Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-29 Thread Thanasis
On 07/29/2015 05:42 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: <...snip...> 2) How I can assign a static IP to my tablet. At the end of /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf add a line like host mytablet { hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx; fixed-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; } 3) How I can change the MAC on my tablet.

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 29 July 2015 06:40:51 Mick wrote: > On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 03:42:56 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Still I have to figure out: > > > > 1) What create_ap does differently (and more correctly). > > It also sets up a DNS repeater, DHCP server and configures iptables on your > PC. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 28 July 2015 21:18:43 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:29:18 +1000, Bruce Schultz wrote: > > >You may not need an initramfs to run root on btrfs as long as btrfs is > > >compiled into your kernel (I haven't looked into it closely though). > > > > But I think you do if your

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:13:50 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > I think I'm going to dive straight in and build a new system. First > I'll have another go at grub-2, then when that's working I'll start a > new build. > > As far as I can see, /boot can just be on the single sda1, with a > duplicate on

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 29 July 2015 00:40:41 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:59:40 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > > But I think you do if your btrfs is raid 1. The kernel can't mount > > > > multidisk btrfs until it done a btrfs device scan in userspace, run > > > > from initramfs. > > > > > > Accor

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-29 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:54:53 AM Thanasis wrote: > On 07/29/2015 05:42 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > <...snip...> > > > 2) How I can assign a static IP to my tablet. > > At the end of /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf add a line like > > host mytablet { hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx; fixed-a

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:22:47 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> > Apologies if I have missed it, but what is wrong with using vanilla > > > ext2 for /boot? > > > > The question is about the kernel mounting / from a multi-device btrfs, > > without an initramfs - nothing to do with /boot. > > It

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-29 Thread Bruce Schultz
On 29 July 2015 6:18:43 AM AEST, Neil Bothwick wrote: >On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:29:18 +1000, Bruce Schultz wrote: > >> >You may not need an initramfs to run root on btrfs as long as btrfs >is >> >compiled into your kernel (I haven't looked into it closely though). > >> >> But I think you do if y

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing SSD? (Somewhat OT)

2015-07-29 Thread Daniel Frey
On 07/28/2015 12:04 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > you know - this does not sound like ssd failure. Most SSDs bomb out by > just becoming completely unacessible. > > dmesg errors? Filled with /dev/sda errors when it "failed". > > are you using ecc ram? Nope. > > if not - maybe, just ma

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-29 Thread Meino . Cramer
Mick [15-07-29 16:38]: > On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 03:42:56 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Mick [15-07-29 03:32]: > > > On Tuesday 28 Jul 2015 20:35:55 Todd Goodman wrote: > > > > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 15:31]: > > > > [..SNIP..] > > > > > > > > > Hi Todd, > > > > > > > > > > thanks for

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-29 Thread Meino . Cramer
Peter Humphrey [15-07-29 16:38]: > On Wednesday 29 July 2015 06:40:51 Mick wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 03:42:56 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Still I have to figure out: > > > > > > 1) What create_ap does differently (and more correctly). > > > > It also sets up a DNS repeater, DHCP s

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-29 Thread Meino . Cramer
Thanasis [15-07-29 16:38]: > On 07/29/2015 05:42 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > <...snip...> > >2) How I can assign a static IP to my tablet. > > At the end of /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf add a line like > > host mytablet { hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx; fixed-address > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; } >

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-29 Thread Meino . Cramer
J. Roeleveld [15-07-29 16:39]: > On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:54:53 AM Thanasis wrote: > > On 07/29/2015 05:42 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > <...snip...> > > > > > 2) How I can assign a static IP to my tablet. > > > > At the end of /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf add a line like > > > > host mytabl

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi slow motion data transfer

2015-07-29 Thread Meino . Cramer
J. Roeleveld [15-07-29 16:38]: > On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 05:18:25 AM meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > the AP is now up and running ... but the the transfer rates are only > > about 80 Kb/sec (conky). > > > > I use an Atheros based USB wifi dongle, create_ap for setup and the > > in

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing SSD? (Somewhat OT)

2015-07-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 29.07.2015 um 16:52 schrieb Daniel Frey: > On 07/28/2015 12:04 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> you know - this does not sound like ssd failure. Most SSDs bomb out by >> just becoming completely unacessible. >> >> dmesg errors? > Filled with /dev/sda errors when it "failed". oh the joy. > >>

[gentoo-user] Re: Wifi slow motion data transfer

2015-07-29 Thread James
gmx.de> writes: > > J. Roeleveld antarean.org> [15-07-29 16:38]: > > On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 05:18:25 AM Meino.Cramer gmx.de wrote: > > Is this speed between both machines? Or to the internet? Joost is exactly correct here. Test the links one connection at a time, not just all a once. Y

