Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[J. Roeleveld]

On December 8, 2016 11:46:43 PM GMT+01:00, Alan McKinnon 
 wrote:
>On 08/12/2016 22:41, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
>> On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
 On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for
>> Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials
>> for Gentoo in a Virtualbox.

 The official documentation
>
 says:

   On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop
   environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in
   either the "System" or "System Tools" group of your
   "Applications" menu. Alternatively, you can type
   "VirtualBox" in a terminal.
>>>
>>> There is a command "VirtualBox" but it's not in your PATH:
>>>
>>> /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox
>> 
>> Not here.
>> 
>>   # ls -l /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox
>>   ls: cannot access '/usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox': No such file
>or directory
>> 
>> Maybe the reason can be found here:
>> 
>>   # equery u virtualbox | cat
>>   +additions
>>   +alsa
>>   -doc
>>   -extensions
>>   -headless
>>   -java
>>   +opengl
>>   +pam
>>   -pulseaudio
>>   -python
>>   +python_targets_python2_7
>>   -qt4
>>   +sdk
>>   +udev
>>   -vboxwebsrv
>>   -vnc
>
>
>
>VirtualBox is a Qt app and *requires* Qt to get a GUI. There is no
>option for GTK
>
>USE="qt4"
>or in more recent versions ebuilds (or ~arch)
>USE="qt5"
>as appropriate

USE="-qt4" means qt5 I think.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[J. Roeleveld]

On December 8, 2016 9:41:10 PM GMT+01:00, Bertram Scharpf 
 wrote:
>On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
>> > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
>> >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for
>> >>> Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials
>> >>> for Gentoo in a Virtualbox.
>> > 
>> > The official documentation
>
>> > says:
>> > 
>> >   On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop
>> >   environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in
>> >   either the "System" or "System Tools" group of your
>> >   "Applications" menu. Alternatively, you can type
>> >   "VirtualBox" in a terminal.
>> 
>> There is a command "VirtualBox" but it's not in your PATH:
>> 
>> /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox
>
>Not here.
>
>  # ls -l /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox
>ls: cannot access '/usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox': No such file or
>directory
>
>Maybe the reason can be found here:
>
>  # equery u virtualbox | cat
>  +additions
>  +alsa
>  -doc
>  -extensions
>  -headless
>  -java
>  +opengl
>  +pam
>  -pulseaudio
>  -python
>  +python_targets_python2_7
>  -qt4
>  +sdk
>  +udev
>  -vboxwebsrv
>  -vnc
>
>> 
>> It's launched by the menu item
>> 
>
>I don't have a menu item (Xfce4).
>
>Bertram

Is your user in the correct group? 'vboxusers' or similar.

I had that same message recently when I forgot to add a user to a certain group.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[Bertram Scharpf]

On Friday, 09. Dec 2016, 00:46:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 08/12/2016 22:41, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> >>> On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>  On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> > arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for
> > Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials
> > for Gentoo in a Virtualbox.
> 
> VirtualBox is a Qt app and *requires* Qt to get a GUI. There is no
> option for GTK
> 
> USE="qt4"
> or in more recent versions ebuilds (or ~arch)
> USE="qt5"
> as appropriate

Arrrgh! Takes time for the next complaint.

Bertram


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Well, I went about updating my system again. (day 6)

[Alan Grimes]

Kevin Monceaux wrote:
> Shutting down X11 doesn't appear to be equivalent to a reboot on my
> desktop.
> If I shut down X11, my uptime still keeps accumulating.  
>
> I'm way overdue for a reboot to switch to a newer kernel.  It's been 83 days
> since my last reboot.  I've built a couple of new kernels that I haven't
> tested yet.  

64 days here. I have been creeped out by the sudden change in kernel
announce policy, declaring old versions obsolete, and I'm constantly
seeing complaint threads about recent kernels, so therefore I'm on a
version freeze at 4.6.7 until further notice. =|


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The only winning move is not to play. 

Powers are not rights.

