Re: [gentoo-user] Re: find atime vs lsof

2019-07-27 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 27 July 2019 10:36:04 BST Adam Carter wrote: > On Saturday, July 27, 2019, Mick wrote: > > On Saturday, 27 July 2019 06:15:49 BST Adam Carter wrote: > > > Some time back i moved from vmware to virtualbox, and am currently > > > wondering if there are

Re: [gentoo-user] find atime vs lsof

2019-07-27 Thread Mick
box > VIRTUALS/Win10-vbox/Logs/VBox.log > VIRTUALS/Win10-vbox/Logs/VBox.log.1 > VIRTUALS/Win10-vbox/Win10-vbox.vbox-prev > # Incidentally, I can't start VMs when the gentoo host is running kernel 4.19.57. I get an error about "Failed to attach the network LUN (VERR_INTNET_FLT_IF_NOT_FOUND).&qu

Re: [gentoo-user] ntp-client slows down the boot process

2019-07-26 Thread Mick
that > those initialize with a clean clock, though if they update themselves > maybe that isn't a hard requirement. Just a thought - is the hwclock service in the boot run level and running? I think it will restore the time stored on the hwclock to the system and then graduall

Re: [gentoo-user] ntp-client slows down the boot process

2019-07-26 Thread Mick
dependencies defined therein, then perhaps tweak /etc/rc.conf. Does setting rc_depend_strict="NO" makes a difference? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't compile x11-libs/libXt

2019-07-23 Thread Mick
xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 11 12:23 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 20 16:53 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jun 11 12:23 .NATIVE -> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-8.3.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34 Jun 11 12:23 config-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 358 Jun 11 12:23 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-8.3.0 The question must be why is emerge looking for config-i686-pc-linux-gnu? Has Jens messed about with CHOST= in /etc/portage/make.conf? Will the package build without complaining if emerged so: CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" emerge -1aDv x11-libs/libXt -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] dev-lang/ruby and dev-ruby/xmlrpc-0.3.0[ruby_targets_ruby25] error

2019-07-22 Thread Mick
: Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally + + ruby_targets_ruby24 : Build with MRI Ruby 2.4.x - - test: Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually

Re: [gentoo-user] hw problems

2019-07-22 Thread Mick
t; thanks, > > raffaele lspci will show the PCI port, but I think the error looks like it is related to the wireless card, which is also bouncing like mad. I'd check the correct driver is available and the firmware too, especially if it needs to be configured manually (not all are available in linux-firmware). -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge --sync: problem refreshing keys

2019-07-21 Thread Mick
/etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf sync-openpgp-key-path = /usr/share/openpgp-keys/gentoo-release.asc sync-openpgp-key-refresh-retry-count = 40 sync-openpgp-key-refresh-retry-overall-timeout = 1200 sync-openpgp-key-refresh-retry-delay-exp-base = 2 sync-openpgp-key-refresh-retry-delay-max = 60 sync-openpgp-key-refresh-retry-delay-mult = 4 Perhaps you had added a keyserver as a fall back when you were configuring your system to use WKD? I haven't implemented WKD because there was no news item advising us to do so. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Black Screen of Death

2019-07-19 Thread Mick
s only getting a black screen trying to wake up the PC after a suspend in RAM, so not exactly the same problem, but similar enough. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Using UUID for root disk in grub requires initramfs?

2019-07-19 Thread Mick
e options: Processor type and features --> ... [*] Built-in kernel command line (root=PARTUUID=X other_options_here) As long as you use 'make oldconfig' for subsequent kernels the UUID will be retained. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-18 Thread Mick
say: Default mitigation: If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y then "seccomp", otherwise "prctl" Therefore, I am not sure if ibpb is meant to show up unless it has been specified on the kernel line as a spectre_v2_user mitigation method. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-17 Thread Mick
On Wednesday, 17 July 2019 04:21:07 BST Corbin wrote: > On 7/14/19 8:26 AM, Mick wrote: > > Then I came across this old message regarding Piledriver CPUs: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2016/03/msg00084.html The > > post refers to model 2 of cpu family 21. Not a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-16 Thread Mick
elantech: assuming hardware version 3 (with firmware version 0x450f03) [9.938954] psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 3 (with firmware version 0x450f03) [ 30.738249] firmware_class: direct-loading firmware regulatory.db [ 30.738915] firmware_class: direct-loading firmware regulatory.db.p7s -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-14 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 13 July 2019 23:03:11 BST Mick wrote: > Unlike my old Intel which lights up like a christmas tree with "Vulnerable, > no microcode found" because Intel has thrown its users to the kerb, both > AMDs show "Not Vulnerable" and for some of the vulnerabiliti

