Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Reinstall

I suggest either taking a full dd|bzip2 style backup of the hardisk to removable media for the simplest reinstall. Compliment with borgbackup or dervish for space efficient backups to capture more recent changes. Reinstall is the reverse .. lay down the dd image update from the backups with

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM and moving things around

Rsync has a bwlimit argument which helps here. Note that rsync copies the whole file on what it considers local storage (which can be mounted network shares) ... this can cause a real slowdown. BillK On 3 April 2022 3:51:22 am AWST, Dale wrote: >Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I sort of started

Re: [gentoo-user] Graphics problem, especially when running Firefox - kde environment

Greetings from East Vic Park! 1. Have you cleaned out the system? Start of summer i have to vacuum the dust bunnies to prevent overheating. 2. Check the power supply 3. Add a few more fans :) BillK On 14 March 2022 12:55:07 am AWST, Andrew Lowe wrote: >Dear all, > Back story, I'm in

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 problem

On 9 August 2021 1:06:23 am AWST, cal wrote: >On 8/8/21 5:12 AM, William Kenworthy wrote: >> Hi, I am trying to install the ssspsk python module using pip for python >> 2 (for tuya-convert) but its not working. >> >> I have installed python 2.7 from portage and followed the wiki (set >>

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 problem

Sorry, so many typos, here it is again :( Hi, I am trying to install the sslpsk python module using pip for python (for tuya-convert) but its not working - python3 works, python2 doesn't. It was working a few months back on a different system. I have installed python 2.7 from portage and

[gentoo-user] pppoe not working

Can someone suggest an openrc style network stanza for an iiNet NBN pppoe connection? It has username/password/vlan2 parameters but I can't even get a ppp0 node to appear with the online suggestions. Bill K -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources kernel not seeing 4G ram

by this board so you are trying to copy those from the 'hardkernel' sources, correct? Raffaele -Original Message- From: Bill Kenworthy Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 02:50 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources kernel not seeing 4G ram Hi, not sure anyone can

Re: [gentoo-user] Guidance on using Gentoo to clone a Win 10 system drive

Hi Mark,     was your old version Win10 PRO" as well? - as far as I know a reinstall will only validate if the hardware as recorded at MS mostly matches and its the same version.  Cloning via dd, then running through the re-validation checks, then making changes in small steps is the only way

Re: [gentoo-user] External hard drive and idle activity

On 2/1/20 10:27 am, Dale wrote: Mick wrote: On Thursday, 2 January 2020 00:09:14 GMT Dale wrote: Howdy, As some may recall, I have a 8TB external SATA hard drive that I do back ups on. Usually, I back up once a day, more often if needed. Usually I turn the power on, mount it, do the back

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on an odroidH2 using eMMC

On 17/12/19 6:31 am, Bill Kenworthy wrote: Hi,     has anyone successfully set up Gentoo on an odroidH2 using an eMMC? I have got as far as the pivot-root (so it loads and executes the intramfs) but fails to find the /dev/mmcblk0p[01] devices.  The sting is I copied the files it to a USB key

[gentoo-user] Gentoo on an odroidH2 using eMMC

Hi,     has anyone successfully set up Gentoo on an odroidH2 using an eMMC? I have got as far as the pivot-root (so it loads and executes the intramfs) but fails to find the /dev/mmcblk0p[01] devices.  The sting is I copied the files it to a USB key and that boots fine!  It appears that the

Re: [gentoo-user] power button to shutdown for openrc?

On 13/11/19 4:55 pm, Mick wrote: On Wednesday, 13 November 2019 06:48:11 GMT n952162 wrote: I've reinstalled gentoo from the gentoo repository and now my power button doesn't do a shutdown anymore. What do I have to do to have it issue a shutdown? This is an openrc system. I have this, but

Re: [gentoo-user] visualise openrc initscript start order and dependency tree

On 9/11/19 4:03 am, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday, November 7, 2019 4:06:10 PM CET Daniel Frey wrote: >> On 2019-11-07 04:37, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >>> I have run into some problems creating openrc initscripts for moosefs - >>> is there something that will display

[gentoo-user] visualise openrc initscript start order and dependency tree

I have run into some problems creating openrc initscripts for moosefs - is there something that will display the start order/dependency tree?  Text or graphical doesn't matter. Bill K.

