Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-08 Thread Dale
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Samstag, 8. Juni 2024, 04:05:17 MESZ schrieb Dale: > > >>> DisplayPort supports daisy-chaining. So if you do get another monitor some >>> day, look for one that has this feature and you can drive two monitors >>> with >>&

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-07 Thread Dale
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 05:49:31AM -0400 schrieb Rich Freeman: > >> On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 2:44 AM Dale wrote: >>> I did some more digging. It seems that all the LSI SAS cards I found >>> need a PCIe x8 slot. The only slot available is

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-06 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 6 June 2024 04:54:41 BST Dale wrote: > >> I was digging around Ebay. Ran up on a used combo and then had a crazy >> idea. I found a ASUS B550-plus AC-HES mobo that is AM4. I took that >> idea and started building a combo with new pa

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-05 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 10:38 PM Dale <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Howdy, again, > > > > Hi Dale, >    As part of a little AI project I'm working on I ran across a > relatively  > inexpensive ideo you m

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: python 3.12 update

2024-06-05 Thread Dale
up with entries in package.use for python 3.11.  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: python 3.12 update

2024-06-05 Thread Dale
e, but I do a --update once > a week at most, so it's very little hassle. > > And occasionally I'll add the flag to make.conf, instead ... :-) > > Cheers, > Wol > > Don't forget eix-test-obsolete which will find and list entries that are no longer needed.  Bad thing is, it doesn't seem to say which file it is in when you use a directory.  It just says the type of file, *.use, *.mask, *.keyword etc.  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Wol wrote: > On 04/06/2024 23:11, Dale wrote: >> I started a thread maybe a decade ago about where computers were >> going next.  Even then, clock frequency was getting close to the >> limit.  At some point, a high frequency just can't go down a >> motherboard an

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 3:12 PM Dale <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > Holy crap.  That is amazing.  As you say, just one out of all of > them and it is a bad chip, whether it is buggy or just plain dead.  I &

Re: [gentoo-user] python 3.12 update

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: >> Dale, >> >> On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 04:36:41 -0500 you wrote: >> >>> ... >>> I read the thread linked to by the OP.  I just wonder if waiting a >>> little longer would have helped. >> Did nobody o

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 2:24 PM Mark Knecht <mailto:markkne...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 2:04 PM Dale <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > Well, there is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 1:27 PM Dale <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 11:35 AM Dale <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 11:35 AM Dale <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > I'm thinking one good HBA will handle the current set of drives and give > > decent speed at that in the Fractal case when the new mobo ends up > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 2:34 PM Dale wrote: >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/116051832382 >> >> How many SATA drives that allow? It says 8 ports. I think each port is >> 4 drives. 8 x 4 = 32. Am I right? > It has two SAS ports, which support 8 SA

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 7:56 AM Dale wrote: >> Rich Freeman wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 2:44 AM Dale wrote: >>> >>>> The little SATA controllers I currently use tend to only need PCIe x1. >>>> That is slower but

Re: [gentoo-user] python 3.12 update

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Dale, > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 04:36:41 -0500 you wrote: > >> ... >> I read the thread linked to by the OP.  I just wonder if waiting a >> little longer would have helped. > Did nobody of ye all ever read news item 48, dated 2024-05-09? It

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 6:19 AM Dale wrote: >> You ever seen one of these? >> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/274651287952 >> >> Is that taking one of those fast USB ports and converting it to a PCIe >> x1 slot? Am I seeing that right? >

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 2:44 AM Dale wrote: >> I did some more digging. It seems that all the LSI SAS cards I found >> need a PCIe x8 slot. The only slot available is the one intended for >> video. > The board you linked has 2 4x slots that are physi

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: Rich, You ever seen one of these?  https://www.ebay.com/itm/274651287952 Is that taking one of those fast USB ports and converting it to a PCIe x1 slot?  Am I seeing that right?  USB ports are going to wash dishes before long.  LOL Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] python 3.12 update

