Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] illegal instruction ... in modf?

2007-08-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 02:16 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > Graham Murray writes: > > > Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm compiling a program blah.cpp with g++ 4.1.2. I've rebuilt lots > > > of my system with 4.1.2. I'm copying the binary onto another gentoo > > > system which ha

[gentoo-user] Can't install Gentoo on Dell Inspiron 530

2007-08-23 Thread Walter Dnes
I got a shiny new Dell Inspiron from the "PC fairy". Windows Vista works OK (at least good enough for Windows). It does not want to be formatted. I insert the latest minimal install CD, and things start off OK at the beginning of the boot process. *THE USB KEYBOARD WORKS OK AT THE BEGINNING*

[gentoo-user] Re: i586 install

2007-08-23 Thread James
Sarpy Sam gmail.com> writes: > > #0 > > title=kernel-2.6.21-gentoo-r4 > > root(hd0,1) > > kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.21-gentoo-r4 root=/dev/hda3 > > #0 > > title=kernel-2.6.21-gentoo-r4 > > root(hd0,1) > > kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.21-gentoo-r4 root=/dev/hda1 > Grub method of numbering has always co

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] advices about motherboard+cpu+fan(+soundcard) combo?

2007-08-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 21:01 +0200, b.n. wrote: > Florian Philipp ha scritto: > >> Are they silent too? I really need silent things. > >> > > Oh, you want silence? I hope you know that this is a real science? > > Yes :) But my current setup is silent enough for my needs (don't > remember what cpu

Re: [gentoo-user] i586 install

2007-08-23 Thread Sarpy Sam
On 8/23/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I seem to be having trouble installing > grub on i586 systems. > > What I use is the > "install-x86-minmal-2006.0.iso" cd to boot the system > and follow the hadbook install guide. But I use the stage3 tarfile: > stage3-i586-2006.1.tar.bz2 >

[gentoo-user] Re: i586 install

2007-08-23 Thread James
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > Hello Benno Schulenberg, > > > > GRUB cannot read files from a tail-packed Reiser filesystem. > > > > Huh? How is this machine able to boot then? Here /boot isn't a > > separate partition, but just a subdir of /, which is mounted > > without notai

Re: [gentoo-user] i586 install

2007-08-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
Hello Benno Schulenberg, > > GRUB cannot read files from a tail-packed Reiser filesystem. > > Huh? How is this machine able to boot then? Here /boot isn't a > separate partition, but just a subdir of /, which is mounted > without notail, and has been so for years. As Volker said, maybe thi

Re: [gentoo-user] i586 install

2007-08-23 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Neil Bothwick wrote: > GRUB cannot read files from a tail-packed Reiser filesystem. Huh? How is this machine able to boot then? Here /boot isn't a separate partition, but just a subdir of /, which is mounted without notail, and has been so for years. # mount | grep " / " /dev/hda9 on / type r

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: i586 install

2007-08-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag, 23. August 2007, James wrote: > Florian Philipp addcom.de> writes: > > You do not only need to mount it with notail, you need to write all files > > with notail in the first place. > > Hmm, > > I have several system where I use this for the fstab with reiser: > /dev/hda2/boo

[gentoo-user] Re: i586 install

2007-08-23 Thread James
Florian Philipp addcom.de> writes: > You do not only need to mount it with notail, you need to write all files > with > notail in the first place. Hmm, I have several system where I use this for the fstab with reiser: /dev/hda2/boot reiserfsdefaults1 2 so the defau

[gentoo-user] removing old kernels from system

2007-08-23 Thread Denis
My "eselect kernel list" was getting too long for my liking, so I decided to remove some of the older kernel versions. I did emerge -C sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-VERSION for the versions I wanted to get rid of but soon discovered that "eselect kernel list" hasn't gotten any shorter. Indeed, the

Re: [gentoo-user] i586 install

2007-08-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
Hello Florian Philipp, > > If you must use reiserfs on /boot (it's a complete waste of space, > > ext2 is more sensible), you must mount it with the notail option. > > GRUB cannot read files from a tail-packed Reiser filesystem. > > You do not only need to mount it with notail, you need to writ

Re: [gentoo-user] "Treason uncloaked!" solution?