Re: [gentoo-user] Consolekit and elogind switch questions

On 28/10/19 2:23 pm, Arve Barsnes wrote: > On Mon, 28 Oct 2019 at 04:38, Dale wrote: >> Also, are there any other options to elogind? Is that the only option >> when using KDE? > I think the answer here is yes. > > I run openbox, so no requirement to have this at all, but I have > previously

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: syslog-ng 10s pause during startup

moriah ~ # esearch haveged [ Results for search key : haveged ] [ Applications found : 1 ] *  sys-apps/haveged   Latest version available: 1.9.2-r1   Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]   Size of downloaded files: 483 kB   Homepage:    http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/

[gentoo-user] dhcpcd not updating interface IP

Since Augusts dhcpcd update to net-misc/dhcpcd-7.2.3 dhcpcd has often missed actually updating the interface when a change happens.  Even issuing a manual dhcpcd -n doesn't work, but restarting the interface gets everything working again.  Its the WAN interface to the ISP so can only see my side

Re: [gentoo-user] Black Screen of Death

On 7/19/19 2:48 PM, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: > Re: [gentoo-user] Black Screen of Death "jdm" , > 19.07.2019, 07:28: > > > I have updated firmware line in kernel as this now includes a few extra > > lines so not loading all of the available firmware. > > > Thanks for advice and I'll see how I get

Re: [gentoo-user] query ebuild fields

and rattus ~ # esearch x11-terms/rxvt-unicode [ Results for search key : x11-terms/rxvt-unicode ] [ Applications found : 1 ] *  x11-terms/rxvt-unicode   Latest version available: 9.21   Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]   Size of downloaded files: 903 kB   Homepage:   

Re: [gentoo-user] Profile 17.1 fails at the analyse stage

On 20/6/19 9:40 pm, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 9:21 AM Jack wrote: >> The --analyze phase bailed out before even starting. I filed an issue >> upstream (mgorny's github repository) and he made a change (I didn't >> look at the actual commit) so this situation should now be

Re: [gentoo-user] Profile 17.1 fails at the analyse stage

On 20/6/19 3:47 pm, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 20 June 2019 00:02:35 BST Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> On 20/6/19 2:26 am, Jack wrote: >>> Bill - you might try "rm /usr/lib" WITHOUT the trailing slash, to >>> remove the symlink. Then "ln -s lib64

Re: [gentoo-user] Profile 17.1 fails at the analyse stage

On 20/6/19 2:26 am, Jack wrote: > On 2019.06.19 14:10, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:45:03 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> >> > wifi ~ # unsymlink-lib --analyze >> > /usr/lib needs to be a symlink to lib64! >> > wifi ~ # ls -al /usr/lib &

[gentoo-user] Profile 17.1 fails at the analyse stage

I have converted 4 systems to the 17.1 profile but this one fails at the first hurdle: wifi ~ # eselect profile list Available profile symlink targets:   [1]   olympus:default/linux/amd64/17.0 (stable) *   [2]   olympus:default/linux/amd64/17.0/selinux (stable)   [3]  

[gentoo-user] MS Sculpt Touch Mouse

I have a Microsoft Touch mouse that used to work fine with libinput, but recently something has changed and I have lost much of the functionality. libinput recognises it but doesn't seem to have the mapping - does anyone have a libinput conf file for this? BillK Device:   Microsoft

Re: [gentoo-user] udisks and exfat

On 1/5/19 4:35 pm, Mick wrote: > On Wednesday, 1 May 2019 03:32:21 BST Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> Got sidetracked - turns out fuse and exfat on usb do not play well with >> mounts as a user due to changes late last year. It can now only be >> mounted/unmounted by root. >&g

