Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-13 Thread Dan Wallis
On 12/11/2008, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as root: lspci Why as root? I get exactly the same output when I run it as my own user as when I run it as root. Or have I got my system set up different to everyone else? Dan

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 13 November 2008 23:05:09 Dan Wallis wrote: On 12/11/2008, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as root: lspci Why as root? I get exactly the same output when I run it as my own user as when I run it as root. Or have I got my system set up different to everyone else?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-13 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Dan Wallis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/11/2008, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as root: lspci Why as root? I get exactly the same output when I run it as my own user as when I run it as root. Or have I got my system set up different to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Thursday 13 November 2008, Dan Wallis wrote: On 12/11/2008, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as root: lspci Why as root? I get exactly the same output when I run it as my own user as when I run it as root. Or have I got my system set up different to everyone else? maybe,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-13 Thread Dan Wallis
On 13/11/2008, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Dan Wallis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/11/2008, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as root: lspci Why as root? I get exactly the same output when I run it as my own

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Thursday 13 November 2008, Dan Wallis wrote: On 13/11/2008, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Dan Wallis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/11/2008, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as root: lspci Why as

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-13 Thread Dirk Uys
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:38 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 13 November 2008, Dan Wallis wrote: On 13/11/2008, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Dan Wallis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/11/2008, Volker

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-13 Thread Dale
Dirk Uys wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:38 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: not really. For an enduser --verbose isn't very helpfull. Don't know if I qualify as an end-user, but I find: Kernel driver in use: very usefull. I noticed that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 14 November 2008, Dirk Uys wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:38 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 13 November 2008, Dan Wallis wrote: On 13/11/2008, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Dan

[gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Dan Wallis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The blocks regarding sys-fs/e2fsprogs, sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs, sys-libs/ss and sys-libs/com_err were discussed recently on this list. Basically you need to: emerge -f e2fsprogs e2fsprogs-libs emerge -C com_err ss e2fsprogs emerge -1 e2fsprogs I'm

[gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Many thanks for the other useful info I've snipped [blocks b ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nsc (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nsc is blocking x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.2) [blocks b ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga is

[gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Dirk Heinrichs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] thanks for the other useful info I've snipped 4) update world with the ignore blocks option turned on (don't know which that is, since I use paludis). a quick grep of man emerge and man portage on `ignore' and on `block' didn't turn up such an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch, 12. November 2008 20:11:33 schrieb Harry Putnam: a quick grep of man emerge and man portage on `ignore' and on `block' didn't turn up such an option. As I said, I use paludis. I was only told that emerge also has this option, just last week (or was it the week before?) on this

[gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Dirk Heinrichs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Am Mittwoch, 12. November 2008 20:11:33 schrieb Harry Putnam: a quick grep of man emerge and man portage on `ignore' and on `block' didn't turn up such an option. As I said, I use paludis. I was only told that emerge also has this option, just last

[gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and you need all the videodrivers? I am sure not. So remove them and set VIDEO_CARDS in makec.conf. A light just went off over my head. For mnths, maybe yrs... I've wondered why so many x11 drivers would get installed. OK, but a quick google on

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch 12 November 2008, Harry Putnam wrote: Dirk Heinrichs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] thanks for the other useful info I've snipped 4) update world with the ignore blocks option turned on (don't know which that is, since I use paludis). a quick grep of man emerge and man

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch 12 November 2008, Harry Putnam wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Many thanks for the other useful info I've snipped [blocks b ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nsc (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nsc is blocking x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.2) [blocks b ]

[gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Andrey Falko [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: lspci should show you what video card you have. Look for VGA or something like that. For example on my system: Thanks... I didn't see your post in time and posted a never mind after banging away with google and unearthing that info.

[gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Dirk Heinrichs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From the output you gave, I would suggest that you 1) update portage to the latest (evantually keyword masked) version. This should be able to ignore blocks. 2) Adjust your VIDEO_CARDS, I don't think you have that many cards plugged into your

[gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just install the latest portage. It has a block breaking function. Then upgrade e2fsprogs like described a few douzend times on this ml and in the forums. Remove all the acient video drivers you don't need anyway. After that, most blocks

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch 12 November 2008, Harry Putnam wrote: Dirk Heinrichs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From the output you gave, I would suggest that you 1) update portage to the latest (evantually keyword masked) version. This should be able to ignore blocks. 2) Adjust your VIDEO_CARDS, I don't

[gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just install the latest portage. It has a block breaking function. Then upgrade e2fsprogs like described a few douzend times on this ml and in the forums. Remove all the acient video drivers you don't need anyway. After that, most blocks should

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch, 12. November 2008 21:36:24 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: On Mittwoch 12 November 2008, Harry Putnam wrote: What if I ran the --depclean before updating world. Would that help me get rid of some junk before updating it with `world'? no, it would completly fuck up your system.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch, 12. November 2008 20:20:40 schrieb Harry Putnam: As I said, I use paludis. I was only told that emerge also has this option, just last week (or was it the week before?) on this list. Sorry, didn't mean to jam you about it... Oh, I didn't understand it as such, just wanted to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 12 November 2008 22:23:33 Harry Putnam wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just install the latest portage. It has a block breaking function. Then upgrade e2fsprogs like described a few douzend times on this ml and in the forums. Remove all the acient video

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:15:33 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: a quick grep of man emerge and man portage on `ignore' and on `block' didn't turn up such an option. As I said, I use paludis. I was only told that emerge also has this option, just last week (or was it the week before?) on this

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:23:33 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: Got that part fixed what about this: From emerge -vuDNpt system [...] [nomerge ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.2 [1.4.2] [nomerge ] x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.5 USE=-debug -minimal [0] [blocks b ]

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem

2008-11-12 Thread Andrey Falko
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Harry Putnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Many thanks for the other useful info I've snipped [blocks b ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nsc (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nsc is blocking x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.2)