Re: [gentoo-user] another "headless device"-question: In search of the LAN

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Kerin Millar [14-09-30 16:04]: > On 30/09/2014 14:58, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:46:46 +0100, Kerin Millar wrote: > > > >>>depend() { > >>> before cron portmap > >>> after eth0 > >>> use dns logger > >>>} > >>> > >>> > >>>for "after XYZ" > >>>I set >

Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
J. Roeleveld [14-09-30 19:40]: > On 30 September 2014 16:12:31 CEST, Alec Ten Harmsel > wrote: > > > >On 09/30/2014 10:05 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >> Suppose the GPS would already be attached > >> to the board and works... > >> > >> Is there any free available software and data for > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Matti Nykyri [14-09-30 19:44]: > > On Sep 30, 2014, at 17:12, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > > > > > > >> On 09/30/2014 10:05 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >> Suppose the GPS would already be attached > >> to the board and works... > >> > >> Is there any free available software and data for > >

Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
thegeezer [14-09-30 20:24]: > On 30/09/14 15:05, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > with lot of help of this forum (***TAHNKS!***) I now > > have a embedded device which is able to > > dis/connect itsself from/to the LAN, set the clock via ntp-client > > and is able to fire up a tool, whic

Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Matti Nykyri [14-10-01 00:26]: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 08:12:38PM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Matti Nykyri [14-09-30 19:44]: > > > > On Sep 30, 2014, at 17:12, Alec Ten Harmsel > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 09/30/2014 10:05 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-10-01 Thread meino . cramer
Matti Nykyri [14-10-01 13:16]: > > On Oct 1, 2014, at 5:54, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Matti Nykyri [14-10-01 00:26]: > >>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 08:12:38PM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de > >>> wrote: Matti Nykyri [14-09-30 19:44]: > >> On Sep 30, 2014, at 17:12, Alec Ten Harmsel > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-10-01 Thread meino . cramer
Mick [14-10-01 15:34]: > On Wednesday 01 Oct 2014 14:26:33 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > After 24 h my DSL line is forced to disconnect by the provider > > and the download fails. > > Grrmmmpppfff... > > Will wget -c work in this case? > > -- > Regards, > Mick Hi Mick, yesno... ;) or it de

[gentoo-user] Problems with update of smplayer (needs mplayer2?)

2014-10-03 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, While updateing my world ;) an update of smplayer was announced. The update failed with: ... ... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -MD -MP -Wundef -Wall -Wno-switch -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wredundant-decls -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wdis

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with update of smplayer (needs mplayer2?)

2014-10-04 Thread meino . cramer
Stroller [14-10-04 10:56]: > > On Sat, 4 October 2014, at 3:55 am, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > ... > > I am confused...why does smplayer pulls mplayer2? > > $ eix smplayer$ > * media-video/smplayer > … > Description: Great Qt4 GUI front-end for mplayer > > $ > > And w

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with update of smplayer (needs mplayer2?)

2014-10-04 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann [14-10-04 14:24]: > Am 04.10.2014 um 04:55 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > > Hi, > > > > While updateing my world ;) an update of smplayer was announced. > > > > The update failed with: > > > > ... > > ... > > x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -MD -MP -Wundef -Wall -Wno-switch -Wno-paren

Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-10-04 Thread meino . cramer
Frank Steinmetzger [14-10-04 18:28]: > On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 03:40:00PM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Mick [14-10-01 15:34]: > > > On Wednesday 01 Oct 2014 14:26:33 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > After 24 h my DSL line is forced to disconnect by the provider > > > > and the downloa

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with update of smplayer (needs mplayer2?)

2014-10-04 Thread meino . cramer
Alexander Kapshuk [14-10-04 19:36]: > On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 3:33 PM, wrote: > > Volker Armin Hemmann [14-10-04 14:24]: > >> Am 04.10.2014 um 04:55 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > While updateing my world ;) an update of smplayer was announced. > >> > > >> > The update fai

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with update of smplayer (needs mplayer2?)

2014-10-04 Thread meino . cramer
Esteban Taroni [14-10-05 01:02]: > Le 04/10/2014 19:50, meino.cra...@gmx.de a écrit : > > Alexander Kapshuk [14-10-04 19:36]: > >> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 3:33 PM, wrote: > >>> Volker Armin Hemmann [14-10-04 14:24]: > Am 04.10.2014 um 04:55 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > > Hi, > >

[gentoo-user] Again some "headless" stuff/question

2014-10-04 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, for starting and running a script on a headless system for me "nohup" works perfectly. For interactive session via ssh screen/tmux turned out to be the solution to detach from jobs started from the commandline. Both are hints/help I received from the community here. :) Thank you very much !!!

