[gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote: Help. I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing havoc behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server! rm -r thunderbugs I'm having trouble understanding w

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Dale  wrote: >> >> >>> >>> It works as long as I don't open Firefox.  If I open Firefox, poof!!  No >>> more trapped smoke.  lol >>> >>> Dale >>> >> >> So I had suggested running it in gdb and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Dale wrote: It works as long as I don't open Firefox. If I open Firefox, poof!! No more trapped smoke. lol Dale So I had suggested running it in gdb and someone else suggested running it in strace. Did you have a chance to try e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Dale wrote: > > It works as long as I don't open Firefox.  If I open Firefox, poof!!  No > more trapped smoke.  lol > > Dale So I had suggested running it in gdb and someone else suggested running it in strace. Did you have a chance to try either of those? Not su

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Dale wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> >> On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote: >>> >>> Help. >>> >>> I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing havoc >>> behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server! >>> >>> rm -r thunderbug

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Dale wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: And this is exactly why you should consider posting any information your can find on LKML to let the heavy weight guys figure it out. As I said earlier, I believe they will take you quite seriously. In

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote: Help. I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing havoc behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server! rm -r thunderbugs srm -r thunderbugs emerge -C thunderbugs emerge --depclean revdep-rebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

Grant wrote: Yes, since a htpc doesn't need a powerful cpu (or a powerful gpu) My learned-this-the-hard-way advice: while this is generally true, if you ever come across a 720 or 1080p video that doesn't use a hardware-accelerated codec, you would rather the HTPC not sound like it's ab

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers

Grant [11-07-10 01:42]: > When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of > fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers. xf86-video-nouveau didn't > have the same problem. Now I've switched to an ATI video card and > unfortunately I have the same problem with xf86-video-ati. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> And this is exactly why you should consider posting any information >> your can find on LKML to let the heavy weight guys figure it out. As I >> said earlier, I believe they will take you quite seriously. In general >> I would

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

Mark Knecht wrote: And this is exactly why you should consider posting any information your can find on LKML to let the heavy weight guys figure it out. As I said earlier, I believe they will take you quite seriously. In general I would also say that Firefox should be able to cause a kernel pani

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Dale wrote: > Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> >> On 07/09/11 16:56, Dale wrote: >> >>> >>> No worries.  Sometimes when you back up a bit, you may realize you >>> missed something.  I did run memtest and it bad about 45 passes I think >>> with no errors.  That takes a whi

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

>>> Yes, since a htpc doesn't need a powerful cpu (or a powerful gpu) >> >> My learned-this-the-hard-way advice: while this is generally true, if >> you ever come across a 720 or 1080p video that doesn't use a >> hardware-accelerated codec, you would rather the HTPC not sound like >> it's about to

[gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote: Help. I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing havoc behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server! rm -r thunderbugs srm -r thunderbugs emerge -C thunderbugs emerge --depclean revdep-rebuild = no use There is no me

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

Michael Orlitzky wrote: On 07/09/11 16:56, Dale wrote: No worries. Sometimes when you back up a bit, you may realize you missed something. I did run memtest and it bad about 45 passes I think with no errors. That takes a while when you have 16Gbs. o_O Ah, ok. I'd also try a hard d

[gentoo-user] Thunderbugs

Help. I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing havoc behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server! rm -r thunderbugs srm -r thunderbugs emerge -C thunderbugs emerge --depclean revdep-rebuild = no use There is no mention of thunderbugs package in world

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On 07/09/11 16:56, Dale wrote: > > No worries. Sometimes when you back up a bit, you may realize you > missed something. I did run memtest and it bad about 45 passes I think > with no errors. That takes a while when you have 16Gbs. o_O Ah, ok. I'd also try a hard drive scan to make sure firef

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

Michael Orlitzky wrote: On 07/09/11 12:18, Dale wrote: András Csányi wrote: I had a similar problem but regarding Chromium. You can read about in this list "Chromium and everything" subject. May I ask which kernel do you use? I remember the thread, even replied a couple tim

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo wiping out Gtk 2 support from packages that support it?

