Re: [gentoo-user] emerge notice

2024-07-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
you could first pipe portage output to tee perhaps portage.log for a file to hold output then use grep on portage.log to find notifications in context sofollowing lines of notifications would be preserved. I've not used grep with lines of context before yet so don't know how that feature would

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get the GUI to stay up for more than a minute or so before crashing

2024-06-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
kde hasn't been accessible enough for screen reader users like me to install it and use it. That out of the way, could that be kde locking your screen for you using a 1 minute time limit? If so, maybe that can be adjusted. The gsettings app likely isn't on your machine so it won't help for me

[gentoo-user] re: gentoo and gpg

2024-06-08 Thread Jude DaShiell
I found a solution that worked for the gpg warning about /etc/portage/gpg not having safe ownership. The gnupg directory had to be backed up and I needed to run uto again and uto took some time processing the keys but it got it done. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of

[gentoo-user] gentoo and gpg

2024-06-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
What is correct permissions for /etc/portage/gpg? I've got a warning that directory is unsafe. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

Re: [gentoo-user] nproc

2024-06-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
Found out nproc is a command and my machine returns 16 when that command got run. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Tue, 4 Jun 2024, Jude DaShiell wrote: > How

[gentoo-user] nproc

2024-06-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
How is the number of threads nproc can handle printed out to the terminal? On an earlier install try I had J7,l8 put in /etc/portage/make.conf since the computer has 14gb of available memory on it. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.

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

2024-05-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
It went on irc. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Fri, 31 May 2024, Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2024-05-31, Kévin GASPARD DE RENEFORT wrote: > > > Is this not possible to go, as I

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

2024-05-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Fri, 31 May 2024, Jude DaShiell wrote: > What's missing in those instructions is: > x > 1 > n > /boot > r > that's for the fdisk instructions. > > >

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

2024-05-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
What's missing in those instructions is: x 1 n /boot r that's for the fdisk instructions. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

[gentoo-user] verifying stage3

2024-05-30 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got: sha256sum --check stage3-amd64-desktop-openrc-20240526T163557Z.tar.xz.sha256 stage3-amd64-desktop-openrc-20240526T163557Z.tar.xz: OK sha256sum: WARNING: 12 lines are improperly formatted Is the warning significant? -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap,

[gentoo-user] hardware disk description

2024-05-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
My machine has protected mbr with gpt partitions on it. Are those kind of partitions hybrid? -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

Re: [gentoo-user] where is linux-firmware.log?

2024-05-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 27 May 2024, Jack wrote: > On 2024.05.26 07:11, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >I have tried a couple different things so linux-firmware and other > >packages can find t

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

2024-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
elatively recent news items as they may affect how you > install a binary kernel and initramfs (I don't use this kernel here to know > its nuances): > > https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2024-03-12-debianutils-installkernel.html > > https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-item

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

2024-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
te of affairs. > > Please read these relatively recent news items as they may affect how you > install a binary kernel and initramfs (I don't use this kernel here to know > its nuances): > > https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2024-03-12-debianutils-installkernel.html >

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

2024-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
you > install a binary kernel and initramfs (I don't use this kernel here to know > its nuances): > > https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2024-03-12-debianutils-installkernel.html > > https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods.html > > > O

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

2024-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
ed any steps: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB#UEFI_with_GPT > > > On Monday, 27 May 2024 14:05:49 BST Jude DaShiell wrote: > > grub-update found boot partition in /dev/sda3. The problem I now have is > > I cannot boot into gentoo. > > The efibootmgr prog

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

2024-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 27 May 2024, Dale wrote: > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Here's the script I used to get from an existing system into the gentoo > &g

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

2024-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
changed to conform to the discoverable standard mentioned in the handbook. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 27 May 2024, Jude DaShiell wrote: > I think I fixe

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

2024-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
oBo firmware to boot the system directly > without a 3rd party bootloader, then you can mount the ESP on /boot and create > a /boot/EFI directory to place your kernel file executables there. > > The default is as per item 1 above. > > > On Monday, 27 May 2024 10:05:40 BST Jude Da

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

2024-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
p, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 27 May 2024, Jude DaShiell wrote: > After having followed the handbook I end up with /boot in /sda3 even > though mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/efi had been run and /dev/sda1 is vfat > 32 format a

[gentoo-user] gentoo boot content in wrong partition

2024-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
After having followed the handbook I end up with /boot in /sda3 even though mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/efi had been run and /dev/sda1 is vfat 32 format and is efi system. What did I do wrong? -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.