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[Alan McKinnon]

On 08/12/2016 22:41, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
 On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for
> Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials
> for Gentoo in a Virtualbox.
>>>
>>> The official documentation 
>>> 
>>> says:
>>>
>>>   On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop
>>>   environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in
>>>   either the "System" or "System Tools" group of your
>>>   "Applications" menu. Alternatively, you can type
>>>   "VirtualBox" in a terminal.
>>
>> There is a command "VirtualBox" but it's not in your PATH:
>>
>> /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox
> 
> Not here.
> 
>   # ls -l /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox
>   ls: cannot access '/usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox': No such file or 
> directory
> 
> Maybe the reason can be found here:
> 
>   # equery u virtualbox | cat
>   +additions
>   +alsa
>   -doc
>   -extensions
>   -headless
>   -java
>   +opengl
>   +pam
>   -pulseaudio
>   -python
>   +python_targets_python2_7
>   -qt4
>   +sdk
>   +udev
>   -vboxwebsrv
>   -vnc



VirtualBox is a Qt app and *requires* Qt to get a GUI. There is no
option for GTK

USE="qt4"
or in more recent versions ebuilds (or ~arch)
USE="qt5"
as appropriate


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Well, I went about updating my system again. (day 6)

[Kevin Monceaux]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 06:42:21PM -0500, Alan Grimes wrote:
 
> -> Updating weekly, as I used to do is a Good Idea, Agreed.

Sounds like a good idea.  I update anywhere from daily to a few times a
week.  Every once in a while I loose track of the time and go a week or so
between updates.  A "long time" between updates for me would be a couple of
weeks.

> --> X11 would probably need to be shut down two which is equivalent to a
> reboot on a desktop system anyway.

Shutting down X11 doesn't appear to be equivalent to a reboot on my desktop.
If I shut down X11, my uptime still keeps accumulating.  

I'm way overdue for a reboot to switch to a newer kernel.  It's been 83 days
since my last reboot.  I've built a couple of new kernels that I haven't
tested yet.  

-- 

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Bruceville, TX

What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works!
Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum.

Re: [gentoo-user] Brother Printer

[Bertram Scharpf]

Hi Silvio,

On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 15:08:34 +0100, siefke_lis...@web.de wrote:
> when I want use a Brother Printer (MFC 7320) it's need multilib? How can 
> I fix this? 

I have a Brother MFC 7420. Yet, it's not connected to my
Gentoo but to a FreeBSD box. There, I completely ignored the
recommended drivers. I configured lpd (/etc/printcap) to
first pipe the PostScript/PDF documents through a
Ghostscript command. The only real problem was to find the
proper device driver (ljet2p).

  gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ljet2p -r600 
-sOutputFile=- -

Then I wrap around this a simple self-written PJL frame.

For about 8 years, though not printing too much, I never had
any problem.

You can have my PJL generator if you want (It's in Ruby).

Bertram


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Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany
http://www.bertram-scharpf.de

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[Bertram Scharpf]

On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for
> >>> Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials
> >>> for Gentoo in a Virtualbox.
> > 
> > The official documentation 
> > 
> > says:
> > 
> >   On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop
> >   environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in
> >   either the "System" or "System Tools" group of your
> >   "Applications" menu. Alternatively, you can type
> >   "VirtualBox" in a terminal.
> 
> There is a command "VirtualBox" but it's not in your PATH:
> 
> /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox

Not here.

  # ls -l /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox
  ls: cannot access '/usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox': No such file or 
directory

Maybe the reason can be found here:

  # equery u virtualbox | cat
  +additions
  +alsa
  -doc
  -extensions
  -headless
  -java
  +opengl
  +pam
  -pulseaudio
  -python
  +python_targets_python2_7
  -qt4
  +sdk
  +udev
  -vboxwebsrv
  -vnc

> 
> It's launched by the menu item
> 

I don't have a menu item (Xfce4).

Bertram


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: newish vbox gentoo guest crashes from startx

[Ian Bloss]

Other thing to keep in mind is if you recently installed/updated virtbox is
to reboot your host to make sure the host drivers have installed correctly,
and make sure your kernel for the guest have the correct modules built.

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016, 12:10 Harry Putnam  wrote:

