Re: [gentoo-user] external SSD problem

2013-05-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 28.05.2013 22:39, schrieb Paul Hartman: > You can maybe also post it to the linux-usb mailing list > (linux-...@vger.kernel.org), I think there is at least one person > there who works exclusively on XHCI stuff in the kernel. > > You might also want to check if there are any firmware updates f

Re: [gentoo-user] external SSD problem

2013-05-28 Thread Grant
>> I just got one of these: >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208913 >> >> It seems to work fine except that once I eject it in Thunar, I get >> this in dmesg: >> >> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache >> sd 8:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recove

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-28 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:55:54PM +0100, Mick wrote > > I appreciate that this is/was the starting point of mutt, but over > the years I understand that mutt has added smtp and is able to use > IMAP or POP servers directly. So, am I right to assume that it is > not only a simple file reader any

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel panick after time while compiling....

2013-05-28 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 29/05/2013 00:25, Dale wrote: >> I have seen people have >> enough parts to build a second rig short the case of course. As always, >> it is the last thing you replace and sometimes it can be the last thing >> you CAN replace. ;-) > Of course it's always the last thing y

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel panick after time while compiling....

2013-05-28 Thread Tamer Higazi
Dale! I am getting now myself a Mac OSX Mini Server with 8GB or 16GB RAM, and get OSX, Windows and Gentoo there on a disk to run. That's it! Proper screen with a very high resolution, and I am happy, and I am back coding. For future travels, My CPU makes with me the journey all the time :)

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-28 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 09:50:55PM -0400, staticsafe wrote > Hi, > > New mutt user here. I'm curious as to why you are using ssmtp, mutt > can talk SMTP directly. That simplifies thing as well regarding the > "sendmail" symlinks. I normally send my email out via my ADSL ISP (teksavvy.com). My

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel panick after time while compiling....

2013-05-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 29/05/2013 00:25, Dale wrote: > I have seen people have > enough parts to build a second rig short the case of course. As always, > it is the last thing you replace and sometimes it can be the last thing > you CAN replace. ;-) Of course it's always the last thing you replace that fixes it, ho

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel panick after time while compiling....

2013-05-28 Thread Dale
Tamer Higazi wrote: > It's usually a quality power supply unit, that made it 6 years. > > However, what I find totally strange, at the same time. That > applications die during my work. > > Totally strange, like "clock" dies, and restarts. Eclipse dies, firefox > dies. > > I have the feeling th

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel panick after time while compiling....

2013-05-28 Thread Tamer Higazi
It's usually a quality power supply unit, that made it 6 years. However, what I find totally strange, at the same time. That applications die during my work. Totally strange, like "clock" dies, and restarts. Eclipse dies, firefox dies. I have the feeling that memory and power supply are maki

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel panick after time while compiling....

2013-05-28 Thread Stroller
On 28 May 2013, at 06:38, Mick wrote: > ... > If it is not a memory issue, then it may well be a power supply issue. My > old > PC started playing up lately (e.g. a couple of kernel panics when shutting > down, or freezing at random) and I discovered some domed capacitors in the > PSU. I wil

Re: [gentoo-user] android-sdk-update-manager, wrong permissions?

2013-05-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 28/05/2013 21:11, codekick wrote: > On Tue, 28 May 2013 20:49:17 +0200 > fruktopus wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> i just emerged dev-util/android-sdk-update-manager-22 (~x86) >> if I start it, it complains about not being able to create >> >> /opt/android-sdk-update-manager/build-tools >> >> after I cr

Re: [gentoo-user] external SSD problem

2013-05-28 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Grant wrote: > I just got one of these: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208913 > > It seems to work fine except that once I eject it in Thunar, I get > this in dmesg: > > sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache > sd 8:0:0:0: Device o

Re: [gentoo-user] Mac Mini with Grub booting Mac OSX and Windows?!

