[gentoo-user] Re: Strange issue about package.mask

On 10/25/2011 05:41 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: I don't want to compile the big thing - libreoffice, so I use libreoffice-bin instead. To prevent myself from emerging libreoffice by mistake, I add it to package.mask But there's a strange thing going on here. If the contents of package.mask are

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: (unknown)

Thanks, Effects is working.. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 10/25/2011 12:58 AM, Mick wrote: > >> Does this need adding to /etc/make.conf? >>> >>> Yes. Everyone who uses an AMD card should have "radeon" in VIDEO_CARDS, >>> followed by either "r300" or "r600

[gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

On 10/25/2011 01:12 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 20.10.2011 18:47, schrieb Mark Knecht: Gentoo hosts run KVM, in there virtual Windows-machines for various specific software they need. Stable so far. Good to know. Maybe I'll give it a try. reply 2, new thoughts (perspective: running

[gentoo-user] Re: (unknown)

On 10/25/2011 12:58 AM, Mick wrote: Does this need adding to /etc/make.conf? Yes. Everyone who uses an AMD card should have "radeon" in VIDEO_CARDS, followed by either "r300" or "r600". Of course only when we're taking about the X.Org drivers. If you're going to use the Catalyst proprietary

[gentoo-user] Re: emerge --sync failed

On 10/25/2011 12:21 AM, Hartmut Figge wrote: Nikos Chantziaras: On 10/24/2011 02:40 AM, Hartmut Figge wrote: i5 hafi # emerge --sync [...] ERROR: Malformed update entry 'move dev-php5/dev-php5/pecl-ssh2 dev-php/dev-php5/pecl-ssh2' For future reference, instead of deleting (which can be a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

USB does use DMA. Check the kernel source doco Documentation/usb/dma.txt

[gentoo-user] Strange issue about package.mask

I don't want to compile the big thing - libreoffice, so I use libreoffice-bin instead. To prevent myself from emerging libreoffice by mistake, I add it to package.mask But there's a strange thing going on here. If the contents of package.mask are like this: app-office/libreoffice equery u libreoff

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Balky mounting of external devices

On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:07:23PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > In that case, you have a different situation since there is clearly a > partition on the disk. The partition table may be slightly faulty, hence > the need for fdisk. Recreating the partition table with fdisk should fix > that permane

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

On Mon, Oct 24 2011, Michael Mol wrote: > On Oct 24, 2011 7:21 PM, "walt" wrote: >> >> Now, lack of DMA is another story for hard disks, certainly. Here's >> where my ignorance of hardware limits my thinking: >> >> AFAIK the device driver *always* sits between the disk drive and the >> DMA hardw

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

On Oct 24, 2011 7:21 PM, "walt" wrote: > > On 10/24/2011 10:28 AM, walt wrote: > > ... > > Over at least six trials on each docking station I consistently > > get 105 seconds for USB and 84 seconds for e-sata, a 5:4 ratio > > in favor of e-sata/sata over USB3/sata... > > Wow, lots of great answers

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

On 10/24/2011 10:28 AM, walt wrote: > ... > Over at least six trials on each docking station I consistently > get 105 seconds for USB and 84 seconds for e-sata, a 5:4 ratio > in favor of e-sata/sata over USB3/sata... Wow, lots of great answers, guys, thanks. Enough material to give me lots more q

Re: [gentoo-user] Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

Am 20.10.2011 18:47, schrieb Mark Knecht: >> Gentoo hosts run KVM, in there virtual Windows-machines for various >> specific software they need. >> >> Stable so far. > > Good to know. Maybe I'll give it a try. reply 2, new thoughts (perspective: running *one* Windows-XP-VM on a desktop-machine,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: (unknown)

On Monday 24 Oct 2011 21:35:44 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 10/24/2011 10:59 PM, Mick wrote: > > On Monday 24 Oct 2011 09:36:48 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> On 10/24/2011 11:28 AM, Vishnupradeep wrote: > >>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Nikos Chantziaras >>> > >>> >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-10-24, Florian Philipp wrote: >> Am 24.10.2011 22:02, schrieb Grant Edwards: >>> On 2011-10-24, walt wrote: >>> I just bought an add-on USB3 adapter and outboard USB3/sata docking station, and I've been comparing the perfo

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

On 2011-10-24, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 24.10.2011 22:02, schrieb Grant Edwards: >> On 2011-10-24, walt wrote: >> >>> I just bought an add-on USB3 adapter and outboard USB3/sata docking >>> station, and I've been comparing the performance with my old e-sata >>> outboard docking station. Not

[gentoo-user] Re: emerge --sync failed

Nikos Chantziaras: >On 10/24/2011 02:40 AM, Hartmut Figge wrote: >> i5 hafi # emerge --sync [...] >> ERROR: Malformed update entry 'move dev-php5/dev-php5/pecl-ssh2 >> dev-php/dev-php5/pecl-ssh2' > >For future reference, instead of deleting (which can be a bad idea since >new ebuilds can depend

