Re: [gentoo-user] Question about a driver

2005-06-24 Thread Richard Fish
Ian K wrote: > Richard Fish wrote: > >> Ian K wrote: >> >>> Yenta: Cardbus bridge found at :00:03.0 [10f7:832f] >>> Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0830, PCI irq 9 >>> Socket status: 3820 >>> irq 9: nobody cared! >>> lots of hexidecimal stuff, tabbed a little after 'irq 9: nobody >>> cared'. If you

[gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Justin Hart
Any news on Composte and DRI working together, happily, under the fglrx drivers? -- Justin W. Hart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] segmentation violations with Live CD

2005-06-24 Thread Rob
Hi All, Recently I have been using the latest Live CD to rescue my crashed Gentoo partition. But it seems like whenever I get to the point of almost being done, I suddenly get the message "segmentation violation".. This only occurs after chrooting to the /mnt/gentoo point. Then when I reboo

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Tim Igoe
Justin Hart wrote: > Any news on Composte and DRI working together, happily, under the fglrx > drivers? Under the latest drivers its still one or the other. From what i'd seen over on rage3d is very much a case of they'll add it when its really needed and not just cos users want it. -- Tim Igoe

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati Linux Proprietary Driver

2005-06-24 Thread Benjamin Fritzsche
On Friday 28 January 2005 03:19, Rui Silva wrote: > hello ppl > > i'm thinking on buying a new notebook computer. > > the model i'm interested has a ATI 9700 128Mb graphic card. R300 based > > How are the drivers for this graphic card?? > > Is ATI LInux driver good enough?? i'm not going to play ga

[gentoo-user] X woes after baselayout update.

2005-06-24 Thread Qian Qiao
Hi, I recently upgraded my system to use baselayout-1.11.12-r4. When I try to start X after the upgrade, it fails with the following error: (--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xC800 (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (II) UnloadMod

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:31:10 +0100, Tim Igoe wrote: > [signature.asc application/pgp-signature (189 bytes)] Tim, is your key on a public server anywhere? Because every time I read one of your mails, there's an annoying delay as my mailer tries, and fails, to access your public key. -- Neil Bo

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Tim Igoe
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:31:10 +0100, Tim Igoe wrote: > > >>[signature.asc application/pgp-signature (189 bytes)] > > > Tim, is your key on a public server anywhere? Because every time I read > one of your mails, there's an annoying delay as my mailer tries, and > fails,

Re: [gentoo-user] X woes after baselayout update.

2005-06-24 Thread Christian Panten
Right at the moment I had the same problems. I solved it by using the following nvidia driver: media-video/nvidia-glx Latest version installed: 1.0.7174-r4 media-video/nvidia-kernel Latest version installed: 1.0.7174 To install this add the following two lines in /etc/portage/

Re: [gentoo-user] segmentation violations with Live CD

2005-06-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:56:57 -0700, Rob wrote: > Recently I have been using the latest Live CD to rescue my crashed > Gentoo partition. But it seems like whenever I get to the point of > almost being done, I suddenly get the message "segmentation > violation".. This only occurs after chrooting

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Holly Bostick
Tim Igoe wrote: > > Neil Bothwick wrote: > >>On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:31:10 +0100, Tim Igoe wrote: >> >> >> >>>[signature.asc application/pgp-signature (189 bytes)] >> >> >>Tim, is your key on a public server anywhere? Because every time I read >>one of your mails, there's an annoying delay as my

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Tim Igoe
Holly Bostick wrote: > Tim Igoe wrote: > >>Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> >>>On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:31:10 +0100, Tim Igoe wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> [signature.asc application/pgp-signature (189 bytes)] >>> >>> >>>Tim, is your key on a public server anywhere? Because every time I read >>>one of you

[gentoo-user] Re: X woes after baselayout update.

2005-06-24 Thread Qian Qiao
On 24/06/05, Qian Qiao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I recently upgraded my system to use baselayout-1.11.12-r4. > > When I try to start X after the upgrade, it fails with the following error: > > (--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xC800 > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVID

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:25:17 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > FYI, I couldn't import the key from any of the default listed keyservers > either, nor could I import it directly from the link provided (I may > have done it wrong, though). That depends on how your browser is set up. Konqueror recognise

[gentoo-user] Strange behaviure during shutdown after baselayout upgrade.