[gentoo-user] Cohorent pool size too small...

2014-10-05 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, while trying to get a mt7601sta (UWN200 WiFi dongle) driver running and working I came accross this in the dmesg output: [9.931938] usb 2-1: device v148f p7601 is not supported [9.931976] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=7601 [9.931994] usb 2-1: New USB devi

Re: [gentoo-user] Again some "headless" stuff/question

2014-10-05 Thread meino . cramer
thegeezer [14-10-05 14:36]: > On 05/10/14 05:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > for starting and running a script on a headless system for me "nohup" > > works perfectly. > > For interactive session via ssh screen/tmux turned out to be the > > solution to detach from jobs started from

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cohorent pool size too small...

2014-10-05 Thread meino . cramer
walt [14-10-05 16:16]: > On 10/05/2014 06:52 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > while trying to get a mt7601sta (UWN200 WiFi dongle) driver running > > and working I came accross this in the dmesg output: > > > > [9.931938] usb 2-1: device v148f p7601 is not supported > > This l

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cohorent pool size too small...

2014-10-05 Thread meino . cramer
walt [14-10-05 19:36]: > On 10/05/2014 07:54 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > walt [14-10-05 16:16]: > >> > On 10/05/2014 06:52 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>> > > Hi, > >>> > > > >>> > > while trying to get a mt7601sta (UWN200 WiFi dongle) driver running > >>> > > and working I came accr

[gentoo-user] screen / tmux wierdness

2014-10-05 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I have two computers: A small embedded system (beaglebone black) running Gentoo with commandline interface and my PC running Gentoo with X and using urxvt for commandline actions. On both TERM is set to xterm-256color and both are using zsh as shell. On the beaglebone black I cannot use tmux

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cohorent pool size too small...

2014-10-06 Thread meino . cramer
Hinnerk van Bruinehsen [14-10-06 17:56]: > On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 07:44:03PM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > walt [14-10-05 19:36]: > > > On 10/05/2014 07:54 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > walt [14-10-05 16:16]: > > > >> > On 10/05/2014 06:52 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cohorent pool size too small...

2014-10-06 Thread meino . cramer
thegeezer [14-10-06 20:48]: > On 06/10/14 17:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hinnerk van Bruinehsen [14-10-06 17:56]: > >> On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 07:44:03PM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>> walt [14-10-05 19:36]: > On 10/05/2014 07:54 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > walt

[gentoo-user] Gentoo SDcard updates tactics

2014-10-06 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, There are two SDcards of the same brand and model. The first one cariies a not so current Gentoo Linux. The second one is empty. Now the first one is image-copied to the second one with dd, which copies the contents of the whole device (not the partitions). Then the first one is put into my e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cohorent pool size too small...

2014-10-07 Thread meino . cramer
Hinnerk van Bruinehsen [14-10-07 17:23]: > On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 06:34:06PM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > Moin Hinnerk, > > (hopefully have guessed this greet correctly...I am from that > > part of Germany ;) > > > > I have the source of the driver exclusivly compiled for 3.8.1

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo SDcard updates tactics

2014-10-07 Thread meino . cramer
Hinnerk van Bruinehsen [14-10-07 17:23]: > On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 05:29:11AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > There are two SDcards of the same brand and model. > > The first one cariies a not so current Gentoo Linux. > > The second one is empty. > > Now the first one is image-c

Re: [gentoo-user] Again some "headless" stuff/question

2014-10-07 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [14-10-07 17:24]: > On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 06:34:55 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > for starting and running a script on a headless system for me "nohup" > > works perfectly. > > For interactive session via ssh screen/tmux turned out to be the > > solution to detach from jobs st

Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-10-11 Thread meino . cramer
meino.cra...@gmx.de [14-09-30 16:08]: > Hi, > > with lot of help of this forum (***TAHNKS!***) I now > have a embedded device which is able to > dis/connect itsself from/to the LAN, set the clock via ntp-client > and is able to fire up a tool, which collects > data from sensors and put those into

[gentoo-user] Xvnc/vncviewer: Keyboard repeat does not work?!

