Re: [gentoo-user] VBoxManage modifyhd - doesn't work

2013-02-25 Thread Joseph
On 02/25/13 16:29, Joseph wrote: I'm trying to resize XP partition, the procedure suppose to be simple: VBoxManage modifyhd /full/path/to/hd.vdi --resize new_size so, I run: VBoxManage modifyhd /home/joseph/VirtualBox\ VMs/xp-clinic/xp-clinic.vdi --resize 15000 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%.

[gentoo-user] VBoxManage modifyhd - doesn't work

2013-02-25 Thread Joseph
I'm trying to resize XP partition, the procedure suppose to be simple: VBoxManage modifyhd /full/path/to/hd.vdi --resize new_size so, I run: VBoxManage modifyhd /home/joseph/VirtualBox\ VMs/xp-clinic/xp-clinic.vdi --resize 15000 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Th

[gentoo-user] Re: hwclock: command not found

2013-02-25 Thread »Q«
On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:45:52 +0100 Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 25.02.2013 21:39, schrieb Joseph: > > I'm updating clock via bash script. When I run it from a command > > line, it works just fine but when I try to run it via crontab I get: > > > > /home/thelma/business/programs/time_date_setting_

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.7.9: Lots of devices are root root rw-------.

2013-02-25 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Alan. On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 01:47:55AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 24/02/2013 23:40, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 06:08:19PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 24/02/2013 13:02, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >>> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:44:19AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wro

Re: [gentoo-user] [way OT] Authenticating in a wireless home network

2013-02-25 Thread Michael Mol
On 02/25/2013 01:56 AM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 25 Feb 2013 03:00:56 Michael Mol wrote: [snip] > > Of course you could start covering the inside of your walls with aluminium > foil My house has plaster-and-lathe walls and aluminum siding. Frankly, it works out to about the same thing. >.< [s

Re: [gentoo-user] hwclock: command not found

2013-02-25 Thread Joseph
On 02/25/13 15:44, Randy Barlow wrote: On Mon, 25 Feb 2013, Joseph wrote: I'm updating clock via bash script. When I run it from a command line, it works just fine but when I try to run it via crontab I get: /home/thelma/business/programs/time_date_setting_script.sh: line 3: hwclock: command no

Re: [gentoo-user] hwclock: command not found

2013-02-25 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 25.02.2013 21:39, schrieb Joseph: > I'm updating clock via bash script. When I run it from a command line, > it works just fine but when I try to run it via crontab I get: > > /home/thelma/business/programs/time_date_setting_script.sh: line 3: > hwclock: command not found > > here the script:

Re: [gentoo-user] hwclock: command not found

2013-02-25 Thread Randy Barlow
On Mon, 25 Feb 2013, Joseph wrote: I'm updating clock via bash script. When I run it from a command line, it works just fine but when I try to run it via crontab I get: /home/thelma/business/programs/time_date_setting_script.sh: line 3: hwclock: command not found Could it be that cron doesn'

[gentoo-user] hwclock: command not found

2013-02-25 Thread Joseph
I'm updating clock via bash script. When I run it from a command line, it works just fine but when I try to run it via crontab I get: /home/thelma/business/programs/time_date_setting_script.sh: line 3: hwclock: command not found here the script: #!/bin/sh rdate -s 128.138.140.44 hwclock --syst

Re: [gentoo-user] switching between "nvidia / nouveau" drivers

2013-02-25 Thread Joseph
On 02/25/13 09:10, Paul Hartman wrote: On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Joseph wrote: I'm trying to prevent next disaster with nvidia driver/kernel combination. I'm running "nvidia" driver and installed "nouveau" as module. If for any reason nvidia or nouveau will stop working I want to just

Re: [gentoo-user] Google+ Community for Gentoo?

2013-02-25 Thread Dale
Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:22 AM, Dale wrote: >> Pandu Poluan wrote: >>> Is there a Google+ Community for us Gentoo-ers? >>> >>> Rgds, >> Like this: >> >> http://plus.google.com/+Gentoo/ >> >> or >> >> http://plus.google.com/102533239052362718067 >> >> Hope that works. >> > W

Re: [gentoo-user] Google+ Community for Gentoo?

2013-02-25 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:22 AM, Dale wrote: > Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Is there a Google+ Community for us Gentoo-ers? >> >> Rgds, > > Like this: > > http://plus.google.com/+Gentoo/ > > or > > http://plus.google.com/102533239052362718067 > > Hope that works. > Well... no. What you gave was the UR

Re: [gentoo-user] switching between "nvidia / nouveau" drivers

2013-02-25 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Joseph wrote: >> I'm trying to prevent next disaster with nvidia driver/kernel combination. >> I'm running "nvidia" driver and installed "nouveau" as module. If for any >> reason nvidia or nouveau will stop

Re: [gentoo-user] switching between "nvidia / nouveau" drivers

2013-02-25 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Joseph wrote: > I'm trying to prevent next disaster with nvidia driver/kernel combination. > I'm running "nvidia" driver and installed "nouveau" as module. If for any > reason nvidia or nouveau will stop working I want to just run a sript and > use other one. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware_ECC_Recovered growing

2013-02-25 Thread Adam Carter
> Does this mean my harddrive is dying? > Yes - copy everything important off to another drive asap.

[gentoo-user] Hardware_ECC_Recovered growing

2013-02-25 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, one of my harddrives appears to be very slow. I have issued smartctl -a /dev/sdb | grep Hardware_ECC_Recovered which shows growing counts - increasing from 59013289 to 6641 within a few minutes. Does this mean my harddrive is dying? Thanks for a comment, Helmut.