2005-06-24 Thread Dan Johansson
Hi, After upgrading the baselayout I have a strange problem when I shutdown my computer. While shutting down some of the /etc/init.d scripts gets executed in the wrong order - especially net.eth0 and netmount. Now (after the baslayout upgrade) "/etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop" is called BEFORE "/etc

[gentoo-user] Samba fails to connect to share

2005-06-24 Thread Stuart Howard
Hi I have a problem with getting samba to play nice with my XP boxs. In short Samba has happily allowed me to see my XP shared directories for a 3-4 months, however the other night I restarted my router therefore disabling my LAN connections without first umounting my samba shares [oops] I have

Re: [gentoo-user] A simple kernel question!

2005-06-24 Thread Peng
On 6/23/05, A. Khattri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Ryan Viljoen wrote: > > > Yes it is the current one assuming you save the .config file when > > exiting. > > Except when starting with a fresh new kernel. > > What I do is copy a working .config over to the new kernel and r

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X woes after baselayout update.

2005-06-24 Thread Richard Fish
Qian Qiao wrote: >On 24/06/05, Qian Qiao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>I recently upgraded my system to use baselayout-1.11.12-r4. >> >>When I try to start X after the upgrade, it fails with the following error: >> >>(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xC800 >>(EE) NVIDIA(0): Fail

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behaviure during shutdown after baselayout upgrade.

2005-06-24 Thread Richard Fish
Dan Johansson wrote: >Hi, > >After upgrading the baselayout I have a strange problem when I shutdown my >computer. While shutting down some of the /etc/init.d scripts gets executed >in the wrong order - especially net.eth0 and netmount. Now (after the >baslayout upgrade) "/etc/init.d/net.eth0 s

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Holly Bostick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:25:17 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > > >>FYI, I couldn't import the key from any of the default listed keyservers >>either, nor could I import it directly from the link provided (I may >>have done it wrong

[gentoo-user] rsync, ssh, multiple directories

2005-06-24 Thread Pupeno
how can I rsync various directories in one line (using ssh) ? I'm looking for something like [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/pupeno/[dira|dirb|dirc] that works. Thanks. -- Pupeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (http://pupeno.com) Reading ? Science Fiction ? http://sfreaders.com.ar pgplLEiiOd3zW.pgp Description:

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Optiplex, New HD, Won't Boot from HD after install

2005-06-24 Thread Michael Haan
On 6/24/05, Ted Ozolins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Colin wrote: > > > > > > > A more obscure BIOS tactic common back in the day was to put all or > > part of it in a hidden area on the primary master hard drive. This > > might be your issue, except I think this was only Compaq 486/Pentium > > s

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Optiplex, New HD, Won't Boot from HD after install

2005-06-24 Thread Michael Haan
On 6/23/05, Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Haan wrote: > > On 6/23/05, Daniel da Veiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On 6/23/05, Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>>Michael Haan wrote: > >>> > On 6/23/05, Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >M

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Optiplex, New HD, Won't Boot from HD after install

2005-06-24 Thread Holly Bostick
Michael Haan schreef: > I was able to boot the factory HD (and, I think, possibly the CD too) > with SuSE. But I took that drive when I built another Gentoo box, so > I replaced it with another drive I had laying around. > And what comes to my mind on hearing this is " jumpers?" The short

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync, ssh, multiple directories

2005-06-24 Thread Roger Mason
Pupeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > how can I rsync various directories in one line (using ssh) ? > I'm looking for something like [EMAIL > PROTECTED]:/home/pupeno/[dira|dirb|dirc] that > works. > Thanks. Try unison - it's in portage. I just started using it and so-far so-good. HTH, Roger

[gentoo-user] Re: ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Remy Blank
Holly Bostick wrote: > But this whole episode has at least gotten me to finally upload my own > key, so I've (hopefully) signed this message. > > Can you all get the key (since I know the list doesn't have it, it's a > good test as to whether I've done it right)? Yep, works here. -- Remy Rem

[gentoo-user] Installation Console

2005-06-24 Thread Christopher Cover
Hi! I've been searching all over for information about Gentoo's installation console. I want to use the same thing in my own console. It's got a purple gradient background, and a dark screensaver that's still transparent enough to know what's happening. How could I get this working on my own sys

