Re: [gentoo-user] USE="mmx mmxext sse sse2 ssse3 3dnow 3dnowext"

On Dienstag 26 Mai 2009, Stroller wrote: > On 26 May 2009, at 06:10, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> ... > >> The mplayer ebuild is stated to be "intelligent" about ignoring these > >> flags if necessary, so I'm not sure that "if mplayer works, so will > >> everything else" is a safe conclusion. M

Re: [gentoo-user] USE="mmx mmxext sse sse2 ssse3 3dnow 3dnowext"

On 26 May 2009, at 06:10, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: ... The mplayer ebuild is stated to be "intelligent" about ignoring these flags if necessary, so I'm not sure that "if mplayer works, so will everything else" is a safe conclusion. My question was exactly if it was so - are other ebuilds also

Re: [gentoo-user] USE="mmx mmxext sse sse2 ssse3 3dnow 3dnowext"

On Dienstag 26 Mai 2009, Stroller wrote: > On 26 May 2009, at 05:37, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > ... > > If a package would build using say 3dnow without the cpu supporting > > it it will > > crash with an instruction error. So either it works always or never. > > Hmmmn so if I use it my ap

Re: [gentoo-user] USE="mmx mmxext sse sse2 ssse3 3dnow 3dnowext"

On 26 May 2009, at 05:37, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: ... If a package would build using say 3dnow without the cpu supporting it it will crash with an instruction error. So either it works always or never. Hmmmn so if I use it my applications might crash, but it's safe to use? The m

Re: [gentoo-user] USE="mmx mmxext sse sse2 ssse3 3dnow 3dnowext"

On Dienstag 26 Mai 2009, Adam Carter wrote: > 'grep flags /proc/cpuinfo' to see what features the CPU supports, and add > those to USE. You'll recognise most but apparently "pni" = sse3 (but then > my core2 also shows ssse3 as wellodd) ssse3 is not sse3 different stuff.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Excessive digest failures in portage

On 25 May 2009, at 07:55, Saphirus Sage wrote: ... Followed the instructions and checked with diff, absolutely no difference, which leads me to believe it's failing memory; but there's a problem. This is a PowerPC machine (eMac G4), and memtest86+ seems to be dependent upon an x86 architect

Re: [gentoo-user] USE="mmx mmxext sse sse2 ssse3 3dnow 3dnowext"

On Dienstag 26 Mai 2009, Stroller wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm always rather reluctant to enable any of these, being unsure > whether my ageing PentiumPro or Pentium 4 CPUs support such features > as 3DNow! (originally an AMD technology) or the advanced SE3. > > According to this page

RE: [gentoo-user] USE="mmx mmxext sse sse2 ssse3 3dnow 3dnowext"

'grep flags /proc/cpuinfo' to see what features the CPU supports, and add those to USE. You'll recognise most but apparently "pni" = sse3 (but then my core2 also shows ssse3 as wellodd)

Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mounting USB drive?

On 25 May 2009, at 20:23, Альфар wrote: ... Now make file /etc/udev/rule.d/z98-usb-flash.rules with this content SUBSYSTEM=="block", SYSFS{idProduct}=="2338", SYSFS{idVendor}=="152d", NAME="name" RUN+="/bin/mount /dev/name / media/name" Change idProduct and idVendor and to your data. And

[gentoo-user] USE="mmx mmxext sse sse2 ssse3 3dnow 3dnowext"

Hi there, I'm always rather reluctant to enable any of these, being unsure whether my ageing PentiumPro or Pentium 4 CPUs support such features as 3DNow! (originally an AMD technology) or the advanced SE3. According to this page , however:

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

> > DRI requires kernel support - Device Drivers -> Graphics -> > Direct Rendering Manager, and you'll want to select the > correct ATI support under that. > > That's always been there, as modules. If I modprobe for r128, it gets > loaded along with module "drm". It makes no difference to the sta

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Adam Carter wrote: >> This seems a step backwards.  No screens found, and still 3 things >> that would not load.  Results follow: >> >> === startx run begins >> xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.21944 >> >> >> X.Org X Server 1.5.3 >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Seamonkey and random crashes.

