Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-03 Thread Willie Matthews
On 08/03/12 09:35, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Willie Matthews > wrote: > >> I am pretty sure it is the hardware failing. I just booted from a disk using >> the nouveau drivers and had the exact same problem. >> >> Thanks everyone for your help! >> > Before you throw the

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-03 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Willie Matthews wrote: > I am pretty sure it is the hardware failing. I just booted from a disk using > the nouveau drivers and had the exact same problem. > > Thanks everyone for your help! > Before you throw the machine out can you completely remove the 8400 fro

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-03 Thread Willie Matthews
On 08/02/12 21:47, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Try Kernel 3.0.x. But I suspect hw is the cause. 8400 Bumpgate > Material? Maybe Not but i would replace it. Send from phone. Nightmare. > > Am 03.08.2012 06:30 schrieb "Willie Matthews" > mailto:matthews.wil...@gmail.com>>: > > On 08/02/20

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 3 Aug 2012 02:13:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I once switched a host from unstable to stable and I sweated blood > and bricks to do it. IIRC correctly it involved a whole lot of manual > package masking, and that took a whole lot of grep sed and awking > emerge output. How about qlis

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Try Kernel 3.0.x. But I suspect hw is the cause. 8400 Bumpgate Material? Maybe Not but i would replace it. Send from phone. Nightmare. Am 03.08.2012 06:30 schrieb "Willie Matthews" : > On 08/02/2012 05:26 PM, Alecks Gates wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
That will likely work. You can also unmask many/most testing packages to the Rev you currently have installed and then likely continue updates running eix-test-obsolete along the way to clean up the unmasked over time. Good luck. Cheers, Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Willie Matthews
On 08/02/2012 05:26 PM, Alecks Gates wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:24:06 -0700 >> Mark Knecht wrote: >> >>> That means your machine could be 100% testing software. At your skill >>> level I do not think this is a good idea. It works for som

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Alecks Gates
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:24:06 -0700 > Mark Knecht wrote: > >> That means your machine could be 100% testing software. At your skill >> level I do not think this is a good idea. It works for some but not >> for others.(me) >> >> I'm on my Kindle

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:24:06 -0700 Mark Knecht wrote: > That means your machine could be 100% testing software. At your skill > level I do not think this is a good idea. It works for some but not > for others.(me) > > I'm on my Kindle so more help is hard right now. Consider how to get > to stabl

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
That means your machine could be 100% testing software. At your skill level I do not think this is a good idea. It works for some but not for others.(me) I'm on my Kindle so more help is hard right now. Consider how to get to stable, if that is even possible.

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Willie
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: > > > To my eye this looks to be the part you should go looking for answers > about. Others in the past seem to have had their machines hang with > this sort of message. > > I would not

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Willie
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > On 08/02/12 14:39, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: > > > Hey Mark, > > What technical information would you like me to post? I am not to good > with troubleshooting. > > Driver Version is

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: To my eye this looks to be the part you should go looking for answers about. Others in the past seem to have had their machines hang with this sort of message. I would not go further forward than the 3.3.8 version you are using. There isn't

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Willie Matthews
On 08/02/12 14:39, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: > >> Hey Mark, >> >> What technical information would you like me to post? I am not to good >> with troubleshooting. >> >> Driver Version is x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-302.17:0 >> >> -- >> >> Willie M

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > Hey Mark, > > What technical information would you like me to post? I am not to good > with troubleshooting. > > Driver Version is x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-302.17:0 > > -- > > Willie Matthews > matthews.wil...@gmail.com If you're gonna b

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Willie Matthews
On 08/02/12 13:53, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. I have two nVidia >> video cards, one is a PNY 8400 GS PCIe and the other is a 6150 LE built >> onto the board. >> >> Prob

Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. I have two nVidia > video cards, one is a PNY 8400 GS PCIe and the other is a 6150 LE built > onto the board. > > Problem is I want to use the nVidia driver with my 84

[gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

2012-08-02 Thread Willie Matthews
Hello everyone, I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. I have two nVidia video cards, one is a PNY 8400 GS PCIe and the other is a 6150 LE built onto the board. Problem is I want to use the nVidia driver with my 8400 GS but when I do try to use it, it will just lock up the entire c