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Tim Igoe
Holly Bostick wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > >>>On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:25:17 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: >>> >>> >>> FYI, I couldn't import the key from any of the default listed keyservers either, nor could I import it directly from the link provided (I may have done it wrong, thou

Re: [gentoo-user] VMWare Question

2005-06-24 Thread Pete Pardoe
I had no problems emerging it either, so wait for a day and try again. On 6/24/05, Shawn Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > Has anyone tried to emerge vmware??? > > When doing so using the following command: > emerge app-emulation/vmware-workstation > > I get this error: !!! Couldn

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Holly Bostick
Tim Igoe schreef: > > Holly Bostick wrote: >>But this whole episode has at least gotten me to finally upload my own >>key, so I've (hopefully) signed this message. > > > hehe :D > >>Can you all get the key (since I know the list doesn't have it, it's a >>good test as to whether I've done it rig

Re: [gentoo-user] VMWare Question

2005-06-24 Thread Tim Igoe
Pete Pardoe wrote: > I had no problems emerging it either, so wait for a day and try again. > > On 6/24/05, Shawn Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hey all, >> >>Has anyone tried to emerge vmware??? >> >>When doing so using the following command: >>emerge app-emulation/vmware-workstation >>

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Tim Igoe
Holly Bostick wrote: > Tim Igoe schreef: > >>Holly Bostick wrote: >> >>>But this whole episode has at least gotten me to finally upload my own >>>key, so I've (hopefully) signed this message. >> >> >>hehe :D >> >> >>>Can you all get the key (since I know the list doesn't have it, it's a >>>good

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Rumen Yotov
Holly Bostick wrote: >Tim Igoe schreef: > > >>Holly Bostick wrote: >> >> >>>But this whole episode has at least gotten me to finally upload my own >>>key, so I've (hopefully) signed this message. >>> >>> >>hehe :D >> >> >> >>>Can you all get the key (since I know the list doesn't h

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation Console

2005-06-24 Thread A. Khattri
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Christopher Cover wrote: > I've been searching all over for information about Gentoo's > installation console. I want to use the same thing in my > own console. > > It's got a purple gradient background, and a dark screensaver > that's still transparent enough to know what's h

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:26:43 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > > That depends on how your browser is set up. Konqueror recognised it > > for what it was and asked if it should loaded into Kgpg, which in turn > > offered to import it. > OK, you read mail in a browser, I read it in Thunderbird. God no

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync, ssh, multiple directories

2005-06-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:32:44 -0230, Roger Mason wrote: > > how can I rsync various directories in one line (using ssh) ? rsync uses ssh by default now, except when both directories are local of course. > > I'm looking for something like [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/pupeno/[dira|dirb| > > dirc] that

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Composte & DRI

2005-06-24 Thread Tim Igoe
Holly Bostick wrote: > Tim Igoe schreef: > >>Holly Bostick wrote: >> >>>But this whole episode has at least gotten me to finally upload my own >>>key, so I've (hopefully) signed this message. >> >> >>hehe :D >> >> >>>Can you all get the key (since I know the list doesn't have it, it's a >>>good

[gentoo-user] Is it safe to unmerge python?

2005-06-24 Thread Marko Kocic
Hi, I'm using ~x86, and I have installed both python-2.3.5 and python-2.4.1. How safe is to unmerge old python-2.3.5? Will I break something if I do so? I did python-updater and it finished successfully. Do I need to do something else before unmerging python-2.3.5 safely? Thanks, Marko -- gento

Re: [gentoo-user] different times in postfix log

2005-06-24 Thread Vladimir Rusinov
Hello, Jan! On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:15:48 +0200 you wrote: > > > Since it's a > > > chroot, I can't make a symlink > > > > This just doesn't seem right, if postfix/qmgr requires some kind of > > time marker. I get it that /etc is outside the chroot, but that > > seems to suggest that either the ch

Re: [gentoo-user] Is it safe to unmerge python?