2014-10-11 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, to access my Beaglebone Black (embedded system) easily, here in the list I got the hint (*THANKS*) to use xvfb/xvnc/vncviewer(tigervnc). Everythings works fine...except for the keyrepeatiton. Regardless how heavily I hammer down the key...it does not work ;) Since everything else works fine

Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-10-12 Thread meino . cramer
Stroller [14-10-12 09:28]: > > On Sat, 11 October 2014, at 3:10 pm, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > ... > > Two things need still to be investigated: How can I store GPSdata onto the > > flash in a way, that no additional data is stored if no movement is > > there. > > This should be pretty easy,

[gentoo-user] F2FS with older kernel

2014-10-12 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, for my embedded system I am currently still using Linux kernel 3.8.13. due to some missing features (platform related) of newer kernels. I want to give F2FS a try since the embedded system runs from a SDcard. The only thing I dont know is the """maturity level""" of the implementation of F2F

[gentoo-user] Writing to tty01 (serial port) in simple straight forward way...?!?

2014-10-12 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I want to send commands to ttyO1 (serial port on an embedded system). The commands are one line each and terminated with CRL/LF (aka "DOS"). Since this will be done from a batch script, it should be possible via commandline tools and non-interactively. The serial port is already setup up the

[gentoo-user] gnu screen - copy'n'paste

2014-10-27 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am using screen to log into my beaglebone embedded computer, which runs Gentoo (of course!) like this: ssh -t root@192.168.178.27 screen -R -d . This makes it possible to detach the terminal and shutdown the PC, while the beagle still runs processes... BUT: Unfortunately I cannot copy

Re: [gentoo-user] gnu screen - copy'n'paste

2014-10-27 Thread meino . cramer
Canek Peláez Valdés [14-10-27 22:56]: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:03 AM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am using screen to log into my beaglebone embedded computer, which > > runs Gentoo (of course!) like this: > > > > ssh -t root@192.168.178.27 screen -R -d > > > > . This makes it possible to de

[gentoo-user] Problems after update

2014-10-27 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I updated via eix/emerge, which does not expose any problems. After that the sudoers of sudo needs to be updated. For that tasks I use cf-update. With cfg-update -u it spits out (and do not stop until CTRL-C: << Stage1 >> 0 files in queue for automatic replacing, skipping... << Stage2 >> 0 f

Re: [gentoo-user] gnu screen - copy'n'paste

2014-10-27 Thread meino . cramer
Canek Peláez Valdés [14-10-28 02:24]: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 5:09 PM, wrote: > > Canek Peláez Valdés [14-10-27 22:56]: > >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:03 AM, wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I am using screen to log into my beaglebone embedded computer, which > >> > runs Gentoo (of course!)

[gentoo-user] OT Best way to compress files with digits

2014-10-31 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I have a lot of files with digits of PI. The digits are the characters of 0-9. Currently they are ZIPped, which I think is not the best way to do that. I read of 7zips PPMd which compresses "natural text" quite well...but my files are not "natural text" (as they are also no "binary dat

Re: [gentoo-user] OT Best way to compress files with digits

2014-10-31 Thread meino . cramer
Ralf [14-10-31 16:48]: > Well, you could just save the generating algorithm. *scnr* > > I think compressing pi is hardly possible, as the numbers are > distributed pretty randomly. > But why do you want to compress? You can't work on compressed data. > And there are enough sites on the internet,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT Best way to compress files with digits

2014-11-01 Thread meino . cramer
James [14-11-01 18:16]: > gmx.de> writes: > > > > I have a lot of files with digits of PI. The digits > > are the characters of 0-9. Currently they are ZIPped, > > which I think is not the best way to do that. > > Hello Meino, > > It's a bit of effort, but the world's recognized authority

[gentoo-user] Raiders of the lost package...

2014-11-01 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, Debain everywhere... Ubuntu everywhere... "To use this library just do a apt-get build-essential, apt-get this and apt-get that...your done". Hrrrmpppfff What the heck is "build-essential?" What's hidden behind it? I am currently facing a similiar problem: I am trying to get a TFT disp

Re: [gentoo-user] Raiders of the lost package...

2014-11-02 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [14-11-02 08:44]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Debain everywhere... > > Ubuntu everywhere... > > > > "To use this library just do a apt-get build-essential, apt-get this > > and apt-get that...your done". > > > > Hrrrmpppfff > > > > What the heck is "build-essential?" What

Re: [gentoo-user] Raiders of the lost package...