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-29 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 16:05:10 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Thanasis [15-07-29 16:38]: > > On 07/29/2015 05:42 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > <...snip...> > > > > >2) How I can assign a static IP to my tablet. > > > > At the end of /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf add a line like > > > > host mytabl

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with wireless on new install

2015-07-29 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 01:36:22 gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > I am having trouble with wireless on a new install (gnome/systemd). > > lspci reports > 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 59) > > I looked this up and it requires the iwlwifi driver and iwlmvm, which I >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Wifi slow motion data transfer

2015-07-29 Thread Meino . Cramer
James [15-07-29 19:46]: > gmx.de> writes: > > > > > J. Roeleveld antarean.org> [15-07-29 16:38]: > > > On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 05:18:25 AM Meino.Cramer gmx.de wrote: > > > > Is this speed between both machines? Or to the internet? > > Joost is exactly correct here. Test the links one c

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-29 Thread Meino . Cramer
Mick [15-07-29 20:08]: > On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 16:05:10 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Thanasis [15-07-29 16:38]: > > > On 07/29/2015 05:42 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > <...snip...> > > > > > > >2) How I can assign a static IP to my tablet. > > > > > > At the end of /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Wifi slow motion data transfer

2015-07-29 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 18:38:07 James wrote: > gmx.de> writes: > > J. Roeleveld antarean.org> [15-07-29 16:38]: > > > On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 05:18:25 AM Meino.Cramer gmx.de wrote: > > > > > > Is this speed between both machines? Or to the internet? > > Joost is exactly correct here. Te

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with wireless on new install

2015-07-29 Thread gottlieb
Please see the addendum at the end. On Tue, Jul 28 2015, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > I am having trouble with wireless on a new install (gnome/systemd). > > lspci reports > 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 59) > > I looked this up and it requires the iwlwifi driver

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Wifi slow motion data transfer

2015-07-29 Thread Meino . Cramer
Mick [15-07-29 20:16]: > On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 18:38:07 James wrote: > > gmx.de> writes: > > > J. Roeleveld antarean.org> [15-07-29 16:38]: > > > > On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 05:18:25 AM Meino.Cramer gmx.de wrote: > > > > > > > > Is this speed between both machines? Or to the internet? >

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with wireless on new install

2015-07-29 Thread gottlieb
On Wed, Jul 29 2015, Mick wrote: > On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 01:36:22 gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: >> I am having trouble with wireless on a new install (gnome/systemd). >> >> lspci reports >> 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 59) >> >> I looked this up and it requires

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with wireless on new install

2015-07-29 Thread gottlieb
On Tue, Jul 28 2015, Meino Cramer wrote: > > Hi Allan, > > I just in the beginning of "doing wifi" (see previous thread...) but > may be this is of help: > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92541 > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=301637 > http://askubuntu.com/questions/6

[gentoo-user] Solved: trouble with wireless on new install

2015-07-29 Thread gottlieb
I don't know what fixed it. I did add a trivial /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf # The below line not be changed otherwise we refuse to work ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant network={ key_mgmt=NONE priority=-999 } But it might have been th

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing SSD? (Somewhat OT)

2015-07-29 Thread Daniel Frey
On 07/29/2015 08:34 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am 29.07.2015 um 16:52 schrieb Daniel Frey: >> On 07/28/2015 12:04 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >>> you know - this does not sound like ssd failure. Most SSDs bomb out by >>> just becoming completely unacessible. >>> >>> dmesg errors? >> Fill

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with wireless on new install

2015-07-29 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 19:35:57 gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > On Wed, Jul 29 2015, Mick wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 01:36:22 gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > >> I am having trouble with wireless on a new install (gnome/systemd). > >> > >> lspci reports > >> > >> 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with wireless on new install

2015-07-29 Thread gottlieb
On Wed, Jul 29 2015, Mick wrote: > I think (but not sure) that L1 is a legacy power management feature of > PCIe. LTR is a more dynamic, latency based, power management > standard, which auto- adjusts the power on the device depending on how > long it takes to wake up. L1 on its own would consum

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing SSD? (Somewhat OT)

2015-07-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 29.07.2015 um 22:57 schrieb Daniel Frey: > On 07/29/2015 08:34 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 29.07.2015 um 16:52 schrieb Daniel Frey: >>> On 07/28/2015 12:04 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: you know - this does not sound like ssd failure. Most SSDs bomb out by just becoming com

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing SSD? (Somewhat OT)

2015-07-29 Thread Daniel Frey
On 07/29/2015 04:55 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > are you sure? Asus boards usually support ECC (at least their AMD boards > do) and many Gigabyte boards support ECC without telling about it > (gigabyte user forums can usually answer that). > Hmm, I went and looked some more into this, but al