Nick Cunningham wrote: > How much RAM do you have? With all those windows and tabs open im > guessing your running out of RAM which may be causing the crashes, do > you have a swap file? If so, how big is it and have you tried > increasing its size? > > A big swap file may help, although dont exp

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

> This seems a step backwards. No screens found, and still 3 things > that would not load. Results follow: > > === startx run begins > xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.21944 > > > X.Org X Server 1.5.3 > Release Date: 5 November 2008 > X Protocol Version 11, Revisi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> >> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Adam Carter >> wrote: RESULTS: fglrx loads, but does not see the adapter.  There's also a problem with the mouse driver -- some undefined symbol. >>> >>> Have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 25 May 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> In make.config, I changed to >>  VIDEO_CARDS="r128 vga fbdev vesa" >> and recompiled xorg-server. > [snip...] > >> Now when I try "startx" it still has problems, but I appear to be >> closer.  On scree

Re: [gentoo-user] was paludis and make.conf - reply to DH

> basis? Or is there some > > option to send to paludis to remove everything when it > comes time to > > uninstall? I don't see anything under $man paludis > -> Uninstall options. > > It's not a dependancy thing is it? > > No, paludis doesn't have such an option. However, if you > watch paludis'

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Seamonkey and random crashes.

walt wrote: > Dale wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> Every once in a while Seamonkey will crash... > > My only suggestion would be to install seamonkey-bin, which is the > official build by mozilla.org, and see if you get the same error. > At least that would separate run-time problems from compile-time >

[gentoo-user] Re: Seamonkey and random crashes.

Dale wrote: Hi folks, Every once in a while Seamonkey will crash... My only suggestion would be to install seamonkey-bin, which is the official build by mozilla.org, and see if you get the same error. At least that would separate run-time problems from compile-time problems. I see an awful lo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fake USE flag change

Nikos Chantziaras pisze: Joachim Bartosik wrote: Set linguas for this version of OO in /etc/portage/package.use ? Why? I have them in make.conf. So this particular version of OO will use old linguas and will not recompile. And if new version arrives it will be compiled with new LINGUAS.

[gentoo-user] Re: gconf problems

W.Kenworthy wrote: I started getting these errors recently from a number of systems, as well as failures in operation. The cause appears to be scripts/programs running as root trying to contact the user gconf daemon. This is "stupid" so how can I work around it. One case I am trying to fix is

Re: [gentoo-user] Seamonkey and random crashes.

Nick Cunningham wrote: > How much RAM do you have? With all those windows and tabs open im > guessing your running out of RAM which may be causing the crashes, do > you have a swap file? If so, how big is it and have you tried > increasing its size? > > A big swap file may help, although dont exp

[gentoo-user] Re: How to fake USE flag change

Joachim Bartosik wrote: Set linguas for this version of OO in /etc/portage/package.use ? Why? I have them in make.conf.

[gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

Kevin O'Gorman wrote: On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Adam Carter wrote: RESULTS: fglrx loads, but does not see the adapter. There's also a problem with the mouse driver -- some undefined symbol. Have you rebuilt your kernel after emergeing xf86-input-mouse? If so you probably need to re-e

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to install www-misc/rekonq-9999 (kde-testing) because of git error

Its been a while since ive used paludis, but do you have the folder permissions set correctly? Normally paludis will (or it used to anyway) complain loudly when the permissions werent set correctly. If they are set correctly what happens when you try to pull the git repo manually? - Nick 2009/5/

Re: [gentoo-user] Seamonkey and random crashes.

How much RAM do you have? With all those windows and tabs open im guessing your running out of RAM which may be causing the crashes, do you have a swap file? If so, how big is it and have you tried increasing its size? A big swap file may help, although dont expect your system to be responsive :)

Re: [gentoo-user] How to fake USE flag change

Please, if your going to set the LINGUAS value dont use package.use :) If you have to then use make.conf, although the best solution is to set it in /etc/env.d, a quick search of the forums will give you some good examples if your not sure. - Nick 2009/5/25 Joachim Bartosik > Set linguas for th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

On Monday 25 May 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > In make.config, I changed to > VIDEO_CARDS="r128 vga fbdev vesa" > and recompiled xorg-server. [snip...] > Now when I try "startx" it still has problems, but I appear to be > closer. On screen I see [snip...] > (EE) Failed to load module "ati" (mod

[gentoo-user] Unable to install www-misc/rekonq-9999 (kde-testing) because of git error

Hi, I am trying to install www-misc/rekonq- from the kde overlay. It is a git version of rekonq. I am using paludis as my package manager and the install fails when fetching from git-repository with the following call stack: >>> Starting src_unpack * GIT NEW clone --> *repository:

Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mounting USB drive?