> Harry Putnam  writes:
>
> [...]
>
> >> The only thing I can think of left to check is
> >> emerge @x11-module-rebuild
> >> and see what it will install
> >
> >
> > [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4:0/1.18.4::gentoo USE="doc
> > glamor suid udev xorg -dmx -ipv6 -kdrive -libressl -minimal (-selinux)
> > -static-libs -systemd -tslib -unwind -wayland -xephyr -xnest -xvfb" 0
> > KiB
> > [ebuild   R] x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.9.2::gentoo  0 KiB
> > [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-virtualbox-5.1.10::gentoo USE="dri"
> > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 0 KiB
> > [ebuild   R] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.4::gentoo  0 KiB
> > [ebuild   R] x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.9.0::gentoo  0 KiB
> >
> > I'm proceeding with those rebuilds now.
>
> Rebuilds finished... still:
>   startlxde has no effect whatever
>
>   startx causes a full on crash
>
> Just a point of interest and possible diagnostic data.
>
> The lists below show a group of x11 pkgs that are uniq on a previous
> gentoo install that is successfully running lxde. That is, the listed
> pkgs are on the successful host but not on the problem host.
>
> I did not think any of them looked like possible causes of my problem.
>
> The second list (of one) below shows a pkg on the problem host that is
> not on the succesfull host.  Again does not appear to be a possible
> cause of my problem
>
>
>  uniq on successful lxde running host gv
>
>   x11-apps/bdftopcf
>   x11-apps/luit
>   x11-apps/xcursorgen
>   x11-apps/xkill
>   x11-apps/xlsfonts
>   x11-apps/xmessage
>   x11-apps/xmodmap
>   x11-apps/xpr
>   x11-apps/xsetroot
>   x11-apps/xwd
>   x11-libs/libXScrnSaver
>   x11-libs/libXaw3d
>   x11-libs/pangox-compat
>   x11-misc/xbindkeys
>   x11-terms/xterm
>   x11-themes/sound-theme-freedesktop
>
>
> Uniq on problem host g0
>
>   x11-apps/xrefresh
>
>
>

Re: [gentoo-user] Brother Printer

[Daniel Frey]

On 2016-12-08 6:08 AM, siefke_lis...@web.de wrote:

Hello,

when I want use a Brother Printer (MFC 7320) it's need multilib? How can
I fix this?

siefke@sisibox ~ $ eselect profile list
Available profile symlink targets:
...
   [11]  default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib *
---

At moment I use no-multilib but what must do for use multilib with a Brother
Multi Function Printer.

Thank you for help.

Silvio



I am pretty sure the Brother drivers are in a compiled format (you don't 
compile them when you install them) so it will require multilib. No way 
around this unless Brother has no-multilib drivers on their website 
(unlikely.)


Dan

[gentoo-user] Re: newish vbox gentoo guest crashes from startx

[Harry Putnam]

Harry Putnam  writes:

[...]

>> The only thing I can think of left to check is
>> emerge @x11-module-rebuild
>> and see what it will install
>
>
> [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4:0/1.18.4::gentoo USE="doc
> glamor suid udev xorg -dmx -ipv6 -kdrive -libressl -minimal (-selinux)
> -static-libs -systemd -tslib -unwind -wayland -xephyr -xnest -xvfb" 0
> KiB
> [ebuild   R] x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.9.2::gentoo  0 KiB
> [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-virtualbox-5.1.10::gentoo USE="dri"
> PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 0 KiB
> [ebuild   R] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.4::gentoo  0 KiB
> [ebuild   R] x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.9.0::gentoo  0 KiB
>
> I'm proceeding with those rebuilds now.

Rebuilds finished... still:
  startlxde has no effect whatever

  startx causes a full on crash

Just a point of interest and possible diagnostic data.

The lists below show a group of x11 pkgs that are uniq on a previous
gentoo install that is successfully running lxde. That is, the listed
pkgs are on the successful host but not on the problem host.

I did not think any of them looked like possible causes of my problem.

The second list (of one) below shows a pkg on the problem host that is
not on the succesfull host.  Again does not appear to be a possible
cause of my problem


 uniq on successful lxde running host gv

  x11-apps/bdftopcf
  x11-apps/luit
  x11-apps/xcursorgen
  x11-apps/xkill
  x11-apps/xlsfonts
  x11-apps/xmessage
  x11-apps/xmodmap
  x11-apps/xpr
  x11-apps/xsetroot
  x11-apps/xwd
  x11-libs/libXScrnSaver
  x11-libs/libXaw3d
  x11-libs/pangox-compat
  x11-misc/xbindkeys
  x11-terms/xterm
  x11-themes/sound-theme-freedesktop
  

Uniq on problem host g0

  x11-apps/xrefresh

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[Mick]

