Re: [gentoo-user] ATI RV710/730
On 06/23/2010 11:47 PM, Mick wrote: > On Wednesday 23 June 2010 09:08:02 Daniel Troeder wrote: >> On 06/07/2010 01:33 AM, James wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have this ati card. I'm having trouble finding a stable >>> ati-driver + xorg-server combination that will compile. >>> >>> >>> Any recommendations as to open source drivers or getting ati-drivers >>> happy with 9.x or 10.x is most welcome. I read a lot of bugs but >>> not much clear on how to proceed >>> >>> >>> James >> >> x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.6 >> x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.12.6 >> x11-drivers/ati-drivers-10.6 >> >> both drivers work well. to install both you have to make drm a module >> and not load radeon with kms. switching is possible if you shutdown X >> but might require a reboot (it doesn't, but you lack hw-accel. if you >> don't). > > Hmm interesting! How do the ati drivers perform Vs xorg? > ATI: 3D is very good - a must for gaming, 2D is SLOW! (thou they did something about that with 10.6 - experience differs for users - its said that window management is fast now, but video still has tearing effect [also my exp.]) Latest driver (10.6) work with xorg-server-1.7.x only and kernel module has problems with >=2.6.34 (exp. differ). Xorg: 3D is basic and very slow but works (the newer the driver/server the better, development is VERY fast), 2D is a dream (very fast, no tearing with video)! Driver is released with Xorg - so work always with newest Xorg, kernel module is in-kernel - work always with newest kernel :) Driver supports both KMS and user space MS. Bye, Daniel -- PGP key @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/pks/lookup?search=0xBB9D4887&op=get # gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0xBB9D4887 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] core i5
Am 24.06.2010 05:04, schrieb kashani: > That's works. :-) I was doing a fair amount of rpm building, svn to > git with large trees, kickstart, Mysql, and Puppet work at a job a few > months ago which was hitting the host fairly hard. Between the above and > Outlook getting an extra drive to isolate the host OS from the VMs was a > requirement. Much smoother after that. I always change my mind between having the VM-files on the local RAID1 or store them in the RAID1 in the basement and mount it via NFSv4 ... much RAM in the host helps in any way.
[gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
Hi, this one is puzzling me. I have gcc-4.4.4-r1 installed here. emerge -vp sys-devel/gcc:4.4 would re-install this. But, an emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @system @world wants to downgrade it to gcc-4.4.3-r3 How can I find out, why? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Re: [gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
On Thursday 24 June 2010 Helmut Jarausch wrote: [...] Hello, > But, > an emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @system > @world wants to downgrade it to gcc-4.4.3-r3 > > How can I find out, why? What does `equery d gcc` say? \|||/ `@|@`thomas -
Re: [gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, this one is puzzling me. I have gcc-4.4.4-r1 installed here. emerge -vp sys-devel/gcc:4.4 would re-install this. But, an emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @system @world wants to downgrade it to gcc-4.4.3-r3 How can I find out, why? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut. Adding the -t option may help. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, this one is puzzling me. I have gcc-4.4.4-r1 installed here. emerge -vp sys-devel/gcc:4.4 would re-install this. But, an emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @system @world wants to downgrade it to gcc-4.4.3-r3 How can I find out, why? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut. Adding the -t option may help. Dale :-) :-) Never mind. I saw it in there right after I hit send. No clue why or how. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Failed to emerge xulrunner-1.9.2.4
thanks, it is the problem 2010/6/23 walt > On 06/22/2010 10:01 PM, Chen Huan wrote: > >> When I emerge xulrunner-1.9.2.4 and mozilla-firefox-3.6.4，xulrunner cannot >> be emerged, here is the error message: >> >> ./../../dist/bin/js: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3' not >> found (required by ./../../dist/bin/js) >> ./../../dist/bin/js: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4' not >> found (required by ./../../dist/bin/js) >> > > Portage 2.1.8.3 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.3.4, >> > > This is a little confusing unless you've been through it before. I expect > that > portage has recently installed gcc-4.4.3 (or 4.4.4 on ~x86) so you now have > (at > least) two versions of gcc on your machine, but you are still using the > older > gcc-4.3.4. > > The point is that you now have (at least) two versions of libstdc++.so.6 > because > each version of gcc installs its own version of libstdc++. > > Somehow the xulrunner build is trying to use both versions of > libstdc++.so.6 > (I don't know why, but it probably involves .la files, as usual) so I > suggest > that you switch to the new gcc-4.4.3 (or 4.4.4) like this: > > #gcc-config --list-profiles > [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.3.4 > [2] i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.4.3 *<- (I'm already using the newer > version) > > #gcc-config 1 > * Switching native-compiler to i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.3.4 ... > > #gcc-config 2 > * Switching native-compiler to i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.4.3 ... > > After you switch, you probably should run > #fix_libtool_files.sh 4.3.4 > * Scanning libtool files for hardcoded gcc library paths... > cat: ld.so.conf.d/*.conf: No such file or directory > * [1/5] Scanning /lib ... > * [2/5] Scanning /usr/lib ... > * [3/5] Scanning /usr/games/lib ... > * [4/5] Scanning /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib ... > * [5/5] Scanning /usr/local/lib ... > > >
