Re: [gentoo-user] HD self test getting stuck at 90% remaining [solved]

Grant Edwards wrote: > I just bought a new 6TB WD Red Plus drive to replace a couple older > drives (one of which had generated an uncorrectable error email from > smartd). I decided that I'd stick it in an external USB-3 SATA drive > "dock" thingy from Thermaltake and do some testing before

Re: [gentoo-user] using Wifi in a new machine : progress

On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 11:09:50PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > Thanks for all the help so far. > > I've solved the firmware problem. > The needed files weren't in the latest stable version of linux-firmware > nor in the masked version (after much hassle unmasking it), > but they are in both

Re: [gentoo-user] using Wifi in a new machine : progress

Thanks for all the help so far. I've solved the firmware problem. The needed files weren't in the latest stable version of linux-firmware nor in the masked version (after much hassle unmasking it), but they are in both System Rescue + Mint /lib/firmware/mediatek . They are versions 7922 and

[gentoo-user] HD self test getting stuck at 90% remaining [solved]

I just bought a new 6TB WD Red Plus drive to replace a couple older drives (one of which had generated an uncorrectable error email from smartd). I decided that I'd stick it in an external USB-3 SATA drive "dock" thingy from Thermaltake and do some testing before installing it. Using smartctl, I

Re: [gentoo-user] using Wifi in a new machine

On Thursday, 1 June 2023 19:54:08 BST Philip Webb wrote: > 230531 Michael wrote: > > It seems you have the correct module for the mediatek driver installed, > > since lshw on gentoo shows it being used. What is not shown is the > > firmware. Now, to bottom out the firmware issue. > > You need to

Re: [gentoo-user] Steam.

On Thu, 2023-06-01 at 15:18 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote: > I haven't been able to run steam on my machine for about 2 weeks now. No > idea what the cause is, reported to Valve's Github page. Current symptom > is that window opens but driving thread stalls out or ??? and UI > freezes, needs to be

[gentoo-user] Steam.

I haven't been able to run steam on my machine for about 2 weeks now. No idea what the cause is, reported to Valve's Github page. Current symptom is that window opens but driving thread stalls out or ??? and UI freezes, needs to be closed from console. First symptoms appeared after a game

Re: [gentoo-user] using Wifi in a new machine

230531 Michael wrote: > It seems you have the correct module for the mediatek driver installed, > since lshw on gentoo shows it being used. What is not shown is the firmware. > Now, to bottom out the firmware issue. > You need to specify the firmware path in your kernel, as explained here. > By