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Arve Barsnes wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 at 08:56, Dale wrote: >> That is one way to do it. Thing is, if there are several updates before >> they can use 3.12, then you get to edit those each time. As it is, I'll >> leave it there for a couple weeks. If emerge complains

Re: [gentoo-user] python 3.12 update

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Arve Barsnes wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 at 07:05, Dale wrote: >> I was caught up in the upgrade problem too. Each time I would run >> emerge, I would get more packages that can't use 3.12 yet. This is the >> list if packages I had

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-04 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 11:17 AM Dale wrote: >>> When you say HBA. Is this what you mean? >>> >>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/125486868824 >>> >> Yes. Typically they have mini-SAS interfaces, and you can ge

Re: [gentoo-user] python 3.12 update

2024-06-03 Thread Dale
thing I wish emerge would do in cases like this, spit out all packages at once that need changes.  A lot of those were done one or maybe two packages at a time.  My CPU had to be bored to tears running emerge that many times.  ROFL  I hope that list above helps someone.  Maybe copy and paste it.  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-03 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 11:17 AM Dale wrote: >> When you say HBA. Is this what you mean? >> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/125486868824 >> > Yes. Typically they have mini-SAS interfaces, and you can get a > breakout cable that will att

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-03 Thread Dale
ely close to 90% of the fastest you can get but a lot cheaper.  Nowadays, even if you drop down a lot, it still costs a arm and a leg and you get a lot less.  Still a lot of think on.  I just wonder what prices will be like in 2 or 3 weeks.  Still, I do at least want AM5.  That AM4 is tempting tho.  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-03 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 7:06 AM Dale wrote: >> I still wish it had more PCIe slots. I'm considering switching to a SAS >> card and then with cables change that to SATA. I think I can get one >> card and have most if not all of the drives the Fractal cas

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-03 Thread Dale
byte.size...@simplelogin.com wrote: > > On 03/06/2024 10:12, Dale wrote: >>  From this link: >> >> https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/7000-series/amd-ryzen-5-7600x.html >> >> >> Graphics Capabilities >> >> Graphic

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-03 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 5:12 AM Dale wrote: >> Graphics Capabilities >> >> Graphics Model AMD Radeon™ Graphics >> Graphics Core Count 2 >> Graphics Frequency 2200 MHz >> >> That said, I have a little 4 port graphics card I'd li

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-03 Thread Dale
Alan Grimes wrote: > > Dale wrote: >> The one I'm not sure about is the PCIe one which may break apart to fit >> different connectors.  I seem to recall that goes to a video card on >> systems with those expensive and power hungry video cards.  Since this &g

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-02 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Howdy, again, > > <<< SNIP >>> > > Thanks to all who help on this.  I'll be glad when this nightmare is > over.  I've never been this disappointed in picking parts to build a rig > before.  > > Dale > > :-)  :-)  > I th

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-02 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 2 June 2024 16:11:38 BST Dale wrote: > >> My plan, given it is a 1TB, use maybe 300GBs of it. Leave the rest >> blank. Have the /boot, EFI directory, root and maybe put /var on a >> separate partition. I figure for the boot stu

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-02 Thread Dale
Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Dale. > > On Sun, Jun 02, 2024 at 08:27:57 -0500, Dale wrote: > > [ ] > >> Got the manual.  It says 128GB.  That sounds more like what I was >> expecting anyway.  I kinda thought 256GB was a bit much.  That's why I >> picked t

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-02 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 2 June 2024 14:27:57 BST Dale wrote: > >> Got the manual. It says 128GB. That sounds more like what I was >> expecting anyway. I kinda thought 256GB was a bit much. > I bought my machine from Armari a few years ago; they supply high-perfor

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: preparing /dev/sda1 for gentoo install x86 handbook

2024-06-02 Thread Dale
can be handy.  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-02 Thread Dale
Wols Lists wrote: > On 02/06/2024 06:38, Dale wrote: >> My plan is the CPU above for now.  Later, I will upgrade to the Ryzen 9 >> 7900X to get even more speed.  I'll also max the memory out too.  I'm >> unclear on the max memory tho.  One place shows 128GB, hence two 3

[gentoo-user] Mobo, CPU, memory and a m.2 thingy. This work together?

