Re: OT - RAM disks - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-14 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Oct 14, 2013 6:04 PM, "Tanstaafl" wrote: > > On 2013-10-13 5:49 PM, Dale wrote: >> >> Talk about putting some stuff on tmpfs. O_O I have always wanted to >> copy the tree to tmpfs and run "time emerge -uvaDN world". Just to see >> how fast it will go. lol > > > I remember once I worked for

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-14 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Sunday 13 Oct 2013 22:49:41 Dale wrote: >> I don't overclock so I'm not worried about that. I did it once with a >> old Abit mobo with a AMD 2500+ CPU but it just didn't make much difference. > > O/C = higher costs. You need higher frequency memory, bigger CPU/case coolers > and

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-14 Thread Mick
On Sunday 13 Oct 2013 22:49:41 Dale wrote: > I don't overclock so I'm not worried about that. I did it once with a > old Abit mobo with a AMD 2500+ CPU but it just didn't make much difference. O/C = higher costs. You need higher frequency memory, bigger CPU/case coolers and potentially a bigger

Re: OT - RAM disks - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-14 Thread Dale
Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-10-13 5:49 PM, Dale wrote: >> Talk about putting some stuff on tmpfs. O_O I have always wanted to >> copy the tree to tmpfs and run "time emerge -uvaDN world". Just to see >> how fast it will go. lol > > I remember once I worked for an Apple reseller that had this >

OT - RAM disks - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-14 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-10-13 5:49 PM, Dale wrote: Talk about putting some stuff on tmpfs. O_O I have always wanted to copy the tree to tmpfs and run "time emerge -uvaDN world". Just to see how fast it will go. lol I remember once I worked for an Apple reseller that had this accounting program that requi

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-13 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Sunday 13 Oct 2013 13:26:31 Dale wrote: >> >> Memory question. The mobo I have uses this: "Support for DDR3 >> 1666(OC)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules" I have the 1666 on here. It was >> what was on sale. :-D The new mobo calls for this: "DDR3 >> 2000(OC)/1866/1600/1333/1066"

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-13 Thread Mick
On Sunday 13 Oct 2013 13:26:31 Dale wrote: > Dale wrote: > > Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> Basically, it looks like you have a once-off event. > >> > >> Until it happens again, very little you can do wrt troubleshooting > > > > I agree. It ran for days with no problems that I saw. Sure is weird > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-13 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> Basically, it looks like you have a once-off event. >> >> Until it happens again, very little you can do wrt troubleshooting >> >> >> > I agree. It ran for days with no problems that I saw. Sure is weird > tho. I just wonder if something outside the puter

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-07 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 19:28:01 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> The original config had OHCI enabled. My mobo doesn't need UHCI. I >> didn't have EHCI enabled but likely don't need it anyway. I don't think >> anything I have is USB3 based on what folks are posting here. > EHCI is US

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 19:11:26 -0500, Dale wrote: > I looked at those. They have no color at all. It's just metal on > mine. I've had them for a while so I suspect they are USB2. Just a > thought tho. They could be USB1 for all I know. They are USB2. If they're not blue, they're not USB3 and

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 19:28:01 -0500, Dale wrote: > The original config had OHCI enabled. My mobo doesn't need UHCI. I > didn't have EHCI enabled but likely don't need it anyway. I don't think > anything I have is USB3 based on what folks are posting here. EHCI is USB2, if you disable that and

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Dale
Update. I figure what the heck. Time to crawl under the desk for a while. I stop the UPS services and then unplug the USB cable to the UPS. The error stops. I plug the cable back up with the services NOT started, no error but it spits out the messages that it sees the UPS and such. I start t

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 06/10/2013 21:24, Dale wrote: >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On 06/10/2013 20:36, Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: > These days all you need is ehci for usb2 and xhci for usb3 (unless you > are using ancient hardware with physical usb1 ports) Well, I rebuil

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Dale
Bruce Hill wrote: > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 01:36:50PM -0500, Dale wrote: >> Well, I rebuilt the kernel and removed the OHCI and UHCI. When I >> rebooted, it couldn't see my UPS and nut couldn't start its services. >> So, it appears that mine must be "ancient" hardware. My messages file >> is st

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Dale
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 03:31:43PM -0500, Dale wrote: >> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:24:25 -0500, Dale wrote: >>> That's what I meant tho. I have USB3 ports but it seems they have been running at USB2 speeds since I never enabled USB3 drive

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 23:07:20 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Your USB sticks are not USB3. I have yet to see one anywhere that is. I can send you a photo of mine :) > I don;t thing they are even remotely fast enough to warrant it It is noticeably, but not massively, faster. -- Neil Bothwick T

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Bruce Hill
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 01:36:50PM -0500, Dale wrote: > > Well, I rebuilt the kernel and removed the OHCI and UHCI. When I > rebooted, it couldn't see my UPS and nut couldn't start its services. > So, it appears that mine must be "ancient" hardware. My messages file > is still full of the same