2014-11-02 Thread meino . cramer
Hello, ***LIFESAVER*** !!! :) Thanx A LOT! Sunday is rescued! 8))) Best regards, Meino Masanori Ogino [14-11-02 09:28]: > Hello. > > Installing sys-apps/i2c-tools with `python` USE flag will install smbus > Python module so-called `python-smbus` in Debian. > > 2014-11-02 16:54 GMT+09:00 : >

Re: [gentoo-user] Raiders of the lost package...

2014-11-02 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [14-11-02 10:08]: > On 2 November 2014 06:10:11 WET, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Debain everywhere... > > Ubuntu everywhere... > > > > "To use this library just do a apt-get build-essential, apt-get this > > and apt-get that...your done". > > > > Hrrrmpppfff > >

[gentoo-user] Choosing the correct stage3 archive on ARM

2014-11-07 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, for a little embedded system, which I want to set up with - of course ;) - Gentoo, I need a little help in choosing the correct stage3 image/archive (currently the board is on the way to me...). The processor of the board is a AT91SAM9G25 (softloater, no FPU or similiar) and the available st

Re: [gentoo-user] Choosing the correct stage3 archive on ARM

2014-11-07 Thread meino . cramer
Alec Ten Harmsel [14-11-08 04:40]: > > On 11/07/2014 10:31 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > for a little embedded system, which I want to set up with - of course ;) - > > Gentoo, I need a little help in choosing the correct stage3 > > image/archive (currently the board is on the wa

Re: [gentoo-user] Choosing the correct stage3 archive on ARM

2014-11-07 Thread meino . cramer
Thomas Mueller [14-11-08 07:28]: > > > Hi Alec, > > > Thanks for the information, which helps a lot! :) > > > I didn't understand the second sentence of you posting... > > "running Arch"? What does it mean? > > > Thanks a lot for your help ! 8) > > > Best regards, > > Meino > > You are not f

[gentoo-user] question regarding usb gadget / eth usb

2014-11-13 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I bought this little tiny linux board: http://www.acmesystems.it/arietta I setup a sdcard as described there and the board boots -- as far as I can tell, since the user led on the board starts to play the heartbeat blues ;) Now... I cannot access the board. As far as I understood the docs

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: question regarding usb gadget / eth usb

2014-11-13 Thread meino . cramer
Hi James :) James [14-11-14 02:38]: > gmx.de> writes: > > > > http://www.acmesystems.it/arietta > > A very neat looking device for arm9. > > > I setup a sdcard as described there and the board boots -- > > as far as I can tell, since the user led on the board starts to > > play the heartbe

[gentoo-user] Q: How is that terminus technicus for...

2014-11-16 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I connected a Arietta.G25 via Ethernet over USB (using a simple USB cable and hardware USB->Ethernet Adaptor to my Gentoo PC. I can ssh on that little tiny board. Now I want to access the internat from within the Arietta. Therefore all requests need to be transfered from the Arietta board to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: question regarding usb gadget / eth usb

2014-11-16 Thread meino . cramer
James [14-11-15 13:34]: > gmx.de> writes: > > > > Hi James :) > > > ...ARM9 emulator...nice idea. > > Does such thing exists for Linux? > > > http://www.thefreecountry.com/emulators/arm.shtml > > > > Good hunting! > > > ...thanks! Your good wish has already worked! > > I got acces

Re: [gentoo-user] Q: How is that terminus technicus for...

2014-11-16 Thread meino . cramer
Mick [14-11-16 15:20]: > On Sunday 16 Nov 2014 13:49:02 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I connected a Arietta.G25 via Ethernet over USB (using a simple USB > > cable and hardware USB->Ethernet Adaptor to my Gentoo PC. I can ssh > > on that little tiny board. Now I want to access the in

[gentoo-user] Booted Gentoo the first time on the Arietta.G25...but...

2014-11-18 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am half the happiest person this evening... ;) With a mix of Robert Nelsons super kernel sources for ARM boards, the Atmel bootloader modified by acmesystems (who produces the Arietta) and the stage3 for armv5 by Gentoo and last but no least some luck the Arietta.G25 board is now booting th

[gentoo-user] Setting the password for root for a different architecture

2014-11-18 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, in the meanwhile usb0 (ethernet over usb) of my Arietta is up and running and I can ssh from my PC to my arietta board. But a single problem remains: The root password. Since this is initial installation of the stage3 for armel (armv5tel) this password is not set. When the Arietta board is

[gentoo-user] Usb over Ethernet: The rise and fall of one usb0 ;)

2014-11-19 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, the little Linux board Arietta G25 has a ethernet over usb feature -- no real PHY, no RJ45 plug/jack. The board is not permanently connected to my PC. Both are running Gentoo. When I connect the Arietta board to my PC via USB its boots up...and get no connection to my PC, since I have to do

Re: [gentoo-user] Booted Gentoo the first time on the Arietta.G25...but...