Re: [gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:57:55 +0200, Thomas U. Nockmann wrote: > > But, > > an emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @system > > @world wants to downgrade it to gcc-4.4.3-r3 > > > > How can I find out, why? > > What does `equery d gcc` say? What does emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @world actually say? -- Neil Bothwick What you don't know can hurt you, only you won't know it. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:57:55 +0200, Thomas U. Nockmann wrote: But, an emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @system @world wants to downgrade it to gcc-4.4.3-r3 How can I find out, why? What does `equery d gcc` say? What does emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @world actually say? I'm not sure this is correct but I have to ask this. Since gcc is a system package, it wouldn't try to upgrade gcc even if one was available would it? I guess if something in world just had to have that or a newer version then it would pull the newer gcc in but otherwise it would skip it right? Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Questions re swap and hibernate interaction on 8 gig machine
Am Dienstag, 22. Juni 2010 schrieb Walter Dnes: > I just got a brand new custom-built 8 gig machine. [...] > Anyhow, I have 8 gigs of ram on the sytem (will obviously be 64-bit > Gentoo) and I want to know how much swap I need. The general rule of > thumb is twice the ram. In this case, it would be 16 gigs. I think > that it may not need swap when up, unless I do some heavy duty stuff. > My main concern about a swap partition is how much I need for > hibernate-to-disk to work. Is there a rule about this, or should I > simply allocate 16 gigs out of my terabyte drive, and play it safe? It of course depends on your usage profile. I have a laptop with 3 Gigs of RAM without swap. I don’t do really fancy stuff on them. Noteworthy things: Blender, X-Plane (flight sim), Hugin, some small VMs and of course the occasional compiling. Mostly, I do only one of those at one time. I even have set up a ramdisk in /var/tmp/portage for emerge. Except for kdelibs its 1.5 Gigs are more than enough. And if the ramdisk is empty, the free space is used for RAM. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla' The first time you’ll get a Microsoft product that doesn’t suck will be the day they start producing vacuum cleaners. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Grub2 takes very long to make config or install
Hi, I followed now the wiki page: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Grub2 At the step to create the config file with: grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg and install grub2 with: grub-install /dev/sda it needs several hours to complete each of the commands. Is this normal? Bye, Matthias -- "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." -- Rich Cook
Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 takes very long to make config or install
Matthias Fechner writes: > I followed now the wiki page: > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Grub2 Down again. > At the step to create the config file with: > grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg > > and install grub2 with: > grub-install /dev/sda > > it needs several hours to complete each of the commands. Is this > normal? No. Sorry, I have no idea why this happens. I used grub only once, but at least I know it it did not take hours, it was about 1-2 seconds, or maybe even less, I did not stop the time :) Is there something in syslog when you run this, or are the -v arguments that would make the process more verbose? The old grub sometimes paused for around a minute because it searched for the floppy, the --no-floppy switch speeded this up. Wonko
Re: [gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:46:59 -0500, Dale wrote: > > What does emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y > > @world > > > > actually say? > I'm not sure this is correct but I have to ask this. Since gcc is a > system package, it wouldn't try to upgrade gcc even if one was > available would it? I guess if something in world just had to have > that or a newer version then it would pull the newer gcc in but > otherwise it would skip it right? @world includes @system. But the problem is not that emerge world is skipping it but that it wants to downgrade gcc:4.4. -- Neil Bothwick Frog philosophy: Time's fun when you're having flies. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