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-13 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 13 July 2019 22:01:02 BST Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 4:16 PM Wols Lists wrote: > > On 13/07/19 20:23, Mick wrote: > > > Thanks Corbin, I wonder if despite articles about microcode patch > > > releases to deal with spectre and what not

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-13 Thread Mick
in Thanks Corbin, I wonder if despite articles about microcode patch releases to deal with spectre and what not, there are just no patches made available for my aging AMD CPUs. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-13 Thread Mick
be applying any microcode patches itself. It is older CPUs which need the patches, since OEMs usually abandon any intention to support their hardware beyond the nominal warranty period. > I'll update again once I've done that. > > Jack Cool, thanks for your input. -- Regards, Mick sign

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-13 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 13 July 2019 18:18:35 BST Mick wrote: > or > > xv -dc < /boot/EFI/... initramfs-XXX.img | cpio -idmv Oops! Typo alert! xv should of course be 'xz'. I think you can also use lzcat. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-13 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 13 July 2019 17:21:40 BST Jack wrote: > On 2019.07.12 08:18, Mick wrote: > > https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/amd-releases-spectre-v2-mic > > rocode-updates-for-cpus-going-back-to-2011/ > I have not yet done any further searching or digging, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-13 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 13 July 2019 02:13:00 BST Adam Carter wrote: > grep fam /proc/cpuinfo > > -> 21 = 15h > -> 22 = 16h Yep, here's the laptop: $ grep fam -m1 /proc/cpuinfo cpu family : 21 and here's the dekstop: $ grep fam -m1 /proc/cpuinfo cpu family : 21

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-13 Thread Mick
[1.581729] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x06003106 [1.582608] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2. Notice the patch number is slightly higher than the laptop's, which can be explained by the fact the desktop's Steamroller was launched in Jan 2014, while the laptop's Piledriver was launched in March 2013. Anyway, this does not explain why your Piledriver at least is loading early the microcode, but mine isn't. :-/ -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[gentoo-user] AMD microcode updates - where are they?!

2019-07-12 Thread Mick
[drm] Loading hainan Microcode [6.653025] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x06001119 [6.657962] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x06001119 [6.658890] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x06001119 [6.659881] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x06001119 [6.661136] microcode: Microcode Update Dri

Re: [gentoo-user] strange problem (no video output) on new PC

2019-07-11 Thread Mick
then hardware wise your PC ought to be OK. If /var/log/Xorg.0.log shows no errors with drivers and monitor, then I don't know what to suggest other than following a process of elimination, by trying: - different cables - different monitor However, if cables or monitor were at fault I would expect

Re: [gentoo-user] Massive kmail breakage with mariadb-10.4.6

2019-07-10 Thread Mick
can't run the kdepim mysql following a database version update, then you'll need to look deeper into it. If akonadiserver does not start/crashes, it may be more effective to look at the mysql.err logs under ~/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/. You could also launch akonadiconsole, switch on debugging and see if it offers anything more informative when you try to restart akonadi. HTH. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Music player being run from an emerge

2019-07-10 Thread Mick
vileges to processes which were designed to do one thing (e.g. emerge) in order to do something else, e.g. read areas of the filesystem they're not meant to meddle in. Choose to use the lowest level of access rights necessary to perform what you're after and no higher. I hope the above leads you closer to what you want to achieve. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Massive kmail breakage with mariadb-10.4.6

2019-07-09 Thread Mick
e old database files. > > Cheers, > Wol >From what I recall when akonadictl starts its mysql database it runs an update by default to sort out any changes to keys priveleges and what not, but this version update may require a more manual intervention? I would have thought there would be some e-news to this effect though. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone with experience viewing EXIF data in Dolphin?