Re: [gentoo-user] udisks and exfat

ote: >> On 2019.04.29 21:19, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >>> How does one execute a file on an exfat formatted usb key? >>> >>> I have an encryption app that must be executed from the drive to work >>> (secure-stick). Works great in windows, linux is a real pain because >&g

Re: [gentoo-user] udisks and exfat

On 30/4/19 6:51 pm, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday, 30 April 2019 04:07:23 BST Jack wrote: >> On 2019.04.29 21:19, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >>> How does one execute a file on an exfat formatted usb key? >>> >>> I have an encryption app that must be executed from the driv

[gentoo-user] udisks and exfat

How does one execute a file on an exfat formatted usb key? I have an encryption app that must be executed from the drive to work (secure-stick).  Works great in windows, linux is a real pain because I think udisks is forcing execute off and I cant overide it. help! BillK

[gentoo-user] elogind problem

Hi,     I have just replaced console-kit with elogind and while its fixed my X server problems, its brought some downsides as well.  Primarily, I used to use acpi to hibernate but elogind has coopted the power button so acpid doesnt get the signal, and added a suspend to lid closure but then I

Re: [gentoo-user] What happened to glsa-check?

On 1/4/19 8:23 pm, Klaus-J. Wolf wrote: > Hm, my version displays a different usage help: > > #python3 /usr/lib64/portage/python3.6/glsa-check > No mode given: what should I do? > usage: glsa-check [glsa-list] > > optional arguments: >  -h, --help    show this help message and exit >  -V,

Re: [gentoo-user] What happened to glsa-check?

On 1/4/19 7:45 pm, Klaus-J. Wolf wrote: > Hi you people, > > I am not a frequent reader of any list, so I ask for patience if I am > not familiar with info just recently discussed. > > From olden times, and from https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GLSA I know a > tool called glsa-check. It was intended

Re: [gentoo-user] Ssh problem : half-solved

On 11/3/19 5:23 pm, Philip Webb wrote: > 190311 Neil Bothwick + Mick wrote: > NB> Try without the +, that works for me here. I have an appliance >> that uses outdated algorithms and this config works for me >> Host 1.2.3.4 >> Ciphers 3des-cbc >> KexAlgorithms diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 >>

Re: [gentoo-user] dracut and UUID's

On 17/2/19 10:08 am, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 8:48 PM Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> I have cloned a gentoo image for a raspberry pi to another sdcard. >> It fails to boot because the storage uuid's have changed and dracut has >> the previous uui

[gentoo-user] dracut and UUID's

Hi all,     I have cloned a gentoo image for a raspberry pi to another sdcard.  It fails to boot because the storage uuid's have changed and dracut has the previous uuid's stored internally.  Is there a way around this without changing the new storage's uuids back to match the original (its bad

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg 1.20.x not working

On 11/2/19 3:51 am, John Covici wrote: > On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 11:57:27 -0500, > Andrew Savchenko wrote: >> [1 ] >> On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 10:21:21 -0600 Dale wrote: >>> Andrew Savchenko wrote: >>>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:18:37 +0800 Bill Kenworthy wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] VRFs / Jails / Containers

On 3/2/19 12:52 pm, Grant Taylor wrote: > On 2/2/19 9:39 PM, Michael Jones wrote: >> systemd-nspawn is also an option, but I don't think that'll work with >> OpenRC. > > Ya  I moved (back to) Gentoo to get away from systemd.  I'm not > going to voluntarily opt to use it, or any of it's

Re: [gentoo-user] VRFs / Jails / Containers

On 3/2/19 10:32 am, Grant Taylor wrote: > Does Gentoo have any support for VRFs or (chroot) Jails or Containers > without going down the Docker (et al) path? > > I'm wanting to do some things with a Gentoo router that is trivial to > do with network namespaces via manual commands ~> scripts.  But

