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Frank Peters | 9 Oct 19:45
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Shift + Fn Keys Suddenly Don't Work

Hello,

On an ordinary keyboard, the extended function keys, F13 to F24, should
be accessible as Shift + Fn, where Fn are the keys F1 to F12.

Well, up until a few days ago, the Shift+Fn combination was working as it
should.  Then suddenly, Shift+Fn stopped working correctly.  I noticed
it when using the Midnight Commander (MC) file manager where I extensively
use Shift+F5 and Shift+F6 to conveniently rename and copy files.
MC is a terminal program but the problem also shows up in some X programs
that use Shift+Fn combinations.

Because I have no need to closely monitor changes on my system I can't
actually pinpoint any new install that may be responsible.  My first
guess would be a new version of xorg-server-1.11.1 that was emerged
on October 2.

I need to know how I can debug this situation further.  Using xev
to record key presses gives the following output when using
Shift+F1:

KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0xe00001,
    root 0x121, subw 0x0, time 6919279, (23,152), root:(463,411),
    state 0x0, keycode 50 (keysym 0xffe1, Shift_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0xe00001,
    root 0x121, subw 0x0, time 6921351, (23,152), root:(463,411),
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Mansour Al Akeel | 8 Sep 14:12
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Network adopter driver

I am trying to install the driver for the wireless adopter. It looks
like it's Intel based:

lspci 

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller
[8086:0104] (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family
Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point HECI Controller #1
[8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
[8086:1c2d] (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller
[8086:1c20] (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1c12] (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1c16] (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:1c1a] (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
[8086:1c26] (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [8086:1c49]
(rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:1c03]
(rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point SMBus Controller [8086:1c22] (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 [8086:008a] (rev 34)
03:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Fresco Logic FL1000G USB 3.0 Host Controller [1b73:1000] (rev 04)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Attansic Technology Corp. AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet
[1969:1083] (rev c0)
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Mansour Al Akeel | 7 Sep 04:21
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keymap broken

I got a newer laptop, and rather than installing gentoo, I just
swapped the hard disks. Now when I boot into the new one,
it works up to the level I am expecting (still need some drivers), but
the keyboard act wierd. When I press "m" it types "0",
and some other keys don't send anything at all.
This issue starts when I start my xdm (configured to start slim). With
the text run level (console), there's no issues until I start and stop
xdm.

I am not sure if I modified something long time ago in the config, to
use different keymaps, but this issue didn't exist on the older
laptop.
What files could have such a configuration, that I need to look into ?

Thank you.
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Frank Peters | 23 Aug 20:47
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Can't Emerge Thunderbird-5.0/6.0

When attempting to emerge either thunderbird-5 or thunderbird-6
the build fails.

The build log, in both cases, shows this at the end:

rm -f libxul.so
/usr/bin/python2.7 [...] -Wl,-h,libxul.so -o libxul.so [...]
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [libxul.so] Error 1

Is it strange that libxul should be removed and then used immediately
afterward?  

Currently I am using thunderbird-3.1.10 which builds using the
same USE flags and other options.
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Daiajo Tibdixious | 1 Aug 00:42
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Re: SOLVED Re: no sound in firefox java

On 6/19/11, Daiajo Tibdixious <daiajo <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/19/11, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan <at> cox.net> wrote:
>> Daiajo Tibdixious posted on Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:48:23 +1000 as excerpted:
>>
>>> I installed pulseaudio, added the pulseaudio use flag, and rebuild with
>>> --newuse.
>>> I went thru <http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup> logged out & in
>>> from kde,
>>> and got no sound at all.
>>> Rebooted and still no sound, in any application.

I removed all of the pulseaudio stuff and found snd_hda_intel giving
Unknown parameter `ac97_quirk'
which is an option I added to /etc/asound.conf
which some website had suggested. This was preventing the driver from loading
which was the cause of no sound at all.
Anyway, removing the option, rerunning alsaconf, I not only had all sounds back,
but the initial problem of java applets not having sound in firefox
has also gone.

