64-bit no-multilib install on a relatively new Dell Inspiron...
1) X works OK, but installing x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel finishes off
with the message...
***********************************************
WARN: postinst
This driver requires KMS support in your kernel
Device Drivers --->
Graphics support --->
Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) --->
<*> Intel 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G (i915 driver) --->
i915 driver
[*] Enable modesetting on intel by default
***********************************************
Note that make.conf contains...
VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965"
...and X loads the i965 driver, and runs OK. Why is i915 even mentioned?
2) "uname -a" gives the following output...
[i3][root][~] uname -a
Linux i3 4.4.6-gentoo #4 SMP Wed Sep 7 17:12:27 Local time zone must be
set--see zic m x86_64 Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3700 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel
GNU/Linux
...but I've already run...
[i3][root][~] emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data
Configuring pkg...
* Updating /etc/localtime with /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern
3) The new machine is not co-operating with my hardware KVM switch. If
I select the machine while it's booting up, it works fine. But if I
switch away and come back, the VGA video does not work. I've confirmed
that the keyboard part of KVM still works...
* boot up with new machine selected
* log in as root in text console mode
* switch away
* switch back, and there's no video
* but if I blindly type "poweroff", it shuts down, so keyboard works
Ugly hack... The new machine has VGA and HDMI ports. My monitor has
VGA (which the KVM switch uses) and HDMI (and DVI and Displayport?). I
can add one more cable to the "rat's nest" under the table. But
switching between machines will also require toggling the monitor as
well as the KVM.
4) media-libs/x265 took 68 minutes to build on a relatively new 4-core
Intel Silvermont with 8 gigs of RAM, and X was not running! Time output
real 68m48.122s
user 87m52.139s
sys 0m25.027s
It got stuck at a few times building "deblock"...
[ 98%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/common.dir/deblock.cpp.o cd
/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source-abi_x86_64.amd64-main10/common
&& /usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DEXPORT_C_API=0 -DHAVE_INT_TYPES_H=1
-DHIGH_BIT_DEPTH=1 -DX265_ARCH_X86=1 -DX265_DEPTH=10 -DX265_NS=x265_10bit
-DX86_64=1 -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS=1
-I/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source/.
-I/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source/common
-I/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source/encoder
-I/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source-abi_x86_64.amd64-main10
-DNDEBUG -O2 -march=native -mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe
-fno-unwind-tables -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fPIC -Wall -Wextra
-Wshadow -fPIC -Wno-array-bounds -ffast-math -mstackrealign -fno-exceptions -o
CMakeFiles/common.dir/deblock.cpp.o -c
/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source/common/deblock.cpp
When I say "stuck", I mean that "top" shows yasm pegging one core at 100%
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
3520 portage 20 0 178920 171848 2032 R 100.0 2.1 24:48.70 yasm
3749 waltdnes 20 0 21808 2824 2340 R 0.7 0.0 0:03.54 top
1 root 20 0 4188 1564 1460 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.37 init
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
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Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
