[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/13/2011 08:23 PM, Grant wrote: [...] I've eselected to gallium but is there any benefit if I don't use 3D at all? You don't know what uses OpenGL and what not (OpenGL is uses for much more than just "3D"). Also, you're not paying for it so why not use it? ;-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

2011-07-13 Thread Dale
I'm baakk. Anybody want to guess why? Come on, guess. First one doesn't count. OK. This thing ran for a while with no problems. I'm downloading a video while I am watching TV. I use Firefox for that because it has that download helper tool and I like it. I couldn't find it f

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-13 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Adam Carter wrote: >> Thank you.  It looks like you are using it in AP mode but in 802.11g >> mode.  Is that the case?  I'm also curious if it can operate in both >> the 2.4 and 5Ghz bands? > > Sorry - dont know how to tell if can use 2.4 and 5. It supports 2.4GHz

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-13 Thread Adam Carter
> Thank you.  It looks like you are using it in AP mode but in 802.11g > mode.  Is that the case?  I'm also curious if it can operate in both > the 2.4 and 5Ghz bands? Sorry - dont know how to tell if can use 2.4 and 5.

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-13 Thread Adam Carter
> Thank you.  It looks like you are using it in AP mode but in 802.11g > mode.  Is that the case?  I'm also curious if it can operate in both > the 2.4 and 5Ghz bands? Its certainly counter-intuitive, but that's what I found when I searched N configuration. I have had better than 54M bit rates rep

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-13 Thread Grant
>> Got it, thanks Paul.  That's good news because it means I can use any >> 802.11n PCIe 300Mbps card with Linux drivers instead of worrying about >> AP mode.  I'll just use a 802.11g card in AP mode until there is >> better support for 802.11n.  The router uses most of the bandwidth >> from the WA

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-13 Thread Adam Carter
> Got it, thanks Paul.  That's good news because it means I can use any > 802.11n PCIe 300Mbps card with Linux drivers instead of worrying about > AP mode.  I'll just use a 802.11g card in AP mode until there is > better support for 802.11n.  The router uses most of the bandwidth > from the WAN. H

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Managing multiple Gentoo systems

2011-07-13 Thread Bill Longman
On 07/13/2011 12:38 PM, Grant wrote: > I suppose I could also do without the PXE layer and all of its > requirements if I install some sort of minimal storage device (flash > drive, SD card, USB key, etc.) into each workstation for the boot > image. I could still push updates to the boot image ov

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Managing multiple Gentoo systems

2011-07-13 Thread Grant
> Have you considered using PXE to network boot your systems? you can > have various configurations set up based on mac addresses to address > different hardware issues. I recommend trying out SystemRescueCD to > experiment with PXE booting for the client and server. That

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-13 Thread Grant
>> Should I need only one wireless card in my router to connect to both >> the clients and a wireless bridge which is connected to the WAN? > > I think you need 2 cards in your router (one as host and one as client > to the wireless WAN bridge), unless you use WDS. Got it, thanks Paul. That's goo

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread meino . cramer
Grant [11-07-13 19:20]: > >> >>> When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of > >> >>> fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers.  xf86-video-nouveau didn't > >> >>> have the same problem.  Now I've switched to an ATI video card and > >> >>> unfortunately I have the same pro

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Grant
> When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of > fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers.  xf86-video-nouveau didn't > have the same problem.  Now I've switched to an ATI video card and > unfortunately I have the same problem with xf86-video-ati.  I tried to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Grant
>> When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of >> fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers.  xf86-video-nouveau didn't >> have the same problem.  Now I've switched to an ATI video card and >> unfortunately I have the same problem with xf86-video-ati.  I tried to >> enable t

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Grant
>> >>> When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of >> >>> fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers.  xf86-video-nouveau didn't >> >>> have the same problem.  Now I've switched to an ATI video card and >> >>> unfortunately I have the same problem with xf86-video-ati.  I trie

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 13 Jul 2011 15:42:02 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 07/13/2011 03:25 PM, Mick wrote: > > [...] > > Is the [r600] gallium stable now? I found it was locking up a kde > > desktop with effects enabled and set it back to classic. > > It's been made the default driver in Mesa now. So I gu

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread meino . cramer
Roger Mason [11-07-13 18:12]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > > > Hi Grant, > > > > another shot into an even much deeper dark ;) > > > > May be you have a problem here, which it is called "Brummschleife" > > in german...sorry dont know the English equivalent...may be something > > like

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Roger Mason
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > Hi Grant, > > another shot into an even much deeper dark ;) > > May be you have a problem here, which it is called "Brummschleife" > in german...sorry dont know the English equivalent...may be something > like "buzzing loop"...but this looks more like a strange

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-13 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Grant wrote: > Should I need only one wireless card in my router to connect to both > the clients and a wireless bridge which is connected to the WAN? I think you need 2 cards in your router (one as host and one as client to the wireless WAN bridge), unless you us

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/13/2011 03:25 PM, Mick wrote: [...] Is the [r600] gallium stable now? I found it was locking up a kde desktop with effects enabled and set it back to classic. It's been made the default driver in Mesa now. So I guess that means it's considered stable. But for me, both classic and gall

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 13 Jul 2011 08:13:27 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 07/10/2011 02:21 AM, Grant wrote: > > When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of > > fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers. xf86-video-nouveau didn't > > have the same problem. Now I've switched to an ATI

[gentoo-user] Re: Android build error on Gentoo

2011-07-13 Thread randd
On Wednesday 13 Jul 2011 11:25:50 AM randd wrote: > On Wednesday 13 Jul 2011 11:06:32 AM randd wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I am on Gentoo stable and in the past (Jun 9) I have built android > > (gingerbread) successfully. Somehow now build fails at random places > > with the following error. > >

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/13/2011 01:33 AM, Grant wrote: When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers. xf86-video-nouveau didn't have the same problem. Now I've switched to an ATI video card and unfortunately I have the same problem with xf86-video-a

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/10/2011 02:21 AM, Grant wrote: When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers. xf86-video-nouveau didn't have the same problem. Now I've switched to an ATI video card and unfortunately I have the same problem with xf86-video-a