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

Am 24.10.2011 22:02, schrieb Grant Edwards: > On 2011-10-24, walt wrote: > >> I just bought an add-on USB3 adapter and outboard USB3/sata docking >> station, and I've been comparing the performance with my old e-sata >> outboard docking station. Not so good :( >> >> After getting some unreliable

[gentoo-user] Re: (unknown)

On 10/24/2011 10:59 PM, Mick wrote: On Monday 24 Oct 2011 09:36:48 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 10/24/2011 11:28 AM, Vishnupradeep wrote: On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Nikos Chantziarasmailto:rea...@arcor.de>> wrote: In your /etc/make.conf, use this: I am using ATI 4350 card. so is that

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

On 2011-10-24, walt wrote: > I just bought an add-on USB3 adapter and outboard USB3/sata docking > station, and I've been comparing the performance with my old e-sata > outboard docking station. Not so good :( > > After getting some unreliable results with hdparm, I settled on > copying one 3GB

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: (unknown)

On Monday 24 Oct 2011 09:36:48 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 10/24/2011 11:28 AM, Vishnupradeep wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Nikos Chantziaras > > > > wrote: > > In your /etc/make.conf, use this: > > I am using ATI 4350 card. so is that > > VIDEO_CARDS="

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:28 PM, walt wrote: > I just bought an add-on USB3 adapter and outboard USB3/sata docking > station, and I've been comparing the performance with my old e-sata > outboard docking station.  Not so good :( I think, generally speaking, a SATA drive plugged into a SATA port

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/24/11 20:27, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 18:11:45 schrieb 4k3nd0: >> On 10/24/11 17:31, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 16:36:00 schrieb 4k3nd0: hi guys,

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

On 10/24/2011 08:28 PM, walt wrote: I just bought an add-on USB3 adapter and outboard USB3/sata docking station, and I've been comparing the performance with my old e-sata outboard docking station. Not so good :( [...] Over at least six trials on each docking station I consistently get 105 secon

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx

Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 18:49:36 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > Am Montag 24 Oktober 2011, 16:36:00 schrieb 4k3nd0: > > hi guys, > > > > somehow my fglrx is unstable. Got sometime a crashing fglrx that > > pulling down the hole system. Someone maybe a idea to fix this? > > > > http://pasteb

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx

Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 18:11:45 schrieb 4k3nd0: > On 10/24/11 17:31, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 16:36:00 schrieb 4k3nd0: > >> hi guys, > >> > >> somehow my fglrx is unstable. Got sometime a crashing fglrx that > >> pulling down the hole system

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:28 PM, walt wrote: > I just bought an add-on USB3 adapter and outboard USB3/sata docking > station, and I've been comparing the performance with my old e-sata > outboard docking station.  Not so good :( > > After getting some unreliable results with hdparm, I settled on >

[gentoo-user] [OT] Disappointing USB3 performance

I just bought an add-on USB3 adapter and outboard USB3/sata docking station, and I've been comparing the performance with my old e-sata outboard docking station. Not so good :( After getting some unreliable results with hdparm, I settled on copying one 3GB file from one partition of the outboard

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx

Am Montag 24 Oktober 2011, 16:36:00 schrieb 4k3nd0: > hi guys, > > somehow my fglrx is unstable. Got sometime a crashing fglrx that > pulling down the hole system. Someone maybe a idea to fix this? > > http://pastebin.com/izFnWD7N > > I'm using the 11.9 ati-drivers, i got a ATI Readon HD6990 M >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/24/11 17:31, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > Hi, > > Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 16:36:00 schrieb 4k3nd0: >> hi guys, >> >> somehow my fglrx is unstable. Got sometime a crashing fglrx that >> pulling down the hole system. Someone maybe a idea

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx

Hi, Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, 16:36:00 schrieb 4k3nd0: > hi guys, > > somehow my fglrx is unstable. Got sometime a crashing fglrx that > pulling down the hole system. Someone maybe a idea to fix this? > > http://pastebin.com/izFnWD7N [fglrx] ASIC hang happened is a message indicating a dead

Re:[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with sound card

>Er, if you have one sound card and one audio controller, then doesn't >that make two sound cards? :-/ (One actual sound card (PCI or PCIe) and >one integrated into the mainboard?) Ha, I'm not comprehend with hardware . >You didn't install it then. It's in the "media-sound/alsa-utils" package

Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2 [SOLVED]

Am 24.10.2011 03:15, schrieb Michael Sullivan: > On 10/23/11 18:15, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:00:52 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: >> > pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file > v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw Is this file present in /lib/firm

