Re: [gentoo-user] Systray app notifying of updated packages?

2013-06-03 Thread Stroller
On 3 June 2013, at 23:30, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 12:02:27AM +0200, Sebastian Pipping wrote > >> Does anyone know an app sitting in the systray sending/popping >> notifications when installed packages can be updated? > > I'm not aware of any. That could be done under Gent

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Dale
Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Nikos, Thank you for your help. 1. I am using a self-configured kernel > (I have been doing this since I installed Gentoo two years ago) 2. My > sound card is an Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family > High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 3. I am using

[gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 04/06/13 01:47, Chris Stankevitz wrote: On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Are you using a self-configured kernel? What sound chip is in your laptop? What driver are you using? If it's an Intel codec, have you tried enabling all different variants of that codec in the

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: No such file or directory

2013-06-03 Thread Grant
I'm getting this in /var/log/Xorg.0.log on a very old desktop: (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so failed (/usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering The sy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Are you using a self-configured kernel? What sound chip is in your laptop? > What driver are you using? If it's an Intel codec, have you tried enabling > all different variants of that codec in the kernel? Nikos, Thank you for your hel

Re: [gentoo-user] Systray app notifying of updated packages?

2013-06-03 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 12:02:27AM +0200, Sebastian Pipping wrote > Does anyone know an app sitting in the systray sending/popping > notifications when installed packages can be updated? I'm not aware of any. That could be done under Gentoo, via scripting, if someone is willing to put in the w

[gentoo-user] Systray app notifying of updated packages?

2013-06-03 Thread Sebastian Pipping
Hi there! Does anyone know an app sitting in the systray sending/popping notifications when installed packages can be updated? Thanks! Sebastian

[gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 03/06/13 07:34, Chris Stankevitz wrote: Hello, My sound started sounding like crap ~6 months ago. Imagine someone has control of my volume knob and is quickly (~5Hz) turning the volume knob up and down. That is a rough idea of what it sounds like. Are you using a self-configured kernel?

Re: [gentoo-user] Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > At the risk of starting a flamewar, did you recently install a "sound > server" (e.g. pulseaudio/phonon/whatever)? Can you temporarily disable > it and see how the sound comes out? Walter, Thank you for your tip. This is the sort of thinki

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 03.06.2013 22:51, schrieb Chris Stankevitz: > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:28 AM, James wrote: >> Good luck, Good Hunting! > > James, > > Thank you for your tips. I tried to reproduce the problem on the same > hardware using a different OS (xubuntu 12.04). The problem did not > occur on the diff

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:28 AM, James wrote: > Good luck, Good Hunting! James, Thank you for your tips. I tried to reproduce the problem on the same hardware using a different OS (xubuntu 12.04). The problem did not occur on the different OS. Therefore I rule out hardware problems. Do you h

Re: [gentoo-user] Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > Eliminate hardware failure as a cause by trying it from a live CD. Neil, Thank you. I tried with a xubuntu 12.04 64bit live cd. There was no problem. I conclude that there is no problem with my hardware. I also conclude that there is a

[gentoo-user] vmware technology preview 2013

2013-06-03 Thread covici
Is there any way I can use this under gentoo -- I got an Email with an invitation to download this, but I wonder how I can install given gentoo's structore? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it?

Re: [gentoo-user] Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 09:34:21PM -0700, Chris Stankevitz wrote > Hello, > > My sound started sounding like crap ~6 months ago. Imagine someone > has control of my volume knob and is quickly (~5Hz) turning the volume > knob up and down. That is a rough idea of what it sounds like. > > This hap

[gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread James
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > My sound started sounding like crap ~6 months ago. > Eliminate hardware failure as a cause by trying it from a live CD. Agreed. Try first to use other components. Also, if your wiring is a mess, try to separate wires that carry power, from those tha

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: No such file or directory

2013-06-03 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
On 06/03/2013 06:18 PM, Grant wrote: >>> I'm getting this in /var/log/Xorg.0.log on a very old desktop: >>> >>> (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so failed >>> (/usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such >>> file or directory) >>> (EE) AIGLX: reverting to soft

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: No such file or directory

2013-06-03 Thread Grant
>> I'm getting this in /var/log/Xorg.0.log on a very old desktop: >> >> (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so failed >> (/usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such >> file or directory) >> (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering >> >> The system is remote t

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: No such file or directory

2013-06-03 Thread Grant
>> I'm getting this in /var/log/Xorg.0.log on a very old desktop: >> >> (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so failed >> (/usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such >> file or directory) >> (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering >> >> The system is remote t

[gentoo-user] usbip

2013-06-03 Thread William Kenworthy
I am playing with usbip to export an afatech dvb usb stick to a VM. It appears to work up until it tries to load the firmware (from the vm) and fails. Google i'snt helping except very old messages saying there are problems with resetting and firmware loading. Can someone confirm that it is possi

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: No such file or directory

2013-06-03 Thread Adam Carter
> > Usually this sort of error is fixed with a rebuild of xf86-video-intel > Scratch that - memory fail.

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: No such file or directory

2013-06-03 Thread Adam Carter
Usually this sort of error is fixed with a rebuild of xf86-video-intel

Re: [gentoo-user] Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 21:34:21 -0700, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > My sound started sounding like crap ~6 months ago. Imagine someone > has control of my volume knob and is quickly (~5Hz) turning the volume > knob up and down. That is a rough idea of what it sounds like. > > This happens whether I am

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: No such file or directory

2013-06-03 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
On 06/02/2013 05:08 PM, Grant wrote: > I'm getting this in /var/log/Xorg.0.log on a very old desktop: > > (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so failed > (/usr/lib/dri/i810_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such > file or directory) > (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software render