Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.19-r5 kernel disaster

2007-04-12 Thread Sami Samhuri
On 4/12/07, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 12 April 2007, maxim wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > After running make menuconfig 4x on a PIII, > re-emerging --emptytree world and either booting to a > highly unstable system or a maintenance login I feel > it's time to call on th

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: keys that don't create keycodes

2005-07-26 Thread Sami Samhuri
hortcuts" can get obscure quickly. If anyone wants a multimedia keyboard I'll sell it to you cheap. Complete with disabled-on-boot F1-12 keys! :P [1] http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/flameeyes/2005/06/15/and_the_keyboard_lose_the_match -- Sami Samhuri pgp0FMKl6gUyC.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk usage?

2005-06-15 Thread Sami Samhuri
ortage then that is probably a good place to start. Since you have those files on CD you can copy them back as you need them. If you're low on space in /var/tmp then compiling may give you trouble so watch out for that in the future. As someone else said there are installations

Re: [gentoo-user] busybox

2005-06-07 Thread Sami Samhuri
;s similarly > very small in size but has a much larger feature set that is generally > very useful in emergencies. -- Sami Samhuri pgp2MH94b5CoL.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Bad thing? bug?

2005-06-07 Thread Sami Samhuri
rned with? So far, it's compiling fine, but I thought someone might > be interested. ;) These are notices portage spits out to inform devs about things that need fixing in their ebuilds. There should be no problems with the actual package. -- Sami Samhuri pgpg9LpJ5aBpd.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Online stores (that ship to Canada)

2005-06-02 Thread Sami Samhuri
s have wildly differing prices sometimes. Another example, Tyan K8W at canadacomputer.com is $650 while at monarch it is $525. I'm waiting to hear back from monarch to see how much shipping is. And yes, these prices are all in CDN$. -- Sami Samhuri pgpNjtDpcyY65.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Online stores (that ship to Canada)

2005-06-02 Thread Sami Samhuri
* On Thu Jun-02-2005 at 04:23:08 AM -0400, Philip Webb said: > 050601 Ted Ozolins wrote: > > Sami Samhuri wrote: > >> Perhaps some of you know of some Canadian stores (preferred) > > I've had good results from: http://www.cclcpr.com/shop/ > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Online stores (that ship to Canada)

2005-06-01 Thread Sami Samhuri
re purchases. Thanks. :) -- Sami Samhuri pgpsZWEDjRfp1.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] [OT] Online stores (that ship to Canada)

2005-06-01 Thread Sami Samhuri
raid I will miss out on deals that way. Since I won't be able to afford it all at once this is a major factor for me. I know shipping will be an additional cost but I've found it is still often cheaper to buy online. Thanks in advance! -- Sami Samhuri pgpSxNJbBcZCb.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel building tools

2005-05-29 Thread Sami Samhuri
ad the beginning of the script and set those variables in a shell script called ~/.kernmagicrc and then you should be good to go. I take no responsibility if you lose your hair, your cat dies, blah blah blah. [1] http://web.uvic.ca/~sjs/kernmagic-0.4 -- Sami Samhuri pgpELKv3eqDcp.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] CFLAGS CPU optimization question.

2005-05-24 Thread Sami Samhuri
tracer -funit-at-a-time > -maccumulate-outgoing-args" > > 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 kernel, everything is stable... and far faster than > when I had only "-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" :-) I recommand [sic] that you slow down. -- Sami Samhuri pgp7ep95rGmLO.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo, LWS and Slackware for linux learner?

2005-05-22 Thread Sami Samhuri
everyone is different and maybe you're more clever than I am and LFS will be easy... I guess the only way to find out is to try it. -- Sami Samhuri pgp3pf6JlCmuz.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: / is full

2005-05-14 Thread Sami Samhuri
t CCACHE_DIR in make.conf. Also set CCACHE_SIZE in make.conf. e.g. CCACHE_SIZE="2G" -- Sami Samhuri pgpZVDiM1dBWG.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] new install - no network?

2005-05-13 Thread Sami Samhuri
.0 CD and installed a 2.6 kernel (the default choice)] If you compile it in your kernel as a module then the following instructions should work. From your kernel source dir (/usr/src/linux): # make all modules_install # insmod e100 Let us know how this goes. -- Sami Samhuri pgpADofcp6DJK.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] RE: Users with access to shell!