2019-07-05 Thread Mick
> Not the same thing. > > kfilemetadata is solely a library and should be pulled in by other > packages that need it. > > You have to enable USE="semantic-desktop" to make Dolphin and others > pull it in and use it. If a GUI is not necessary and a semantic databa

Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB

2019-07-05 Thread Mick
On Friday, 5 July 2019 15:44:46 BST Robin Atwood wrote: > OK panic over! I had shelled into the wrong system! The mystery is what > I was trying to copy to, the machine only has one HD. Cool, I hope you didn't overwrite useful data and you keep backups. ;-) -- Regards, Mick signatu

Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB

2019-07-05 Thread Mick
unless the disk has run out of space. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation

2019-07-05 Thread Mick
configuring its /boot/grub/ grub.conf file. https://gpo.zugaina.org/sys-boot/grub-static Alternatively, there are other bootloaders to consider, with sys-boot/syslinux or extlinux featuring as lightweight alternatives. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[gentoo-user] CPU frequency tweaks

2019-06-30 Thread Mick
userspace/schedutil has no effect to the maximum frequency the CPU displays. Any ideas how I can activate the boost states on this CPU, or what else I could look into to unlock its potential and speed up my emerge? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What the devil?!! [or Plasma teething problems Ia.]

2019-06-28 Thread Mick
On Friday, 28 June 2019 16:06:50 BST »Q« wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:42:56 +0100 > > Mick wrote: > > On Thursday, 27 June 2019 10:55:16 BST Mick wrote: > > > The next thing to try: > > > > > > I don't have elogind starting up as a boot level rc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What the devil?!! [or Plasma teething problems Ia.]

2019-06-27 Thread Mick
On Thursday, 27 June 2019 10:55:16 BST Mick wrote: > The next thing to try: > > I don't have elogind starting up as a boot level rc service, because it is > launched when needed by dbus or pam. Perhaps if elogind is running as a > background service sddm will (re)launch diffe

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What the devil?!! [or Plasma teething problems Ia.]

2019-06-27 Thread Mick
oot commands, etc., but I do not have a coherent theory why the above behaviour is observed. The next thing to try: I don't have elogind starting up as a boot level rc service, because it is launched when needed by dbus or pam. Perhaps if elogind is running as a background service sddm will (re)launch differently? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: virtual eselect - how to

2019-06-27 Thread Mick
On Wednesday, 26 June 2019 22:13:30 BST David Haller wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, 26 Jun 2019, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >On 2019-06-26 14:51, Mick wrote: > >> > I have installed openblas but 'eselect blas list' doesn't know about > >> > this. > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [Was: What the devil?!!] sddm shutdown & reboot

2019-06-26 Thread Mick
is no longer there, so sddm should be reading the default settings under /usr/share/sddm/ but I don't know if some settings were cached by sddm and this is why this PC works as it should, but others don't. All this has left me confused and I'm thinking startx in a terminal is not such a bad id

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What the devil?!! [or Plasma teething problems Ia.]

2019-06-26 Thread Mick
On Wednesday, 26 June 2019 15:22:45 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday, 26 June 2019 11:20:20 BST Mick wrote: > > I just looked at another installation. The default sddm configuration > > file (/usr/share/sddm/sddm.conf.d/00default.conf) shows this: > > > > [

[gentoo-user] Re: [Was: What the devil?!!] sddm shutdown & reboot

2019-06-26 Thread Mick
On Wednesday, 26 June 2019 11:34:47 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:20:20 +0100, Mick wrote: > > I just looked at another installation. The default sddm configuration > > file (/ usr/share/sddm/sddm.conf.d/00default.conf) shows this: > > > > [

Re: [gentoo-user] virtual eselect - how to

2019-06-26 Thread Mick
s, only to recall eselect does this in a single incantation. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What the devil?!! [or Plasma teething problems Ia.]

