Re: [gentoo-user] Panic at boot time after update kernel to 2.6.20-r8.

2007-05-12 Thread Neil Walker
Graham Murray wrote: According to the Linux sata site (http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html) the AHCI driver supports all the SATA features such as NCQ (Native Command Queueing) and hotplug but the PIIX module does not support these. I've been running the PIIX driver for quite some time a

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers for 8600 GT

2007-05-12 Thread Aleksandar L. Dimitrov
On Sun, 13 May 2007 00:30:50 +0200 Markus Schönhaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > > > I don't think that there is an overlay for those drivers. > > Take a look at this bugs [1][2] which are dealing with the new > > drivers. Maybe they will be added to the tree soon. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers for 8600 GT

2007-05-12 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > I don't think that there is an overlay for those drivers. > Take a look at this bugs [1][2] which are dealing with the new drivers. > Maybe they will be added to the tree soon. Thanks for the pointers. > You can try to rename the ebuild according to the new version and

Re: [gentoo-user] should dual-core Pentium Processor Extreme Edition be recognized as two processors or one?

2007-05-12 Thread Denis
Great - just recompiled the kernel, and the problem is solved. I can see 4 cpu's in top, and 2 cores are recognized in /proc/cpuinfo. Many thanks! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Panic at boot time after update kernel to 2.6.20-r8.

2007-05-12 Thread Graham Murray
David Harel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Graham Murray wrote: >> For the ICH6 and later, I think that the AHCI driver is better than >> PIIX_ATA. > How can I evaluate the different solutions (They both work)? According to the Linux sata site (http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html) the AHCI

Re: [gentoo-user] Configuring and Booting Xen

2007-05-12 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 20:54 +0100, Bruno Santos wrote: [...] > > my grub.conf is: > title=Xen 3.0.4 Linux 2.6.16.33 > root (hd0,4) > kernel /xen.gz > module /vmlinuz-2.6.16.33-xen0 root=/dev/sda6 > > title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.20-gentoo-r7 x86_64 > root (hd0,4) > kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.20-gentoo-r7

Re: [gentoo-user] should dual-core Pentium Processor Extreme Edition be recognized as two processors or one?

2007-05-12 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sat, 12 May 2007 16:58:36 -0400 Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Crap! I totally forgot that I need ACPI support in the kernel for an > SMP system to work the way I expected. I guess I can load my .config > file, edit it inside menuconfig, and recompile the kernel. I forgot - > do I need t

Re: [gentoo-user] should dual-core Pentium Processor Extreme Edition be recognized as two processors or one?

2007-05-12 Thread Denis
Crap! I totally forgot that I need ACPI support in the kernel for an SMP system to work the way I expected. I guess I can load my .config file, edit it inside menuconfig, and recompile the kernel. I forgot - do I need to clean out any of the stuff from this kernel before I can recompile it, or

Re: [gentoo-user] no CD or DVD but "rules" seem correct-FIXED-no, really

2007-05-12 Thread maxim wexler
> > Awesome! Eyes must have glazed over when I got to > that > > part. > > Does this mean it helped? Yes, thanks a lot. Maxim Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! T

Re: [gentoo-user] Panic at boot time after update kernel to 2.6.20-r8.

2007-05-12 Thread David Harel
Graham Murray wrote: Neil Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: It's the Intel PIIX driver for the Intel ICH family, etc. You didn't look for Intel or ICH? For the ICH6 and later, I think that the AHCI driver is better than PIIX_ATA. How can I evaluate the different solutions (Th

[gentoo-user] Re: I copied a Gentoo VM and now networking doesn't work.

2007-05-12 Thread reader
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 09 May 2007 02:55:42 Daevid Vincent wrote: >> I have a Gentoo VM that I've used for years (XP Host. Workstation 5.5.3). >> Works great. >> >> I copied the .vmdk and .vmx files to a new directory called "LAMP". I >> edited the .vmx

[gentoo-user] Configuring and Booting Xen

2007-05-12 Thread Bruno Santos
Hi all. I'm trying to install Xen in my Gentoo Box. I've followed the Wiki at Gentoo Wiki and followed every instruction, but i have a few doughs and a problem. I've installed the Xen-sources from marineam-xen overlay. When booting, i got an error: Cannot open root device "sda6" or unknown-b

Re: [gentoo-user] Panic at boot time after update kernel to 2.6.20-r8.