2014-11-19 Thread meino . cramer
J. Roeleveld [14-11-19 17:00]: > On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 09:00:37 PM thegeezer wrote: > > On 18/11/14 18:27, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > How can I configure Gentoo on the Arietta board > > > to use ethernet-over-usb to be started while > > > booting the Arietta board? > > > > > > By "

Re: [gentoo-user] Usb over Ethernet: The rise and fall of one usb0 ;)

2014-11-19 Thread meino . cramer
thegeezer [14-11-19 18:40]: > On 19/11/14 17:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > the little Linux board Arietta G25 has a ethernet over usb feature -- > > no real PHY, no RJ45 plug/jack. > > > > The board is not permanently connected to my PC. > > Both are running Gentoo. > > > > When I

Re: [gentoo-user] Booted Gentoo the first time on the Arietta.G25...but...

2014-11-19 Thread meino . cramer
J. Roeleveld [14-11-19 18:52]: > On 19 November 2014 18:44:28 CET, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >J. Roeleveld [14-11-19 17:00]: > >> On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 09:00:37 PM thegeezer wrote: > >> > On 18/11/14 18:27, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >> > > How can I configure Gentoo on the Arietta

Re: [gentoo-user] Booted Gentoo the first time on the Arietta.G25...but...

2014-11-19 Thread meino . cramer
thegeezer [14-11-19 18:56]: > On 19/11/14 17:44, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > J. Roeleveld [14-11-19 17:00]: > >> On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 09:00:37 PM thegeezer wrote: > >>> On 18/11/14 18:27, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > How can I configure Gentoo on the Arietta board > to use e

[gentoo-user] I shoot into my own feet: dhcpd installed...

2014-11-21 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, (still struggling with my Arietta board...;) I did something really stupid: I emerged dhcpd on my Arietta G25 board (which runs Gentoo of course :) and rebooted...without configuring it (or anything else). BEFORE this [CENSORED] action /etc/conf.d/net was set to assign a static IP to usb0,

Re: [gentoo-user] I shoot into my own feet: dhcpd installed...

2014-11-22 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [14-11-22 11:18]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > (still struggling with my Arietta board...;) > > > > I did something really stupid: > > I emerged dhcpd on my Arietta G25 board (which runs Gentoo of course :) > > and rebooted...without configuring it (or anything else). > > > >

[gentoo-user] LC_CTYPE and de_DE.utf8: Weirdness

2014-11-23 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, Currently I am getting problems in the area of locale settings. On my PC I set echo $LC_CTYPE de_DE.utf8 the settings are done here: /etc>sudo grep -r de_DE.utf8 profile.env:export LC_CTYPE='de_DE.utf8' env.d/02locale:LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 csh.env:setenv LC_CTYPE 'de_

Re: [gentoo-user] LC_CTYPE and de_DE.utf8: Weirdness

2014-11-23 Thread meino . cramer
Mick [14-11-24 03:41]: > On Sunday 23 Nov 2014 17:06:21 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Currently I am getting problems in the area of locale settings. > > > > On my PC I set > > echo $LC_CTYPE > > de_DE.utf8 > > the settings are done here: > > > > /etc>sudo grep -r de_DE

[gentoo-user] Slighty confused about net connections

2014-11-28 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am /slightly/ confused about a specific net setup: There are two small (technically identical) embedded gentoo "systems" (too small to call them without thos "s). Both run the same Gentoo. Both do ethernet over usb. Both are configured to have different IPs of the same subnet and do have

Re: [gentoo-user] Slighty confused about net connections

2014-11-28 Thread meino . cramer
thegee...@thegeezer.net [14-11-29 02:56]: > On 2014-11-28 18:35, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Do I really need two interfaces isb0 and usb1 with different > >subnets here? > >Or do I miss something? > > > howdy, > yes you do. > i.e. > PC has real-eth0="192.168.1.1/24" > PC has usb-eth0="192.168