2005-06-24 Thread Zac Medico
Marko Kocic wrote: > Hi, > I'm using ~x86, and I have installed both python-2.3.5 and python-2.4.1. > How safe is to unmerge old python-2.3.5? Will I break something if I do so? > > I did python-updater and it finished successfully. Do I need to do > something else before unmerging python-2.3.5 sa

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Optiplex, New HD, Won't Boot from HD after install

2005-06-24 Thread Zac Medico
Holly Bostick wrote: > Michael Haan schreef: > > >>I was able to boot the factory HD (and, I think, possibly the CD too) >>with SuSE. But I took that drive when I built another Gentoo box, so >>I replaced it with another drive I had laying around. >> > > > And what comes to my mind on hearing

[gentoo-user] [OT] GPG keys, servers and signing (was, ATI Composte & DRI)

2005-06-24 Thread Holly Bostick
OK, since this is getting to be kind of a whole "thing", I've split it off. This message is (or should be) signed. Hopefully using PGP/MIME, which, if I understand Neil correctly, is what I'm supposed to do. You all have undoubtedly realized by now that I have little experience and less understan

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Optiplex, New HD, Won't Boot from HD after install

2005-06-24 Thread Zac Medico
Michael Haan wrote: > On 6/24/05, Ted Ozolins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Colin wrote: >> >> >>> >>>A more obscure BIOS tactic common back in the day was to put all or >>>part of it in a hidden area on the primary master hard drive. This >>>might be your issue, except I think this was only Com

[gentoo-user] Disk Backup From One Machine To Another

2005-06-24 Thread Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales
Hi there, I have one machine (Machine 1) that I need backup its files periodically. I also have another machine (Machine 2) that will hold the backup. Machine 2 can "see" (make requests to) Machine 1, but the opposite isn't true. The network is covered by a firewall, so I don need a paranoid solut

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] GPG keys, servers and signing (was, ATI Composte & DRI)

2005-06-24 Thread Tim Igoe
Holly Bostick wrote: > OK, since this is getting to be kind of a whole "thing", I've split it off. > > This message is (or should be) signed. Hopefully using PGP/MIME, which, > if I understand Neil correctly, is what I'm supposed to do. Yes, it is working fine now. > > You all have undoubtedly

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] GPG keys, servers and signing (was, ATI Composte & DRI)

2005-06-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:18:41 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > This message is (or should be) signed. Hopefully using PGP/MIME, which, > if I understand Neil correctly, is what I'm supposed to do. Yes, it worked. You mail appears here with the icon to show it has a valid (but untrusted) signature.

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Backup From One Machine To Another

2005-06-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:27:02 -0300, Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales wrote: > I have one machine (Machine 1) that I need backup its files > periodically. I also have another machine (Machine 2) that will hold > the backup. Machine 2 can "see" (make requests to) Machine 1, but the > opposite i

[gentoo-user] masking issues.

2005-06-24 Thread Bryan Whitehead
I unmasked php and mod_php so I could get php version 5.0.x installed. However, now my emege wants to install php 5.1... I don't php 5.1 series - how can I mask in 5.0 but mask out 5.1 ? -- Bryan Whitehead Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Backup From One Machine To Another

2005-06-24 Thread Bryan Whitehead
Use rsh to just pip data over with rsync? Use iptables to restrict rsh... On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales wrote: Hi there, I have one machine (Machine 1) that I need backup its files periodically. I also have another machine (Machine 2) that will hold the backup. Mac

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Backup From One Machine To Another

2005-06-24 Thread Charles Oertel
Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales wrote: I have one machine (Machine 1) that I need backup its files periodically. I also have another machine (Machine 2) that will hold the backup. Machine 2 can "see" (make requests to) Machine 1, but the opposite isn't true. The network is covered by a fire

Re: [gentoo-user] masking issues.

