

2006-08-29 Thread Jeff Grant
You are correct, sir. Read times move at a nice clip - but untar/writes seem to get cut almost in half. Just an observation - as I do not have any solid data analysis atm - just a matter of scratching my skull whilst I listen to what seems to be some serious HD churning. -Jeff Richard Fish wrote

Re: [gentoo-user] XFS FileSystem - Slow Writes

2006-08-29 Thread Jeff Grant
to do.. .what to do... -Jeff Richard Fish wrote: > On 8/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So.. it doesn't give me any clues there. However, doing Reads is OK. I >> get good performance when eg: copying a file from the XFS partition to >> another partitio

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