[gentoo-user] xorg 1.20.x not working

Hi, I have a problem with any of the xorg-server 1.20.x series where I can start simple apps like xterm but more complexapps like firefox and thunderbird (for example) hang X with no erros in dmessage, log, Xorg.0.log, .xsession-errors etc.  The mouse can move but no clicks are accepted.  I have

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to find old kernel ebuild

On 14/1/19 10:27 pm, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:47 AM Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to find the ebuild and files for >> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.18.20 but as its no longer in the tree I >> checked the attic

[gentoo-user] trying to find old kernel ebuild

Hi,     I am trying to find the ebuild and files  for sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.18.20 but as its no longer in the tree I checked the attic but it looks like it is only cvs and no longer in use for git. I couldnt find gentoo sources in the server linked to from the cvs attic. Is there an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface

snip This happens to me when ssh'ing into various machines with a different console size.  With screen in xfce-terminal I use F11 to maximise/resize the screen to force the screen to redraw correctly. Is this a common key map to the redraw function and does it work for you? BillK

Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm

On 31/12/18 6:26 pm, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 30 December 2018 19:03:31 GMT Alarig Le Lay wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I modified the boot options to have a debugging OS on my DHCP for LAN: >> drscott ~ # grep netboot /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/default >> APPEND rescue64 scandelay=1 >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Error during boot up.

On 21/12/18 5:37 am, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2018-12-20, Dale wrote: > >> I don't think it would help.  It's the speed that is the problem. It was >> almost impossible to read anything with my old CPU. It's nothing but a >> blur with this new one.  Mostly, I saw red letters and what looked like

[gentoo-user] Routing issue with OpenVPN and internal DNS

On 4/12/18 10:26 am, Andrew Udvare wrote: > On 03/12/2018 09:49, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> On 12/3/18 5:55 AM, Andrew Udvare wrote: >>> iptables on server: >>> -A FORWARD -s 10.100.0.0/24 -i tun0 -o enp1s0f0 -m conntrack --ctstate >>> NEW -j ACCEPT >>> >> Is that only forwarding packets for new

Re: [gentoo-user] Routing issue with OpenVPN and internal DNS

On 4/12/18 10:26 am, Andrew Udvare wrote: > On 03/12/2018 09:49, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> On 12/3/18 5:55 AM, Andrew Udvare wrote: >>> iptables on server: >>> -A FORWARD -s 10.100.0.0/24 -i tun0 -o enp1s0f0 -m conntrack --ctstate >>> NEW -j ACCEPT >>> >> Is that only forwarding packets for new

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Small (as in footprint) window manager

ratpoison is a good option for mythtv - no mouse but it maps keyboard to window manager functions.  Ideal for using a remote as its easy to map the keys. BillK On 3/12/18 4:54 am, Daniel Frey wrote: > On 12/2/18 11:14 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> MythTV's requirement to use a GUI setup

Re: [gentoo-user] Shorewall config problem

On 13/11/18 12:09 pm, Adam Carter wrote: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 9:11 PM Peter Humphrey > wrote: > > Morning all, > > When emerging shorewall-5.2.1.1 I get an error from the kernel > settings check: > > CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IPV4:   is not set when it

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive storage questions

On 09/11/18 10:29, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 8:16 PM Dale wrote: >> I'm trying to come up with a >> plan that allows me to grow easier and without having to worry about >> running out of motherboard based ports. >> > So, this is an issue I've been changing my mind on over the

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive storage questions

On 09/11/18 09:43, Dale wrote: > Jack wrote: >> On 2018.11.08 20:16, Dale wrote: >>> Howdy to all, >>> >>> I have a interesting problem coming up.  Currently, I have two 3TB >>> drives for my /home mount point.  A lot of this is videos but some pdf >>> files and other documents as well plus a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: no file system found for kernel 4.14.78

On 04/11/18 00:46, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 03/11/2018 15:32, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> Kernel 4.14.78 has been released and I have a fail upgrading one system >> - fails to mount root vfs but oops instead of dropping to a recovery >> shell: >> >> Same boot