Re: [gentoo-user] Slighty confused about net connections

2014-11-28 Thread meino . cramer
cov...@ccs.covici.com [14-11-29 04:28]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > thegee...@thegeezer.net [14-11-29 02:56]: > > > On 2014-11-28 18:35, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > >Do I really need two interfaces isb0 and usb1 with different > > > >subnets here? > > > >Or do I miss something? > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Slighty confused about net connections

2014-11-28 Thread meino . cramer
Hi James, ...got it running! I really need two usb devices *usb0 and usb1), each for one Arietta board. I got NAT runnig for the Arietta before (need that for updateing Gentoo 8)) with one board. I did the same on the other one and it works. I assigned different MACs (and checked that) via /et

Re: [gentoo-user] Slighty confused about net connections

2014-11-28 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon [14-11-29 07:32]: > On 29/11/2014 08:14, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > After your email I read the output of dmesg more precisely ... and now > > knowing (due to your post :) what to look for and found that > > the detection of another usb-ethernet-device attached to my PC create

[gentoo-user] Shutdown, Gentoo and the Arietta.G25

2014-12-01 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, another >sigh< from an Arietta adventure... I sintalled Gentoo on an Arietta G25 (http://www.acmesystems.it/arietta). For this I used Robert Nelsons Kernel for armv5tel platforms, which boots fine (using at91bootstrap, no U-Boot). But: Shutdown (as recommmended by acmesystems "shutdown -h

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Shutdown, Gentoo and the Arietta.G25

2014-12-01 Thread meino . cramer
James [14-12-01 19:12]: > gmx.de> writes: > > > > But: Shutdown (as recommmended by acmesystems "shutdown -h -H now") > > REBOOTS the system instead of powering it down. > > What about "halt"? man halt > > > What is the difference here? > > Isn't it, that all shutdown applications only se

Re: [gentoo-user] Shutdown, Gentoo and the Arietta.G25

2014-12-01 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [14-12-01 19:16]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > another >sigh< from an Arietta adventure... > > > > I sintalled Gentoo on an Arietta G25 > > (http://www.acmesystems.it/arietta). > > > > For this I used Robert Nelsons Kernel for armv5tel platforms, > > which boots fine (using at

Re: [gentoo-user] Shutdown, Gentoo and the Arietta.G25

2014-12-01 Thread meino . cramer
Rich Freeman [14-12-01 19:16]: > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 12:46 PM, wrote: > > What is the difference here? > > Isn't it, that all shutdown applications only send some instructions > > to the kernel and the kernel is the main actor in bringing the system > > down? > > > > About the only thing the

Re: [gentoo-user] Shutdown, Gentoo and the Arietta.G25

2014-12-01 Thread meino . cramer
Jc García [14-12-01 20:36]: > 2014-12-01 12:40 GMT-06:00 : > > Rich Freeman [14-12-01 19:16]: > >> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 12:46 PM, wrote: > >> > What is the difference here? > >> > Isn't it, that all shutdown applications only send some instructions > >> > to the kernel and the kernel is the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Shutdown, Gentoo and the Arietta.G25

2014-12-02 Thread meino . cramer
Hi all, thank you very much for all the help you offered! :) It works now! Robert Nelson, who maintains the kernel for the Beagleboard Black gave me the hint to try the kernel version 3.18.rc7 (mainline), which receives a lot of upgrades concerning AT91 systems, which the Arietta G25 is one of.

[gentoo-user] How to find out to what file(...) writes goes on a idle system...

2014-12-05 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, on different systems I see the write stats (/proc/dikstats) to physical existing disks steadily increasing. Looking at the output of lsof I cannot find any file suspicous for receiving those writes. In the context of preserving the live of flash media by minimizing the count of unessary writ

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to find out to what file(...) writes goes on a idle system...

2014-12-06 Thread meino . cramer
James [14-12-06 18:16]: > gmx.de> writes: > > > > on different systems I see the write stats (/proc/dikstats) to > > physical existing disks steadily increasing. > > Looking at the output of lsof I cannot find any file suspicous > > for receiving those writes. > > Ok so in my experiences you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to find out to what file(...) writes goes on a idle system...