On Thursday 08 Dec 2016 17:35:59 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for
> >>> Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials
> >>> for Gentoo in a Virtualbox.
> >> 
> >> I have vbox on Gentoo here (many others do too) and it was
> >> a very smooth start - basically emerge virtualbox, the
> >> fancy oracle additions and modules, and I was off like a
> >> rocket. [...] The oracle docs are very good and quite
> >> complete
> >> 
> >> Do you have specific questions that you want a tutorial to
> >> answer?
> > 
> > The official documentation
> > > 
> > says:
> >   On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop
> >   environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in
> >   either the "System" or "System Tools" group of your
> >   "Applications" menu. Alternatively, you can type
> >   "VirtualBox" in a terminal.
> 
> There is a command "VirtualBox" but it's not in your PATH:
> 
> /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox
> 
> It's launched by the menu item
> 
> > There is no command "VirtualBox" but only some commands
> > named VBox* like "VBoxManage" that are symlinks to
> > /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VBox. The command "VBoxManage" prints
> > 
> > out >10 pages of documentation:
> >   # VBoxManage | wc -l
> >   590
> > 
> > No window shows up as promised.
> 
> VBoxManage is a CLI app, there won't be a window. It has a very long
> list of syntaxes for every possible action it can do with a VM. 590
> lines is about right, and the command is fully explained in the
> virtualbox docs
> 
> > There is no man page.
> > 
> > Is there a _short_ documentation for which command to give
> > with wich parameters?
> 
> not really.
> 
> > Bertram

This is how I start my vbox guests:

VBoxHeadless --startvm "Mint-18.1-Cinnamon" --vrde on

I use the above syntax because I thereafter access the desktop remotely via 
xfree.  If you run whichever VBox* command with --help, you'll get some 
guidance for options you can use with it.  For more detailed information you 
can scan/search through the online help in the URL mentioned above.

HTH.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[Matthias Hanft]

J. Roeleveld schrieb:
> 
> Virtualbox for a server?
> I only use it for a quick test on my laptop. On the server, I use more 
> reliable and robust virtualisation software.

For quick tests, I'm using VirtualBox on my desktop (Windows) PC in the
meantime - runs fast and reliably. But in the past, I sometimes had the
need to run some Windows-only software 24/7, and since I don't have any
real machine which runs Windows 24/7, I used to run a Windows VM on my
(old) Gentoo server (which has much RAM and CPU power - so it doesn't
affect normal server operation). Worked for years without any flaw.

I don't have the need to run a Windows VM 24/7 on my new Gentoo server
at the moment, but I'd appreciate to know that I *could* do it again
if needed.

> Did you check that the BIOS is fully uptodate and doesn't have any bugs in 
> the 
> virtualization support?

No. But I don't have any idea how to check this anyway.

-Matt

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[Alan McKinnon]

On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
>>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for
>>> Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials
>>> for Gentoo in a Virtualbox.
>>
>> I have vbox on Gentoo here (many others do too) and it was
>> a very smooth start - basically emerge virtualbox, the
>> fancy oracle additions and modules, and I was off like a
>> rocket. [...] The oracle docs are very good and quite
>> complete
>>
>> Do you have specific questions that you want a tutorial to
>> answer?
> 
> The official documentation 
> 
> says:
> 
>   On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop
>   environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in
>   either the "System" or "System Tools" group of your
>   "Applications" menu. Alternatively, you can type
>   "VirtualBox" in a terminal.

There is a command "VirtualBox" but it's not in your PATH:

/usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox

It's launched by the menu item

> 
> There is no command "VirtualBox" but only some commands
> named VBox* like "VBoxManage" that are symlinks to
> /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VBox. The command "VBoxManage" prints
> out >10 pages of documentation:
> 
>   # VBoxManage | wc -l
>   590
> 
> No window shows up as promised.

VBoxManage is a CLI app, there won't be a window. It has a very long
list of syntaxes for every possible action it can do with a VM. 590
lines is about right, and the command is fully explained in the
virtualbox docs

> 
> There is no man page.
> 
> Is there a _short_ documentation for which command to give
> with wich parameters?

not really.

> 
> Bertram
> 
> 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 12/07/2016 11:01:16 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote:

Hi,

arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for
Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials
for Gentoo in a Virtualbox. The Gentoo Wiki article's
"Usage" paragraph does not contain any usable information.

Does anybody have a hint for me?


I had similar problems when I used a version of Virtualbox which was  
"too old" for my kernel.
I'd recommend using the very latest release of Virtualbox, e.g. 5.1.10,  
although I had problems
with that on very recent kernels (4.9-rc*), so that I downgraded to  
version 5.1.8.
Both version don't build/run correctly for these kernels without a  
patch which I have posted on my bug report.


