[gentoo-user] Change in ethernet .config layout kernel 3.2.1, affects oldconfig

2012-02-05 Thread Walter Dnes
Heads up... the network ethernet device drivers aettings are laid out differently in 3.2.1, and "make oldconfig" misses a few items. The new layout route goes like so... Device Drivers ---> [*] Network device support ---> [*] Ethernet driver support ---> This brings you to a menu by man

[gentoo-user] distcc - amd64 and x86

2012-02-05 Thread Dale
Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 02/05/2012 01:46 PM, Dale wrote: >> >> It does the same for portages work space too. I have portages work >> directory on tmpfs and I always have to mount with the size=12g option >> so that LOo will even start. >> >> Thing is, it rarely uses more than 4Gbs or so. Is

Re: [gentoo-user] Default settings in /etc/rc.conf

2012-02-05 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 02/05/2012 03:01 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: You cannot trust the commented examples in rc.conf to be the defaults. I reckon they are just that - typical examples. If you search through rc.conf for the word "default" you find quite a few cases where the text says what the default is and the exa

Re: [gentoo-user] firefox-9.0 won't compile

2012-02-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Grant wrote: > Does anyone have any ideas on this?  I just completed an emerge -e > world so I don't think anything needs to be re-emerged.  Everything > compiles fine except for gcc-4.5.3-r1 (I'm on gcc-4.3.4) and > firefox-9.0: > > /var/tmp/portage/www-client/fire

Re: [gentoo-user] «-»: [gentoo-user] distcc - amd64 and x86

2012-02-05 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 02/05/2012 01:46 PM, Dale wrote: It does the same for portages work space too. I have portages work directory on tmpfs and I always have to mount with the size=12g option so that LOo will even start. Thing is, it rarely uses more than 4Gbs or so. Is there a way to disable this mess? I got

Re: [gentoo-user] Another issue/questions updating udev from 164-r2 to 171-r5

2012-02-05 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: [snip] > Ok, I apparently don't, but... are you saying that all of the stuff that > follows the initramfs warning *all* pertains to using an initramfs? No, you're right; this: mount options for directory /dev are no longer set in /etc/udev/udev.c

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning about old init scripts when updating dev-db/mysql-init-scripts-2.0_pre1-r2

2012-02-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:19:33 -0500 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2012-02-05 12:08 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:00 PM, > > Tanstaafl wrote: > >> In the emerge post install I get: > >> > >> WARN: postinst > >> Old /etc/init.d/mysql and /etc/conf.d/mysql still present! > >> Update

Re: [gentoo-user] Default settings in /etc/rc.conf

2012-02-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:49:52 -0500 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2012-02-05 1:41 PM, Dale wrote: > > They removed the setting because it broke a good bit of systems. > > No one wanted to fix it, so they got rid of it. From my > > understanding, if you still want the setting, you can leave it > > there.

Re: [gentoo-user] Default settings in /etc/rc.conf

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-05 2:00 PM, Dale wrote: Tanstaafl wrote: On 2012-02-05 1:41 PM, Dale wrote: They removed the setting because it broke a good bit of systems. No one wanted to fix it, so they got rid of it. From my understanding, if you still want the setting, you can leave it there. Yeah, I fi

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/mtab

2012-02-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 5 Feb 2012 10:23:56 -0800 Grant wrote: > I was just going over the Baselayout and OpenRC Migration Guide: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml > > and I'm not sure how to make sure my /etc/mtab is set up according to > the instructions: > > "Previously, the initial roo

Re: [gentoo-user] Updating mysql-init-scripts to 2.0_pre1-r2 now Mysql restart fails!?