2014-12-06 Thread meino . cramer
Hi James, ...my board does not use systemd as far as I know...the whole mimic is original gentoo stage3 stuff and Gentoo defaults to openrc/udev and not systemd (or am I wrong?) Cheers Meino James [14-12-06 21:16]: > gmx.de> writes: > > > > > (1) Then pursue quantifying with tools just wh

[gentoo-user] Me-TV> Problems with video quality

2014-12-07 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am using Me-TV to (try to) watch DVB-T broadcasts. And I am fighting against blocky artefacts and the stuttering of sound an d video. I googled a lot, but what I found partly dated back to 2008. It was said one should switch the vodeo driver from xshm to xv deinterlacing from standard to

Re: [gentoo-user] Me-TV> Problems with video quality

2014-12-07 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [14-12-07 11:36]: > On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:30:37 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > I am using Me-TV to (try to) watch DVB-T broadcasts. > > > > And I am fighting against blocky artefacts and the stuttering of sound > > an d video. > > That sounds like the result of a poor qua

[gentoo-user] [half OT] WLAN totally beginners question

2014-12-07 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am just starting to do the first steps in configuring WLAN. The problem is: This topic seems to be rich of terms, which I dont know yet how to evaluate: AP, WAP, WEP, FSK...and dozens more. Since my use case is very limited I want to configure "just that" without being urged to achieve my

Re: [gentoo-user] Me-TV> Problems with video quality

2014-12-10 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [14-12-07 11:36]: > On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:30:37 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > I am using Me-TV to (try to) watch DVB-T broadcasts. > > > > And I am fighting against blocky artefacts and the stuttering of sound > > an d video. > > That sounds like the result of a poor qua

[gentoo-user] Something firewall-ish

2014-12-15 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, this question is not related to a fully fledged, big local area network with DMZs and such. Even the word "firewall" seems to be a little too "huge and mighty" in this context to me. "The network" consists of a PC, which is connected to a FritzBox (cable, no Wifi/WLAN), which connects to the

Re: [gentoo-user] Something firewall-ish

2014-12-15 Thread meino . cramer
Emanuele Rusconi [14-12-15 18:24]: > On 15 December 2014 at 17:47, wrote: > > > > Is there any simple straight forward tool to just block accesses > > to certain sites? > > > > Hi, I'm absolutely a noob or even less about this subject, but lately I > stumbled into a thread on the forum that mig

Re: [gentoo-user] Something firewall-ish

2014-12-15 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon [14-12-16 03:43]: > On 15/12/2014 18:47, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > this question is not related to a fully fledged, > > big local area network with DMZs and such. > > > > Even the word "firewall" seems to be a little too > > "huge and mighty" in this context to m

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Something firewall-ish

2014-12-15 Thread meino . cramer
»Q« [14-12-16 05:28]: > On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 05:02:40 +0100 > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > actually the thing is: There is a plugin called "NoScript" which > > constantly accesses secure.informaction.com, which is the author > > of this plugin. > > I tried a lot to block that access from insid

[gentoo-user] question/feature request: First fetch, then compile...

2014-12-16 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, On my embedded systems (beaglebone black, 2 x Arietta G25) I installed Gentoo (of course!:). Since these systems and especially the Ariettas are not as fast as a PC the greater update, which additionally includes C++ sources to compile takes time (read: hours) to finish. Often I run this over

Re: [gentoo-user] question/feature request: First fetch, then compile...

2014-12-16 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [14-12-17 07:20]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On my embedded systems (beaglebone black, 2 x Arietta G25) I installed > > Gentoo (of course!:). > > Since these systems and especially the Ariettas are not as fast as a > > PC the greater update, which additionally includes C++ s

Re: [gentoo-user] question/feature request: First fetch, then compile...

2014-12-16 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [14-12-17 07:44]: > Dale wrote: > > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > >> Hi Dale, > >> > >> thanks for your reply ! :) > >> > >> I know of that flag, but it does not exaclty what I want. > >> It parallelizes compilation and downloading. > >> > >> How can I exactly determine, that the last file

Re: [gentoo-user] question/feature request: First fetch, then compile...

2014-12-17 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon [14-12-17 09:24]: > On 17/12/2014 09:45, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > On 12/17/2014 06:48:55 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > >> Is it possible, to do ONE call to emerge, which asks (according > >> to option -a, if set ) and given a yes first fetches ALL necessary > >> files a

Re: [gentoo-user] question/feature request: First fetch, then compile...

2014-12-17 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [14-12-17 10:40]: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 07:53:53 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > Note that says parallel-fetch not build. From the man page: > > > > > > > > parallel-fetch: Fetch in the background while compiling. Run `tail > > > > -f /var/log/emerge-fetch.log` in a te

Re: [gentoo-user] question/feature request: First fetch, then compile...