My patched version seems to be stable on my new kernel and Windows 10.

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[BOFH]

On Thu 2016-12-08  01:36 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> The official documentation 
> 
> says:
> 
>   On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop
>   environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in
>   either the "System" or "System Tools" group of your
>   "Applications" menu. Alternatively, you can type
>   "VirtualBox" in a terminal.
> 
> There is no command "VirtualBox" but only some commands
> named VBox* like "VBoxManage" that are symlinks to
> /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VBox. The command "VBoxManage" prints
> out >10 pages of documentation:
> 
>   # VBoxManage | wc -l
>   590
> 
> No window shows up as promised.
> 
> There is no man page.
> 
> Is there a _short_ documentation for which command to give
> with wich parameters?
> 

Have you installed VirtualBox headless or something?

My system:

Installed versions:  4.3.38.106717^m(00:29:11 11/02/16)(additions chm
-debug -headless -python -rdesktop-vrdp -sdk -vboxwebsrv
PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7")

$ 'ls' -l /opt/bin
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Nov  2 00:29 VBoxHeadless ->
/opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Nov  2 00:29 VBoxManage ->
/opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Nov  2 00:29 VBoxSDL ->
/opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Nov  2 00:29 VBoxTunctl ->
/opt/VirtualBox/VBoxTunctl
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Nov  2 00:29 VBoxVRDP ->
/opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Nov  2 00:29 VirtualBox ->
/opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh

For most operations I just need to run VirtualBox, having had /opt/bin
added to my $PATH automatically:

$ grep \ PATH= /etc/profile.env 
export
PATH='/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.9.3:/usr/games/bin'

--
Vitor

[gentoo-user] Brother Printer

[siefke_lis...@web.de]

Hello,

when I want use a Brother Printer (MFC 7320) it's need multilib? How can 
I fix this? 

siefke@sisibox ~ $ eselect profile list
Available profile symlink targets:
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  [11]  default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib *
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At moment I use no-multilib but what must do for use multilib with a Brother
Multi Function Printer. 

Thank you for help.

Silvio



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Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[J. Roeleveld]

On Thursday, December 08, 2016 01:07:24 PM Matthias Hanft wrote:
> J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > Are your vbox modules loaded correctly?
> 
> I think they were. Will carefully check next time (cannot do now,
> it's a 24/7 server where I have few time slots for maintenance
> and cannot risk kernel panic during daytime).

Virtualbox for a server?
I only use it for a quick test on my laptop. On the server, I use more 
reliable and robust virtualisation software.

> I do have some VirtualBoxes running on other Gentoo machines. This
> one is a pretty new installation, and I just thought I had forgotten
> to enable something important in the virtualization sections of "make
> menuconfig".

If it's a new system.
Did you check that the BIOS is fully uptodate and doesn't have any bugs in the 
virtualization support?

--
Joost

[gentoo-user] Re: newish vbox gentoo guest crashes from startx

[Harry Putnam]

Alan McKinnon  writes:

> On 08/12/2016 02:26, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Alan McKinnon  writes:
>> 

[...]

 Theoretically the install should be ready now to run X and lxde.
 However, when I run `startlxde' nothing whatsoever happens.  At least
 not at the command line or visibly.  Prompt just returns lamely.

 However, if I run startx.  The vm crashes clear to power off or
 sometimes just becomes inoperable with these error messages showing.
 (Note: nothing can be clicked moved or etc at this point)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Your first problem seems to be you don't have any input or output
>>> devices. Please post
>>>
>>> - eix xorg-server
>>> - values of INPUT_DEVICES and VIDEO_CARDS from make.conf
>> 
>>> - confirm that you built the kernel with evdev and the kernel module is
>>> loaded
>> 
>> harry > eix xorg-server
>> [I] x11-base/xorg-server

[...]