2005-06-24 Thread Tim Igoe
Bryan Whitehead wrote: > I unmasked php and mod_php so I could get php version 5.0.x installed. > However, now my emege wants to install php 5.1... I don't php 5.1 series > - how can I mask in 5.0 but mask out 5.1 ? unmask =dev-php/php-5.0 or mask >=dev-php/php-5.1 repeat for mod_php -- Tim I

[gentoo-user] grub less broke

2005-06-24 Thread maxim wexler
Hello everyone, Good news Richard Fish, I followed the advice offered in the current "Dell, Optiplex" thread and made a grub boot floppy(Why didn't we try that before?). Now I'm looking at a beautiful grub>_ prompt and wondering what my next step should be. It's weird, now the boot process gets

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Backup From One Machine To Another

2005-06-24 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Raphael, * Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Friday, June 24, 2005, 8:27:02 PM: > I have one machine (Machine 1) that I need backup its files > periodically. I also have another machine (Machine 2) that will hold > the backup. Machine 2 can "see" (make requests to) M

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] GPG keys, servers and signing (was, ATI Composte & DRI)

2005-06-24 Thread Rumen Yotov
Hi, Holly Bostick wrote: >OK, since this is getting to be kind of a whole "thing", I've split it off. > >This message is (or should be) signed. Hopefully using PGP/MIME, which, >if I understand Neil correctly, is what I'm supposed to do. > > > Yes, it's pgp/mime, by memory this is the newer form

Re: [gentoo-user] grub less broke

2005-06-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On 6/24/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Good news Richard Fish, I followed the advice offered > in the current "Dell, Optiplex" thread and made a grub > boot floppy(Why didn't we try that before?). > > Now I'm looking at a beautiful grub>_ prompt and > wondering

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread maxim wexler
Went through the "saved" pile and found this: > Try 1 (should bring up the boot menu): > grub> configfile (hd0,3)/grub/grub.conf grub> configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf # /dev/hda2 Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS has this anything to do with LBA being "off" in POS

Re: [gentoo-user] masking issues.

2005-06-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:08:53 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Whitehead wrote: > I unmasked php and mod_php so I could get php version 5.0.x installed. > However, now my emege wants to install php 5.1... I don't php 5.1 > series - how can I mask in 5.0 but mask out 5.1 ? echo ">/etc/portage/packages.unmask

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Backup From One Machine To Another

2005-06-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:11:00 +0200, Charles Oertel wrote: > There is also a technique where rsync will give you daily incrementals > with very little storage space loss (google for it). That's what rdiff-backup does. -- Neil Bothwick IBM: Inferior But Marketable. pgpvRFZPIcXSq.pgp Descrip

Re: [gentoo-user] grub less broke

2005-06-24 Thread Zac Medico
maxim wexler wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Good news Richard Fish, I followed the advice offered > in the current "Dell, Optiplex" thread and made a grub > boot floppy(Why didn't we try that before?). > In case anyone missed it here's the old thread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=1117389212000

Re: [gentoo-user] Acer Travelmate 524tx and Wireless lan PCMCIA: D-Link DWL-G650

2005-06-24 Thread Richard Fish
Christian Panten wrote: >Hello, > >first I have to say, that I post the same question in alt.os.linux.gentoo. >Sorry for cross posting. I hope anyone of you can help me solving my >problem. Thx. > >I have bought a D-Link DWL-G650 108MBit PCMCIA-Wireless lan card. I have an >Acer Travelmate 524tx.

Re: [gentoo-user] grub less broke

2005-06-24 Thread maxim wexler
> > grub> root (hd > > and hit tab to allow it to do auto-completion? If it > says Possible disks are: hd0 hd1 > > grub> root (hd0, > then you hit tab again and see what partitions it > sees, if any. Possible partitions are: Partition num: 0, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread Zac Medico
maxim wexler wrote: > Went through the "saved" pile and found this: > > >>Try 1 (should bring up the boot menu): >>grub> configfile (hd0,3)/grub/grub.conf > > > grub> configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf # /dev/hda2 > > Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported > by BIOS > > has thi

Re: [gentoo-user] grub less broke

2005-06-24 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Good news Richard Fish, I followed the advice offered > in the current "Dell, Optiplex" thread and made a grub > boot floppy(Why didn't we try that before?). Actually, we did. The problem was, as I recall, that we got to the grub menu, but could not loa

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: >grub> configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf # /dev/hda2 > >Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported >by BIOS > >has this anything to do with LBA being "off" in POST >-- it *is* set to [auto] in the BIOS? BTW, HD is >listed in POST screen thus: > >Pri Master: Maxtor 4

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X woes after baselayout update.