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-05 2:09 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: just updated mysql from 5.1.56 to 5.1.61, and STILL have this problem... after reviewing this problem, I'm thinking that maybe the problem with stopping or restarting mysql is related to the post install elog warning I got back in January when I update

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: amarok fade down

2012-02-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 5 Feb 2012 11:18:41 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Nikos Chantziaras > wrote: > > On 02/05/2012 06:02 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >> > >> In short, both GStreamer and VLC can do anything that Xine do, and > >> they probably do it better. If somet

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: amarok fade down

2012-02-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 5 Feb 2012 10:02:19 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > Really strange decision ! > > Actually no; the GStreamer plugin architecture is really nice, and > nowadays any GST based player can reproduce basically anything under > the sun. VLC is not as nice (IMHO), but last time I checked

[gentoo-user] Is this a bug in firefox-bin?

2012-02-05 Thread walt
After years of compiling firefox I decided that I get no advantage from doing it :p So I just emerged firefox-bin and discovered that it doesn't find any of the plugins in /usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins. The gentoo ebuild patches the source code to use nsbrowser/plugins for the default plugins locat

Re: [gentoo-user] Updating mysql-init-scripts to 2.0_pre1-r2 now Mysql restart fails!?

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
just updated mysql from 5.1.56 to 5.1.61, and STILL have this problem... I can't even STOP mysql - with the included init script, all I get is: myhost : Sun Feb 05, 13:55:53 : ~ # /etc/init.d/mysql stop * WARNING: mysql is already stopped Well, it *isn't* stopped, it is running, but it is app

Re: [gentoo-user] Default settings in /etc/rc.conf

2012-02-05 Thread Dale
Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2012-02-05 1:41 PM, Dale wrote: >> They removed the setting because it broke a good bit of systems. No one >> wanted to fix it, so they got rid of it. From my understanding, if you >> still want the setting, you can leave it there. > > Yeah, I fugured out that much, but my

Re: [gentoo-user] Default settings in /etc/rc.conf

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-05 1:41 PM, Dale wrote: They removed the setting because it broke a good bit of systems. No one wanted to fix it, so they got rid of it. From my understanding, if you still want the setting, you can leave it there. Yeah, I fugured out that much, but my main question was about the

Re: [gentoo-user] «-»: [gentoo-user] distcc - amd64 and x86

2012-02-05 Thread Dale
Samuraiii wrote: > > > > > On 2012-02-05 18:38, Michael Mol wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Samuraiii wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have (right now) 3 computers runing Gentoo and as two of them are with >>> only 1GB of ram - which for libreoffice compiling is not enough. >>> >>> So my

Re: [gentoo-user] Default settings in /etc/rc.conf

2012-02-05 Thread Dale
Tanstaafl wrote: > Can someone please confirm that the commented settings in /etc/rc.conf > are the defaults? > > Ie, when running etc-update after updating openrc, I had specifically > the entry: > > rc_parallel="NO" > > Now, when updating from 0.9.4 to 0.9.8.4, it wants to completely remove >

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/mtab

2012-02-05 Thread Dale
Grant wrote: > I was just going over the Baselayout and OpenRC Migration Guide: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml > > and I'm not sure how to make sure my /etc/mtab is set up according to > the instructions: > > "Previously, the initial rootfs entry was removed from /etc/mtab

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/mtab

2012-02-05 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 05.02.2012 19:23, schrieb Grant: > I was just going over the Baselayout and OpenRC Migration Guide: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml > > and I'm not sure how to make sure my /etc/mtab is set up according to > the instructions: > > "Previously, the initial rootfs entry w

[gentoo-user] /etc/mtab

2012-02-05 Thread Grant
I was just going over the Baselayout and OpenRC Migration Guide: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml and I'm not sure how to make sure my /etc/mtab is set up according to the instructions: "Previously, the initial rootfs entry was removed from /etc/mtab, and only the real root / en

Re: [gentoo-user] Another issue/questions updating udev from 164-r2 to 171-r5

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-05 12:47 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: For the next time you need to find a kernel option: 1. go to /usr/src/linux 2. make menuconfig 3. press "/" (this activates search) 4. enter the config option you are looking 5. press Enter

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.