So, not sure what caused the initial problem, however doing a whole
bunch of things to try to fix it, then removing them, seems to have
done the trick. :)
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DJ Cozatt | 8 Jul 22:46
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Re: Digest of gentoo-amd64 <at> lists.gentoo.org issue 367 (13009-13035)

On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 13:02 +0000, gentoo-amd64+help <at> lists.gentoo.org
wrote:
>         On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:36:38 -0700
>         Mark Knecht <markknecht <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>         
>         > 
>         > I think it's completely appropriate for this list. This
>         distro expects
>         > that we put CFLAG options in make.conf so I need to hear
>         about this
>         > stuff even if I don't have to background to completely
>         understand
>         > what's really causing the problem.
>         > 
>         
>         In this case, or in the case of any program where
>         "-fno-strict-aliasing"
>         could make a difference, the maintainer of the program would
>         include
>         the option in the ebuild.  The user would not have to worry
>         too much
>         about it.
>         
>         But yes, it is always good to know about the compiler flags.
>         
>         To see exactly what compile flags are being used in your
>         programs, here
>         is a neat method I picked up from somewhere.  Just open a
>         terminal and
>         enter the following command:
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Frank Peters | 6 Jul 03:31
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Glibc Update Breaks Open/LibreOffice -- Can't Downgrade

Hello,

Today my system automatically updated glibc from 2.12-rc2 to 2.12-rc3.
Shortly afterwards I tried to start OpenOffice and it would not start.
The error message:

Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-deps.c: 622: _dl_map_object_deps: Assertion `nlist > 1' failed!

(The same problem is reported here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6744468.html)

Apparently this is due to the glibc update.  A quick fix (since I need
OpenOffice) would be to simply downgrade back to glibc-2.12-r2, but
emerge will not allow me to do it:

 * Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system:
 *  Downgrading glibc is not supported and a sure way to destruction
 * ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.13-r2 failed (setup phase):
 *   aborting to save your system

I'm not going to break my system.  How do I override this?

Note:  I am not using the compiled Gentoo version of OpenOffice.
My installation is the binary version from the OO web site.
Also, LibreOffice, which I installed (from binary) as a possible
fix, gives the same error message.

Frank Peters
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Frank Peters | 30 Jun 23:45
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GCC-4.5.2 Has Serious Problems

Hello,

After banging my head for a while over some strange results, I began
to suspect GCC-4.5.2, the latest version in portage, was creating
faulty code.

It seems to a correct suspicion.

What follows is a short C program that reproduces my particular problem,
but there are likely many other situations where GCC could fail.  The code
may be a difficult for some people to follow but only the output is what
actually matters.  Simpler examples will certainly exist but I have not
had the chance to develop them.

The program is included here as both in-line text and as a file attachment
(gcc_test.c).  The problem is described below.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
int n;
double x;
unsigned long int arg;
unsigned long int *px = (unsigned long int*)&x;

x=0.0; n=0; arg=0x4010000000000000;
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Thanasis | 30 Jun 11:10
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eix-test-obsolete

When I run eix-test-obsolete it reports a strange package:

...
The following installed packages are not in the database:

sys-kernel/-MERGING-gentoo-sources
sys-kernel/-MERGING-gentoo-sources
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Dale | 26 Jun 17:40
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Re: unsubscribe

Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
> unsubscribe
>
>

NO !!!  You can't leave.  :-P

List-Unsubscribe:<mailto:gentoo-amd64+unsubscribe <at> lists.gentoo.org>

That may help tho.  Just do like you did when you checked in.  We MAY let you check out.  lol

Dale

:-)  :-)
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Frank Peters | 25 Jun 19:41
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Possible Math Problem - Request For Verification

Hello,

Believe it or not, at the very beginning, Linux/GNU had some math problems.
In particular, it would do somewhat poorly on various floating point tests
that are available on-line.  Because I do mathematical work on my machine,
I used to regularly evaluate my software using these tests.

However, for the past several years Linux/GNU has gotten nearly perfect
scores on these same tests and it seemed that glibc and/or gcc had finally
gotten the math code right.  As a result of this, I stopped my regular
evaluations of the software.

Just recently I decided to run these tests again.  I expected to see the
same nearly perfect scores but, to my surprise, a failure occurred in the
area of complex number operations.  This may not be a very serious failure,
but it was not present during prior tests and thus it should not be present
now.

Possibly a fault has crept in somewhere either in glibc or gcc.  Because
I had stopped my regular testing I can't relate the failure to any specific
version change of either package.

I need to request a verification from any Gentoo users.  All that needs to
be done is run a straightforward software test.

The software is called UCBTEST and is described at http://www.netlib.org/fp/

The source code, however, is ancient Unix (1995) code and must be patched.
I have created a patched tarball that can run on recent Linux.  This file
is attached as ucbtest.tar.bz2
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