Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-29 Thread Beso
2007/8/29, Lorenzo Milesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > seems ok now: > # hdparm -i /dev/sda yep it looks ok now try also a hdparm -i /dev/sr0 to see if also the dvd has ata enabled > > after that, the disk's spin may be due to the high load (thw swap > filling - > > try setting the swap t

[gentoo-amd64] i810 and drm

2007-08-29 Thread Vincent ETIENNE
Hello, This post is not specially amd64 specific but as some last post where also on the i810 subject, i hope you could help me. I own a gigabyte motherboard ( G33-DS3 ) with intel G33 chipset and i 'm unable to made drm working. The problem is (as far as i have understood it) that due to havi

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: xf86-video-i810 (now intel) upgrade path?

2007-08-29 Thread Jason
Duncan wrote: > Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], > excerpted below, on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:18:57 -0400: > >> Also, when compiling X.org/mesa/drm from source, it builds the kernel >> modules drm.ko and i915.ko. What package does that in gentoo? > > That's the kernel, AFAIK. U

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-29 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
On 8/16/07, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > did you removed all the hda stack (you should then use the /dev/sda instead > of /dev/hda for hd ad /dev/sr0 instead of /dev/hdb for the dvd)? sda doesn't accept dma from hdparm. > with the new pata stack hdparm doesn't really function anymore. here

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Disk boot order in grub

2007-08-29 Thread Drake Donahue
- Original Message - From: "Peter Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 4:50 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Disk boot order in grub On Tuesday 28 Aug 2007, Drake Donahue wrote: You have selected: first page; sata first disk to boot from; second pag

[gentoo-amd64] Re: xf86-video-i810 (now intel) upgrade path?

2007-08-29 Thread Duncan
Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:18:57 -0400: > Also, when compiling X.org/mesa/drm from source, it builds the kernel > modules drm.ko and i915.ko. What package does that in gentoo? That's the kernel, AFAIK. Under Device Drivers > Char

[gentoo-amd64] Re: Disk boot order in grub

2007-08-29 Thread Duncan
Peter Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:50:03 +0100: > That's a bit sophisticated if so, and I'm a bit wary of some of the > logic design decisions here. Wouldn't it be good if BIOS makers told us > how their systems operate? I never th

[gentoo-amd64] Re: possible MBR corruption?

2007-08-29 Thread Duncan
Marc Joliet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:54:35 +0200: > Sorry for taking so long for a response. First I was cleaning up my > world file[1] on Sunday/Monday (inspired by a recent thread here). Then > I couldn't boot[2] _AND_ lastly had had

Re: [gentoo-amd64] xf86-video-i810 (now intel) upgrade path?

2007-08-29 Thread Leonid Eremin
Hi, Jason. Try to run: revdep-rebuild > All, > I'd like to unmask xf86-video-i810 to grab v2.1.1, however, when I do, > my compiz-fusion/kde setup gets borked. (I have to resize terminals to > get the screen to update, etc) > Is there a handy way to determine what needs to be re-merged/unmaske

[gentoo-amd64] Re: Update on prev. discussion: taskset / schedutils / util-linux

2007-08-29 Thread Duncan
"Wil Reichert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:49:23 -0400: > I often have long running cpu-intensive tasks running on my dual core > machines. Will maintaining cpu / core affinity result in noticeably > better performance? Or was that answe

[gentoo-amd64] xf86-video-i810 (now intel) upgrade path?

2007-08-29 Thread Jason
All, I'd like to unmask xf86-video-i810 to grab v2.1.1, however, when I do, my compiz-fusion/kde setup gets borked. (I have to resize terminals to get the screen to update, etc) Is there a handy way to determine what needs to be re-merged/unmasked after upgrading xf86-video-i810? I'd prefer to

Re: [gentoo-amd64] root partition full?

2007-08-29 Thread Nicolas Merline
lol that worked great, turns out i have a /samba directory and thats were it all was XD thanks all for the help! On 8/28/07, Bernhard Auzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am Dienstag 28 August 2007 schrieb Daemon Xavier: > > my emerge is giving me the error saying my root partition is full, so

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Update on prev. discussion: taskset / schedutils / util-linux

2007-08-29 Thread Wil Reichert
On 8/28/07, Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some weeks ago, there was a thread mentioning taskset, then part of > schedutils. Someone mentioned that schedutils was being merged into > util-linux, but the then-current util-linux versions (thru 2.12.x) in the > tree didn't have it. > > Well, uti

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: possible MBR corruption?

2007-08-29 Thread Marc Joliet
Sorry for taking so long for a response. First I was cleaning up my world file[1] on Sunday/Monday (inspired by a recent thread here). Then I couldn't boot[2] _AND_ lastly had had some really weird networking problems[3]. Hot damn! Am Samstag, den 25.08.2007, 23:53 + schrieb Duncan: > Marc Jo

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Disk boot order in grub

2007-08-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 28 Aug 2007, Drake Donahue wrote: > You have selected: > first page; sata first disk to boot from; > second page; disk order 'raid sata 1', 'raid sata 2', 'old sata', ide; ? Correct. > Currently, after a boot/reboot to BIOS setup, does the third page still > show the hard disk is 'ra