2012-02-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2012-02-02 12:04 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >> >> Pretty much what I've got going for my grandmother. I had her working >> with Evolution and Firefox on XP > > > Interesting... the last time (admittedly a *long* time ago) I tried > Evolution on W

Re: [gentoo-user] distcc - amd64 and x86

2012-02-05 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Samuraiii wrote: > Hello, > > I have (right now) 3 computers runing Gentoo and as two of them are with > only 1GB of ram - which for libreoffice compiling is not enough. Mmmh. LibreOffice 3.4.x requires 1 GB of RAM, all other versions in portage requires only 512

Re: [gentoo-user] Another issue/questions updating udev from 164-r2 to 171-r5

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-05 12:45 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... ERROR: setup CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG: is not set when it should be. WARN: setup Please check to make sure these options are set correctly. Failure to do so may cause unexpected problems. I

[gentoo-user] «-»: [gentoo-user] distcc - amd64 and x86

2012-02-05 Thread Samuraiii
On 2012-02-05 18:38, Michael Mol wrote: On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Samuraiii wrote: Hello, I have (right now) 3 computers runing Gentoo and as two of them are with only 1GB of ram - which for libreoffice compiling is no

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-02 12:04 PM, Michael Mol wrote: Pretty much what I've got going for my grandmother. I had her working with Evolution and Firefox on XP Interesting... the last time (admittedly a *long* time ago) I tried Evolution on Windows it was totally unusable... Are you saying that it is now

Re: [gentoo-user] Another issue/questions updating udev from 164-r2 to 171-r5

2012-02-05 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > I just updated these, and am unsure how to deal with the issues... > > First issue: > > *** > > Found sources for kernel version: >    3.0.6-gentoo > Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... > ERROR: setup >  

Re: [gentoo-user] Another issue/questions updating udev from 164-r2 to 171-r5

2012-02-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag, 5. Februar 2012, 12:34:56 schrieb Tanstaafl: > I just updated these, and am unsure how to deal with the issues... > > First issue: > > *** > > Found sources for kernel version: > 3.0.6-gentoo > Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... > ERROR

Re: [gentoo-user] distcc - amd64 and x86

2012-02-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Samuraiii wrote: > Hello, > > I have (right now) 3 computers runing Gentoo and as two of them are with > only 1GB of ram - which for libreoffice compiling is not enough. > > So my questions are: > > 1) Is it possible with distcc overcome this memory limitation? -ca

[gentoo-user] Another issue/questions updating udev from 164-r2 to 171-r5

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
I just updated these, and am unsure how to deal with the issues... First issue: *** Found sources for kernel version: 3.0.6-gentoo Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... ERROR: setup CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG:is not set when it should be. WARN: setup Pl

[gentoo-user] Default settings in /etc/rc.conf

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
Can someone please confirm that the commented settings in /etc/rc.conf are the defaults? Ie, when running etc-update after updating openrc, I had specifically the entry: rc_parallel="NO" Now, when updating from 0.9.4 to 0.9.8.4, it wants to completely remove this setting and all related com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: amarok fade down

2012-02-05 Thread James Broadhead
On 5 February 2012 17:19, James Broadhead wrote: > On 5 February 2012 17:01, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> On 02/05/2012 06:02 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >>> >>> In short, both GStreamer and VLC can do anything that Xine do, and >>> they probably do it better. If something is not working proper

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: amarok fade down

2012-02-05 Thread James Broadhead
On 5 February 2012 17:01, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 02/05/2012 06:02 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> >> In short, both GStreamer and VLC can do anything that Xine do, and >> they probably do it better. If something is not working properly, it >> probably is a problem with the integration wit

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning about old init scripts when updating dev-db/mysql-init-scripts-2.0_pre1-r2

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-05 12:08 PM, Michael Mol wrote: On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: In the emerge post install I get: WARN: postinst Old /etc/init.d/mysql and /etc/conf.d/mysql still present! Update both of those files to the new versions! But it doesn't say anything about *how* to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: amarok fade down

