Re: [gentoo-user] cannot completely shut down my system from command line

2009-06-05 Thread Colombetti Marco
On Friday 05 June 2009 08:41:17 Steffen Loos wrote: > Hello, > > Colombetti Marco schrieb: > > ... > > I have a similar issue on my laptop after upgrading to the kernel 2.6.29. > > The alsasound service wont stop i have to unload the snd_hda_intel > > module first (it is an alsa related issue).

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: buying a keyboard

2009-06-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 02:05:18 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > Mine is theoretically extendible -- stretch of curled-up cord -- , > but to reach the computer I have it plugged into a KVM switch, > which is the only use the latter has in real life. It seems > that USB extension cords are commonplace, but

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm2 questions

2009-06-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 02:16:20 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > That's not how it works: you need to create the LVs with enough space > for your likely needs & LVM then assigns them in its own way to the PVs; > later, if you made an LV too small, you can increase it > (you also have to extend the file sys

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: buying a keyboard

2009-06-05 Thread Stroller
On 5 Jun 2009, at 07:05, Philip Webb wrote: 090604 Paul Hartman wrote: 4) Cable so short it can't even reach the computer. I have a keyboard with an 18-inch cord. It is barely long enough to reach from one side of the keyboard to the other! Absolutely useless. Mine is theoretically extendib

Re: [gentoo-user] Verification of audio CD copy?

2009-06-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 04 June 2009 22:39:50 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Thursday 04 June 2009 21:13:39 Mark Knecht wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:02 AM, Joerg Schilling > >> > >> wrote: > >> > Mark Knecht wrote: > >> >> It seems that the command

Re: [gentoo-user] Verification of audio CD copy?

2009-06-05 Thread Joerg Schilling
Mark Knecht wrote: > Expand please. > > Run it on a different OS? The machine is dual-boot Gentoo/XP but your > site doesn't seem to have an updated Windows version. (Unless it's not > in the win32 directory.) You may run it on any other OS that is not Linux based. > How do I run in another OS?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Verification of audio CD copy?

2009-06-05 Thread Joerg Schilling
Jesús Guerrero wrote: > On Wed, June 3, 2009 22:23, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > > BTW: this is where you see that cdparranoia(1) is now 12 year old and > > unmaintained since ~ 10 years. cdda2wav -paranoia gives much better > > results that cdparanoia. > > Pardo

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: buying a keyboard

2009-06-05 Thread Wyatt Epp
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > IBM system M keyboard ... best keyboard ever made. > Truer words are rarely spoken. And you can pick them up on eBay for about USD $20 (or rummage sales for next to nothing). The only uncertainty in my mind is whether I prefer my Model M o

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: buying a keyboard

2009-06-05 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 04 June 2009 19:19:50 Daniel da Veiga wrote: > 3) Absence of the pads used to lift the back of the keyboard (I can't > believe some people don't use them). You should. -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Verification of audio CD copy?

2009-06-05 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:01 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Expand please. >> >> Run it on a different OS? The machine is dual-boot Gentoo/XP but your >> site doesn't seem to have an updated Windows version. (Unless it's not >> in the win32 directory.) > > You may run it on an

Re: [gentoo-user] ath5k and wpa_supplicant

2009-06-05 Thread Mick
2009/6/3 Paul Hartman : > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Mick wrote: >> I'm afraid that although my card is now recognised as wlan0, both >> wpa_cli and gui insist on trying to connect to ath0, unless I specify >> -iwlan0 at the terminal.  I don't have (knowingly) specified ath0 in >> any other c

Re: [gentoo-user] Verification of audio CD copy?

2009-06-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: > cdrtools compile fine under Cygwin and there are precompiled binaries from > various sides. For example: http://www.student.tugraz.at/thomas.plank/

Re: [gentoo-user] Verification of audio CD copy?

2009-06-05 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Joerg > Schilling wrote: >> cdrtools compile fine under Cygwin and there are precompiled binaries from >> various sides. > > For example: > > http://www.student.tugraz.at/thomas.plank/ > > Thanks Paul. I found a

Re: [gentoo-user] Verification of audio CD copy?

2009-06-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: > If I could build a mini-Gentoo environment in Cygwin and take > advantage of portage and emerge to get cdrtools then this might work > for me. I don't have the time or interest to become a real Cygwin-er. We're definitely getting off-topic for G

Re: [gentoo-user] Verification of audio CD copy?

2009-06-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > 1. wget ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ALPHA/cdrecord-beta.tar.gz Oops, should have been ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/cdrtools-beta.tar.gz

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: buying a keyboard

2009-06-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Wyatt Epp wrote: > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: >> >> IBM system M keyboard ... best keyboard ever made. > > Truer words are rarely spoken. And you can pick them up on eBay for about > USD $20 (or rummage sales for next to nothing). The

[gentoo-user] aes-loop device no longer accessible

2009-06-05 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
Hi, I have an aes-loop image that I haven't mounted for quite some time and kernelversions/util-linux versions. Current state (gentoo-sources 2.6.28-r5/util-linux-2.14.2) can not access it. Regards, Konstantin -- Dipl-Inf. Konstantin Agouros aka Elwood Blues. Internet: elw...@agouros.de Otkerst

[gentoo-user] Where to find 32 bit emul libs?

2009-06-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
Hi, I want to give Google's new Chrome browser for Linux a try. It's shipped as 32 and 64 bit .debs only. That's the easy part. Chrome itself is a 32bit app, and it's complains about these missing libs: $ ldd chrome | grep 'not found' libnss3.so.1d => not found libnssutil3.so.1

Re: [gentoo-user] Where to find 32 bit emul libs?

2009-06-05 Thread Arttu V.
On 6/5/09, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I have all emul-linux packages installed anyway (except -qtlibs), but now > I'm > stumped. How would I find which packages provide these 32 bit libs? Possibly none, but maybe this page helps: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/emul/content.xml -- Arttu V

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Verification of audio CD copy?

2009-06-05 Thread Jesús Guerrero
On Fri, June 5, 2009 12:21, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Jesús Guerrero wrote: > > >> On Wed, June 3, 2009 22:23, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> >>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> BTW: this is where you see that cdparranoia(1) is now 12 year old and >>> unmaintained since ~ 10 years. cdda2wav

Re: [gentoo-user] Where to find 32 bit emul libs?

2009-06-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I want to give Google's new Chrome browser for Linux a try. Check out http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272805

Re: [gentoo-user] Where to find 32 bit emul libs?

2009-06-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 05 June 2009 22:09:52 Arttu V. wrote: > On 6/5/09, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > I have all emul-linux packages installed anyway (except -qtlibs), but now > > I'm > > stumped. How would I find which packages provide these 32 bit libs? > > Possibly none, but maybe this page helps: > > http://w

[gentoo-user] more tripleE SSD fs controversy

2009-06-05 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group, More and more I'm coming across references to "cheap" ssds in the EEEs. http://www.hohndel.org/communitymatters/eeepc/best-filesystem-choice-for-the-eeepc/ recommends ext2. Which I found surprising, but the guy seems knowlegeable. Here is Theodore T'so: # mke2fs -t ext4 -E stripe-wid

Re: [gentoo-user] Where to find 32 bit emul libs?

2009-06-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 05 June 2009 22:26:18 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > I want to give Google's new Chrome browser for Linux a try. > > Check out http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272805 Ah, I see nss and nspr is bundled. I missed that - I had an incorr

Re: [gentoo-user] Verification of audio CD copy?

2009-06-05 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> If I could build a mini-Gentoo environment in Cygwin and take >> advantage of portage and emerge to get cdrtools then this might work >> for me. I don't have the time or interest to become a