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Jarry wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Hi, >>   I'm wondering what I need to read about and do to get a USB drive >> to auto-mount reliably at boot time? > > Try this: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/usb-guide.xml > > I do not use usb-automounting now, but I teste

Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mounting USB drive?

2009/5/25 Mark Knecht > Hi, > I'm wondering what I need to read about and do to get a USB drive > to auto-mount reliably at boot time? I don't know anything about udev > so I tried what I thought used to work in my /etc/fstab file but it > doesn't work. The drive mounts by hand just fine: > > M

[gentoo-user] Seamonkey and random crashes.

Hi folks, Every once in a while Seamonkey will crash. I been waiting for quite a while this time. It doesn't happen to often but it is annoying. This mostly happens when I am saving a picture and the save dialog box opens. Usually during the save process, everything Seamonkey dies. I ran Seam

[gentoo-user] UDEV

Bus 003 Device 010: ID 152d:2338 Device Descriptor: ... idVendor 0x152d idProduct 0x2338 bcdDevice 1.00 iManufacturer 1 iProduct 2 iSerial 5 bNumConfigurations 1 Shared with Flock - The Social Web Browser http://flock.com lsusb –v Shared with Flock - The Social Web Browser http://flock.c

Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mounting USB drive?

Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, I'm wondering what I need to read about and do to get a USB drive to auto-mount reliably at boot time? Try this: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/usb-guide.xml I do not use usb-automounting now, but I tested it some time ago on my laptop, and it worked well. Just follow t

[gentoo-user] Auto-mounting USB drive?

Hi, I'm wondering what I need to read about and do to get a USB drive to auto-mount reliably at boot time? I don't know anything about udev so I tried what I thought used to work in my /etc/fstab file but it doesn't work. The drive mounts by hand just fine: MacMini linux # cat /etc/fstab | grep

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Adam Carter wrote: >> RESULTS: fglrx loads, but does not see the adapter.  There's also a >> problem with the mouse driver -- some undefined symbol. > > Have you rebuilt your kernel after emergeing xf86-input-mouse? If so you > probably need to re-emerge xf86-inp

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: paludis and make.conf

Am Sonntag, 24. Mai 2009 16:42:53 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > That should be explained in the portage docs. > > Best possible answer :-) Indeed it was, given that I didn't know it myself? Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] xterm fonts not loaded

Paul Hartman skrev: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: Hello, After an update to xorg-1.5.3 (with hal), following the gentoo xorg 1.5 update guide doc, I get warnings when launching a simple xterm. Also when trying

[gentoo-user] Strange problems with keyboard over vnc

I don't even know what to google for in this case. I have a remote box running gentoo with kde 3.5, to which I connect using VNC (krfb on the remote box, krdc on the local one). (the actual connection goes via a ssh tunnel, but I think that is not relevant here) All used to work fine, until so

Re: [gentoo-user] How to fake USE flag change

Set linguas for this version of OO in /etc/portage/package.use ?

Re: [gentoo-user] Excessive digest failures in portage

On 5/25/09, Saphirus Sage wrote: > So, is this just the crying screams of a failing drive, or is there some > other problem at hand here? If the drive is SMART-capable, you could try smartmontools, enable smart and see what the tests say. It might help to diagnose whether it is the drive or some

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to fake USE flag change

On Mon, 25 May 2009 09:58:19 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > I used the '--reinstall changed-use' flag rather than '--newuse', as > > documented in 'man emerge'. > > Thanks. I somehow missed this one. It's a fairly new addition. Before it came along, I used to edit the IUSE or file in /v