On Saturday 09 July 2011 11:28:19 William Hubbs did opine thusly: > Hi Alan and all, > > On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 05:19:46PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > easy. > > > > Two USE flags: gtk2 and gtk3 > > > > in ebuild: > > > > DEPEND=" > > > > gtk2? (x11-libs/gtk+:2) > > gtk3? (x11-libs

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On 07/09/11 12:18, Dale wrote: > András Csányi wrote: >> >> I had a similar problem but regarding Chromium. You can read about in >> this list "Chromium and everything" subject. May I ask which kernel do >> you use? >> >> > > I remember the thread, even replied a couple times, but this is even

[gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On 07/09/2011 08:16 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 07/09/2011 04:49 AM, Dale wrote: OK. Back to the original thread. Here we go again. Everything seems to work EXCEPT Firefox. When I log into KDE, I can run Seamonkey, Kpat, Konqueror, Konsole, gkrellm and such but as soon as I start Firefox, i

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT encfs] When encfs gets hungup

Neil Bothwick writes: > On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:35:55 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote: > >> Having said that: >> One of encfs's Achilles heel is its dependency on the boost C++ library >> which is *very* sensitive wrt to API/ABI changes and the like. It also >> depends on OpenSSL which also shares th

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT encfs] When encfs gets hungup

Albert Hopkins writes: > On Friday, July 8 at 11:55 (-0500), Harry Putnam said: > > [..] >> Somehow I managed to really hurt the installation ... here is what I >> remember having done: >> >> Some how I got mixed up when running as root, and attempted to mount a >> users encfs directory. (Its a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Dale wrote: > András Csányi wrote: >> >> I had a similar problem but regarding Chromium. You can read about in >> this list "Chromium and everything" subject. May I ask which kernel do >> you use? >> >> > > I remember the thread, even replied a couple times, but thi

[gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On 07/09/2011 04:49 AM, Dale wrote: OK. Back to the original thread. Here we go again. Everything seems to work EXCEPT Firefox. When I log into KDE, I can run Seamonkey, Kpat, Konqueror, Konsole, gkrellm and such but as soon as I start Firefox, it locks up tight. Try to temporarily remove your

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo wiping out Gtk 2 support from packages that support it?

Hi Alan and all, On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 05:19:46PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > easy. > > Two USE flags: gtk2 and gtk3 > > in ebuild: > > DEPEND=" > gtk2? (x11-libs/gtk+:2) > gtk3? (x11-libs/gtk+:3) > " This doesn't account for all possible use flag settings. If I had neither flag se

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

András Csányi wrote: I had a similar problem but regarding Chromium. You can read about in this list "Chromium and everything" subject. May I ask which kernel do you use? I remember the thread, even replied a couple times, but this is even worse and happens when flash is not even install

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:03:47 -0500, Dale wrote: This is weird as heck. A program leading a kernel panic. It's a head scratcher. Do you have CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC set in your kernel? I had to search for this one. │ Symbol: BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK

[gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo wiping out Gtk 2 support from packages that support it?

On 07/09/2011 10:26 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Friday 08 July 2011 18:39:04 Stroller did opine thusly: On 8 July 2011, at 16:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: Two USE flags: gtk2 and gtk3 DEPEND=" gtk2? (x11-libs/gtk+:2) gtk3? (x11-libs/gtk+:3) " in src-configure() write the code such that it

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT encfs] When encfs gets hungup

On Saturday, July 9 at 12:22 (+0100), Neil Bothwick said: > I wasn't suggesting that. But when the main reason for sticking with > the > older option is that you have a working system with data in it, the > loss > of both of those is a good time to investigate the newer alternative. I see. I g

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:03:47 -0500, Dale wrote: > This is weird as heck. A program leading a kernel panic. It's a head > scratcher. Do you have CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC set in your kernel? -- Neil Bothwick An atheist is someone who feels he has no invisible means of support. sign

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT encfs] When encfs gets hungup

On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:22:55 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote: > > Fair enough, except this thread is about encfs not working :( > > Unfortunately. But that's not to say "encfs doesn't work". When I have > a problem with a bash script, I don't just up and switch to zsh :P I wasn't suggesting that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE and HARD lock ups.