2024-06-01 Thread Dale
this disappointed in picking parts to build a rig before.  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: preparing /dev/sda1 for gentoo install x86 handbook

2024-06-01 Thread Dale
e been told I was weird all my life.  I kinda take offense when someone says I'm not weird now.  ROFL  Dale :-)  :-)  P. S.  On the subject of threads and Gentoo related.  I've decided to use my credit card and buy the mobo, CPU and memory.  So, I'm going through info that others posted in earli

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal emulator to replace Konsole

2024-05-28 Thread Dale
Ionen Wolkens wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 03:01:44PM -0500, Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I looked in x11-terms and there is a few options, I think.  I tried >> looking at home pages and such but none of them mention a feature like >> this but it may have it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: PCIe version 2, 3 etc and how to know which a card is.

2024-05-28 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-05-28, Dale wrote: >> Grant Edwards wrote: >>> On 2024-05-21, Dale wrote: >>> >>>>> Here's my udev rules file that defines my network interface names >>>>> for the machine I'm on at the moment: >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: PCIe version 2, 3 etc and how to know which a card is.

2024-05-28 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-05-21, Dale wrote: > >>> Here's my udev rules file that defines my network interface names >>> for the machine I'm on at the moment: >>> >>> --/etc/udev/rules.d/70-my-persistent-net.rules

Re: SOLVED: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work

2024-05-28 Thread Dale
olv.conf not getting the right settings when openvpn started.  I used resolv.conf.head and resolve.conf.tail to fix it.  That way resolve.conf could have changes to things that needed to be changed but my setting would over rule them if needed.  Just something you might want to ponder on.  It might, just might, provide a better fix.  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo boot content in wrong partition

2024-05-27 Thread Dale
have.  You can find that in the chrooting section. Hope that helps.  The next install if nothing else.  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: PCIe version 2, 3 etc and how to know which a card is.

2024-05-21 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-05-21, Dale wrote: > > >>> If you want consisent network device names (even when you change >>> hardware), you need to either >>> >>> 1. create udev rules that assign device names based on MAC addresses. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: PCIe version 2, 3 etc and how to know which a card is.

2024-05-21 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-05-21, Dale wrote: > >> So they both show up.  When I try to start the network, it says: >> >> ERROR: Interface enp3s0 does not exist. > Are you sure the network interface name hasn't changed? What does > "ifconfig -a" or &q

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: PCIe version 2, 3 etc and how to know which a card is.

2024-05-21 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-05-20, Dale wrote: > > A 3.0 card is supposed to work fine in a 2.0 slot. > >> You, or anyone, have any idea why that card would kill my network?  >> I suspect the card itself is fine.  It did see the drive.  I just >> need the interne

Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe version 2, 3 etc and how to know which a card is.

2024-05-20 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 12:09 PM Dale <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > First, I thought cards were backward compatible?  You could stick a 3.0 > > into a 2.0 slot and it would just run as a 2.0 and vice versa

Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe version 2, 3 etc and how to know which a card is.

2024-05-20 Thread Dale
Anyway, BIOS reset didn't help.  Maybe that error above will give someone a clue.  Google isn't much help either.  :/ Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe version 2, 3 etc and how to know which a card is.

2024-05-20 Thread Dale
k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Dale: > ... >> First, I thought cards were backward compatible?  You could stick a 3.0 >> into a 2.0 slot and it would just run as a 2.0 and vice versa.  I know >> the mobo is 2.0.  It does recognize the drive but seems to nuke the >>

[gentoo-user] PCIe version 2, 3 etc and how to know which a card is.