Re: [gentoo-user] where is linux-firmware.log?

2024-05-26 Thread Jude DaShiell
e use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Sun, 26 May 2024, Jude DaShiell wrote: > I'm getting a pair of errors when I do emerge linux-firmware: > undefined license group > emerge Assuming no boot partition > > >

[gentoo-user] where is linux-firmware.log?

2024-05-26 Thread Jude DaShiell
I'm getting a pair of errors when I do emerge linux-firmware: undefined license group emerge Assuming no boot partition -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect build failed

2024-05-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
re is a /binpackages/ subdirectory on the mirror it will contain the > precompiled binary packages and given you are running a modern CPU, you should > set /x86-64-v3 in your binrepos.conf. > > HTH. > > On Friday, 24 May 2024 13:29:46 BST Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Michael,

Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect build failed

2024-05-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
Michael, The changes you selected worked. I got mirrorselect compiled and ran it and got http ftp and rsync repos defined. I'm wondering have all of the gentoo mirrors got binaries? -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use

[gentoo-user] mirrorselect build failed

2024-05-23 Thread Jude DaShiell
Portage 3.0.63 (python 3.11.9-final-0, default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop, gcc-13, glibc-2.39-r6, 6.6.7 x86_64) = System Settings = System uname:

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync error

2024-05-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
but 23.0, > > which uses a merged /usr directory structure. > > > > Consequently, select profile 23: > > > > [23] default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop (stable) > > > > On Wednesday, 22 May 2024 15:53:11 BST Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > I used bash but

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync error

2024-05-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
> > > On Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:45:40 BST Michael Orlitzky wrote: > > On Wed, 2024-05-22 at 09:40 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > Yes, this is during installation. > > > I did type: > > > mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev > > > I was outside

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync error

2024-05-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
Yes, this is during installation. I did type: mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev I was outside of chroot at the time but that's all I did with dev before running emerge-webrsync. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that

[gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync error

2024-05-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
This one is the last two lines of output. Failed to validate a sane '/dev'. bash process substitution doesn't work; this may be an indication of a broken '/dev/fd'. What did I do wrong? -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo starting with stage3

2024-05-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
line to test if a symlink exists to /run/shm/ from /dev/shm is only needed > when you use non-Gentoo live media to install your system. > > With the Gentoo installation media, whether you use the minimal CD or the > admincd, such an action is not needed. > > > On Tuesday, 21 M

[gentoo-user] gentoo starting with stage3

2024-05-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
I am installing gentoo to a different disk on the machine and the install-x86_64-minimal disk is not fit for purpose since I cannot get espeak reading the screen as I go through an installation. Most things are pointed at /mnt/gentoo on my system when doing commands. However in lines where proc is

Re: [gentoo-user] alsamixer - no sound

2023-12-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
What happens as root running: What happens running: alsactl init;amixer set Master 100% unmute;alsactl store Using screen readers on linux systems I've had a few of these problems from time to time. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer case for new build

2023-11-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
On one computer I had it came with an Alien ATX case. If memory serves that one had a top fan. The only thing I didn't like about that case was not enough slots for two drive sleds in addition to the dvd burner. Only one sled could be accommodated. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in

RE: [gentoo-user] alsa not working with hda intel sound card

2023-11-08 Thread Jude DaShiell
If pipewire is used, and wireplumber isn't already on the machine it's time to install it and allow the install to remove a soon deprecated pipewire-media-manager package. That may help. If pulseaudio is used could be pulseaudio --cleanup-shm needs doing. In either case, I'd first run alsactl