2007-05-12 Thread Graham Murray
Neil Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's the Intel PIIX driver for the Intel ICH family, etc. You didn't > look for Intel or ICH? For the ICH6 and later, I think that the AHCI driver is better than PIIX_ATA. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] locate

2007-05-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
Hello Bo Ørsted Andresen, > A script won't help as it will only change the path in the context of > the script. A shell function is required. It would work if you sourced it, but a shell function would be better. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 020: Error recording error codes - Additional errors wil

Re: [gentoo-user] Panic at boot time after update kernel to 2.6.20-r8.

2007-05-12 Thread David Harel
I read this: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0510.3/2003.html and figured out the driver name. Are they compatible? cos that's the one setup and I am up and running. I'll try the driver you suggested and see if it works. Neil Walker wrote: David Harel wrote: The driver I neede

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers for 8600 GT

2007-05-12 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
> Today I bought a graphics card with Nvidia 8600 GT chipset without > taking into account that there might be no official nvidia drivers > supporting this card yet. There are beta drivers (v. 100.14.03) > available on nzone, though, that should get that card working, but > there's no ebuild for th

Re: [gentoo-user] Panic at boot time after update kernel to 2.6.20-r8.

2007-05-12 Thread Neil Walker
David Harel wrote: The driver I needed seem to be AHCI SATA. What makes you think that? Was rather difficult to identify that that is the right driver because lspci states: 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 04) and you can't find 82801 in .

Re: [gentoo-user] no CD or DVD but "rules" seem correct-FIXED-no, really

2007-05-12 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag, 12. Mai 2007 schrieb maxim wexler: > > Maybe you should try adding OPTIONS+="last_rule" to > > stop device node > > generations for CD/DVD devices after your rules. > > Awesome! Eyes must have glazed over when I got to that > part. Does this mean it helped? > > > udev-104-r12 > > > >

[gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers for 8600 GT

2007-05-12 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Hello! Today I bought a graphics card with Nvidia 8600 GT chipset without taking into account that there might be no official nvidia drivers supporting this card yet. There are beta drivers (v. 100.14.03) available on nzone, though, that should get that card working, but there's no ebuild for them

[gentoo-user] Problems with Ncurses UIs through Terminal

2007-05-12 Thread Justin Patrin
Since I got my MacBook Pro certain terminal-based UIs have been broken when sshing from Mac OS X's Terminal. Things like bmon and the kernel's menuconfig display very strangely with some lines too long and when I select something the selected text displays too high/low. SSHing from PuTTY in Window

Re: [gentoo-user] no CD or DVD but "rules" seem correct-FIXED-no, really

2007-05-12 Thread maxim wexler
--- Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Freitag, 11. Mai 2007 schrieb maxim wexler: > > > Can you post the relevant lines from > 10.local.rules. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10* > > BUS=="ide", KERNEL=="hdc", SYMLINK+="cdrom", > > GROUP="cdrom" > > BUS=="ide",

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-12 Thread Aleksandar L. Dimitrov
On Sat, 12 May 2007 11:34:39 -0400 "Francisco Rivas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi friends, Johannes bro.. I can't give up with that, I know we can > solve your problem, I feel it :D > Watch out, or you'll end up as a case for the Scary Devil Monastery. I've probably already reached this point

[gentoo-user] Re: locate

2007-05-12 Thread Alexander Skwar
Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 11 May 2007 16:09:40 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> > Anyway I don't have a mouse on that system, so I'll have to use Alan >> > suggestion. >> >> You could use a script. e.g. > > A script won't help as it will only change the path in the context

Re: [gentoo-user] should dual-core Pentium Processor Extreme Edition be recognized as two processors or one?