2024-05-20 Thread Dale
.  Sadly, some don't include that info in the description of the card either.  Thanks for any tips or tricks to know which is which.  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Graphics configuration for a Ryzen 7 7700X chip and water cooling.

2024-05-16 Thread Dale
ralfconn wrote: > Il 16/05/24 20:46, Dale ha scritto: >> Question.  How are the compiles times between the old FX-8350 and the >> newer Ryzen 9?  I currently have a FX-8350.  Plan to build to a new >> Ryzen something, maybe 5 at first.  Just curious what difference in >

Re: [gentoo-user] Graphics configuration for a Ryzen 7 7700X chip and water cooling.

2024-05-16 Thread Dale
I currently have a FX-8350.  Plan to build to a new Ryzen something, maybe 5 at first.  Just curious what difference in speed you see.  Thanks. Dale :-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted drives, password generation and management howto, guide.

2024-05-15 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 15 May 2024 08:09:01 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> x11-misc/xclip >>> >>> Or just select some empty space in an application, to overwrite your >>> previous selection. >> Well, since it works, something is acting as a clipb

Re: [gentoo-user] Graphics configuration for a Ryzen 7 7700X chip and water cooling.

2024-05-15 Thread Dale
air CPU cooler with a large fan not being more than enough.  I might add, I'm always scared the pump will decide to take a nap.  At least with a air cooler, it will cool some even without a fan.  Could prevent burning out the CPU if you shutdown quick. Maybe when I get me a new rig built I can share personal experience.  ;-)  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted drives, password generation and management howto, guide.

2024-05-15 Thread Dale
Regards, Peter. This explanation makes sense.  Looks like once I highlight something else, it forgets the previous highlight.  That goes with how it seems to work as well.  On the larger hard drives, I just bought a Fractal case that holds at least 18 drives.  Now this.  :-D  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted drives, password generation and management howto, guide.

2024-05-15 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Wednesday, 15 May 2024 11:56:04 BST Dale wrote: >> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 03:44:49 -0500, Dale wrote: >>>> I thought that too. I highlighted some text in a Konsole and then >>>> looke

Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted drives, password generation and management howto, guide.

2024-05-15 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 15 May 2024 03:44:49 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I thought that too.  I highlighted some text in a Konsole and then >> looked in the KDE clipboard, what I highlighted was not there.  It >> wasn't there after I pasted it either.  It goes

Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted drives, password generation and management howto, guide.

2024-05-15 Thread Dale
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Tue, May 14, 2024 at 06:28:17AM -0500 schrieb Dale: >> Howdy, >> […] >> remember either, or write notes to remember them.  I also wanted to >> avoid the desktop copy and paste, or clipboard, mechanism.  I'm not sure >> how that data i

Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted drives, password generation and management howto, guide.

2024-05-14 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 7:28 AM Dale wrote: >> First, I needed to generate a password. > Honestly, I'd stop right there, and think about WHY you're encrypting > your disks, and WHY you need a password to decrypt them. There are > many use cases and threat

[gentoo-user] Encrypted drives, password generation and management howto, guide.

2024-05-14 Thread Dale
Howdy, This is more of a howto or rough guide.  As most know, I have several encrypted hard drives, or sets of hard drives using LVM.  I don't even know how much data I have stored here at the moment.  I started a thread a while back about how to come up with and remember passwords.  I got some

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

2024-05-09 Thread Dale
t; new power supply cables yet.  I've bought ATX style ones recently > tho.  Look the same as old ones to me. > > > > > > Dale > > > > > > :-)  :-) > > > > I am not sure but I think Molex to SATA Power gets you in the ballpark? > > &

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

2024-05-09 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 4:31 PM Dale <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Dale wrote: > > > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:12 PM Dale <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

