[gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem

2010-05-21 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 05/21/2010 10:38 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Freitag 21 Mai 2010, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: You don't mind the lag (there is lag, no way around it, you just don't mind because you're not using software that needs good latency, like software synthesizers) but I do. So stop trying to co

Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-21 Thread covici
Daniel D Jones wrote: > Running the command: > > find -name *.ext | xargs -0 rm > > I get the result: > > rm: cannot remove `Long File Name One.ext\nLong File Name Two.ext\nLong File > Name Three.ext\n': File name too long. > > (The actual list is much longer than this, of course, or I would

[gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-21 Thread Daniel D Jones
Running the command: find -name *.ext | xargs -0 rm I get the result: rm: cannot remove `Long File Name One.ext\nLong File Name Two.ext\nLong File Name Three.ext\n': File name too long. (The actual list is much longer than this, of course, or I wouldn't be using xargs.) For some reason, the

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt

2010-05-21 Thread Grant
> if your mobo does not supporting re-assigning interrupts: you can't. Would that be done in the BIOS?  There is a list of interrupts in the BIOS and I can select either "Unassigned" or "Reserved" I think.  What affect will reserving an interrupt have? - Grant >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nouveau-drm compile failure

2010-05-21 Thread Grant
Google says the error can be due to disabling dri in xorg.conf, but I don't have anything like that.  Should CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y include the dri or dri2 module? >>> >>> The dri and dri2 modules should be installed by x11-base/xorg-server. >> >> I've got all of these: >> >> /usr/lib6

Re: [gentoo-user] Deprecated installed packages

2010-05-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 21 May 2010 13:44:02 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > You quote one of the three definitions in the OED. The second is > > "plead earnestly against", which applies here. The third is "pray > > against" which applies just before removal fro the tree :) > > I don't have access to the OED;

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt

2010-05-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Grant wrote: >>> > if your mobo does not supporting re-assigning interrupts: you can't. >>> >>> Would that be done in the BIOS? There is a list of interrupts in the >>> BIOS and I can select either "Unassigned" or "Reserved" I think. What >>> affect will reservin

[gentoo-user] Re: nouveau-drm compile failure

2010-05-21 Thread walt
On 05/21/2010 10:26 AM, Grant wrote: Google says the error can be due to disabling dri in xorg.conf, but I don't have anything like that. Should CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y include the dri or dri2 module? The dri and dri2 modules should be installed by x11-base/xorg-server. I've got all of these:

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt

2010-05-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 21 Mai 2010, Grant wrote: > >> > if your mobo does not supporting re-assigning interrupts: you can't. > >> > >> Would that be done in the BIOS? There is a list of interrupts in the > >> BIOS and I can select either "Unassigned" or "Reserved" I think. What > >> affect will reserving an

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt

2010-05-21 Thread Grant
>> > if your mobo does not supporting re-assigning interrupts: you can't. >> >> Would that be done in the BIOS?  There is a list of interrupts in the >> BIOS and I can select either "Unassigned" or "Reserved" I think.  What >> affect will reserving an interrupt have? >> >> - Grant > > I really don'

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt

2010-05-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 21 Mai 2010, Grant wrote: > > if your mobo does not supporting re-assigning interrupts: you can't. > > Would that be done in the BIOS? There is a list of interrupts in the > BIOS and I can select either "Unassigned" or "Reserved" I think. What > affect will reserving an interrupt have

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt

2010-05-21 Thread Grant
> if your mobo does not supporting re-assigning interrupts: you can't. Would that be done in the BIOS? There is a list of interrupts in the BIOS and I can select either "Unassigned" or "Reserved" I think. What affect will reserving an interrupt have? - Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrade and now LUKS failure

2010-05-21 Thread Daniel Troeder
On 05/18/2010 07:57 PM, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Tuesday 2010-05-18 18:56, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> Do you know any howto where it is done "the right way"? >>> >>> The right and easy way is to just use the supplied pmt-ehd(8) tool, >>> which works both interactively and non-interact

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt

2010-05-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
if your mobo does not supporting re-assigning interrupts: you can't.

[gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt

2010-05-21 Thread Grant
Does anyone know how to prevent my "nouveau" video card and "ath" wifi card from sharing interrupt 19? I can't move the video card slot and I'd rather not move the wifi card slot if possible. BTW, does anyone see any other opportunity for interrupt optimization here? I'm trying to optimize for v

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem

2010-05-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 21 Mai 2010, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 05/21/2010 09:26 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> Then why does dmix lag? > >> Then why does dmix lag? > > > > I don't know; I don't care. I don't use dmix, I use PulseAudio, an

[gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem

2010-05-21 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 05/21/2010 09:26 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Then why does dmix lag? Then why does dmix lag? I don't know; I don't care. I don't use dmix, I use PulseAudio, and it takes care of everything in user space and I don't have to worry

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem

2010-05-21 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Then why does dmix lag? > Then why does dmix lag? I don't know; I don't care. I don't use dmix, I use PulseAudio, and it takes care of everything in user space and I don't have to worry about anything. > I've tried it 6 days ago.  Ubunt

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem

2010-05-21 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Jonathan wrote: [snip] > Windows "works" for many people it does not make it the best OS or the only > one. > In Ubuntu they went from oss to PulseAudio. > I bet that 90% of Ubuntu users do not know that PulseAudio uses Alsa. What it has to do with anthing? I'm n

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nouveau-drm compile failure

2010-05-21 Thread Grant
>> Google says the error can be due to disabling dri in xorg.conf, but I >> don't have anything like that.  Should CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y include >> the dri or dri2 module? > > The dri and dri2 modules should be installed by x11-base/xorg-server. I've got all of these: /usr/lib64/opengl/xorg-x11/ex

[gentoo-user] Re: New GPS & Gentoo?

2010-05-21 Thread James
Iain Buchanan netspace.net.au> writes: > some features you might consider: I got the Garmin 1490T: > * bluetooth > * map upgrades > * text to speech has it. > * tunnel mode (some use accelerometers Not sure. > * Online searching usb and bluetooth, should in

Re: [gentoo-user] Which bluetooth USB key ?

2010-05-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:45 AM, wrote: > I have to get a bluetooth USB key. Which one is known to work under gentoo > (amd64) ? With which driver ? Experience and knowhow welcome... I have this one, it works great and it is very tiny! http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11825

Re: [gentoo-user] Deprecated installed packages

2010-05-21 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 20 May 2010 15:46:50 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2010 14:07:49 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > The root word it derives from basically means "to make smaller or > > > less important". > > > > Actually, in the Mother Tongue, it means "to express disapproval > > of" (I quote

Re: [gentoo-user] Which bluetooth USB key ?

2010-05-21 Thread Indexer
On 21/05/2010, at 5:36 PM, alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > Selon Indexer : > >> >> On 21/05/2010, at 4:15 PM, alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: >> >>> I have to get a bluetooth USB key. Which one is known to work under gentoo >>> (amd64) ? With which driver ? Experience and knowhow welcome...

Re: [gentoo-user] Phonon + PulseAudio Problem

2010-05-21 Thread Fabian Köster
> Give this a read http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Network Looks interesting and much more simple than PulseAudio ;) Thanks! signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Layman, Git, ... and Http-Proxies

2010-05-21 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday 20 May 2010 23:24:24 Petric Frank wrote: > Hello, > > i tried to use layman (current stable version). The problem ist that i sit > behind a proxy server which covers the http(s) protocol only. All other > ports are closed. > > In the config file of layman (/etc/layman/...) i entered

Re: [gentoo-user] Which bluetooth USB key ?

2010-05-21 Thread alain . didierjean
Selon Indexer : > > On 21/05/2010, at 4:15 PM, alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > > > I have to get a bluetooth USB key. Which one is known to work under gentoo > > (amd64) ? With which driver ? Experience and knowhow welcome... > > > > > Most bluetooth usb keys will work with the drivers in the ke

[gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem

2010-05-21 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 05/21/2010 02:03 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Because as soon as you disable ALSA dmix and/or Pulse, suddenly you get acceptable sound latency. With OSS4, which has in-kernel mixing, it doesn't matter if you enable the mixer or dis