[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

[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

[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

[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, >

[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 goog

[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 y

[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 bloc

[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 sho

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 l

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

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) > >> [block

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_C

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 s

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

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

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

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/xor

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 every

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 > differ

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

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 r

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

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

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. > > >

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