Am 07.07.2011 23:59, schrieb walt: > When I run glxgears with the proprietary nvidia driver I get 3000 FPS. > With nouveau I get 54 FPS. That looks for me that nouveau has vsync on and the proprietary is not. Such a difference should not be if everything is configured and installed right. Greeti

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT encfs] When encfs gets hungup

On Saturday, July 9 at 08:39 (+0100), Neil Bothwick said: > Fair enough, except this thread is about encfs not working :( Unfortunately. But that's not to say "encfs doesn't work". When I have a problem with a bash script, I don't just up and switch to zsh :P (although I hear people do such t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On 9 July 2011 03:49, Dale wrote: > OK.  Back to the original thread. > > Here we go again.  Everything seems to work EXCEPT Firefox.  When I log into > KDE, I can run Seamonkey, Kpat, Konqueror, Konsole, gkrellm and such but as > soon as I start Firefox, it locks up tight.  Tight enough that the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

Mick wrote: On Saturday 09 Jul 2011 02:49:55 Dale wrote: OK. Back to the original thread. Here we go again. Everything seems to work EXCEPT Firefox. When I log into KDE, I can run Seamonkey, Kpat, Konqueror, Konsole, gkrellm and such but as soon as I start Firefox, it locks up tight. Ti

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and HARD lock ups.

firefox --help lists a DISPLAY option. Start it from a console and set $DISPLAY elsewhere, even remote if thats what it takes ... BillK On Fri, 2011-07-08 at 20:53 -0500, Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > You should continue to investigate the glibc thing. There was a thread > > about h

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

On Saturday 09 Jul 2011 02:49:55 Dale wrote: > OK. Back to the original thread. > > Here we go again. Everything seems to work EXCEPT Firefox. When I log > into KDE, I can run Seamonkey, Kpat, Konqueror, Konsole, gkrellm and > such but as soon as I start Firefox, it locks up tight. Tight enoug

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT encfs] When encfs gets hungup

On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:40:58 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote: > > Apart from the need to access legacy data, which Harry has resolved by > > reformatting, is there any benefit in using encfs rather than the > > in-kernel ecryptfs these days? > > Admittedly there isn't much difference, so if what you

Re: [gentoo-user] Lexmark X5650 working in Gentoo Linux?

On Saturday 09 Jul 2011 07:52:26 Dale wrote: > Most of the time, all you need is a ppd file for printing. I don't know > about the scanner and rest tho. > > I have read that Lexmark is not Linux friendly. I tend to like their > printers as they do a good job. It's just that they don't support

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo wiping out Gtk 2 support from packages that support it?

On Friday 08 July 2011 18:39:04 Stroller did opine thusly: > On 8 July 2011, at 16:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > ... > > easy. > > > > Two USE flags: gtk2 and gtk3 > > > > in ebuild: > > > > DEPEND=" > > > >gtk2? (x11-libs/gtk+:2) > >gtk3? (x11-libs/gtk+:3) > > > > " > > > > in src-con

Re: [gentoo-user] Lexmark X5650 working in Gentoo Linux?

On Saturday 09 Jul 2011 01:10:17 Carlos Sura wrote: > On 7 July 2011 22:51, Dale wrote: > > Carlos Sura wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I've been looking how to get working this printer in my gentoo-b0x, > >> searched in gentoo wiki, but those ebuilds and links are not updated, > >> they are a littl

Re: [gentoo-user] Lexmark X5650 working in Gentoo Linux?

Carlos Sura wrote: Thank you for your answers, As you recommended, I visited www.openprintin.org/printers there is my printer: Lexmark X5650 (fax, copier, scanner and printer) Also, lexmark support website, claim there is a driver for Debian users and