On Thursday 24 June 2010 15:54:33 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:46:59 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > What does emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y > > > @world > > > > > > actually say? > > > > I'm not sure this is correct but I have to ask this. Since gcc is a > > system package, it wouldn't try to upgrade gcc even if one was > > available would it? I guess if something in world just had to have > > that or a newer version then it would pull the newer gcc in but > > otherwise it would skip it right? > > @world includes @system. But the problem is not that emerge world is > skipping it but that it wants to downgrade gcc:4.4. So obviously he has
Re: [gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:46:59 -0500, Dale wrote: What does emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @world actually say? I'm not sure this is correct but I have to ask this. Since gcc is a system package, it wouldn't try to upgrade gcc even if one was available would it? I guess if something in world just had to have that or a newer version then it would pull the newer gcc in but otherwise it would skip it right? @world includes @system. But the problem is not that emerge world is skipping it but that it wants to downgrade gcc:4.4. From my understanding, world includes @system but @world does not. I know here on my rig, I run emerge -uvDNa world and it updates everything installed including deps and the system packages. If I run @world, it skips the system packages. At least that is the last time I tried it which was not to long ago. One reason I remember this is because of the discussion I had with the devs on -dev. That is why @system is in /var/lib/portage/world_sets. I noticed a few weeks ago that there are a couple others added to it as well. The devs did it that way so that when folks like me upgrade the old fashioned way and just use world instead of @system and @world. Has this changed? Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:12:39 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > @world includes @system. But the problem is not that emerge world is > > skipping it but that it wants to downgrade gcc:4.4. > > So obviously he has > > > or similar in a BDEPEND somewhere Which is why the actual output fro emerge --tree is important. -- Neil Bothwick Sacred cows make great hamburgers. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:22:56 -0500, Dale wrote: > > @world includes @system. But the problem is not that emerge world is > > skipping it but that it wants to downgrade gcc:4.4. > > > > From my understanding, world includes @system but @world does not. I > know here on my rig, I run emerge -uvDNa world and it updates > everything installed including deps and the system packages. If I run > @world, it skips the system packages. At least that is the last time I > tried it which was not to long ago. > > One reason I remember this is because of the discussion I had with the > devs on -dev. That is why @system is in /var/lib/portage/world_sets. > I noticed a few weeks ago that there are a couple others added to it as > well. The devs did it that way so that when folks like me upgrade the > old fashioned way and just use world instead of @system and @world. > > Has this changed? No, the world_sets file still includes @system by default, which is why @world includes @system. The additions are from when you emerged sets, which adds then to world_sets. -- Neil Bothwick Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] who wants to downgrade my gcc ?
On 24 Jun, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:57:55 +0200, Thomas U. Nockmann wrote: > >> > But, >> > an emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @system >> > @world wants to downgrade it to gcc-4.4.3-r3 >> > >> > How can I find out, why? >> >> What does `equery d gcc` say? > > What does emerge --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @world > > actually say? > Among many other things [ebuild UD]sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3-r3 [4.4.4-r1] I think Thomas' hint helped a bit equery d gcc shows one suspicious line dev-java/gcj-jdk-4.4.3-r1 (~sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3[gcj]) where dev-java/gcj-jdk-4.4.3-r1 comes from the java-overlay. This, in turn, has been pulled in by dev-java/icedtea-6.1.8.0 This dev-java/icedtea-6.1.8.0 from the java-overlay. There seems to be no dev-java/gcj-jdk for gcc(gcj) 4.4.4 I have removed java-overlay from /etc/make.conf and rebuilt icedtea. It's still compiling but I think this solves it. Many thanks for all who helped me, Helmut. Thanks for solving that mystery, Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 takes very long to make config or install
Hi, Am 24.06.10 15:48, schrieb Alex Schuster: The old grub sometimes paused for around a minute because it searched for the floppy, the --no-floppy switch speeded this up. hm, that is a really good point, I found in dmesg in in the logfile, tones of the following lines: Jun 24 06:54:42 idefix-pc kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jun 24 06:54:54 idefix-pc kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jun 24 06:55:06 idefix-pc kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jun 24 06:55:19 idefix-pc kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jun 24 06:55:19 idefix-pc kernel: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 So it searches on the floppy and seems not to stop here after many hours passed. Regarding the grub-mkconfig man page there is no option available to skip floppy check. I will try at home if I can speed up the installation procedure with --no-floppy. Thanks for the tip. Bye, Matthias -- "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." -- Rich Cook