[gentoo-user] no file system found for kernel 4.14.78

Kernel 4.14.78 has been released and I have a fail upgrading one system - fails to mount root vfs but oops instead of dropping to a recovery shell: Same boot stanza as 4.14.65, one unrelated (RCU) difference between .configs Has anyone else had this problem upgrading? - its difficult to FF as

[gentoo-user] xorg-server-1.20* failure

Hi, I have a problem with xorg-server 1.20*. LXDM starts, but on login xfce4 freezes with the panel, xfce4-terminal logo and a blank background.  The mouse moves but no response to clicking anything on the panel.  startx as a user or root just goes to a black screen with a blinking cursor.

Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble on the horizon!

On 25/09/18 15:28, gevisz wrote: > вт, 25 сент. 2018 г. в 10:12, J. Roeleveld : >> On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 8:23:53 AM CEST gevisz wrote: >>> вт, 25 сент. 2018 г. в 9:15, J. Roeleveld : On September 25, 2018 4:36:27 AM UTC, gevisz wrote: > пн, 24 сент. 2018 г. в 21:24, J.

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo centric VPN

On 05/09/18 20:15, james wrote: > So, I need to be able setup and tear down a 4-component network. > Sometimes all (4) systems will be in the same location, probably about > 50% of the time. > > My (3) personal systems are: > (1) gentoo laptop (Open RC if that matters) > (1) window-7 laptop > (1)

Re: [gentoo-user] backing up a partition

On 24/08/18 20:53, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 6:09 AM Mick wrote: >> However, you may prefer to use clonezilla instead of dd. The dd command will >> copy each and every bit and byte of the partition whether it has data on it >> or >> not. It is not particularly efficient.

Re: [gentoo-user] Backup questions

On 10/08/18 10:46, Dale wrote: > Wols Lists wrote: >> On 08/08/18 04:43, Dale wrote: >>> Howdy, >>> >>> I just bought two external drive enclosures. One is sort of a spare but >>> >>> It has power.  I'm not sure where I'd put a fridge, even a tiny one.  I >>> wish it was twice as big as it

Re: [gentoo-user] The memory gremlin

On 10/08/18 02:00, Mick wrote: > On Thursday, 9 August 2018 17:32:33 BST Alan Grimes wrote: >> [resend, list was down...] >> >> I've been meditating on the memory gremlin on my system... >> >> The ram is Corsair, 3000mhz. (never had any problem with their sticks in >> any system ever.) >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Backup questions

On 08/08/18 11:43, Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > Long story short that leads up to my questions, I paid off some debt.  > Hi Dale,     what you are talking about is not a real backup but a single copy of your data that may or may not be complete (the delete option you mention) at a single point in

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Open source document management system

On 01/08/18 17:27, Sam Jorna (wraeth) wrote: > On 01/08/18 16:39, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 8:19:50 AM CEST Bill Kenworthy wrote: >>> Hi all >>> >>> I have been looking for an opensource document management system ... >>>

[gentoo-user] OT: Open source document management system

Hi all     I have been looking for an opensource document management system ... there are a few but none of the ones I have come across are in portage. Are there any DMS's in portage at all?  Otherwise, can someone suggest ones worth trying as most seem suitable from their websites but its going

Re: [gentoo-user] Any real need to switch python targets back and forth every month?

On 26/07/18 21:01, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 13:44:28 +0300, Grand Duet wrote: > >> Before switching python_targets for the first time, you could use your >> news system to inform Gentoo users that >> 1) you are switching python_targets > Like the one on May 22nd titled "Python

Re: [gentoo-user] how to update python choice

Hi, no problems doing it except because of the large number of packages look forward to hours of compiling (24hrs on my surface pro4).  Got a few other systems to do which is going to take awhile. BillK On 26/07/18 09:10, allan gottlieb wrote: > I am still using python 3.4, i.e. > > sh-4.4#

Re: [gentoo-user] Any real need to switch python targets back and forth every month?