2005-06-24 Thread Qian Qiao
On 24/06/05, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you using the RC_DEVICE_TARBALL (check: /etc/conf.d/rc)? If so, > then all you need to do is to: > > 1. Unload the modules > 2. Create the appropriate device nodes with MAKEDEV > 3. Reboot > > If not, then you may have to try loading th

[gentoo-user] Win4Lin problems

2005-06-24 Thread Michael Sullivan
I was trying to install Win4Lin and Windows 98 on my computer, but it gave me this output (including error): baby ~ # ebuild /var/db/pkg/app-emulation/win4lin-5.1.1/win4lin-5.1.1.ebuild config Checking the system. Found bootable CD-ROM. Extracting boot image ... Copying the Windows files. ++

Re: [gentoo-user] masking issues.

2005-06-24 Thread Bryan Whitehead
I changed from: =dev-php/mod_php-5.0.4 =dev-php/php-5.0.4 to: =dev-php/mod_php-5.0 =dev-php/php-5.0 Now I get a downgrade when I emerge. :( beavis ~ # emerge -up world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] app-text/docb

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X woes after baselayout update.

2005-06-24 Thread Holly Bostick
Qian Qiao schreef: > On 24/06/05, Qian Qiao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>However, if I run udevstart before trying to start X, X fires up correctly. > More info, alsa woes too. alsasound cannot start correctly at boot > time, have to run a udevstart to start it too. Am I missing something, or

[gentoo-user] /dev/hda1 is gone!

2005-06-24 Thread Michael Sullivan
My /dev/hda1 block device file is gone. I know I can create the file /dev/hda1 with "touch", but how do I make it a block device file? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread maxim wexler
> > Yep. Can you force LBA on? Used grub-install --force-lba /dev/hda. After a bunch of fd0 I/O errors(?) it said everything was fine, no errors found. Then I rebooted, got: GRUB Loading stage1.5 GRUB loading, please wait... Error 17 Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave same re

Re: [gentoo-user] grub less broke

2005-06-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On 6/24/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > grub> root (hd > > > > and hit tab to allow it to do auto-completion? If it > > says > > Possible disks are: hd0 hd1 > > > > > grub> root (hd0, > > then you hit tab again and see what partitions it > > sees, if any. > > Possible partiti

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread maxim wexler
> > -- it *is* set to [auto] in the BIOS? BTW, HD is > Maybe if you turn on LBA it will help. It says here > that grub can access the full disk with LBA: see above. In the BIOS there are two choices, auto and disabled. If there's another way to turn LBA on, I'm all ears! > > You might need

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/hda1 is gone!

2005-06-24 Thread Bruno Lustosa
On 6/24/05, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My /dev/hda1 block device file is gone. I know I can create the > file /dev/hda1 with "touch", but how do I make it a block device file? mknod /dev/hda1 b 3 1 aren't you using udev or devfs? -- Bruno Lustosa, aka Lofofora | Ema

Re: [gentoo-user] javac & emerge error

2005-06-24 Thread Matias Grana
On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 04:29:54PM -0700, Zac Medico wrote: > Matias Grana wrote: > > hi; > > As a result of an 'emerge -uD world', I've run across this error while > > emerging gnu-classpath. > > > > -- > > > Unpacking source... > Unpacking c

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread maxim wexler
> Error 17 > > Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave > same result > > Well, at least now it gives me an error num. ...answering himself 17 : Cannot mount selected partition This error is returned if the partition requested exists, but the filesystem type cannot be recognized by

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On 6/24/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Error 17 > > > > Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave > > same result > > > > Well, at least now it gives me an error num. > > ...answering himself > > 17 : Cannot mount selected partition > This error is returned if the parti

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/hda1 is gone!