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 06/10/2013 21:24, Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 06/10/2013 20:36, Dale wrote: >>> Alan McKinnon wrote: These days all you need is ehci for usb2 and xhci for usb3 (unless you are using ancient hardware with physical usb1 ports) >>> Well, I rebuilt the kernel and removed the

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 03:31:43PM -0500, Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:24:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > >> That's what I meant tho. I have USB3 ports but it seems they have been > >> running at USB2 speeds since I never enabled USB3 drivers. I sort of > >> missed th

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:24:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> That's what I meant tho. I have USB3 ports but it seems they have been >> running at USB2 speeds since I never enabled USB3 drivers. I sort of >> missed that. No clue if the stuff I am plugging in supports USB3 or not >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:24:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > That's what I meant tho. I have USB3 ports but it seems they have been > running at USB2 speeds since I never enabled USB3 drivers. I sort of > missed that. No clue if the stuff I am plugging in supports USB3 or not > tho. Maybe my USB sticks d

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Dale
More info to cloud up things even more. I tried different versions of kernel and each one of them produced the same error. I went all the way back to 3.5.3 and up to 3.11.1. I might add, I ran that 3.5.3 kernel for months with no problems that I know of, including this one. My longest uptime w

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 06/10/2013 20:36, Dale wrote: >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> These days all you need is ehci for usb2 and xhci for usb3 (unless you >>> are using ancient hardware with physical usb1 ports) >> Well, I rebuilt the kernel and removed the OHCI and UHCI. When I >> rebooted, it c

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 06/10/2013 20:36, Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> These days all you need is ehci for usb2 and xhci for usb3 (unless you >> are using ancient hardware with physical usb1 ports) > > Well, I rebuilt the kernel and removed the OHCI and UHCI. When I > rebooted, it couldn't see my UPS and nu

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 05/10/2013 12:13, Dale wrote: >>> Dale changed his motherboard recently, presumably he knows what his chipset offers >> This is the rig I built a few years ago. It has a Gigabyte mobo but it >> hasn't been changed yet. I was planning on it but family issues mov

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-06 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > These days all you need is ehci for usb2 and xhci for usb3 (unless you > are using ancient hardware with physical usb1 ports) Well, I rebuilt the kernel and removed the OHCI and UHCI. When I rebooted, it couldn't see my UPS and nut couldn't start its services. So, it appe

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 05/10/2013 12:13, Dale wrote: >> Dale changed his motherboard recently, presumably he knows what his >> > chipset offers >> > > This is the rig I built a few years ago. It has a Gigabyte mobo but it > hasn't been changed yet. I was planning on it but family issues moved > that from a burner to

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-05 Thread Bruce Hill
On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 05:06:57AM -0500, Dale wrote: > > > > Just remove ohci and uhci from the kernel config > > > > > > These days all you need is ehci for usb2 and xhci for usb3 (unless you > > are using ancient hardware with physical usb1 ports) > > > > Well, I'm not sure about my UPS. It co

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-05 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 04/10/2013 23:52, Walter Dnes wrote: >> >> Do *NOT* remove lowspeed USB driver... unless you have a rescue USB >> stick boot handy. I tried that a few years ago and found that my USB >> keyboard and mouse stopped working. UHCI is used by Intel and VIA cpus, >> accordin

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-05 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 04/10/2013 22:19, Dale wrote: >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On 04/10/2013 18:09, Dale wrote: Sometime last night while I was sleeping, my network sort of hiccuped. If I went to a Konsole, I could ping google so it appears the network was working on the lower

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 04/10/2013 23:52, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 09:35:33PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote > >> OHCI is a USB 1.1 implementation, I can't imagine why you have it >> loaded. Surely you do not have USB 1 only hardware? USB2 deals with that >> nicely. It is possible that you have a shit

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 04/10/2013 22:19, Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 04/10/2013 18:09, Dale wrote: >>> Sometime last night while I was sleeping, my network sort of hiccuped. >>> If I went to a Konsole, I could ping google so it appears the network >>> was working on the lower level but not one browser th

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-04 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 09:35:33PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote > OHCI is a USB 1.1 implementation, I can't imagine why you have it > loaded. Surely you do not have USB 1 only hardware? USB2 deals with that > nicely. It is possible that you have a shit storm of USB weirdness going > on and this in l

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-04 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 04/10/2013 18:09, Dale wrote: >> Sometime last night while I was sleeping, my network sort of hiccuped. >> If I went to a Konsole, I could ping google so it appears the network >> was working on the lower level but not one browser that was left open >> would work. It als

Re: [gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 04/10/2013 18:09, Dale wrote: > Sometime last night while I was sleeping, my network sort of hiccuped. > If I went to a Konsole, I could ping google so it appears the network > was working on the lower level but not one browser that was left open > would work. It also didn't/couldn't download

[gentoo-user] Network failed and weird error message

2013-10-04 Thread Dale
Sometime last night while I was sleeping, my network sort of hiccuped. If I went to a Konsole, I could ping google so it appears the network was working on the lower level but not one browser that was left open would work. It also didn't/couldn't download new emails. When I restarted the browser