2007-05-12 Thread Statux
On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 12:03 -0400, Denis wrote: [snip] > I thought that dual-core processors would appear as two processors in > Linux, or 4 with hyperthreading enabled. When I set up the kernel, I > did compile in the SMP support, enhanced RTC, and chose Pentium 4 in > processor family, among

Re: [gentoo-user] Panic at boot time after update kernel to 2.6.20-r8.

2007-05-12 Thread David Harel
Thank you both Neil Bothwick andAlan McKinnon for the great help. Got this one working now. Still many features arn't working yet such as alsa and wifi but I think I will make it now. The driver I needed seem to be AHCI SATA. Was rather difficult to identify that that is the right driver be

Re: [gentoo-user] should dual-core Pentium Processor Extreme Edition be recognized as two processors or one?

2007-05-12 Thread Naga Toro
On Saturday 12 May 2007 18.03.07 Denis wrote: > I'm setting up a fresh Gentoo box, which is based on a Pentium > Processor Extreme Edition 840 (Smithfield = 2 Prescott cores) mounted > on an Intel D955XBK board - it's that expensive dual-core deal with > hyperthreading enabled. > > I am still worki

Re: [gentoo-user] should dual-core Pentium Processor Extreme Edition be recognized as two processors or one?

2007-05-12 Thread Elias Probst
On Saturday 12 May 2007 18:03:07 Denis wrote: > But when I load "top", it only lists stats about one processor. - Press '1' in top. - Take a look at the output of "cat /proc/cpuinfo" - .config seems to be ok Regards, Elias P. -- A really nice number: "09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:8

Re: [gentoo-user] locate

2007-05-12 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Friday 11 May 2007 16:09:40 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > Anyway I don't have a mouse on that system, so I'll have to use Alan > > suggestion. > > You could use a script. e.g. A script won't help as it will only change the path in the context of the script. A shell function is required. -- Bo And

[gentoo-user] should dual-core Pentium Processor Extreme Edition be recognized as two processors or one?

2007-05-12 Thread Denis
I'm setting up a fresh Gentoo box, which is based on a Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840 (Smithfield = 2 Prescott cores) mounted on an Intel D955XBK board - it's that expensive dual-core deal with hyperthreading enabled. I am still working on the basic set-up for Gentoo, such as customizing U

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-12 Thread Guillermo A. Amaral
On Saturday 12 May 2007 05:31, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: > Hi everybody > > Deciding that I could not work with that I tried the open source drivers > for the ati card. > > Joe If your not looking for 3D Accel how about trying the VESA driver, or try some live distro that load up your video

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-12 Thread Francisco Rivas
Hi friends, Johannes bro.. I can't give up with that, I know we can solve your problem, I feel it :D The most important thing is try, one more try and it's enough.. Uninstall the xserver, unistall the ati drivers check all configurations of your kernel.. Install xserver 7.1 and 8.36.5 ati drive

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Need procmail recipe

2007-05-12 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 04:51 +0200, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > 1 > Am Freitag, 11. Mai 2007, 13:39:21 -0500 schrieb Michael Sullivan: > > On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 10:43 +0200, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, 09. Mai 2007, 15:21:52 -0500 schrieb Michael Sullivan: > > > > On Wed, 2007-05-09

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Need help setting up mailman to work with exim [SOLVED]

2007-05-12 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 14:21 +0200, Dirk GROSSE OSTERHUES wrote: > Hej, > > > On 11/5/07 19:02, Michael Sullivan wrote: > > What do I need to do to set up mailman to work with exim? > > [...] > > as you didn't post the relevant parts of your exim.conf I guess that you > didn't read the notes in t

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-12 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
Hi everybody Well the xorg server downgrade did not help either, so I abandon the cloesed source drivers from Ati and went on to try to install my S3 onboard savage graphic processor. This work almost instantly without any problems except for the fact that I experienced a lot of areas on the

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Need help setting up mailman to work with exim

2007-05-12 Thread Dirk GROSSE OSTERHUES
Hej, On 11/5/07 19:02, Michael Sullivan wrote: > What do I need to do to set up mailman to work with exim? > [...] as you didn't post the relevant parts of your exim.conf I guess that you didn't read the notes in the compile process of mailman. There you'd have had the possibility to copy & past