2019-06-26 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 25 June 2019 17:09:55 BST »Q« wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 21:19:09 +0100 > > Mick wrote: > > Can someone please explain how the removal of the 'wireless' USE flag > > from powerdevil ends up with no buttons for Suspend-to-RAM, > > Hibernation, Reboot or S

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Strange behavior of "tab" key with Libreoffice Calc and Plasma

2019-06-25 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 25 June 2019 14:17:21 BST »Q« wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 21:15:55 +0100 > > Mick wrote: > > On Monday, 24 June 2019 21:11:48 BST Philip Webb wrote: > > > 190624 Stefano Crocco wrote: > > > > On domenica 23 giugno 2019 22:31:33 CEST Philip Webb

Re: [gentoo-user] What the devil?!! [or Plasma teething problems Ia.]

2019-06-25 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 25 June 2019 10:14:59 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday, 24 June 2019 21:19:09 BST Mick wrote: > > Also, the sddm DM shutdown/reboot buttons now do not work. O_O > It seems that you're a victim of the hopelessly reticulate interactions > among plasma components.

Re: [gentoo-user] What the devil?!! [or Plasma teething problems Ia.]

2019-06-25 Thread Mick
Thank you both for your suggestions, On Tuesday, 25 June 2019 09:47:16 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 00:12:56 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > > Can someone please explain how the removal of the 'wireless' USE > > > > flag from powerdevil ends up with no

Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part II

2019-06-25 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 25 June 2019 10:00:11 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday, 24 June 2019 21:40:07 BST Mick wrote: > > According to the current wiki page these days the kde-meta has been > > > > replaced with plasma-meta. This is how I have configured plasma-meta: > &

Re: [gentoo-user] What the devil?!! [or Plasma teething problems Ia.]

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
On Monday, 24 June 2019 23:41:03 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 21:19:09 +0100, Mick wrote: > > Can someone please explain how the removal of the 'wireless' USE flag > > from powerdevil ends up with no buttons for Suspend-to-RAM, > > Hibernation, Reboot or Shu

Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part II

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
/accountsservice-0.6.50-r1 =sys- apps/xdg-desktop-portal-1.2.0 =kde-frameworks/bluez-qt-5.57.0 >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. I need to find a different solution ... -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part II

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
nd to Ram, Hibernate, Reboot, and Shutdown buttons, without re-importing NetworkManager, or at least without having it being started by powerdevil. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[gentoo-user] What the devil?!! [or Plasma teething problems Ia.]

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
DM shutdown/reboot buttons now do not work. O_O Is Plasma/KDE trying to emulate the inflexibility of Gnome? (no flamewar intended please). -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behavior of "tab" key with Libreoffice Calc and Plasma

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
GET="python3_6 > -python2_7 -python3_5 -python3_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_6 > -python3_5 -python3_7") > > So, yes (smile). It depends on which VLC plugin is used, KDE, or Gtk. Go to Help/About and you can see when loaded with the KDE VLC plugin the 'tab-losing-cell-focus' bug is present. With the Gtk VLC plugin loaded, the tab works as it should. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part I

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
On Monday, 24 June 2019 12:31:26 BST Mick wrote: > On Monday, 24 June 2019 12:17:51 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:00:36 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > Could someone more knowledgeable in Plasma/KDE shenanigans please > > > explain how I can end up w

Re: [gentoo-user] why does Udisks require Lvm2 ?

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.184-r4: * Make sure the "lvm" init script is in the runlevels: * # rc-update add lvm boot * * Make sure to enable lvmetad in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf if you want * to enable lvm autoactivation and metadata caching. >>> Auto-cleaning packages... =

Re: [gentoo-user] why does Udisks require Lvm2 ?

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
he RAID configuration than mdadm offers: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/150644/raiding-with-lvm-vs-mdraid-pros-and-cons -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part II

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
On Monday, 24 June 2019 18:04:06 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday, 24 June 2019 16:32:19 BST Mick wrote: > > I also found this beauty in /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf, which I > > uncommented: > > > > # The DisableAutoSpawn option will disable the autos

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behavior of "tab" key with Libreoffice Calc and Plasma

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
able to enter data. Another thing I tried is to launch it with: SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3 soffice On a plasma only system, it will not respect this incantation and About always shows "VCL: kde5; " so this leads me to conclude the problem is with the KDE compilation flag. If I remember I'll disab

Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part II

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
On Monday, 24 June 2019 16:22:01 BST Mick wrote: > On Monday, 24 June 2019 12:44:34 BST Dale wrote: > > Mick wrote: > > > I often find a number of speech-dispatcher processes running: > > > 4732 ?SLl0:00 /usr/lib64/speech-dispatcher-modules/sd_dummy > &

Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part II

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
On Monday, 24 June 2019 12:44:34 BST Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > I often find a number of speech-dispatcher processes running: > > 4732 ?SLl0:00 /usr/lib64/speech-dispatcher-modules/sd_dummy > > /etc/> > > speech-dispatcher/modules/dummy.conf >

Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part I

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
On Monday, 24 June 2019 15:53:04 BST Philip Webb wrote: > 190624 Mick wrote: > > On Monday, 24 June 2019 12:17:51 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:00:36 +0100, Mick wrote: > >>> Could someone more knowledgeable in Plasma/KDE shenanigans please

Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part I

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
On Monday, 24 June 2019 12:17:51 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:00:36 +0100, Mick wrote: > > Could someone more knowledgeable in Plasma/KDE shenanigans please > > explain how I can end up with a workable USB wireless dongle, which I > > can enable/disable

[gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part II

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
see it is NOT enabled. How can I get rid of these? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part I

2019-06-24 Thread Mick
knowledgeable in Plasma/KDE shenanigans please explain how I can end up with a workable USB wireless dongle, which I can enable/disable at will? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] why does Udisks require Lvm2 ?

2019-06-23 Thread Mick
is why the USE flag exists, to avoid installing LVM. Yes, provided USE="-thin" is set, which is enabled by default. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Speaker chat. Was Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-23 Thread Mick
p-sync' setting in many AVRs and Smart TVs to address this problem, but yes, if the video itself is missing the required metadata to sync audio and video you could have problems. TBH I have rarely encountered this myself with my local set up. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a dig

Re: [gentoo-user] Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-23 Thread Mick
R to play audio straight from your source over HDMI, while passing the video to the TV. All smart TVs are capable of selecting internal of external speakers/AVR system for the audio. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: line wrap over in xterm/konsole

2019-06-22 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 22 June 2019 18:04:49 BST Grant Taylor wrote: > On 6/22/19 2:13 AM, Mick wrote: > > After all changing the shell option in .bashrc does not affect the > > display within the xterm window. > > "shell option in .bashrc"??? > > Are you launching a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: wpa_supplicant.conf incongruity

2019-06-22 Thread Mick
On Wednesday, 19 June 2019 19:41:08 BST Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2019-06-19 10:32, Mick wrote: > > Having read the above and more in the example file, I thought the way > > to define a GROUP would be to just add a single directive, e.g.: > > > > GROUP=users > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Massive kmail breakage with mariadb-10.4.6

2019-06-22 Thread Mick
> > anything. Even reverting to an old copy of my home directory didn't > > help. > > Did you restart msyqld and run mysql_upgrade? AFAIK when akonadi (re)starts it always runs mysql_upgrade. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Massive kmail breakage with mariadb-10.4.6

2019-06-22 Thread Mick
f these days I will try to educate myself better on recovering from btrfs corruption (or more likely reformat the fs to ext4 and forget about it). ;-) -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: line wrap over in xterm/konsole

2019-06-22 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 22 June 2019 09:51:48 BST Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 9:36 AM Mick wrote: > > On Saturday, 22 June 2019 08:52:56 BST Jorge Almeida wrote: > > > However, > > > my urxvt behaves as you describe, more or less: > > > - open urxvt >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: line wrap over in xterm/konsole

2019-06-22 Thread Mick
s to be a bug) Jorge, your urxvt seems to work differently to my installations here. Nevertheless, I'm coming to the conclusion xterm won't behave in the same/ similar way as urxvt when it comes to redrawing its window contents. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: line wrap over in xterm/konsole

2019-06-22 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 22 June 2019 00:44:28 BST Grant Taylor wrote: > On 6/21/19 5:03 PM, Jorge Almeida wrote: > > ## equery uses x11-terms/xterm > > [ Legend : U - final flag setting for installation] > > [: I - package is installed with flag ] > > [ Colors : set, unset

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: line wrap over in xterm/konsole