On 25/07/18 23:20, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 7:58 AM Grand Duet wrote: >> After today's emerge-webrsync, I have found that python_targets >> and python_single_targets use flags have been changed again >> from python3_5 to python3_6, which leads to a lot of recompilation. >> >>

[gentoo-user] OT: virtual keyboard and DM

Can anyone recommend a virtual keyboard and DM that works on a HiDPI screen?  I have a Microsoft surface4 and have tried sddm and lightdm with xkbd, matchbox-keyboard and florence and cant seem to get a working combination.  They are all too small and don't seem to work nicely or able to be

Re: [gentoo-user] syncing via via git and signature failure

On 07/07/18 09:42, Floyd Anderson wrote: > Hi Bill, > > On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 07:40:00 +0800 > Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> >> I still have this error and  Ive tried a number of things including: >> >> gemato create -p ebuild -K /usr/share/openpgp-keys/gentoo-rel

Re: [gentoo-user] syncing via via git and signature failure

On 06/07/18 00:06, Floyd Anderson wrote: > On Wed, 04 Jul 2018 22:57:05 -0400 > John Covici wrote: >> >> I got the following when running your command: >> gemato verify -K /tmp/gentoo-release.asc.20180703 /usr/portage/ >> INFO:root:Refreshing keys from keyserver... >> INFO:root:Keys refreshed. >

Re: [gentoo-user] syncing via via git and signature failure

On 05/07/18 02:32, gevisz wrote: > 2018-07-04 21:01 GMT+03:00 Mick : >> On Wednesday, 4 July 2018 18:57:56 BST gevisz wrote: >>> 2018-07-04 11:55 GMT+03:00 Alex Thorne : > I use rsync and get the following for more than a day now; > > !!! Manifest verification failed: > OpenPGP

Re: [gentoo-user] Change keyserver used by portage?

On 04/07/18 13:09, Adam Carter wrote: > > Since you know the server IPs, and there's only a small number so > you could try connection to each of them and see which one(s) fail. > > Or tcpdump, or netstat etc. > > > FWIW i can route to all the v4 addresses; > > # for i in 18.9.60.141

[gentoo-user] syncing via via git and signature failure

I am using git to sync portage and have added  the enabling line to repos.conf: "sync-git-verify-commit-signature = true" but only ever get (been enabled for a week now): * Using keys from /usr/share/openpgp-keys/gentoo-release.asc  * Refreshing keys from keyserver ...   

Re: [gentoo-user] python 3.6

On 28/06/18 06:16, John Covici wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 17:04:57 -0400, > Ralph Seichter wrote: >> On 27.06.18 22:43, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> >>> After installing python 3.6, I now have multiple systems wanting to >>> depclean it! Have I missed som

[gentoo-user] python 3.6

After installing python 3.6, I now have multiple systems wanting to depclean it!  Have I missed something? Should I be uninstalling 3.4 and 3.5 which are also present? bunyip ~ # eselect python list Available Python interpreters, in order of preference:   [1]   python3.6   [2]   python3.5   [3]  

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-sources : stable versions

I think its more complex than just falling behind - anything later gets the spectre fixes etc. and it appears not to be quite stable yet in some cases.  I am on 4.9.95 for everything except a surface pro4 with 4.16.17 (as stable as anything can be on those things) which needs latest. BillK On

Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU: windows guest crashing

On 30/05/18 15:52, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > maybe someone has hit that as well: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/656886 > > bug report at redhat is from yesterday (!) > > - > > That windows guest is shutting down and/or crashing now and then. > Same QEMU/libvirt combo at another site runs >20 VMs

Re: [gentoo-user] semi OT: Displayport

Thanks for the link, looks like its going to be "fun" :) - I think using an inotify file watcher might be the best/low resource way to detect the event. BillK On 05/30/18 10:23, Andrew Udvare wrote: > >> On 2018-05-29, at 22:03, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> >> Can