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting output of a program running in background after a crash

2023-10-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
Linux is being targeted by ransomware and other forms of malware so it may be worthwhile to run ferensics on your backup and find what ferensics have to tell you. After check and see if any of what you found out were false positives. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting output of a program running in background after a crash

2023-10-08 Thread Jude DaShiell
If I understand your question, this may help. Understand prog is the program that errors out in this example: prog 2>&1 | tee prog.err Look for all output including errors in the file prog.err which tee will have created for you and before opening prog.err try wc-l prog.err and grep -i error

Re: [gentoo-user] Password questions, looking for opinions. cryptsetup question too.

2023-09-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
Another possibility is to write down encrypted passwords and don't disclose encryption technique. The rot13 is worthless. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Wed, 20 Sep 2023, Hoël

Re: [gentoo-user] Password questions, looking for opinions. cryptsetup question too.

2023-09-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
another possibility is use of a dictionary. Find a word in dictionary note page column and line. Divide pages in dictionary by 2 and either add or subtract that number of pages to or from page word is found on then on the new page find the column and line for your actual password. Of course,

Re: [gentoo-user] Password questions, looking for opinions. cryptsetup question too.

2023-09-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
I generate random passwords using dice. First and last characters in passwords are letters that's arbitrary buys more time. Those should have lengths over 13 and before the agency I used to work for went to smartcards and 256 character random passwords their last standard was 16 characters with

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer case for new build

2023-09-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
On a previous computer, I had an Alien ATX case. The one drawback with that case was only one drive slot for a DVD drive. I prefer computer cases with a few more than that so internal drive sleds can be installed. When onboard cards break, if you have spare pci slots available and spare cash you

Re: [gentoo-user] any gentoo torrents available?

2023-09-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
Thanks, I'll try that tonight. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Wed, 6 Sep 2023, Michael wrote: > On Wednesday, 6 September 2023 16:04:33 BST Jude DaShiell wrote: &

[gentoo-user] any gentoo torrents available?

2023-09-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
These days I'm having better luck downloading through bittorrent and seeding rather than doing direct downloads with wget. Problem with direct downloads on large files files come down corrupted and don't verify when I try to verify them. It is probably a bad internet network connection. I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about gentoo accessibility.

2023-05-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
To clarify, that's the gentoo minimal iso I think John uses to install. So far as I know the live iso hasn't got espeak built into its kernel. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Tue, 2

Re: [gentoo-user] text output from the kernel during boot is not showing

2023-04-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
> > > On 4/24/23 16:36, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Okay, that means you had an error free boot without fatals and without > > warnings. > > > > > > -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in > > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Pleas

Re: [gentoo-user] text output from the kernel during boot is not showing

2023-04-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
None of them produce any output: > - dmesg| grep -i fatal > - dmesg| grep -i error > - dmesg| grep -i warn > > > On 4/24/23 16:11, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > After a boot, > > dmesg| grep -i fatal && dmesg|grep -i error&| grep -i warn > > may he

Re: [gentoo-user] text output from the kernel during boot is not showing

2023-04-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
After a boot, dmesg| grep -i fatal && dmesg|grep -i error&| grep -i warn may help. If I were doing that for my own uses, I'd include titles and read statements in the command. All of that could be redirected by means of non-destructive appends to a file too. -- Jude "There are four boxes to

Re: [gentoo-user] Can some config files be automatically protected from etc-update?

2023-04-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
If that works and I were to use chattr +i it might be useful to make a list of what's now immuteable so later adjustments could be made when appropriate. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can some config files be automatically protected from etc-update?

2023-04-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
My guess is gentoo includes the chattr utility. Does emerge respect chattr +i /etc/hosts? -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 17 Apr 2023, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Mon,

Re: [gentoo-user] No sound. Please, help!

