Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Problems...

2008-05-11 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Benjamen R. Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I recently got a couple seasons of Star Gate SG-1, and can read nearly all the DVDs except the 3rd DVD of Season 2, which under Kernel 2.6.24-gentoo-r4 yielded the following error messags to

[gentoo-user] DVD Problems...

2008-05-10 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
I recently got a couple seasons of Star Gate SG-1, and can read nearly all the DVDs except the 3rd DVD of Season 2, which under Kernel 2.6.24-gentoo-r4 yielded the following error messags to dmesg: hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: media error (ba

Re: [gentoo-user] installation cd for P1 & P2

2008-05-08 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
I'd recommend 2007 based on the below. I put 2007.0 on my PII 233 last fall. It does take a while, but it really didn't take that much longer than my AMD64 build - though, I don't think I put KDE on it, which I did on the AMD64. YMMV. FYI - you can always upgrade the 2007 profile to 2008. I ju

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating an initrd for loading...

2008-03-27 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
Florian Philipp wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 14:31 -0400, Benjamen R. Meyer wrote: Florian Philipp wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 12:35 -0400, Benjamen R. Meyer wrote: How can I mount the initrd image to verify it has the modules, etc. and verify it is a valid image? There is a wiki-entry

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating an initrd for loading...

2008-03-27 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
Florian Philipp wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 12:35 -0400, Benjamen R. Meyer wrote: My main question comes down to this: I am using the 'genkernel' package to build & install the kernel and initrd image. Both show up in /boot. How much can I rely on genkernel to build a valid init

[gentoo-user] Creating an initrd for loading...

2008-03-27 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
I'm working on a Sparc system (SunBlade 2000 Desktop Server) that needs an initrd image to load (due to having a QLA 2200 SCSI controller); but I am having some trouble with the initrd image. (I had tried the gentoo-sparc list, but it is slow - I'm not getting responses - and I need to finish

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-03-18 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
Alex Schuster wrote: Anthony E. Caudel wrote: I have an AMD 64x2 that I have been using only in x86 mode since I got it. I have been thinking of going to x86_64 mode but I'm wondering if it's worth the trouble with multilib, chroot'ing, firefox-bin and other compromises (admittedly some minor)

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing a printer to XP: Samba vs IPP

2008-03-18 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
David Blamire-Brown wrote: Hi, This is a question about a small home network set-up for printing. I can't tell if this is OT for this list, but that doesn't seem to be a firm restriction in this part of the world in any case! I have a locally attached printer on a Gentoo machine. I have a Wind

Re: [gentoo-user] Which arch do I have ?

2008-02-12 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
Wael Nasreddine wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:31:30PM -0500, "Benjamen R. Meyer" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> As you have an Intel Core Duo, you should have the EMT64E version - >> Intel's version of the AMD64 instruction set - thus x86-6

Re: [gentoo-user] Which arch do I have ?

2008-02-11 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
As you have an Intel Core Duo, you should have the EMT64E version - Intel's version of the AMD64 instruction set - thus x86-64 compatible. Best place to check is Intel's website - here's what I found: http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sspec=sl9dv http://developer.intel.com/design/mob

Re: [gentoo-user] Default sound card for output...

2008-02-06 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:03:01 -0500 > schrieb "Benjamen R. Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> My system has two sound-cards - one on the motherboard (snd_intel8x0) >> and an one via PCI (SB Audigy/snd_emu10k1). I don't mind having the &g

[gentoo-user] Default sound card for output...

2008-02-06 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
My system has two sound-cards - one on the motherboard (snd_intel8x0) and an one via PCI (SB Audigy/snd_emu10k1). I don't mind having the driver compiled for the snd_intel8x0 card, but I want the Audigy as my default card chosen for playback. Some applications (e.g. Rosegarden) let me select the c

[gentoo-user] openexr vs. ilmbase

2008-02-04 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
I went to update my system (emerge world -vuDNp) and noticed a block by openexr (being updated) on ilmbase (new package). So, I was wondering what they are and which one I should be using. media-libs/openexr-1.6.1 [1.4.0a] Update! media-libs/ilmbase-1.0.1New! http://www.opene

[gentoo-user] Gentoo Firewall & UPNP

2008-02-04 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
I would like to be able to fully participate in Torrents for downloading ISO, such as the Gentoo ISOs. However, since my gentoo/iptables firewall currently is not forwarding any ports to my client systems, so I appear as a torrent leech - I'd like to try to change that. I'm using kTorrent under Ge

[gentoo-user] Apache build error...

2008-01-26 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
I'm trying to update the software on my system, among which is Apache, going from 2.2.6-r5 to 2.2.6-r7. However, I am running into a problem with it. Apparently the old install was using the apache2-builtin-mods file; so I followed the documentation at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/apache-upgrading

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting Question...

2007-12-21 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
Galevsky wrote: > On Dec 20, 2007 10:31 PM, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Unlike commonly perceived wisdom I don't think that LVM is a panacea for all >> ills, or a necessity as such. It is however bloody convenient, especially on >> a growing fs. A server that is not expected to change much

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting Question...

2007-12-20 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: >> >> With regards to your 47G /usr/portage partition I think that it is a waste >> of >> space. It won't harm you other than the fact that the 3.8G OS partition is >> in all likelihood too small. This is what I would do: tar the contents >> of /usr/portage elsewher

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting Question...

2007-12-20 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > On Thursday 20 December 2007 10:50:33 Benjamen R. Meyer wrote: >> I set up a server system a little while ago, and in performing updates >> to portage it ran out of disk space as I didn't quite allow enough space >> on the root partition (3.8

[gentoo-user] Mounting Question...

2007-12-20 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
I set up a server system a little while ago, and in performing updates to portage it ran out of disk space as I didn't quite allow enough space on the root partition (3.8 GB). As a result, I took a partition that I had cleaned up (this was from a rebuild of a system that was a different distro in t

Re: [gentoo-user] Server Network Configuration

2007-08-26 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
kashani wrote: > Mark Shields wrote: > >> eth0 gives you the default gw via DHCP, and you're trying to set a >> default gw for eth1, right? If so, you can't do that. There can only >> be one default gateway (hence the name). What are the functions of >> the NICs on the private networks (eth1/et