Re: [gentoo-user] unable to drive the VGA output
Am Donnerstag 24 Juni 2010, 01:14:44 schrieb Allan Gottlieb: > Laptop: dell E6510 > Gentoo: ~amd64 > Graphics: nvidia VVS 3100M > > I am unable to drive the VGA output. Symptoms include > > * Executing "xrandr" does not mention LVDS or VGA > (and using --output VGA gives a warning that VGA doesn't exist) try with default like : xrandr --output default --mode 1280x1024 xrandr without options show the available resolutions, second line shows the output names, like "DVI-0 connected" or "default connected". on my one box with the nvidia driver i have "default connected" > * Pushing Fn-F8 produces a "p" (the keycap of f8 shows in blue a picture > of a laptop and a monitor) instead of showing the screen on the other > display. > > The xorg.conf file generated by nvidia-xconfig (below) is fairly simple. > I just added the module section at the end. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > allan > > > > # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig > # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeis...@builder58) Thu Apr 22 > 20:35:23 PDT 2010 > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Layout0" > Screen 0 "Screen0" > InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > # generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > # generated from default > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "Unknown" > HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 > VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Device0" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Device0" > Monitor"Monitor0" > DefaultDepth24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Module" > # Load "dri" > load "glx" > EndSection
Re: [gentoo-user] unable to drive the VGA output
At Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:02:13 +0200 Matthias Krebs wrote: > Am Donnerstag 24 Juni 2010, 01:14:44 schrieb Allan Gottlieb: >> Laptop: dell E6510 >> Gentoo: ~amd64 >> Graphics: nvidia VVS 3100M >> >> I am unable to drive the VGA output. Symptoms include >> >> * Executing "xrandr" does not mention LVDS or VGA >> (and using --output VGA gives a warning that VGA doesn't exist) > try with default like : > xrandr --output default --mode 1280x1024 This works and permits me to change the resolution of the display. > xrandr without options show the available resolutions, second line shows the > output names, like "DVI-0 connected" or "default connected". on my one box > with the nvidia driver i have "default connected" Right. I just have "default connected" as well. Do you know how to enable DVI-0 connected? Your msg encourages me to search documentation about the nvidia driver. thanks, allan
Re: [gentoo-user] ATI RV710/730
On Thursday 24 June 2010 09:22:07 Daniel Troeder wrote: > On 06/23/2010 11:47 PM, Mick wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 June 2010 09:08:02 Daniel Troeder wrote: > >> On 06/07/2010 01:33 AM, James wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I have this ati card. I'm having trouble finding a stable > >>> ati-driver + xorg-server combination that will compile. > >>> > >>> > >>> Any recommendations as to open source drivers or getting ati-drivers > >>> happy with 9.x or 10.x is most welcome. I read a lot of bugs but > >>> not much clear on how to proceed > >>> > >>> > >>> James > >> > >> x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.6 > >> x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.12.6 > >> x11-drivers/ati-drivers-10.6 > >> > >> both drivers work well. to install both you have to make drm a module > >> and not load radeon with kms. switching is possible if you shutdown X > >> but might require a reboot (it doesn't, but you lack hw-accel. if you > >> don't). > > > > Hmm interesting! How do the ati drivers perform Vs xorg? > > ATI: 3D is very good - a must for gaming, 2D is SLOW! (thou they did > something about that with 10.6 - experience differs for users - its > said that window management is fast now, but video still has tearing > effect [also my exp.]) > Latest driver (10.6) work with xorg-server-1.7.x only and kernel module > has problems with >=2.6.34 (exp. differ). > > Xorg: 3D is basic and very slow but works (the newer the driver/server > the better, development is VERY fast), 2D is a dream (very fast, no > tearing with video)! > Driver is released with Xorg - so work always with newest Xorg, kernel > module is in-kernel - work always with newest kernel :) Driver supports > both KMS and user space MS. Thanks Daniel! I'm using Xorg driver with KMS and it seems that things are only going to get better if I wait for a while. :-) -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] gcc build fails during emerge system on new 64-bit install
