Posts by troymc

I second everything c0bbler said. Setting USE flags on the command line can really hose your system up. The proper way to set USE flags on a per package basis is in /etc/portage/package.use For example, you probably should have...

Quote: Originally Posted by Starcub How long have you been doing this? 2 1/2 - almost 3 years. Keep in mind these are stable machines, not my laptop or workstation that I'm constantly mucking about with. I...

PCT I live in TX and ended up paying sales tax, but the price difference - particularly with the extended warranty - made up for it. I don't see that discountlaptops even offers an extended warranty, and Sager & PowerNotebooks...

Quote: Originally Posted by mmarkin To add GLSA checking, add this after "emerge_sync >> $tempfile" in the script above: Quote: Originally Posted by EDIT: Patched the...

I've been running gentoo for several years now, and here's the way I personally do it. Basically, I have a script 'osupgrade.sh' that performs the following: emerge sync emerge -uDv system emerge -uDv world emerge -v...

Just received my tracking #. Should be delivered 3/1. I guess the screens are back in stock!!! troymc Sager 9750-V | AMD A64 FX-60 | 17" WUXGA LCD | nVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 | 2048MB 400DDR | 2x 100GB 7200RPM SATA | 8x DVD+-...

Quote: Originally Posted by sleepydidge I called PCT this morning to get an update on the screens and was told it was going to be another 3 weeks or so. troymc

Here's one suggestion. This will allow any user added to the group to run wlassistant with root permissions: Make sure you have 'sudo' installed.type sudo do you get a usage message or file not found? If you get file not found then...

Well, there has not been any change in the status of my order. It's still shown as "Building" and the PCTorque website still shows them as being out-of-stock. So, I'd guess that the new shipment of LCDs did not come in this...

Well the command you used is correct. And it is a big, slow drive and lots of configuration settings could be slowing it down (ie. did you enable DMA?) - so I wouldn't worry yet. But if it does continue much longer you may be...