2007-08-23 Thread Dan Farrell
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:48:55 +0200 Hans-Werner Hilse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:18:16 -0700 > Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sometimes I get "Treason uncloaked!" in dmesg when running > > bittorrent. The solution here: > > > > http://www.linuxquestions.o

Re: [gentoo-user] i586 install

2007-08-23 Thread Florian Philipp
Am Donnerstag 23 August 2007 19:14:12 schrieb Neil Bothwick: > Hello James, > > > Googling mostly reveals suggestions about file system > > being corrupt. I ran file system chekcs (reiserfsck) > > per previous instuctions and /boot and / come back > > clean and happy. > > If you must use reiserfs o

Re: [gentoo-user] Rolling upgrades, are you making sure everything gets restarted?

2007-08-23 Thread Dan Johansson
On Thursday 23 August 2007, Steen Eugen Poulsen wrote: > > BUT! It runs on four out of five boxes here. This is the error I get on > > the fifth box (I'm not a phyton programmer). > > Neither am I, but that wont stop me. o.O > > > # bin/checkrestart > > Found 54 processes using old versions of upgr

Re: [gentoo-user] i586 install

2007-08-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
Hello James, > Googling mostly reveals suggestions about file system > being corrupt. I ran file system chekcs (reiserfsck) > per previous instuctions and /boot and / come back > clean and happy. If you must use reiserfs on /boot (it's a complete waste of space, ext2 is more sensible), you must m

[gentoo-user] i586 install

2007-08-23 Thread James
Hello, I seem to be having trouble installing grub on i586 systems. What I use is the "install-x86-minmal-2006.0.iso" cd to boot the system and follow the hadbook install guide. But I use the stage3 tarfile: stage3-i586-2006.1.tar.bz2 Everything runs fine until I try to reboot off the hard driv

Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package isn't really there.

2007-08-23 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Thursday 23 August 2007, a tiny voice compelled Abraham Marín Pérez to write: > Ernie Schroder escribió: > > On Wednesday 22 August 2007, a tiny voice compelled Ernie Schroder to write: > >> On Wednesday 22 August 2007, a tiny voice compelled James Ausmus to write: > >>> emerge -ptv kino > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package isn't really there.

2007-08-23 Thread Abraham Marín Pérez
Bo Ørsted Andresen escribió: On Thursday 23 August 2007 08:15:58 Abraham Marín Pérez wrote: What I wonder now is, shouldn't Portage itself have detected this issue and choose a version between 0.4.9_p20061016 and 0.4.9_p20070525? Would this be a Portage bug? Sure. And it's a very new b

Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package isn't really there.

2007-08-23 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Thursday 23 August 2007 08:15:58 Abraham Marín Pérez wrote: > What I wonder now is, shouldn't Portage itself have detected this issue > and choose a version between 0.4.9_p20061016 and 0.4.9_p20070525? Would > this be a Portage bug? Sure. And it's a very new bug. Hence the high bug number... ;)

Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package isn't really there.

2007-08-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:04:30 +0200, Abraham Marín Pérez wrote: > > It is so, kino 1.1.0 pulls in ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20070616, which doesn't > > cause any blocks. The facts that the block disappears when you switch > > to 1.1.0 should be enough to convince you. > The block isn't caused by ffmpeg,

Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package isn't really there.

2007-08-23 Thread Abraham Marín Pérez
Neil Bothwick escribió: Hello Ernie Schroder, Kino 1.1.0 on the other hand is satisfied by any version later than 0.4.9_p20061016. Not so. # emerge -p kino These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N] media-video/ffmpeg

Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package isn't really there.

2007-08-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
Hello Ernie Schroder, > > Kino 1.1.0 on the other hand is satisfied by any version later than > > 0.4.9_p20061016. > > Not so. > > # emerge -p kino > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild N] media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p200