Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood

2009-08-13 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:31:31 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: > I did, it is passed the install directory as an argument, so I looked > at the kernel makefile and found it uses INSTALL_PATH to determine > this. I originally thought about modifying installkernel, but it's > good that that isn't needed b

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 08/14/2009 05:47 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I am looking for a faster way to do a cp -a r locally on one machine with one harddisk inside. Is there a neat trick to accomplish this faster than good old cp? Nope. Some people like to use pipes in hope to speed it up,

RE: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Adam Carter
> Having Gentoo.org forum or wiki down when most of us rely > heavily on them is not acceptable. > If the current sever is not reliable (and it is NOT; > regardless if it is free or not) move it somewhere else. Cool. So you're volunteering to pay for it right?

[gentoo-user] [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-13 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am looking for a faster way to do a cp -a r locally on one machine with one harddisk inside. Is there a neat trick to accomplish this faster than good old cp? (I have to reorder greater part sof user data on my harddisc...) Thank you very much in advance for any help! Have

[SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: crashing X.org

2009-08-13 Thread pat
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:33:09 +0200, Remy Blank wrote > Pat wrote: > > I have interesting problem. When I running a video (using mplayer) and > > another window partially overlap the video window the X.org crashes > > (better say restarts) and the login screen appears. > > > > The log is clean. The

[gentoo-user] sorry for fanning flames [site downtime]

2009-08-13 Thread Dan Farrell
i'm sorry to everyone, i started a bit of a heated debate. i didn't mean to imply that the gentoo sites hosting is less than adequate. I think the gentoo sites do a good job. I couldn't bring up the site for like 3 seconds today, and wouldn't you know it, I mentioned it on the mailing lists, and

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Dan Farrell
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:12:07 +0200 Alan McKinnon wrote: > So what do you suggest? I mean, other than whinging about something > that Gentoo can do absolutely nothing about, what do you suggest one > actually DOES? > That is exactly my question. Is it important to do something, is it wise, and

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:29:52 -0600, Joseph wrote: > Having Gentoo.org forum or wiki down when most of us rely heavily on > them is not acceptable. If the current sever is not reliable (and it is > NOT; regardless if it is free or not) move it somewhere else. Which server: gentoo.org, the forums o

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 13 August 2009 18:05:24 Dan Farrell wrote: > Last week the gentoo forums went down. Then gentoo-wiki.com went down. > > Now it seems as though all of gentoo.org is down. > > What's the deal? What are we to do about this shoddy hosting? Just calm down, learn now not to whinge pathetic

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 14:29 -0600, Joseph wrote: > On 08/13/09 21:12, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > >So what do you suggest? I mean, other than whinging about something that > >Gentoo can do absolutely nothing about, what do you suggest one actually > >DOES? > > Had a cancel/board[sic] meeting and s

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag 13 August 2009, Joseph wrote: > On 08/13/09 21:12, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >So what do you suggest? I mean, other than whinging about something that > >Gentoo can do absolutely nothing about, what do you suggest one actually > > DOES? > > Had a cancel/board meeting and see if it is pos

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Joseph
On 08/13/09 21:12, Alan McKinnon wrote: So what do you suggest? I mean, other than whinging about something that Gentoo can do absolutely nothing about, what do you suggest one actually DOES? Had a cancel/board meeting and see if it is possible to host gentoo.org with somebody who is more rel

Re: [gentoo-user] Starting a daemon automatically without rc-update

2009-08-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:53:18 -0500, Dale wrote: > Question. Could I put a command that changes the divisor for my fan > speeds here? It would look something like this: > > echo 8 > /sys/devices/platform/w83627hf.656/fan1_div > > Would that work or does it have to be a service? It's just a she

Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood

2009-08-13 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Dale wrote: > Dan Farrell wrote: >> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:54:52 -0500 >> Dale wrote: >> >> >>> I'm starting to picture my 3/4 ton >>> pick-up on top of that DSL box. It's starting to look pretty darn >>> good too. Would sort of miss the ole truck tho. >>> >>> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Dan Farrell wrote: > Last week the gentoo forums went down. Then gentoo-wiki.com went down. > > Now it seems as though all of gentoo.org is down. > > What's the deal? What are we to do about this shoddy hosting? The deal: Gentoo forums went down recently becaus

Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood

2009-08-13 Thread Dale
Dan Farrell wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:54:52 -0500 > Dale wrote: > > >> I'm starting to picture my 3/4 ton >> pick-up on top of that DSL box. It's starting to look pretty darn >> good too. Would sort of miss the ole truck tho. >> >> > > But then you'll be back to dialup indefinitel

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 13 August 2009 20:22:41 Dan Farrell wrote: > On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:01:53 +0200 > > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > gentoo-wiki has nothing to do with gentoo.org. > > > > Nothing. > > Sure, they're completely seperate ... officially. But that's not the > point. For good or for ill, g

[gentoo-user] Re: gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 08/13/2009 08:05 PM, Dan Farrell wrote: Last week the gentoo forums went down. Then gentoo-wiki.com went down. Now it seems as though all of gentoo.org is down. What's the deal? What are we to do about this shoddy hosting? Before posting "site down" issues, please try this first: http

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Dan Farrell
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:05:07 +0200 pk wrote: > gentoo.org works for me (both this afternoon, around 15.00 and right > now, 20.03). f.g.o. also works right now. g-w.com also works. Your're all right; the gentoo.org thing must have been a transient hiccough somewhere between me and them. Forum i

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Dan Farrell
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:01:53 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > gentoo-wiki has nothing to do with gentoo.org. > > Nothing. Sure, they're completely seperate ... officially. But that's not the point. For good or for ill, gentoo-wiki is - or at least used to be before the hosting fiasco late

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 12:05 -0500, Dan Farrell wrote: > Last week the gentoo forums went down. Then gentoo-wiki.com went down. > > Now it seems as though all of gentoo.org is down. > > What's the deal? What are we to do about this shoddy hosting? > Gentoo.org works for me. IIRC gentoo-wiki.

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread pk
Dan Farrell wrote: > Last week the gentoo forums went down. Then gentoo-wiki.com went down. > > Now it seems as though all of gentoo.org is down. > > What's the deal? What are we to do about this shoddy hosting? gentoo.org works for me (both this afternoon, around 15.00 and right now, 20.03).

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag 13 August 2009, Dan Farrell wrote: > Last week the gentoo forums went down. Then gentoo-wiki.com went down. > > Now it seems as though all of gentoo.org is down. > > What's the deal? What are we to do about this shoddy hosting? gentoo-wiki has nothing to do with gentoo.org. Nothin

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread William Hubbs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:05:24PM -0500, Dan Farrell wrote: > Last week the gentoo forums went down. Then gentoo-wiki.com went down. > > Now it seems as though all of gentoo.org is down. I just went to www.gentoo.org and got the web site wi

[gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

2009-08-13 Thread Dan Farrell
Last week the gentoo forums went down. Then gentoo-wiki.com went down. Now it seems as though all of gentoo.org is down. What's the deal? What are we to do about this shoddy hosting?

Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood

2009-08-13 Thread Dan Farrell
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:54:52 -0500 Dale wrote: > I'm starting to picture my 3/4 ton > pick-up on top of that DSL box. It's starting to look pretty darn > good too. Would sort of miss the ole truck tho. > But then you'll be back to dialup indefinitely ... i wonder if you could get high

Re: [gentoo-user] Starting a daemon automatically without rc-update

2009-08-13 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:53:28 -0700, Grant wrote: > > >> Hmmm, it didn't come back up with the server. I have this in >> /etc/init.d/rc.local: >> > > My mistake, I misread the path you were using. You shouldn't > change /etc/init.d/rc.local, you put your commands in >

[gentoo-user] Error compiling sandbox.

2009-08-13 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
I get the error below when compiling sandbox (any version): mv -f .deps/libsandbox_la-canonicalize.Tpo .deps/libsandbox_la-canonicalize.Plo make[2]: *** No rule to make target `../libsbutil/.libs/libsbutil.a', needed by `libsandbox.la'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/s

[gentoo-user] Re: crashing X.org

2009-08-13 Thread Remy Blank
Pat wrote: > I have interesting problem. When I running a video (using mplayer) and > another window partially overlap the video window the X.org crashes > (better say restarts) and the login screen appears. > > The log is clean. The graphics card is intel i915 (or i945?). Using: > xf86-video-inte

Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood

2009-08-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:46:24 +0600, Mike Kazantsev wrote: > > I question the wisdom of installing kernels in a directory intended > > for bootloader files, but if you really must... > > > > INSTALL_PATH=/boot/grub make install > > I'd also add that you can always look at /sbin/installkernel an