Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-25 Thread Dale
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 06:28:45PM -0500, Dale wrote: > >> Alan Grimes wrote: >>> The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. >>> >>> Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 >>> gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-25 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 06:28:45PM -0500, Dale wrote: > Alan Grimes wrote: > > The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. > > > > Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 > > gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is also > > a 3TB drive for all my

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Dale
Alan Grimes wrote: > The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. > > Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 > gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is also > a 3TB drive for all my p***, er kerbals ( Kerbal Space Program ) . > There is one optic

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 22/08/2015 18:40, Alan Grimes wrote: > The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. > > Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 > gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is also > a 3TB drive for all my p***, er kerbals ( Kerbal Space Program )

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Alan Grimes
The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is also a 3TB drive for all my p***, er kerbals ( Kerbal Space Program ) . There is one optical drive and four chassis fans

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Mick
On Saturday 22 Aug 2015 12:47:52 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 22/08/2015 13:25, Mick wrote: > > Then try a replacement PSU if you have a spare one, or take your > > multimeter and measure the output, checking for lower voltage values and > > fluctuations. If you get bad measurements, then take your s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 22/08/2015 13:25, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 22 Aug 2015 09:18:05 Dale wrote: >> Fernando Rodriguez wrote: >>> On Saturday, August 22, 2015 1:52:00 AM Alan Grimes wrote: That said, I spent the day doing diagnostics: Findings: 1. There were a hell of a lot more memory

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Mick
On Saturday 22 Aug 2015 09:18:05 Dale wrote: > Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > > On Saturday, August 22, 2015 1:52:00 AM Alan Grimes wrote: > >> That said, I spent the day doing diagnostics: > >> > >> > >> Findings: > >> > >> 1. There were a hell of a lot more memory errors than I had seen before. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Dale
Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > On Saturday, August 22, 2015 1:52:00 AM Alan Grimes wrote: > >> That said, I spent the day doing diagnostics: >> >> >> Findings: >> >> 1. There were a hell of a lot more memory errors than I had seen before. >> 2. There was a smudge on one of the dimm's contacts and some

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-22 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Saturday, August 22, 2015 1:52:00 AM Alan Grimes wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Please don't bother this list with more of your complaining until you grow up > > and learn how to use computers properly. > > I built my first machine nearly a quarter century ago. =| Shame! > That said, I sp

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Alan Grimes
J. Roeleveld wrote: > Please don't bother this list with more of your complaining until you grow up > and learn how to use computers properly. I built my first machine nearly a quarter century ago. =| That said, I spent the day doing diagnostics: Findings: 1. There were a hell of a lot more m

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Friday, August 21, 2015 11:00:16 AM Alan Grimes wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2015-08-21, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > >> Earlier I saw segfaults in gcc, and another poster pointed it out. > >> > >> When gcc segfaults, it is always suspicious mostly because the compiler > >> is an app wher

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Dale
Alan Grimes wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2015-08-21, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> Earlier I saw segfaults in gcc, and another poster pointed it out. >>> >>> When gcc segfaults, it is always suspicious mostly because the compiler >>> is an app where we know the devs take extraordinary measure

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Friday, August 21, 2015 11:00:16 AM Alan Grimes wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > Yeah, I know there's a single bit error out at the end of RAM that will > appear on the third or fourth pass... Replace it > I have already RMA'd half of the ram in this machine because it was > giving a whole fist

[gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-21, Alan Grimes wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2015-08-21, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> Earlier I saw segfaults in gcc, and another poster pointed it out. >>> >>> When gcc segfaults, it is always suspicious mostly because the compiler >>> is an app where we know the devs take extra

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Alan Grimes
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2015-08-21, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> Earlier I saw segfaults in gcc, and another poster pointed it out. >> >> When gcc segfaults, it is always suspicious mostly because the compiler >> is an app where we know the devs take extraordinary measures to prevent it. >> >> The

[gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-21, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Earlier I saw segfaults in gcc, and another poster pointed it out. > > When gcc segfaults, it is always suspicious mostly because the compiler > is an app where we know the devs take extraordinary measures to prevent it. > > The most common cause is faulty ha

[gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-21 Thread James
Alan Grimes verizon.net> writes: > 8, got to the end of the list about two and a half days later (which is > par for my machine.) Hello Alan Grimes, You seem to imply you are running hardware less that some version of the latest 4/8 processor monster? Perhaps something lighter then the kde5

[gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL.

2015-08-20 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-20, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Let me describe what I see. > > This can't be a clusterfuck, as it is affecting only you. No-one else to > my knowledge is reporting problems caused by ncurses. > > So, it is then highly likely that you have a setup that the devs did not > consider, and it is