On Thursday 24 June 2010 00:33:24 Walter Dnes wrote: > This is my first attempt at 64-bit mode. I have a shiny new Intel i3 > with 8 gigs ram on an MSI motherboard. I got it custom-built locally in > north Toronto, rather than ordering from Dell. The MSI motherboard has > PS/2 ports (YES!!!) so I don't have to tearfully throw away my genuine > IBM PS/2 "clickety-clack" keyboard. I selected the profile... > > default/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib > > ...to go whole-hog 64-bit. Does leaving IA32_EMULATION on cause a > problem? I thought that you can't have IA32_emulation without multilib ... Is there a reason why you don't go for a usual desktop profile with multilib? I'll repeat the advice I was given in this list sometime around last Christmas (but can't find the thread now): you're bound to find some pesky application which is only available in 32bit and then you'll curse for having to reinstall. > # > # Executable file formats / Emulations > # > CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y > CONFIG_COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF=y > CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS=y > # CONFIG_HAVE_AOUT is not set > CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y > CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION=y > # CONFIG_IA32_AOUT is not set > CONFIG_COMPAT=y > CONFIG_COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT=y > CONFIG_SYSVIPC_COMPAT=y > CONFIG_NET=y > CONFIG_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES=y > > I've attached the tail-end of the build log file of gcc-4.4.3-r2, as > well as output from "emerge --info" and "emerge -pqv". I have a quite > conservative make.conf. Any ideas about the problem, or even better, a > solution? Have you tried setting -j1 and trying emerging it once more? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] unable to drive the VGA output (Solved)
At Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:14:47 -0400 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > At Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:02:13 +0200 Matthias Krebs > wrote: > >> Am Donnerstag 24 Juni 2010, 01:14:44 schrieb Allan Gottlieb: >>> Laptop: dell E6510 >>> Gentoo: ~amd64 >>> Graphics: nvidia VVS 3100M >>> >>> I am unable to drive the VGA output. Symptoms include >>> >>> * Executing "xrandr" does not mention LVDS or VGA >>> (and using --output VGA gives a warning that VGA doesn't exist) >> try with default like : >> xrandr --output default --mode 1280x1024 > > This works and permits me to change the resolution of the display. > >> xrandr without options show the available resolutions, second line shows the >> output names, like "DVI-0 connected" or "default connected". on my one box >> with the nvidia driver i have "default connected" > > Right. I just have "default connected" as well. > Do you know how to enable DVI-0 connected? > > Your msg encourages me to search documentation about the nvidia driver. Bingo. The "one" word soln is TwinView. The documentation with the nvidia driver explains everything. In this version nvidia-settings can be invoked to do all the various settings. thanks again, allan
[gentoo-user] xorg segfaults if I have an encrypted volume mounted
xorg started segfaulting here on startup, at the point where it should detect input devices: [ 1198.330] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer [ 1198.330] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event [ 1198.330] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_make_current_read [ 1198.330] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects [ 1198.330] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/dri/i965_dri.so [ 1198.330] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0 [ 1198.331] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 507 x 317 [ 1198.437] Backtrace: [ 1198.437] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x38) [0x80ae1c8] [ 1198.437] 1: /lib/libudev.so.0 (0xb782b000+0x33d2) [0xb782e3d2] [ 1198.437] Segmentation fault at address 0x7974702f [ 1198.437] Fatal server error: [ 1198.437] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting For reference, here's the same location in a good start: [ 2832.766] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer [ 2832.766] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event [ 2832.766] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_make_current_read [ 2832.766] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects [ 2832.766] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/dri/i965_dri.so [ 2832.766] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0 [ 2832.767] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 507 x 317 [ 2832.906] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event8) [ 2832.906] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall" [ 2832.906] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "Keyboard-all" [ 2832.906] (II) LoadModule: "evdev" [ 2832.906] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so [ 2832.906] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 2832.906]compiled for 1.8.1.901, module version = 2.3.2 [ 2832.907]Module class: X.Org XInput Driver [ 2832.907]ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 9.0 So it's segfaulting in libudev. And where it's getting weird is that it only segfaults if I have one particular encrypted container mapped. The container is a file mapped to /dev/loop0, opened with "cryptsetup luksOpen" as "/dev/mapper/crypt-morpheus.athome". If I "luksClose" it (but keep /dev/loop0), xorg starts normally. Strangely, there is another encrypted container "/dev/mapper/crypt-swap" mapped to my swap partition, but that one doesn't seem to interfere. This symptom has only started today, and I haven't updated anything udev- or xorg-related. However, I reboot rarely, and I did reboot today, so it may be due to an earlier update. Some version info: xorg-server-1.8.1.901 xf86-input-evdev-2.3.2 udev-149 gentoo-sources-2.6.31-r6 Has anyone seen anything similar? Any idea how I could either work around the issue or debug it? I have tried strace but couldn't extract any meaningful information. -- Remy signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Questions re swap and hibernate interaction on 8 gig machine