>> harry > grep VIDEO /etc/portage/make.conf
>> VIDEO_CARDS="virtualbox"
>> 
>> I don't have anthing in make.conf about Input devices nor have I had
>> on 2 other gentoo installs that successfully ran lxde.
>> 
>> I've used the same make.conf with little variation on all three
>> 
>> ---   ---   ---=---   ---   --- 
>> 
>> harry > cd /lib/modules
>> 
>> harry > grep -r evdev.ko *
>> Binary file 4.8.8-gentoo/modules.dep.bin matches
>> 4.8.8-gentoo/modules.order:kernel/drivers/input/evdev.ko
>> 4.8.8-gentoo/modules.dep:kernel/drivers/input/evdev.ko:
>> 
>> ---   ---   ---=---   ---   ---
>> 
>> harry > sudo lsmod
>> Module  Size  Used by
>> vboxguest 171071  0
>> evdev   8704  0
>
>
>
> All that looks OK.
> AFAIR xorg uses evdev as the default, so if you don't specify it
> explicitly, it's what you get.

Is there something I should be specify explicitly?

I guess you mean in make.conf with INPUT_DEVICES=

> Just for fun, do you have x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev emerged?

harry > eix x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev
[I] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev
 Available versions:  2.9.1 2.9.2 2.10.3 (~)2.10.4
 Installed versions:  2.10.4(22:57:23 11/18/16)
 Homepage:https://www.x.org/wiki/
 Description: Generic Linux input driver


I'm currently trying to compare what is installed on another gentoo
guest on a solaris host with what I have on this one in the x11
department, using qlop -l but it gets a bit difficult with updates
showing the same base-names repeatedly on that host since its been in
business quite a bit longer.

Thought about using uniq and sort in someway to ascertain things but
have totally forgotten how to use it, I even wrote an awk script once
to uniqify lists, but of course it appears to have gone the way of the
doodoo bird.

AAR, it appears so far to have the same stuff on each.  So there still
must be something basic different.


> The only thing I can think of left to check is
> emerge @x11-module-rebuild
> and see what it will install


[ebuild   R] x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4:0/1.18.4::gentoo  USE="doc glamor 
suid udev xorg -dmx -ipv6 -kdrive -libressl -minimal (-selinux) -static-libs 
-systemd -tslib -unwind -wayland -xephyr -xnest -xvfb" 0 KiB
[ebuild   R] x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.9.2::gentoo  0 KiB
[ebuild   R] x11-drivers/xf86-video-virtualbox-5.1.10::gentoo  USE="dri" 
PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 0 KiB
[ebuild   R] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.4::gentoo  0 KiB
[ebuild   R] x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.9.0::gentoo  0 KiB

I'm proceeding with those rebuilds now.

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[Bertram Scharpf]

On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> > arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for
> > Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials
> > for Gentoo in a Virtualbox.
> 
> I have vbox on Gentoo here (many others do too) and it was
> a very smooth start - basically emerge virtualbox, the
> fancy oracle additions and modules, and I was off like a
> rocket. [...] The oracle docs are very good and quite
> complete
> 
> Do you have specific questions that you want a tutorial to
> answer?

The official documentation 
says:

  On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop
  environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in
  either the "System" or "System Tools" group of your
  "Applications" menu. Alternatively, you can type
  "VirtualBox" in a terminal.

There is no command "VirtualBox" but only some commands
named VBox* like "VBoxManage" that are symlinks to
/usr/lib64/virtualbox/VBox. The command "VBoxManage" prints
out >10 pages of documentation:

  # VBoxManage | wc -l
  590

No window shows up as promised.

There is no man page.

Is there a _short_ documentation for which command to give
with wich parameters?

Bertram


-- 
Bertram Scharpf
Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany
http://www.bertram-scharpf.de

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[Matthias Hanft]

J. Roeleveld wrote:
> 
> Are your vbox modules loaded correctly?

I think they were. Will carefully check next time (cannot do now,
it's a 24/7 server where I have few time slots for maintenance
and cannot risk kernel panic during daytime).

I do have some VirtualBoxes running on other Gentoo machines. This
one is a pretty new installation, and I just thought I had forgotten
to enable something important in the virtualization sections of "make
menuconfig".

-Matt

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[J. Roeleveld]

On December 8, 2016 9:20:23 AM GMT+01:00, Matthias Hanft  wrote:
>Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> 
>> Do you have specific questions that you want a tutorial to answer?
>
>*I* do have a specific question: What have I forgotten to compile into
>the kernel when there is an immediate "kernel panic" as soon as I try
>to start a VirtualBox VM?
>
>-Matt

Are your vbox modules loaded correctly?
-- 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

[Matthias Hanft]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> 
> Do you have specific questions that you want a tutorial to answer?

*I* do have a specific question: What have I forgotten to compile into
the kernel when there is an immediate "kernel panic" as soon as I try
to start a VirtualBox VM?

-Matt