[gentoo-user] [OT] Re: Weird (?) permission problem...

2010-12-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 16 December 2010 07:24:27 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 03:33 on Thursday 16 December 2010, > Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: > > On Thursday 16 December 2010 01:01:27 walt wrote: > > > Every new generation of unix users *must* read it. > > > > I get very tire

[gentoo-user] possible udev problem?

2010-12-16 Thread Panics Robert
Hello ! I have a problem, some days ago with the /dev directory. Some or all blocking devices despaired like /dev/vg/ /dev/loop/ /dev/sda and some others also. After a reboot I see that my server couldn't boot in, couse it try to find the root filesystem from /dev/vg/root (using lvm) At the boo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Thursday 16 December 2010 09:31:34 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 23:46 on Wednesday 15 December 2010, Mark > > Knecht did opine thusly: > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Alan McKinnon > > wrote: > > > Apparently, though unproven, at 23:02 on Wednesday 15 December 2

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > again, the hardware to hotplug is built into every sata connector. What is > left is the controller not getting confused and the driver. > Every SATA connector? External connectors yes. Internal connectors no. > AHCI as a standard

Re: [gentoo-user] udev: renaming eth0 to eth1 ???

2010-12-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Dale wrote: > The reason I know this, I have three ethernet cards on my rig.  I replaced > one of them and it was a mess.  They were laid out as 2, 3 then 1 and it > took me a while to figure out which is which.  I deleted the rules file and > restarted udev and th

Re: [gentoo-user] udev: renaming eth0 to eth1 ???

2010-12-16 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Dale wrote: The reason I know this, I have three ethernet cards on my rig. I replaced one of them and it was a mess. They were laid out as 2, 3 then 1 and it took me a while to figure out which is which. I deleted the rules file and re

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-16 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: again, the hardware to hotplug is built into every sata connector. What is left is the controller not getting confused and the driver. Every SATA connector? External connectors yes. Internal connectors

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann >>  wrote: >> >> >>> >>> again, the hardware to hotplug is built into every sata connector. What >>> is >>> left is the controller not getting confused and the driver. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-16 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Dale wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: again, the hardware to hotplug is built into every sata connector. What is left is the controller not getting confused and t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Hold on there. SATA and eSATA connectors are definitely different. If >> your case came with a cable hooked to the eSATA connector then that >> cable is taking care of the difference already. Try plugging an >> internal SATA

[gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-12-16, Mark Knecht wrote: > Your cables are perfect for internal drives. Keep in mind that the > internal connectors are only spec'ed for 50 insertions in their > lifetime. In my experience, the real lifetime is closer to 5. In 25 years of dealing with computer cabling and connectors, t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-16 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Dale wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: Hold on there. SATA and eSATA connectors are definitely different. If your case came with a cable hooked to the eSATA connector then that cable is taking care of the difference already. Try plug

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Dale wrote: > > OK.  I'm not going to argue the point.  All I know is this, the cable that > came with the case will plug into any SATA connector on my mobo.  There is > nothing marking a eSATA port on there. There's nothing to argue. On your motherboard all por

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-16 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Dale wrote: OK. I'm not going to argue the point. All I know is this, the cable that came with the case will plug into any SATA connector on my mobo. There is nothing marking a eSATA port on there. There's nothing to argue. On

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

2010-12-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Thursday 16 December 2010 07:47:18 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > wrote: > > > > again, the hardware to hotplug is built into every sata connector. What > > is left is the controller not getting confused and the driver. > > Every SATA connector?

[gentoo-user] modem problem : Speedstream vs Zoom

2010-12-16 Thread Philip Webb
I've run into a bizarre problem with broadband & modems. For a long time, I've happily connected to the I/net using an ancient Speedstream modem (2001). Wanting to take advantage of the recent installation of fibre optics here to get higher speed, I contacted my ISP, a small & helpful Canadian com

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Re: Weird (?) permission problem...

2010-12-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 13:14 on Thursday 16 December 2010, Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: > On Thursday 16 December 2010 07:24:27 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 03:33 on Thursday 16 December 2010, > > > > Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: > > > On Thursday 16

Re: [gentoo-user] modem problem : Speedstream vs Zoom

2010-12-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > I've run into a bizarre problem with broadband & modems. > Both Mandriva & my Gentoo use Kernel 2.6.33 & I've recompiled the kernel > to include all the various PPP-related drivers Mandriva compiles as modules > (I have them as part of the act

Re: [gentoo-user] modem problem : Speedstream vs Zoom

2010-12-16 Thread Jason Weisberger
I second that. Gentoo probably isn't working because you have a custom pppoe networking configuration. The others are built with a standard dhcp configuration. Wipe your custom stuff and all will be well. On Dec 16, 2010 6:29 PM, "Paul Hartman" > wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Philip

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Re: Weird (?) permission problem...

2010-12-16 Thread walt
On 12/16/2010 03:14 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Thursday 16 December 2010 07:24:27 Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 03:33 on Thursday 16 December 2010, Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: On Thursday 16 December 2010 01:01:27 walt wrote: Every new generation of unix users *mu

[gentoo-user] Long standing problem of booting thu kvm switch

2010-12-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Somewhere back down the road... mnths now, I lost the ability to talk to the boot screen from my KVM connected keyboard. What I mean is, when gentoo starts to boot and reaches the grub screen... It does not see my keyboard yet. Once booted and login prompt is up (I boot to console mode) the keybo

Re: [gentoo-user] Long standing problem of booting thu kvm switch

2010-12-16 Thread Stroller
On 17/12/2010, at 1:41am, Harry Putnam wrote: > Somewhere back down the road... mnths now, I lost the ability to talk > to the boot screen from my KVM connected keyboard. > > What I mean is, when gentoo starts to boot and reaches the grub > screen... It does not see my keyboard yet. > > Once bo