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 03:16:30PM +0200, Frank Steinmetzger wrote > I even have set up a ramdisk in /var/tmp/portage for emerge. Except > for kdelibs its 1.5 Gigs are more than enough. And if the ramdisk > is empty, the free space is used for RAM. Why not use the built-in /dev/shm directly, and avoid the overhead of a ramdisk? waltd...@d530 ~ $ ll /dev/shm total 0 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root40 Jun 21 14:46 . drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 14080 Jun 23 17:10 .. waltd...@d530 ~ $ echo "Hello World" > /dev/shm/greeting.txt waltd...@d530 ~ $ ll /dev/shm total 4 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 60 Jun 24 21:01 . drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 14080 Jun 23 17:10 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 waltdnes users12 Jun 24 21:01 greeting.txt waltd...@d530 ~ $ cat /dev/shm/greeting.txt Hello World waltd...@d530 ~ $ -- Walter Dnes
Re: [gentoo-user] gcc build fails during emerge system on new 64-bit install
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 07:28:14AM +0100, Stroller wrote > On 24 Jun 2010, at 00:33, Walter Dnes wrote: > > ... The MSI motherboard has > > PS/2 ports (YES!!!) so I don't have to tearfully throw away my genuine > > IBM PS/2 "clickety-clack" keyboard. > > Your motherboard doesn't need native PS2 ports: > http://www.ledshoppe.com/Product/com/CA4036.htm H. Interesting. I assume that it's not your average passive connector. Those don't work. "2. USB Bus Powered" probably means it has keyboard emulation circuitry. -- Walter Dnes
[gentoo-user] [SOLVED] gcc build fails during emerge system on new 64-bit install
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 09:38:17PM +0100, Mick wrote > I'll repeat the advice I was given in this list sometime around last > Christmas (but can't find the thread now): you're bound to find some > pesky application which is only available in 32bit and then you'll > curse for having to reinstall. If anything, I'll install a VM to run it in. > Have you tried setting -j1 and trying emerging it once more? I *ALWAYS* have -j1 in /etc/make.conf. Anyways, it turned out to be something completely different. Whilst doing additional Google searching, I stumbled across "Foolproof Gentoo World Update Build Order" at http://foxpa.ws/tag/package-keywords/ and it was proof against this fool, too . My problem was that the Gentoo install snapshot put in gcc-4.3.4, and "emerge --update world" pulled in gcc-4.4.3-r2. So far, so good. But after the first build, I forgot to gcc-config over to 4.4.3-r2 ... dohhh. Anyhow, after switching over, rebuilding gcc-4.4.3-r2, exiting, logging back in, unmerging gcc-4.3.4, and rebuilding glibc, I successfully emerged system and world. I'm now emerging xorg-x11. Why on earth will xorg-x11 *NOT* build if I mask out various arabic, cyrillic, ethiopic, and jis fonts? My PC is *NOT* intended to be a kiosk machine at UN headquarters fer-cryin-out-loud. -- Walter Dnes
Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] gcc build fails during emerge system on new 64-bit install
Walter Dnes wrote: On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 09:38:17PM +0100, Mick wrote I'll repeat the advice I was given in this list sometime around last Christmas (but can't find the thread now): you're bound to find some pesky application which is only available in 32bit and then you'll curse for having to reinstall. If anything, I'll install a VM to run it in. Have you tried setting -j1 and trying emerging it once more? I *ALWAYS* have -j1 in /etc/make.conf. Anyways, it turned out to be something completely different. Whilst doing additional Google searching, I stumbled across "Foolproof Gentoo World Update Build Order" at http://foxpa.ws/tag/package-keywords/ and it was proof against this fool, too. My problem was that the Gentoo install snapshot put in gcc-4.3.4, and "emerge --update world" pulled in gcc-4.4.3-r2. So far, so good. But after the first build, I forgot to gcc-config over to 4.4.3-r2 ... dohhh. Anyhow, after switching over, rebuilding gcc-4.4.3-r2, exiting, logging back in, unmerging gcc-4.3.4, and rebuilding glibc, I successfully emerged system and world. I'm now emerging xorg-x11. Why on earth will xorg-x11 *NOT* build if I mask out various arabic, cyrillic, ethiopic, and jis fonts? My PC is *NOT* intended to be a kiosk machine at UN headquarters fer-cryin-out-loud. For future reference, after you switch gcc, you should run env-update and source /etc/profile. Then you don't have to log out and back in again. One could argue that one is easier than the other tho. ;-) Depends on the length of the password I guess. Dale :-) :-)
