Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2016-01-04 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 12/30/2015 11:16 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > right now gcc rebuilds itself, some more packages to re-emerge, load at > around 7.5, system usable, audio stream without a hickup. # genlop -t thunderbird * mail-client/thunderbird Mon Jan 4 22:55:49 2016 >>> mail-client/thunderbird-38.

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-30 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 12/30/2015 08:00 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Would using gcc-5.x make a noticeable difference? Well, while you all are preparing to reply ... ;-) ... I simply went for it. unmasked gcc-5.3.0, compiled it, and then recompiled @system and the kernel ("make localmodconfig" to be curious)

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-30 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 12/15/2015 03:02 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 2015-12-13 um 13:05 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: >> Am 2015-12-13 um 12:50 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: >>> If I pull the mouse down to the bottom of the screen the desktop snaps >>> into correct place. For the records and ml-archives: a

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-15 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2015-12-13 um 13:05 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Am 2015-12-13 um 12:50 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: If I pull the mouse down to the bottom of the screen the desktop snaps into correct place. found this: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7800470.html the module option is now "enable

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2015-12-13 um 12:50 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > If I pull the mouse down to the bottom of the screen the desktop snaps > into correct place. found this: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7800470.html the module option is now "enable_ips=0" ... but this doesn't work for me so far.

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2015-12-13 um 11:39 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Right now I am fiddling with getting Gnome installed and running. I have X starting now. gdm as well, but with problems: the mouse somehow pulls a "curtain" up and down ... so the display is not correct. The lower part is one color only so I

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2015-12-11 um 10:33 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Am 10.12.2015 um 19:52 schrieb waltd...@waltdnes.org: > >>> Do I have to set that variable then (in make.conf?) ? >> >> Yes, you should. While you're at it, you can remove the corresponding >> flags from the USE= variable. I don't know if

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-11 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 10.12.2015 um 19:52 schrieb waltd...@waltdnes.org: >> Do I have to set that variable then (in make.conf?) ? > > Yes, you should. While you're at it, you can remove the corresponding > flags from the USE= variable. I don't know if they're honored by > portage any longer. I assume you misse

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-10 Thread waltdnes
On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 07:46:51AM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote > Am 10.12.2015 um 05:50 schrieb waltd...@waltdnes.org: > > > CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-unwind-tables > > -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables" > > > > That's what I use, except for cross-compiling.

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-10 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 07:46:51AM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 10.12.2015 um 05:50 schrieb waltd...@waltdnes.org: > > > CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-unwind-tables > > -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables" > > > > That's what I use, except for cross-compiling

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Am 09.12.2015 um 23:44 schrieb Mick: > On Wednesday 09 Dec 2015 20:39:30 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> Ordered today. Looking forward .. It will be triple-boot: gentoo, >> fedora, win10 (as I paid for it) > > If you bought it in EU you can ask for

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 10.12.2015 um 05:50 schrieb waltd...@waltdnes.org: > CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-unwind-tables > -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables" > > That's what I use, except for cross-compiling. For an explanation of > the "unwind" flags, see thread... > http://comments.gma

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-09 Thread waltdnes
On Wed, Dec 09, 2015 at 11:03:23PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote > Am 2015-12-09 um 22:49 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > > Sounds like you're all set to use that i7 to it's fullest :-) > > most of my work is terminal stuff ... and email > > the i7-2600 does that as well, if we are honest! > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-09 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 09 Dec 2015 20:39:30 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Ordered today. Looking forward .. > It will be triple-boot: gentoo, fedora, win10 (as I paid for it) If you bought it in EU you can ask for the cost of Win10 back. There was an case brought in France (against Dell I think) and it wa

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2015-12-09 um 22:49 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > Sounds like you're all set to use that i7 to it's fullest :-) most of my work is terminal stuff ... and email the i7-2600 does that as well, if we are honest! I will give the i7-2xxx to someone with a way older CPU ... so it all works out in a way

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 09/12/2015 23:24, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 2015-12-09 um 21:42 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > >> Did you get an SSD as well? > > sure. I even look for the PCIe variant (just contacted my dealer for > this option ... forgot in the first place). > > I am on SSDs for years now on desktop and l

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2015-12-09 um 21:42 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > Did you get an SSD as well? sure. I even look for the PCIe variant (just contacted my dealer for this option ... forgot in the first place). I am on SSDs for years now on desktop and laptops. > It's one of the biggest performance improvements you

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 09/12/2015 22:39, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 2015-12-02 um 23:13 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: >> >> I consider buying a new machine for my office in december. >> >> The intel core-i7-6xxx look interesting to me, although the plain CPU >> performance isn't that much better than my plain ol

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2015-12-02 um 23:13 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > > I consider buying a new machine for my office in december. > > The intel core-i7-6xxx look interesting to me, although the plain CPU > performance isn't that much better than my plain old i7-2600 when I look > at cpunbenchmark.net > > I as

[gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?

2015-12-02 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
I consider buying a new machine for my office in december. The intel core-i7-6xxx look interesting to me, although the plain CPU performance isn't that much better than my plain old i7-2600 when I look at cpunbenchmark.net I assume the overall package makes more difference: DDR4-RAM, etc etc Do