Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server

2010-12-29 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
In <20101227175826.1bbaf...@karnak.local> dwn...@ntlworld.com (David W Noon) writes: >--Sig_/Hxy_r1egAtvobeT/s7/L0.O >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:20:02 +0100, John wrote about [gentoo-user] >xorg-server: >>I hav

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server

2010-12-29 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 29 December 2010 09:26:57 Konstantinos Agouros wrote: > In <20101227175826.1bbaf...@karnak.local> dwn...@ntlworld.com (David W Noon) writes: > >--Sig_/Hxy_r1egAtvobeT/s7/L0.O > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > >On Mon, 27

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server

2010-12-29 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: Other than setting up udev rules I have tried everything that I could think of. Based on the experiments I ran on two laptops I have come to the following conclusions (or should this be "confusions"? ha, ha): Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" is necessary under Section "Serv

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server

2010-12-29 Thread David W Noon
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:40:02 +0100, Konstantinos Agouros wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server: >In <20101227175826.1bbaf...@karnak.local> dwn...@ntlworld.com (David W >Noon) writes: [snip] >>2) Add a configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf > >># Configuration for evdev-controlle

[gentoo-user] Re: Best way to copy /* ? [SOLVED]

2010-12-29 Thread Marc Blumentritt
Am 27.12.2010 16:20, schrieb Marc Blumentritt: > Hi, > > I have bought myself a Christmas present, a new shiny hard disk. Now I > want to copy my old Gentoo system to my new disk like this: > > 1.) boot with gentoo boot cd > 2.) mount my old system ind /old ( / in one partition, /home, /usr, > /v

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server

2010-12-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:01:24 +, Mick wrote: > Personally, I can't see why all these additional config files and > locations are required, rather than a single /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I > have found all these back and forth changes to fdi's, xorg.conf.d and > what have you, unnecessary and annoyin

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-29 Thread Joerg Schilling
Mick wrote: > or something like this with star: > > star -copy -p -xdot -xattr -H=exustar -sparse -M -C /home . /mnt/new_partition > > (You can use -V -pat=File1 to exclude files or directories with star, use the > -M option to avoid following mount points). star -copy by default uses the star

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-29 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 29 December 2010 15:38:22 Joerg Schilling wrote: > Mick wrote: > > or something like this with star: > > > > star -copy -p -xdot -xattr -H=exustar -sparse -M -C /home . > > /mnt/new_partition > > > > (You can use -V -pat=File1 to exclude files or directories with star, use > > the -

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 27 December 2010 15:47:19 Dale wrote: > Some people do use tar especially if it is over a network or > something like that. I don't have the command tho since I never > used it. Just for completeness: (cd [source] && tar cpf - . | (cd [dest] && tar xpf - ) ) (I think). Would someone

[gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Bill Longman
I have a nagging problem that is driving me batty. I have a Dell Precision M4500: Linux m4500 2.6.36-gentoo-r6 #1 SMP Wed Dec 29 07:57:47 PST 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz and it even ha

[gentoo-user] postfixadmin vacation user uid/home in /etc/passwd

2010-12-29 Thread Tanstaafl
Greetings, I'm updating an old system I inherited that has postfixadmin 2.1 installed, and I have a question about the vacation user entry in /etc/passwd... Can I just change it directly (by editing the file with a text editor) without worrying about anything breaking? Currently it is: vacation

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-29 Thread Maciej Grela
2010/12/29 Peter Humphrey : > On Monday 27 December 2010 15:47:19 Dale wrote: > >> Some people do use tar especially if it is over a network or >> something like that.  I don't have the command tho since I never >> used it. > > Just for completeness: > > (cd [source] && tar cpf - . | (cd [dest] &&

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Bill Longman wrote: > A strangeness I have noted is that /proc/cpuinfo has this for its power > capabilities: > power management: > Nothing. FWIW I have Core i7 920, and it also has nothing in the power management in cpuinfo, but CPU frequency scaling does work a

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-29 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Maciej Grela wrote: > 2010/12/29 Peter Humphrey : >> On Monday 27 December 2010 15:47:19 Dale wrote: >> >>> Some people do use tar especially if it is over a network or >>> something like that.  I don't have the command tho since I never >>> used it. >> >> Just fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-29 Thread Alex Schuster
Peter Humphrey writes: > On Monday 27 December 2010 15:47:19 Dale wrote: > > Some people do use tar especially if it is over a network or > > something like that. I don't have the command tho since I never > > used it. > > Just for completeness: > > (cd [source] && tar cpf - . | (cd [dest] && t

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 29 December 2010 17:50:08 Alex Schuster wrote: > What Maciej said. Or, for greater security when the destination is > outside the LAN: > > cd [source] & tar xpf - . | ssh [us...@[host] 'cd [dest] && tar xpf > -' That's what I was looking for - a single command I can run on the sourc

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 29.12.2010 18:40, schrieb Paul Hartman: > So it seems similar to yours except that your max_freq and min_freq > are the same! Which matches what you say about it never going faster > than the minimum speed. cpufreq-set -u ?