2014-12-17 Thread meino . cramer
Matti Nykyri [14-12-17 15:00]: > > On Dec 17, 2014, at 14:13, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:52:44 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Yes, thats it: First download all stuff THEN start compiling. > > If I were you, I would setup your pc to do cross-compiling of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Laptop Overheat

2014-12-17 Thread meino . cramer
James [14-12-17 16:48]: > Grant Edwards gmail.com> writes: > > > > > When I'm compiling something large and close the lid of my laptop (lid > > > close events disabled) or leave it on the couch where it can't get > > > proper airflow, it tends to overheat and crash. > > > Don't do that. ;) >

[gentoo-user] What is the correct way to remove an old gcc-version (emerge --depclean) ?

2014-12-17 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, on my embedded system I currently ran into a problem: As adviced after a greater world update I did emerge --depclean -vp beside other stuff sys-devel/gcc was shown as candidate for removal. An old version was shown for removal and a newer one was shown as preserved. I checked with es

[gentoo-user] Garbled manpages OR terminal corruption OR ...

2014-12-18 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, Currently I haven noticed a few manpages (for example 'man ftop'), which miss kinda second part of a sentence. For ftop: FTOP(1) General Commands ManualFTOP(1) NAME ftop - show progress of open files and file systems SYNOPSIS ftop [o

Re: [gentoo-user] No burners are currently available

2014-12-18 Thread meino . cramer
Joseph [14-12-18 21:16]: > When I start Xfburn I get a message: > No burners are currently available > Possibly the disc(s) are in use, and cannot get accessed. > > How to check which program is using the DVD drive? > "ps fax" is not showing that any program is using it. > > -- > Joseph > Hi

[gentoo-user] Identifying a file by a block number...how?

2014-12-18 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, with sysctl vm.block_dump=1 one can enable the logging of IO to the harddisk/flashmem/... into dmesg. The logs report the block number of the file in question... but not the filename itsself. Is there any other way as examine each single file of the filesystem to find the file to which

[gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-18 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, (this happens on a embedded system) I ran into a problem I think... As adviced I run emerge --depclean -v -p after a greater update to world. (by the way: Updateing the world is generally to a bad idea...;) Beside other things, gcc-4.7.3 was slated for removal. As gcc-4.8.3 was alre

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-18 Thread meino . cramer
Bill Kenworthy [14-12-19 08:00]: > On 19/12/14 13:39, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > (this happens on a embedded system) > > > > I ran into a problem I think... > > > > As adviced I run > > > > emerge --depclean -v -p > > > > after a greater update to world. > > (by the way:

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-19 Thread meino . cramer
Mick [14-12-19 12:20]: > On Friday 19 Dec 2014 07:22:30 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Bill Kenworthy [14-12-19 08:00]: > > > On 19/12/14 13:39, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > (this happens on a embedded system) > > > > > > > > I ran into a problem I think... > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-19 Thread meino . cramer
Peter Humphrey [14-12-19 16:12]: > On Friday 19 December 2014 11:18:34 Mick wrote: > > I run fix_libtool_files.sh after a new gcc > > is installed, BEFORE I remove the old version. I made a bit of a habit > > of this, but I don't know if modern ebuilds of gcc actually run the same > > script post

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-19 Thread meino . cramer
Mick [14-12-19 16:52]: > On Friday 19 Dec 2014 15:23:58 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Peter Humphrey [14-12-19 16:12]: > > > On Friday 19 December 2014 11:18:34 Mick wrote: > > > > I run fix_libtool_files.sh after a new gcc > > > > is installed, BEFORE I remove the old version. I made a bit of

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-19 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [14-12-19 17:08]: > Mick wrote: > > Meino, to avoid misunderstandings: 1. Emerge the new gcc package. 2. > > Use gcc-config to change to the new gcc version. 3. Run 'env-update && > > source /etc/profile'. 4. Run fix_libtool_files.sh, although I would > > think that this is redundant these da

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-19 Thread meino . cramer
Mick [14-12-19 17:12]: > On Friday 19 Dec 2014 15:53:53 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Mick [14-12-19 16:52]: > > > On Friday 19 Dec 2014 15:23:58 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Peter Humphrey [14-12-19 16:12]: > > > > > On Friday 19 December 2014 11:18:34 Mick wrote: > > > > > > I run fix_l

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