2013-05-28 Thread Andy Laursen
On Tue, May 28, 2013, at 02:21 PM, Tamer Higazi wrote: > Seems to be that GRUB2 auto detects Snow Leopard partitions. > > So you are right, installing Mac OS X, then windows, then Linux with > Grub2: > > > http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189079-grub2-as-the-only-boot-loader-its-possible

[gentoo-user] external SSD problem

2013-05-28 Thread Grant
I just got one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208913 It seems to work fine except that once I eject it in Thunar, I get this in dmesg: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache sd 8:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery The only way to get

Re: [gentoo-user] Mac Mini with Grub booting Mac OSX and Windows?!

2013-05-28 Thread Tamer Higazi
Seems to be that GRUB2 auto detects Snow Leopard partitions. So you are right, installing Mac OS X, then windows, then Linux with Grub2: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189079-grub2-as-the-only-boot-loader-its-possible/ But there is one more problem at the whole thing.. We can't ha

Re: [gentoo-user] android-sdk-update-manager, wrong permissions?

2013-05-28 Thread codekick
On Tue, 28 May 2013 20:49:17 +0200 fruktopus wrote: > Hi, > > i just emerged dev-util/android-sdk-update-manager-22 (~x86) > if I start it, it complains about not being able to create > > /opt/android-sdk-update-manager/build-tools > > after I created this directory similar problems followed.

Re: [gentoo-user] Mac Mini with Grub booting Mac OSX and Windows?!

2013-05-28 Thread Andy Laursen
On Tue, May 28, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Tamer Higazi wrote: > Hi! > > My questions: > > 1. Do I need bootcamp?! You don't need bootcamp, but it does make the windows install more streamlined. You will probably still want bootcamp to install the apple drivers post-install regardless. The drivers a

[gentoo-user] android-sdk-update-manager, wrong permissions?

2013-05-28 Thread fruktopus
Hi, i just emerged dev-util/android-sdk-update-manager-22 (~x86) if I start it, it complains about not being able to create /opt/android-sdk-update-manager/build-tools after I created this directory similar problems followed. On a second try I changed /opt/android-sdk-update-manager/ 's group fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Mac Mini with Grub booting Mac OSX and Windows?!

2013-05-28 Thread Tamer Higazi
Hi! My questions: 1. Do I need bootcamp?! 2. Why am I not able to accomplish this task with grubm and have to take "refind" ? 3. What would be the way to install Windows, Linux and Mac on 1 hard disk. Would that be possible? I would kindly thank you for your answer. Tamer >> "Boot Camp

Re: [gentoo-user] Mac Mini with Grub booting Mac OSX and Windows?!

2013-05-28 Thread staticsafe
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 10:14:13AM -0400, staticsafe wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 04:09:13PM +0200, Tamer Higazi wrote: > > Hi people! > > I have come close, according my profession to buy myself the latest Mac > > Mini Server. > > > > Because I do all of my development stuff on Gentoo and Win

Re: [gentoo-user] Mac Mini with Grub booting Mac OSX and Windows?!

2013-05-28 Thread staticsafe
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 04:09:13PM +0200, Tamer Higazi wrote: > Hi people! > I have come close, according my profession to buy myself the latest Mac > Mini Server. > > Because I do all of my development stuff on Gentoo and Windows, I am > highly interested to know if any of you guys is running Mac

[gentoo-user] Mac Mini with Grub booting Mac OSX and Windows?!

2013-05-28 Thread Tamer Higazi
Hi people! I have come close, according my profession to buy myself the latest Mac Mini Server. Because I do all of my development stuff on Gentoo and Windows, I am highly interested to know if any of you guys is running Mac OS X and Windows beside Gentoo and boot from GRUB. What I hear all the

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-28 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 28 May 2013 02:39:11 Walter Dnes wrote: > First, let's look at what mutt *ISN'T*. It's not a singing-dancing > all-inclusive "integrated" monstrosity. It reads email, writes email, > and hands it off to your local MTA for delivery. In addition to mutt I > also need "getmail" (or equ