2005-05-12 Thread Sami Samhuri
d it!!!... so, I ask again, there is some tools, command > that help me to monitoring, securing this server?? Is it possible for them to work with this DB using some client app running on another machine? You haven't said much about your situation but perhaps there is another way besi

Re: [gentoo-user] Programs executed as root cannot connect to X server

2005-05-09 Thread Sami Samhuri
* On Mon May-09-2005 at 10:57:47 AM +0200, Martin Carpella said: > Sami Samhuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think you might be looking for this command (normal user): > > > > % xhost +localhost > > Note however that this can be dangerous, as now every

Re: [gentoo-user] lost file with reiser4

2005-05-09 Thread Sami Samhuri
. I believe it's usually due to power outages so if you're not on a UPS or have dodgy power then I'd steer clear of it. If you're really interested in stability than as the Gentoo Handbook says, ext2/3 is the tried and true fs of choice. -- Sami Samhuri pgpLxEhFUtw2H.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Programs executed as root cannot connect to X server

2005-05-09 Thread Sami Samhuri
* On Sun May-08-2005 at 09:14:15 PM -0500, Hareesh Nagarajan said: > Hi All: > > How do I enable programs which are executed by the root to connect to > the X server? I think you might be looking for this command (normal user): % xhost +localhost For more info read 'man

Re: [gentoo-user] Please Use Subjects

2005-05-09 Thread Sami Samhuri
d messages were just displayed as arrows in Mutt (threaded view) since I didn't see it either. -- Sami Samhuri pgpNZNrM3O4wf.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] First Install - Help Setting Root Password

2005-05-09 Thread Sami Samhuri
probably due to the same password issue I have when logging on > as root. > > Any idea? I'm almost there. My only stab in the dark here: In /etc/fstab do you have the nosuid option enabled on any of your filesystems? -- Sami Samhuri pgpi502HPmYTa.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] (Way OT) This email best viewed with IE 6.5 at 800X600 resolution

2005-05-09 Thread Sami Samhuri
l [2] http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html * Alternatively, you can also get these files in plain ASCII text from an FTP server at... never mind. -- Sami Samhuri pgpA0CdRNqbdj.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] The 2005.0 LiveCD hates me! :'(

2005-05-06 Thread Sami Samhuri
ht up a quote from Ciaran and used it here but remembering all the fuss last time I thought better of it. Something about SUVs and shotguns... :) ] -- Sami Samhuri pgpVg7v3k18hc.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] resolution from command line

2005-05-01 Thread Sami Samhuri
* On Sat Apr-30-2005 at 09:12:22 PM -0500, Greg Donald said: > On 4/30/05, Sami Samhuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The command you are looking for is "fbresolution". > > > > Which package provides this program? I cannot find it on my system. :( >

Re: [gentoo-user] resolution from command line

2005-04-30 Thread Sami Samhuri
AIL PROTECTED] ~ % which fbresolution fbresolution not found -1- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ % locate fbresolution -1- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ % esearch fbresolution [ Results for search key : fbresolution ] [ Applications found : 0 ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ % -- Sami Samhuri pgpWcWwH4yqp2.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gdm power management

2005-04-30 Thread Sami Samhuri
- 200.0 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection Also check out the following options (found in 'man xorg.conf'): Option "BlankTime" "15" Option "StandbyTime" "30" Option "SuspendTime" "60" Option "OffTime" "600" Times are in minutes. -- Sami Samhuri pgpRqQSzF8RCp.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Who vets the gentoo front page ads?

2005-04-23 Thread Sami Samhuri
* On Tue Apr-19-2005 at 04:16:23 PM -0400, A. Khattri said: > On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Christoph Gysin wrote: > > > I assume he just wanted to get a life... > > Yeah, having a family, kids, will do that... Thanks for the warning. ;-) -- Sami Samhuri pgppNkeCa0xPe.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Knoppix twice as fast as Gentoo?

2005-04-13 Thread Sami Samhuri
f * re-emerge nvidia-kernel If /boot was mounted by the script it is unmounted. Once you get a "config" file in place (sourced script that sets variables) it's a one step process, `kernmagic -v` (i like to know where it's at in the process). -- Sami Samhuri pgp9aBTXHoBDI.pgp Description: PGP signature