[gentoo-user] semi OT: Displayport

Hi all,     I have a surface4 pro and use a vga adapter on the displayport connection.  This works when manually (Xorg, XFCE4 and xrandr) configured to various external monitors and data projectors. I am trying to automate the process but plugging in the display port adapter does not generate

[gentoo-user] apache mod_wsgi radicale and passing in an environment variable

Hi all,     how does one set an environment variable for Apache mod_wsgi on gentoo? I am using the radicale wsgi module and it requires the config file to be passed in from the environment to be set in the environment.  The documents recommend something like whats below, but is not specific on

Re: [gentoo-user] skip package

On 02/05/18 18:48, Gerrit Kühn wrote: > On Wed, 2 May 2018 18:40:08 +0800 Bill Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> > wrote about [gentoo-user] skip package: > > Ho, > >>     is it possible to filter out a package (chromium) from from emerge >> world on the commandli

[gentoo-user] skip package

Hi,     is it possible to filter out a package (chromium) from from emerge world on the commandline?  Using files is a pain when I just want to stop a package building until I am ready to do it. BillK

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] What is the best open-source VPN server for Linux?

On 05/04/18 22:51, gevisz wrote: > 2018-04-05 16:14 GMT+03:00 Bill Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au>: >> On 05/04/18 18:28, gevisz wrote: >>> 2018-04-05 12:51 GMT+03:00 gevisz <gev...@gmail.com>: >>>> 2018-04-05 1:02 GMT+03:00 Grant Taylor <gtay...@gentoo.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] What is the best open-source VPN server for Linux?

On 05/04/18 18:28, gevisz wrote: > 2018-04-05 12:51 GMT+03:00 gevisz : >> 2018-04-05 1:02 GMT+03:00 Grant Taylor : >> On 04/04/2018 02:18 PM, gevisz wrote: >>> Assuming that NAT is in play on OR and IR (worst case), then just about >>> /any/

Re: [gentoo-user] sddm no longer working

On 04/04/18 23:14, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > Hi there, > > After last update, on one machine sddm-0.17.0-r1 no longer does not anything > anymore. Systemd starts the service, and systemctl status shows that the sddm > is running, and also ps jax shows a running sddm. > > apollo ~ # systemctl

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and addons no longer supported question

On 02/04/18 13:41, Martin Vaeth wrote: > Bill Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> I use the palemoon overlay. > There is also the octopus overlay. > Anyway, both can only react to upstream. > >> builds fine with gcc-6.4 > Yes, but it has random cras

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and addons no longer supported question

On 02/04/18 08:28, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2018-04-01 18:22, Dale wrote: > >> Just for giggles, I tried to re-emerge palemoon. This is part of the >> output I got. >> >> * Supported GCC versions: 4.7, 4.9 >> * Selected GCC version: 6.4 > I no longer use the overlay; I have my own private ebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] cant find stdlib.h

On 30/03/18 10:25, P Levine wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 6:42 PM, Bill Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au > <mailto:bi...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: > > On 30/03/18 01:48, P Levine wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 8:18 AM, Bill Kenworthy > <bi.

Re: [gentoo-user] cant find stdlib.h

On 30/03/18 06:42, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > On 30/03/18 01:48, P Levine wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 8:18 AM, Bill Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au >> <mailto:bi...@iinet.net.au>>wrote: >> >> I have a compile problem qtgui I cant figure out: >&g

Re: [gentoo-user] cant find stdlib.h

On 30/03/18 01:48, P Levine wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 8:18 AM, Bill Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au > <mailto:bi...@iinet.net.au>>wrote: > > I have a compile problem qtgui I cant figure out: > > compilation terminated. > make: *** [Makefile:1

[gentoo-user] cant find stdlib.h

I have a compile problem qtgui I cant figure out: compilation terminated. make: *** [Makefile:12443: .obj/qaccessible.o] Error 1 make: *** [Makefile:12612: .obj/qaccessiblecache.o] Error 1 In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/6.4.0/include/g++-v6/bits/stl_algo.h:59:0,    