2022-07-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
I'll go on a guess alsa got installed on the system. If that is correct, please try a command as root in terminal if necessary or on console: amixer set Master 100% unmute && alsactl store && aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav It's possible that doesn't work because

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo uninstallable on this hardware

2022-07-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
will experiment later today to see if I can boot from the second older drive. That older machine gave good service for 8 years. On Sun, 17 Apr 2022, Jack wrote: > On 4/17/22 11:06, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > ... > > Most recent crash happened after opening links on the gentoo page its

Re: [gentoo-user] for the speakup users on the list

2022-04-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
tual work in removing and replacing heat sink and fan is not that great > - but if it is not near definite that is the cause of your problem, then it > might be a wasted effort. > > On 4/17/22 12:53, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Yes, I am blind and can disassemble computers okay but never

Re: [gentoo-user] for the speakup users on the list

2022-04-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
replace it if that much work is involved. On Sun, 17 Apr 2022, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 8:14 AM Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > Has the links browser crashed other computers when used with speakup? If > > it turns out I'm not unique maybe a safer brows

[gentoo-user] for the speakup users on the list

2022-04-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
Has the links browser crashed other computers when used with speakup? If it turns out I'm not unique maybe a safer browser choice ought to go on the next minimal iso.

[gentoo-user] gentoo uninstallable on this hardware

2022-04-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
I have had several system crashes trying a gentoo install. These crashes involve the loss of speakup and no capability to resurrect speakup either. Further to that, when the system is shutdown it cannot be restarted without use of the reset button additional to the power button. When I take my

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
I was doing the emerge-webrsync step in the install instructions for gentoo and that was to install a gentoo snapshot. On Fri, 15 Apr 2022, Arve Barsnes wrote: > On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 at 19:58, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > Found no snapshots on rit.edu and went back from now to M

[gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
Found no snapshots on rit.edu and went back from now to March 6, 2022. I'm using openrc now. Has gentoo got a site where it shows latest available snapshot information for its snapshots?

Re: [gentoo-user] error in /etc/portage/make.conf file

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
Likely need to get a stage3 file that doesn't use systemd too. Another user on the speakup list let me know they don't use systemd and don't run into the trouble I've had. On Fri, 15 Apr 2022, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Jude, > > On Friday, 2022-04-15 09:58:40 -0400, you wrote: > > > after the

[gentoo-user] error in /etc/portage/make.conf file

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
after the LC_MESSAGES=C line, caught signal 2 exiting gets printed in the file. Could use of nokeymap boot parameter prevent this error?

[gentoo-user] gentoo after chroot has computer crash

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
Not only does speakup crash but the system once turned off cannot be started up again without use of the reset button. This amd system has about 14gb of ram and 8 cores on it. Something else that happens every so often is that the fans run really fast and sometimes not during gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect r.f.e.

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
I used cursor would tracking highlight work better? On Fri, 15 Apr 2022, John Covici wrote: > Are you using cursor or tracking hilight instead? > > On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 22:30:58 -0400, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > When speakup is used with mirrorselect mirro

[gentoo-user] mirrorselect r.f.e.

2022-04-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
When speakup is used with mirrorselect mirrorselect locks the cursor at the bottom of the screen and doesn't allow moving the cursor onto repos in the downloaded lists. I can find which repos are selected by inspecting the screen with speakup for changed colors where if I only hit the spacebar

RE: [gentoo-user] doing gentoo install disrupted

2022-04-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
. I know a little bit about systemd. On Thu, 14 Apr 2022, Laurence Perkins wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dale > > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2022 8:29 AM > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] doing gentoo instal

[gentoo-user] doing gentoo install disrupted

2022-04-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got down to emerge-webrsync and discovered an error in portage/make.conf on line 21 non-existent server then emerge-webrsync tried to get a time stamp and then speakup died. I have a single ssd slot in this machine and may be able to attach the gentoo ssd to the computer by usb so I can recover

[gentoo-user] install bug

2022-04-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
install-amd64-minimal-20220403T220339Z.iso when gentoo-nofb got used for kernel selection and speakup.synth=soft as boot parameter I got as far as setting a root password then speakup crashed. The other thing I didn't see that happened was two returns were needed to get speakup talking at all

Re: [gentoo-user] a11y kernel build

2022-04-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
provided I think will help my next gentoo install go better in the kernel build phase thanks. On Wed, 6 Apr 2022, Jack wrote: > On 2022.04.06 14:51, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >I'm curious, with a system about to build a kernel does a command or > >command switch exist to tell the kerne

[gentoo-user] a11y kernel build

2022-04-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
I'm curious, with a system about to build a kernel does a command or command switch exist to tell the kernel build process to build the kernel in such a way that all hardware now enabled gets enabled in the build of the kernel?