2005-06-24 Thread A. Khattri
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Michael Sullivan wrote: > My /dev/hda1 block device file is gone. I know I can create the > file /dev/hda1 with "touch", but how do I make it a block device file? man MAKEDEV -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread A. Khattri
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote: > This reminds me. When I installed 2005.0(sempron-box) > I tried to mkreiserfs /dev/hda2, the boot partition, > since that gave no problem in 2004.3(k6-box)but it > gave me some sort of error, forget which, so I went > for the default, or anyways, the sugg

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED]Dell Optiplex, New HD, Won't Boot from HD after install

2005-06-24 Thread Michael Haan
On 6/24/05, Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Haan wrote: > > On 6/24/05, Ted Ozolins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Colin wrote: > >> > >> > >>> > >>>A more obscure BIOS tactic common back in the day was to put all or > >>>part of it in a hidden area on the primary master hard dr

[gentoo-user] New install - Missing device files

2005-06-24 Thread Michael Haan
Just booted into my new Gentoo install. It complains that some device files are missing, but doesn't say which. It gives a recommeded fix, which I execute, but doesn't work (the device files are still apparently missing on reboot). During the install, I had issues with missing the files created

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] GPG keys, servers and signing (was, ATI Composte & DRI)

2005-06-24 Thread Matan Peled
Holly Bostick wrote: > OK, since this is getting to be kind of a whole "thing", I've split it off. > > This message is (or should be) signed. Hopefully using PGP/MIME, which, > if I understand Neil correctly, is what I'm supposed to do. > > You all have undoubtedly realized by now that I have lit

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread Holly Bostick
maxim wexler schreef: >>Error 17 >> >>Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave >>same result >> >>Well, at least now it gives me an error num. > > > ...answering himself > > 17 : Cannot mount selected partition > This error is returned if the partition requested > exists, but the fil

[gentoo-user] Re: New install - Missing device files

2005-06-24 Thread Michael Haan
On 6/24/05, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just booted into my new Gentoo install. It complains that some device > files are missing, but doesn't say which. It gives a recommeded fix, > which I execute, but doesn't work (the device files are still > apparently missing on reboot). Duri

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/hda1 is gone!

2005-06-24 Thread Ryan
I had this happen once. The drive appeared to be good, but in fact it was only half dead. It took about 2 weeks for it to completely die. Michael Sullivan wrote: >My /dev/hda1 block device file is gone. I know I can create the >file /dev/hda1 with "touch", but how do I make it a block device f

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Backup From One Machine To Another

2005-06-24 Thread David Busby
* Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Friday, June 24, 2005, 8:27:02 PM: I have one machine (Machine 1) that I need backup its files periodically. I also have another machine (Machine 2) that will hold the backup. Machine 2 can "see" (make requests to) Machine 1, but the o

[gentoo-user] Non-functional X -- color fit (Intel 82845)

2005-06-24 Thread Daniel Bickett
Hello, Yesterday I spontaneously decided to leave WinXP behind, and I burned a Gentoo ISO and installed it. It took me all night, being that I'm not experienced with these things, but here I am. The next thing I did was emerge X and KDE, as I wanted a windowing system, and this is where my problem

[gentoo-user] [SOLVED]New install - Missing device files

2005-06-24 Thread Michael Haan
On 6/24/05, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/24/05, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just booted into my new Gentoo install. It complains that some device > > files are missing, but doesn't say which. It gives a recommeded fix, > > which I execute, but doesn't work (the d

Re: [gentoo-user] masking issues.

2005-06-24 Thread Bryan Whitehead
That worked! I had tried same problem. I didn't realize that I'd have to be so specific about what to unmask... Thanks for the tip. On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:08:53 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Whitehead wrote: I unmasked php and mod_php so I could get php ver

[gentoo-user] Weirdness emerging pkgconfig

2005-06-24 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
A new "stable" ebuild is refusing to emerge for security reasons: pkgconfig! Here's what it says: > treat # emerge -aDvu world > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > Calculating world dependencies ...done! > [ebuild U ] dev-util/pkgconfig-0.17.2-r1 [0.15.0] -debug -harde

Re: [gentoo-user] Win4Lin problems

2005-06-24 Thread Ron Bickers
On Fri June 24 2005 04:35 pm, Michael Sullivan wrote: > I was trying to install Win4Lin and Windows 98 on my computer, but it > gave me this output (including error): > MERGE_NL: dos: ERROR: Win4Lin drivers are not loaded or > not available for use. Cannot run DOS or Windows. > Either Win4Li

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X woes after baselayout update.

2005-06-24 Thread Qian Qiao
On 24/06/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Qian Qiao schreef: > > On 24/06/05, Qian Qiao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>However, if I run udevstart before trying to start X, X fires up correctly. > > > More info, alsa woes too. alsasound cannot start correctly at boot > > time, ha