2012-02-05 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 02/05/2012 06:02 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> >> In short, both GStreamer and VLC can do anything that Xine do, and >> they probably do it better. If something is not working properly, it >> probably is a problem with the integrat

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning about old init scripts when updating dev-db/mysql-init-scripts-2.0_pre1-r2

2012-02-05 Thread Michael Mol
Probably etc-update. On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > Hello, > > Also have this to deal with... > > In the emerge post install I get: > > WARN: postinst > Old /etc/init.d/mysql and /etc/conf.d/mysql still present! > Update both of those files to the new versions! > > But it doe

[gentoo-user] distcc - amd64 and x86

2012-02-05 Thread Samuraiii
Hello, I have (right now) 3 computers runing Gentoo and as two of them are with only 1GB of ram - which for libreoffice compiling is not enough. So my questions are: 1) Is it possible with distcc overcome this memory limitation?

[gentoo-user] Re: amarok fade down

2012-02-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 02/05/2012 06:02 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: In short, both GStreamer and VLC can do anything that Xine do, and they probably do it better. If something is not working properly, it probably is a problem with the integration with KDE (via phonon). This should be fixed by them in a short time

[gentoo-user] Warning about old init scripts when updating dev-db/mysql-init-scripts-2.0_pre1-r2

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
Hello, Also have this to deal with... In the emerge post install I get: WARN: postinst Old /etc/init.d/mysql and /etc/conf.d/mysql still present! Update both of those files to the new versions! But it doesn't say anything about *how* to update them... Is this documented anywhere? Or is this j

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem updating modutils

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-05 11:40 AM, Felix Kuperjans wrote: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1 0 kB Look at this: you are emerging sys-apps/modutils, not virtual/modutils which *is* different (though such name clashes are quite bad). Oh, crud, I guess I'm bli

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem updating modutils

2012-02-05 Thread Felix Kuperjans
* content of the above message. > > >>> Failed to install sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1, Log file: > > >>> '/var/log/portage/sys-apps:modutils-2.4.27-r1:20120205-161149.log' > > * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. > myhost : Sun Feb 05, 11:12:

[gentoo-user] Problem updating modutils

2012-02-05 Thread Tanstaafl
sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1, Log file: >>> '/var/log/portage/sys-apps:modutils-2.4.27-r1:20120205-161149.log' * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. myhost : Sun Feb 05, 11:12:24 : ~ I hate guessing about things like this, but I'm 'guessing' that all I need to do

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: amarok fade down

2012-02-05 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Stephane Guedon wrote: > Le samedi 4 février 2012 17:52:17, Nikos Chantziaras a écrit : >> On 02/04/2012 05:04 PM, Stephane Guedon wrote: >> > Hi all >> > >> > For a long time, my amarok doesn't fade down anymore each time I use vlc >> > as phonon backend. As xine i

Re: [gentoo-user] Xen virtual devices not working -> no guests

2012-02-05 Thread victor romanchuk
hi Konstantinos Agouros wrote, at 02/05/2012 01:50 PM: > and I checked that they are loaded. The real strange thing is, that I have an > identical .config (regarding the xen stuff) on a 2nd box and all is fine. So I > need to debug the hotplug scripts somehow to see what is going wrong. I tried >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: amarok fade down

2012-02-05 Thread Stephane Guedon
Le samedi 4 février 2012 17:52:17, Nikos Chantziaras a écrit : > On 02/04/2012 05:04 PM, Stephane Guedon wrote: > > Hi all > > > > For a long time, my amarok doesn't fade down anymore each time I use vlc > > as phonon backend. As xine is said to be deprecated, I should switch. > > > > Does anyone

Re: [gentoo-user] Xen virtual devices not working -> no guests

2012-02-05 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
In <4f2d88bd.8010...@persimplex.net> r...@persimplex.net (victor romanchuk) writes: >Konstantinos Agouros wrote, at 02/03/2012 09:01 PM: >> When I boot gentoo-sources 3.2.1 Dom0 boots, and DomUs would >> boot if they had no virtual block or network devices. Both backend >> device options are in t