2024-05-09 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> >> On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:12 PM Dale > <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> > Can someone tell me how to know when a drive has PWDIS and when it >> > doesn't?  Is there some

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

2024-05-09 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:12 PM Dale <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > Can someone tell me how to know when a drive has PWDIS and when it > > doesn't?  Is there some term for it that shows in the specs and I'm > > missing

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

2024-05-09 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM Dale wrote: >> I'm looking at buying another drive. I'm trying to avoid buying one >> with the PWDIS pin. I'm looking at the specs to see if it says anything >> about the feature, there or not there. I'm not seeing anyth

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

2024-05-09 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > > Now to avoid buying another one of these drives again.  I really wish > sellers who should know would put in the description or list of features > that the drive has PWDIS.  After all, most buyers of small quantities of > drives likely can't use that feature. 

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

2024-05-07 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 6:04 AM Michael wrote: >> On Tuesday, 7 May 2024 08:50:26 BST Dale wrote: >>> I'm aware of what it is and the cable part. I was curious what it looks >>> like to BIOS and the OS when one is connected and that pin has the dri

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

2024-05-07 Thread Dale
a voltmeter on the connector and see if there is anything on pin 3 or not.  I suspect there is tho.  Has anyone had one of these drives connected and remember what the system reports when disabled??  What clues it gives that shows it is disabled if any?? Dale :-)  :-) 

[gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

2024-05-06 Thread Dale
.  If this is how they behave, I'll know next time.  If they just off period, then a bad drive. Thanks. Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-05-05 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: >> On Sunday, 28 April 2024 13:57:23 BST Dale wrote: >> >>> I just got to figure out how to make it so I can login as root via ssh >>> again. I set PermitRootLogin to yes in ssh config but still refuses. I >>> did it on m

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-05-02 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 2 May 2024 00:45:29 BST Dale wrote: >> Grant Edwards wrote: >>> On 2024-05-01, Dale wrote: >>>> Grant Edwards wrote: >>>>> The partition type code for 'swap' is wrong -- it should be >>>>> 82

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-05-01 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-05-01, Dale wrote: >> Grant Edwards wrote: >> >>> The partition type code for 'swap' is wrong -- it should be >>> 8200. According to the gdisk help info Linux /home is supposed to be >>> 8302, but I've always use

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-05-01 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-05-01, Dale wrote: > >> OK.  One last update in case someone googles and runs up on this >> thread.  I'm using gdisk to display this, because I think it will do >> better in email.  If I use cgdisk, it is wider and will wrap more.  >&

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-05-01 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > One last update.  I found a video.  They were using gdisk but the > crucial part, he got it to display the partition layout.  It was like I > described as for as the alignment thing, tiny partition with ef02 and > then carry on as usual from there.  > > I need to

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcp error. No network. Address family not supported.

2024-04-29 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Monday, 29 April 2024 21:28:35 BST Dale wrote: >> Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> On Monday, 29 April 2024 16:11:31 BST Dale wrote: >>>> Only bad side of IPv6, it's a lot of typing for all that. o_O >>> There's a worse aspect: you have to unde

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcp error. No network. Address family not supported.

2024-04-29 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday, 29 April 2024 16:11:31 BST Dale wrote: > >> Only bad side of IPv6, it's a lot of typing for all that. o_O > There's a worse aspect: you have to undersand what you're doing. Or you can > just tell your firewall not to allow any IPv6 packet

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcp error. No network. Address family not supported.