[gentoo-user] OT: aggregating filesystem

Is there such a thing as a linux network filesystem that aggregates storage across a few machines? I am not talking about dedicated chunk servers and the like, but something that can make available a the unused space on a number of machines (desktops, servers, ...) by aggregating and making

[gentoo-user] hibernate failing for 4.15.1 kernel

Hi all,     are there hibernation (to disk) issues with gentoo-sources 4.15.1?  (fails or hard locks on hibernate, oops on resume if it does hibernate and shutdown) I am using the settings which have worked reliably with the 4.14 and earlier versions (surface pro4, gentoo-sources without extra

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads Up - glibc-2.27 breaks my system

On 04/02/18 01:34, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 02/03/2018 04:11:33 PM, Marc Joliet wrote: >> Am Samstag, 3. Februar 2018, 10:50:53 CET schrieb Helmut Jarausch: >> > On 02/03/2018 06:54:06 AM, Dale wrote: >> > > While on this topic, I have a question about glibc.  I have it set in >> > > make.conf

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.7 no longer switches to VT7

Hi all, is there a list of known problems with kernels 4.14.x? I have a problem with hiddev, nut and a usb ups that appears kernel dependent. Cant find anything about 4.14 except for the gentoo-dev list emails BillK On 31/12/17 09:56, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 31 December

Re: [gentoo-user] Choice of TLD for internal network

On 19/12/17 04:25, David Haller wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, 18 Dec 2017, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> On 12/18/2017 02:55 PM, Wol's lists wrote: >>> My router defaults, iirc, to .local. And I thought .home also did the >>> same sort of thing. >> >> Both are reserved: the ".home" TLD is reserved

[gentoo-user] cross compiling arm with 17 profiles.

Something I cant figure out: ARM is still on the 13 profiles - should an amd64 system used to cross compile for arm (Raspberry Pi's) be left on the 13 profiles or 17 will work fine? BillK

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: git wants a password to portage sync

On 06/12/17 06:43, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 06/12/2017 00:35, Ian Zimmerman wrote: >> On 2017-12-06 05:53, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> >>> No, all machines are set up as keyless ssh - git has never needed it >>> there. In frustration I created keys and set portag

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: git wants a password to portage sync

On 05/12/17 21:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 05/12/17 12:40, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> I use a central machine that all other gentoo machines pull portage >> updates from using emerge set up for git. >> >> Some 10+ physical and virtual machines work fine. >> &

[gentoo-user] git wants a password to portage sync

I use a central machine that all other gentoo machines pull portage updates from using emerge set up for git. Some 10+ physical and virtual machines work fine. A newly installed machine wants a git password to do the git pull where as no other machine does. Tried setting up keys for it on the

Re: [gentoo-user] Again, emerge -e @world related questions...

On 04/12/17 17:49, John Covici wrote: > On Mon, 04 Dec 2017 04:26:09 -0500, > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> [1 ] Your system is somewhat broken I think. You need to look at each package and resolve the problem - possibly stray entries in one of the package files or world. Have you done a depclean

Re: [gentoo-user] Again, emerge -e @world related questions...

I think you are looking for problems that are not there. Almost finished recompiling the surface4 pro and have one compile failure I have not looked at - the original palemoon is still working. The hibernate to disk just failed so it rebooted from scratch and I could continue working on it while

[gentoo-user] OT: btrfs raid 5/6

Hi all, I need to expand two bcache fronted 4xdisk btrfs raid 10's - this requires purchasing 4 drives (and one system does not have room for two more drives) so I am trying to see if using raid 5 is an option I have been trying to find if btrfs raid 5/6 is stable enough to use but while

Re: [gentoo-user] boost-1.63 dependency confusion

On 11/11/17 21:36, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday, 11 November 2017 12:20:35 GMT Mick wrote: >> On Saturday, 11 November 2017 11:45:16 GMT you wrote: The confusion is all mine, because I cannot decipher what is masking >> dev-util/ boost-build-1.63: >> [snip ...] >> I see that

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