[gentoo-user] Kernel Panic fglrx

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hi guys, somehow my fglrx is unstable. Got sometime a crashing fglrx that pulling down the hole system. Someone maybe a idea to fix this? http://pastebin.com/izFnWD7N I'm using the 11.9 ati-drivers, i got a ATI Readon HD6990 M uname -a Linux Slaxy

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with sound card

2011/10/24 Lavender : >>  * Looks like maybe you have 2 sound cards. Are you going through >>the correct card for output? > It's not like that . I only have one sound card and one HD audio controller, > > I don't why there are card0 and card1. > >>  * Did you go into alsamixer to ve

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with sound card

On 10/24/2011 04:31 PM, Lavender wrote: * Looks like maybe you have 2 sound cards. Are you going through the correct card for output? It's not like that . I only have one sound card and one HD audio controller, Er, if you have one sound card and one a

Re:Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with sound card

> * Looks like maybe you have 2 sound cards. Are you going through >the correct card for output? It's not like that . I only have one sound card and one HD audio controller,I don't why there are card0 and card1.> * Did you go into alsamixer to verify that the appropriate outputs

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with sound card

On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 20:35 +0800, Lavender wrote: > I have asked the question in gentoo forum , but > it seems that very few people like hanging around > in forums , I didn't get useful method. > My sound card can't work normally , when I use music > player there is no sound . > Someone said that

[gentoo-user] Problem with sound card

I have asked the question in gentoo forum , but it seems that very few people like hanging around in forums , I didn't get useful method. My sound card can't work normally , when I use music player there is no sound . Someone said that I need low-level codec support , I'm not sure whether it is. He

[gentoo-user] Re: (unknown)

On 10/24/2011 11:28 AM, Vishnupradeep wrote: On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Nikos Chantziaras mailto:rea...@arcor.de>> wrote: In your /etc/make.conf, use this: I am using ATI 4350 card. so is that VIDEO_CARDS="radeon r700" No. There is no driver called "r700". The driver is called "

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: (unknown)

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > In your /etc/make.conf, use this: > > > I am using ATI 4350 card. so is that VIDEO_CARDS="radeon r700" ref:http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml

[gentoo-user] Re: (unknown)

On 10/24/2011 11:10 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 10/23/2011 11:24 PM, Vishnupradeep wrote: Mother Board : ASUS M2A-MX Graphics Card: ATI 4350 Sound card: using on board audio Help needed For your graphics card, install this firmware package: x11-drivers/radeon-ucode Then, enable the foll

[gentoo-user] Re: emerge --sync failed

On 10/24/2011 02:40 AM, Hartmut Figge wrote: Greetings, emerge --sync was successfull till 'Performing Global Updates' which leaded to an error. After waiting for perhaps 1 to 2 hours i tried another 'emerge --sync' in the hope that would fix the issue. No luck. --- i5 hafi # emerge

[gentoo-user] Re: (unknown)

On 10/23/2011 11:24 PM, Vishnupradeep wrote: Mother Board : ASUS M2A-MX Graphics Card: ATI 4350 Sound card: using on board audio Help needed On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 10/20/2011 12:20 PM, Vishnupradeep wrote: I am new to gentoo. Installed kde in gentoo. B

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/portage files and dirs?

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 14:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:41:38 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > >> > Anyone knows of an exhaustive documentation (with examples) for the >> > files and directories under /etc/portage ? > >> It's documented quite well in man portage. >> Don't k

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: why a manual dhcpcd eth0 is needed?

On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:10:59 -0400, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > On my wired machine that works out of the box I have: > > [wired-default] [snip] > On the machine I have to issue a manual dhcpcd eth0 I have: > > [wired-default] [snip] > Don't know whether the missing values make a difference. I

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/portage files and dirs?

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:41:38 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > > Anyone knows of an exhaustive documentation (with examples) for the > > files and directories under /etc/portage ? > It's documented quite well in man portage. > Don't know about examples though. There's not much need for example

Re: [gentoo-user] Amarok segfault

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:24:20 +0530, Yohan Pereira wrote: > Also note theres another(probably more) way to do this, remeber seeing > it mentioned in an old thread here. There is, you put your options in a .conf file in /etc/portage/env, say /etc/portage/env/debug.conf. Then you can you can enable

Re: [gentoo-user] Amarok segfault

On 24 October 2011 08:54, Yohan Pereira wrote: > ps. > > Also note theres another(probably more) way to do this, remeber seeing it > mentioned in an old thread here. Thanks again! By the way, I haven't realized that how configurable gentoo is. :) -- - - --  Csanyi Andras (Sayusi Ando)  -- http:

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/portage files and dirs?

On Mon 24 Oct 2011 11:37:00 AM IST, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Anyone knows of an exhaustive documentation (with examples) for the > files and directories under /etc/portage ? > > Rgds, > It's documented quite well in man portage. Don't know about examples though. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nilesh