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-29 Thread Alex Schuster
Peter Humphrey writes: > On Wednesday 29 December 2010 17:50:08 Alex Schuster wrote: > > What Maciej said. Or, for greater security when the destination is > > outside the LAN: > > > > cd [source] & tar xpf - . | ssh [us...@[host] 'cd [dest] && tar xpf > > -' > > That's what I was looking for -

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Bill Longman
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 29.12.2010 18:40, schrieb Paul Hartman: > > > So it seems similar to yours except that your max_freq and min_freq > > are the same! Which matches what you say about it never going faster > > than the minimum speed. > > cpufreq-set

[gentoo-user] emerge -k vs. useflags of the binpkgs

2010-12-29 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
Hi, I do use --buildpkg to prebuild binaries for a few systems. However in some cases the useflags from the system where I build do not match the target system (eg X vs -X). Is there an option I haven't noticed yet to emerge that tells it only to binary merge, when the useflags of the system that

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-29 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 29 December 2010 18:41:00 Alex Schuster wrote: > Peter Humphrey writes: > > On Wednesday 29 December 2010 17:50:08 Alex Schuster wrote: > > > What Maciej said. Or, for greater security when the destination is > > > outside the LAN: > > > > > > cd [source] & tar xpf - . | ssh [us...@[h

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 29.12.2010 19:48, schrieb Bill Longman: > 10:47:00# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_* > 2667000 2666000 2533000 2399000 2266000 2133000 1999000 1866000 1733000 > 1599000 1466000 1333000 1199000 > conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance > 1199000 > acpi-cpufreq > p

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
addition: some also point at enabling EIST in BIOS

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 29.12.2010 20:16, schrieb Mick: cd [source] & tar xpf - . | ssh [us...@[host] 'cd [dest] && tar xpf -' >>> >>> That's what I was looking for - a single command I can run on the source >>> machine. Thanks Alex. >>> >>> Just one more thing - what if I only want to store the tar of the s

Re: [gentoo-user] postfixadmin vacation user uid/home in /etc/passwd

2010-12-29 Thread kashani
On 12/29/2010 9:14 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: Greetings, I'm updating an old system I inherited that has postfixadmin 2.1 installed, and I have a question about the vacation user entry in /etc/passwd... Can I just change it directly (by editing the file with a text editor) without worrying about anyt

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Bill Longman
> > Yeah, the cpufreq utils show all the relevant information. I use the > acpi-cpufreq driver and when I didn't use it nothing happened. cpufreq-aperf > shows each CPU at 1.2GHz. I'll look at the EIST in BIOS, too. Thanks for the > pointers. > Here's an interesting item: 12:41:00# cat /sys/devic

Re: [gentoo-user] postfixadmin vacation user uid/home in /etc/passwd

2010-12-29 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-12-29 3:50 PM, kashani wrote: > On 12/29/2010 9:14 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> I'm updating an old system I inherited that has postfixadmin 2.1 >> installed, and I have a question about the vacation user entry in >> /etc/passwd... > I would consider a plan to upgrade to 2.3.2, I guess I cou

Re: [gentoo-user] postfixadmin vacation user uid/home in /etc/passwd

2010-12-29 Thread kashani
On 12/29/2010 1:36 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-12-29 3:50 PM, kashani wrote: On 12/29/2010 9:14 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: I'm updating an old system I inherited that has postfixadmin 2.1 installed, and I have a question about the vacation user entry in /etc/passwd... I would consider a plan to

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Bill Longman wrote: >> Yeah, the cpufreq utils show all the relevant information. I use the >> acpi-cpufreq driver and when I didn't use it nothing happened. cpufreq-aperf >> shows each CPU at 1.2GHz. I'll look at the EIST in BIOS, too. Thanks for the >> pointers.

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 29 December 2010 20:51:05 Bill Longman wrote: > > Yeah, the cpufreq utils show all the relevant information. I use the > > acpi-cpufreq driver and when I didn't use it nothing happened. > > cpufreq-aperf shows each CPU at 1.2GHz. I'll look at the EIST in BIOS, > > too. Thanks for the p

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Bill Longman
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Paul Hartman > wrote: > > I ran cpufreq-info on my i7 920, and everything looked normal for mine > compared to yours. And I have tens of thousands of transitions on each > CPU (currently at 8 days uptime) > > Can you use cpufreq-set to change the max limit or lock

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Bill Longman
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Mick wrote: > Just a wild guess: are you running some desktop applet that manages the > cpu > frequency and is stuck on manual with a low setting? > > I have the i7 Q 720 @ 1.60GHz, which is supposedly go up to 2.8G with turbo > boost, but can't say that I have e

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2010-12-29 Thread Bill Longman
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 29.12.2010 19:48, schrieb Bill Longman: > > > 10:47:00# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_* > > 2667000 2666000 2533000 2399000 2266000 2133000 1999000 1866000 1733000 > > 1599000 1466000 1333000 1199000 > > conserva

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VMware - Linux kernel yield() functionality is disabled.

2010-12-29 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Neil Bothwick wrote: > I think what Enrico is getting at is storing the new config files > somewhere else, instead of the original path with the name prefixed > by ._cfg. ACK. > Such a move would break {etc,conf,cfg}-update for no real benefit. > What is the point of including these files in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Deliberately obfuscating my code

2010-12-29 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Grant Edwards wrote: > The only advice I've got is to do things in increments as small as > possible. Don't do "big bang" integration. Make sure there is a > runnable testable program after the first week of development. Maybe > it doesn't implement any significant features, but you must have