Re: [gentoo-user] chromium will not go on the internet anymore

2021-10-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
Move onto the newer version and keep the earlier version number handy so if the newer version breaks especially in the same way you have a backout. On Sat, 2 Oct 2021, John Covici wrote: > Hi. I have discovered that www-client/chromium-95.0.4621.4 will not > go to any internet webpage. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome-base/gdm-40.0 does not run

2021-05-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
I have read over on the orca-list one way to get gnome 40.0 working on fedora 34 workstations is to disable se-linux. Was se-linux installed and enabled on gentoo? If so, disabling and/or removing se-linux may be your key to accessibility. On Fri, 7 May 2021, John Covici wrote: > Hi. I just

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo system suddenly failed to boot.

2021-02-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
Check the date and time when you boot and if it isn't correct, you probably have a dead battery on your motherboard. I had to replace one a couple days ago. Fortunately the kind of battery my computer uses is sold in pharmacies since blood sugar meters also use them. On Mon, 15 Feb 2021,

Re: [gentoo-user] override PYTHON_TARGETS to avoid a slot collision

2020-12-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
Python is every bit as much trouble in gentoo as it is in the Florida swamps. Python is so much trouble the History Channel has a Swamp People program they're showing regularly on TV. Could the post-install section of the handbook do with some good updates? On Sat, 19 Dec 2020, Michael wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Gobbledegook error message from emerge.

2020-12-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
I doubt goblins wrote any part of gentoo, from what Neil wrote me earlier if memory serves the language is actually Portagese. On Sat, 12 Dec 2020, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:22:40 > From: Alan Mackenzie > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To:

[gentoo-user] gentoo and kickstart files

2020-11-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
Does gentoo know about kickstart files and can it use them? -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving.

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

2020-11-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
My advice is to keep tabs on python2.7 libraries and their conversion to python 3 and when 100% of those libraries have been converted the old scripts may be easier to convert using existing python tools. The sed editor may get you part of the way through conversion but missing python 3 libraries

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

2020-11-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sun, 15 Nov 2020, Rich Freeman wrote: > Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 09:32:37 > From: Rich Freeman > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all > broken? > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 9:03

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo handbook

2020-11-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
o: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo handbook > > On Saturday, 14 November 2020 18:48:57 GMT Jude DaShiell wrote: > > On 2020-11-14, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > On Sat, 14 Nov 2020, Grant Edwards wrote: &g

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo handbook

2020-11-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020, Grant Edwards wrote: > Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:30:51 > From: Grant Edwards > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo handbook > > On 2020-11-14, Jude DaShiell wrote: >

[gentoo-user] gentoo handbook

2020-11-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
I found this out by means of documentation in the handbook pointing at it but not being explicit about it. # eselect profile show during a new install is what you run to find what distribution your distribution iso uses. Also you will do best to select a matching profile for first time

[gentoo-user] openrc install possible systemd too complex

2020-11-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
This was even following the steps in that systemd gentoo wiki article. I'm glad I tried it since if I hadn't I'd never know. -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving.

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are fighting

2020-11-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are > fighting > > On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:40:43 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy "sys-apps/busybox" has unmet > > requirements. &

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are fighting

2020-11-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
; To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are > fighting > > On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:40:43 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy "sys-apps/busybox" has unmet > > requi

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are fighting

2020-11-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
gt; Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are > fighting > > On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:40:43 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy "sys-apps/busybox" has unmet > > requirements. > > - sys-apps/busybox-1.

[gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are fighting

2020-11-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
What can I do to clear this conflict? Script started on 2020-11-13 17:35:37-05:00 [TERM="linux" TTY="/dev/tty1" COLUMNS="128" LINES="48"] livecd /etc # emerge -AabDN @world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies !!! Problem resolving dependencies for

[gentoo-user] portage configuration saves the day!

2020-11-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
I did some portage configuration and the kernel configuration items that are missing got saved in that log file! -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving.

[gentoo-user] emerge warnings or errors

2020-11-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
About 6 different complaints about my kernel configuration that blew off the screen as packages were being emerged. Does any way exist to have emerge write these to a log file of some sort for later checking and action? -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual

Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd

2020-11-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
ccess the rest of the data. MS > Flight Sim did that with its multiple (7 CDs I believe) data worth of world > scenery. Maybe that is what it is referring to. > > > > On Nov 7, 2020, at 5:28 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > Hi, I read the description already an

Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd

2020-11-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
ate: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 10:17:08 > From: Neil Bothwick > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd > > On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 08:28:44 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > Hi, I read the description alre

Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd

2020-11-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
gt; nocd Install all files required to run the application without a CD mounted. > > Here is the whole list: > > https://gentoo.org/support/use-flags/ <https://gentoo.org/support/use-flags/> > > Cheers > > > > On Nov 7, 2020, at 4:31 AM, Jude DaShiell wr

[gentoo-user] use flag nocd

2020-11-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
What does it enable and what does it disable? -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving.

Re: [gentoo-user] kergen package

2020-11-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
> > On Fri, 06 Nov 2020 10:25:11 -0500, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > It appears helpful in adding options to my .config file. However once > > options are added, it's very difficult to enable espeak. So is my order > > of operations in which kergen gets run first

[gentoo-user] kergen package

2020-11-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
It appears helpful in adding options to my .config file. However once options are added, it's very difficult to enable espeak. So is my order of operations in which kergen gets run first followed by make menuconfig wrong? If so I can reverse and see if that works better. Another possibility is

Re: [gentoo-user] wiki alsa article

2020-11-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
ki alsa article > > On Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:21:40 -0500, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > Has anyone figured out how to get usb speakers playing after a boot into a > > new gentoo system? If so, please update that alsa article in gentoo wiki. > > With speakup.syn

[gentoo-user] wiki alsa article

2020-11-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
Has anyone figured out how to get usb speakers playing after a boot into a new gentoo system? If so, please update that alsa article in gentoo wiki. With speakup.synth=soft as boot parameter usb speakers work fine but not after boot into new gentoo install. If I do what I can, I can get the

[gentoo-user] pip3 --user requirement

2020-11-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
That --user needs to be the last item on the command line when pip3 gets run. I tried placing it earlier than that and pip3 didn't like that much at all. -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving.

[gentoo-user] pip3 error

2020-11-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
When I try: pip3 install fenrir-screenreader ERROR: (Gentoo) Please run pip with the --user option to avoid breaking python-exec Did not have this happen in earlier python and pip versions on other systems. What can I do to clear this error? If it can't be cleared, I can install this package

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless

2020-10-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
020 07:07:26 > From: John Covici > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless > > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:09:53 -0400, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, John Covic

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless

2020-10-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, John Covici wrote: > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:18:14 > From: John Covici > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:08:51 -0400,

[gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless

2020-10-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got gentoo to boot and espeak although in the default run level with speakup-soft=soft enabled in the kernel espeak is silent. I know the system booted since I uncommented the TUNE line in grub and also added in pcspkr into the kernel so was able to do a root login and then hit backspace and

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with my USE= statement in /etc/portage/make.conf?

2020-10-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
gt; On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 04:45:06PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > The ansifilter package won't build on this system yet. Certainly one to > > get in future though. > > I'll see if I can send you a binary off-list. It's not a particularly > complicated package, so I re

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with my USE= statement in /etc/portage/make.conf?

2020-10-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
gt; On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 03:06:19PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > livecd /etc/portage # emerge --ask --verbose --update > > --deep --newuse @world > > Please filter your script with `ansifilter` to remove ANSI colour control > codes. > O

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