2024-04-29 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 28 April 2024 03:29:09 BST Dale wrote: >> Michael wrote: >>> On Saturday, 27 April 2024 23:30:46 BST Dale wrote: > [snip ...] > >>>> Anyone ever seen this? Searching didn't help. This is a new kernel so >>>> maybe I

Re: [gentoo-user] frei0r-plugins opencv ffmpeg Error: circular dependencies

2024-04-29 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Monday, 29 April 2024 06:07:04 BST Dale wrote: >> Dale wrote: >>> Howdy, >>> >>> I'm installing Gentoo on that old Dell Inspiron still. I'm getting >>> close. I'm now at this. >>> >>> >>> * Error

Re: [gentoo-user] frei0r-plugins opencv ffmpeg Error: circular dependencies

2024-04-29 Thread Dale
other equally uninformative title.  Anyway, when I found that I had forgot to comment out the wrong line, I fixed it.  Then it moved on.  Weird but hey, it worked.  Now I'm working on Michael's solution to the other problem. Dale :-)  :-)  Waldo Lemmer wrote: > Hi Dale, > > CFLAGS c

Re: [gentoo-user] frei0r-plugins opencv ffmpeg Error: circular dependencies

2024-04-28 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm installing Gentoo on that old Dell Inspiron still.  I'm getting > close.  I'm now at this.  > > >  * Error: circular dependencies: > > (media-plugins/frei0r-plugins-1.8.0:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for > merge) depends on >  (media-

[gentoo-user] frei0r-plugins opencv ffmpeg Error: circular dependencies

2024-04-28 Thread Dale
either.  I may have found something new.  ROFL Thoughts?? Dale :-)  :-)  P. S.  I'll be glad when I can put a larger CPU cooler on that old Dell.  I got the side off with a wall powered fan blowing on it.  ROFL  With side on, dang near fry a egg on that poor old thing. 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-28 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: >> On Sunday, 28 April 2024 19:39:16 BST Dale wrote: >>> Grant Edwards wrote: >>>> On 2024-04-28, Grant Edwards wrote: >>>>> With DOS disk lables, Grub uses empty space between the boot sector >>>>> and the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-28 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 28 April 2024 19:39:16 BST Dale wrote: >> Grant Edwards wrote: >>> On 2024-04-28, Grant Edwards wrote: >>>> With DOS disk lables, Grub uses empty space between the boot sector >>>> and the first partition as a location to s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-28 Thread Dale
he only thing I'm not real sure of at this point.  I think it is sda.  Maybe. ;-) Or is all that above just plain wrong?  O-o  Dale :-)  :-)  P. S.  Been on tractor with a box blade.  Did three very long driveways and a couple short ones.  My neighbors have smooth driveways again.  :-D 

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-28 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 28 April 2024 13:57:23 BST Dale wrote: > >> I just got to figure out how to make it so I can login as root via ssh >> again. I set PermitRootLogin to yes in ssh config but still refuses. I >> did it on my NAS box but can't recall what else I ha

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-28 Thread Dale
Mickaël Bucas wrote: > Hi > > Le sam. 27 avr. 2024 à 18:53, Dale a écrit : >> Howdy, >> >> I'm installing Gentoo on another old box. > I was wondering how old this box could be and if it had a BIOS with > UEFI and GPT. > > I didn't find a precis

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-27 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Saturday, 27 April 2024 17:53:25 BST Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I'm installing Gentoo on another old box. To be consistent I like to >> use cgdisk, GPT I think it is called, to partition all my drives, >> regardless of size. > GPT is

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcp error. No network. Address family not supported.

2024-04-27 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Saturday, 27 April 2024 23:30:46 BST Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I finally got Gentoo on the old rig I had laying around. This is not >> the one I usually refer to as NAS box. I named this one NAS2. LOL I >> got one problem that is confusing

[gentoo-user] dhcp error. No network. Address family not supported.

2024-04-27 Thread Dale
works from from boot media thingy.   Thanks for any ideas.  Maybe telling me where I boo boo'd.  ROFL Dale :-)  :-) 

[gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-27 Thread Dale
and even print it.  Maybe someone has some notes that will help.  I just need something to help clear up the muddy waters.  Thanks to anyone who has a link, some notes or something.  :-D  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Handbook and question about manual network setup

2024-04-22 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > Hi Dale, > > On Sunday, 21 April 2024 03:32:32 BST Dale wrote: > >> OK. I did my weekend OS updates on my main rig, fireball. That >> involves me switching to boot runlevel and back again. When the network >> started, no message about goi

Re: [gentoo-user] Handbook and question about manual network setup

2024-04-20 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Friday, 19 April 2024 18:04:57 BST Dale wrote: > >> I'm missing something. > I don't think you are. Shutdown your main rig. Pull the ethernet cable. > Reboot. If the main rig's config is the same as the old rig, > > AND > > the router addre

Re: [gentoo-user] Handbook and question about manual network setup

2024-04-19 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Friday, 19 April 2024 17:20:44 BST Dale wrote: >> Matt Connell wrote: >>> On Fri, 2024-04-19 at 09:05 -0500, Dale wrote: >>>> Basically, I want to be able to start/stop/restart enp3s0 as a >>>> service and have it in a runlevel. &g

Re: [gentoo-user] Handbook and question about manual network setup

2024-04-19 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Friday, 19 April 2024 15:05:47 BST Dale wrote: > >> Anyway, while investigating this, I realized the network setup is not >> like on my old rig. Heck, I couldn't even figure out how to restart it >> other than switching to the boot runlevel and back to

Re: [gentoo-user] Handbook and question about manual network setup

2024-04-19 Thread Dale
Matt Connell wrote: > On Fri, 2024-04-19 at 09:05 -0500, Dale wrote: >> Basically, I want to be able to start/stop/restart enp3s0 as a >> service and have it in a runlevel.  > You should just need to create a symlink at /etc/init.d/net.enp3s0 that > points to /etc/init.d/net.l

[gentoo-user] Handbook and question about manual network setup

2024-04-19 Thread Dale
Iface  MTU    RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR    TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg enp3s0   1500    16802  0  0 0 17196  0  0  0 BMRU nas / # Thoughts?  If I had the old install info, I think I could get it to work.  I did last time.  ;-) Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS box and switching from Phenom II X6 1090T to FX-6300

2024-04-18 Thread Dale
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 07:26:30AM -0500 schrieb Dale: > >>>>>> If you don't play games, then definitely get integrated graphics. >>> I'd add to this, you could still play many games, especially older games >>> using

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS box and switching from Phenom II X6 1090T to FX-6300

2024-04-18 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Wednesday, 17 April 2024 23:13:40 BST Dale wrote: >> Frank Steinmetzger wrote: >>> Am Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 01:18:39PM -0400 schrieb Rich Freeman: >>>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 9:33 AM Dale wrote: >>>>> Rich Freeman wrote: >>&g

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Slightly corrupted file systems when resuming from hibernation

2024-04-17 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-04-17, Dale wrote: > >> I still use Nvidia and use nvidia drivers.  I to run into problems >> on occasion with drivers and kernels.  When you switched from >> Nvidia, what did you switch too? Do you still use drivers you >> install or

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS box and switching from Phenom II X6 1090T to FX-6300

2024-04-17 Thread Dale
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 01:18:39PM -0400 schrieb Rich Freeman: >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 9:33 AM Dale wrote: >>> Rich Freeman wrote: >>> >>>> All AM5 CPUs have GPUs, but in general motherboards with video outputs >>

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS box and switching from Phenom II X6 1090T to FX-6300

2024-04-17 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 9:33 AM Dale wrote: >> Rich Freeman wrote: >> >>> All AM5 CPUs have GPUs, but in general motherboards with video outputs >>> do not require the CPU to have a GPU built in. The ports just don't >>> do anyth

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS box and switching from Phenom II X6 1090T to FX-6300

2024-04-17 Thread Dale
Meik Frischke wrote: > Am 2024-04-17 12:33, schrieb Dale: >> I found a benchmark website that compares the two.  Link below.  It >> claims about 80% faster.  In some ways, twice as fast. Sometimes those >> bench tests don't reflect the real world to well.  Most of them s

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