2019-06-21 Thread Mick
in for persevering Jorge. I added the above shell option, logout/in and tried again on xterm and konsole, but with no change. :-( I tried this on two different installations, both running Plasma/KDE and using bash as shell. Fair enough, I'll carry on using urxvt - one more reason to prefer it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: line wrap over in xterm/konsole

2019-06-21 Thread Mick
Thanks Jorge, On Friday, 21 June 2019 18:43:56 BST Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 5:32 PM Mick wrote: > > On Friday, 21 June 2019 13:57:23 BST Mick wrote: > > In case what I am asking for is not clear: How can I make xterm/konsole > > behave like rxvt-un

Re: [gentoo-user] query ebuild fields

2019-06-21 Thread Mick
, konsole, terminology, xfce4- terminal , etc. which you use within your xsession, instead of having to switch over to a tty. There's even a page about it - I can't recall having read before, but it looks quite detailed: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Rxvt-unicode https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/T

[gentoo-user] Re: line wrap over in xterm/konsole

2019-06-21 Thread Mick
On Friday, 21 June 2019 13:57:23 BST Mick wrote: > I'm not sure I use the correct terminology below, but please bear with me > while I try to describe a long standing problem I'm trying to solve: > > I've been mostly using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode as a terminal emulator in X. > Wh

[gentoo-user] line wrap over in xterm/konsole

2019-06-21 Thread Mick
afforded by a now wider window aperture. Is there some setting I can apply to address this annoying phenomenon? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] 17.1 profiles and no-multilib layout

2019-06-21 Thread Mick
rwxr-xr-x 8 root root 12288 Jun 14 23:42 /lib64 and $ ls -ld /usr/lib* drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Jun 15 00:06 /usr/lib drwxr-xr-x 104 root root 159744 Jun 19 08:15 /usr/lib64 drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Jun 14 23:54 /usr/libexec all of which as you can see are real directories. --

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-20 Thread Mick
ow hooks into the GPU. You may want to scan changelogs and devs' mailing lists to see if they have changed something which disagrees with your graphics card/driver. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant.conf incongruity

2019-06-19 Thread Mick
for wpa_supplicant.conf incorrect/incomplete and merits a bug report? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Starting with profile 17.1

2019-06-18 Thread Mick
r way, if you find /lib32 and /usr/lib32 in your stage 3, just do as I did early in the installation and you'll make light work of it. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Profile switch to 17.1.

2019-06-18 Thread Mick
that > makes me feel a little better about doing that. Since I have it set to > keep a binary of all my packages anyway, I just may run emerge -K world > and let it do its thing afterwards just to be sure. I guess that would > work. > > Thanks for that info. I read it but it didn't hit me as to what it meant. > > Dale > > :-) :-) What Alan said. List the two directories /lib32 and /usr/lib32 *without* a "/" at the end. They should indicate they are a symlink. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Profile switch to 17.1.

2019-06-18 Thread Mick
akey about it you can rebuild dracut before you need to use it again. You haven't missed a step by any chance? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI kernel installation?

2019-06-17 Thread Mick
the years, even when running processes which by their nature chew up all the available RAM, like an emerge with a high -j number. However, if one is using the swap partition to hibernate a system, then it should be at least the amount of RAM, yes? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc De

Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI kernel installation?

2019-06-15 Thread Mick
es, it shouldn't make any odds what OS installation you decide to boot into with any of two given kernels. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Not enough RAM for dev-qt/qtwebengine build

2019-06-13 Thread Mick
of jobs. Or for an one off run something like: MAKEOPTS="-j8 -l7.8" emerge -1aNDv On a i7 (4 cores x 2 threads) I use -j2 for huge compiles like chromium, because the PC only has 8G RAM. Smaller packages will emerge with -j12 without breaking into a sweat, although the optim

Re: [gentoo-user] Module and kernel woes after two "emerge -DuNe @world"s

2019-06-09 Thread Mick
x the problems you were having. Admittedly, I have experienced this more than once with various packages. Nevertheless, your module related problems are more obscure/involved. A dev should have a better idea as to what might be causing this. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Module and kernel woes after two "emerge -DuNe @world"s

2019-06-09 Thread Mick
On Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:55:34 BST Grant Taylor wrote: > On 6/9/19 2:56 AM, Mick wrote: > > This sounds as if it may be related to a move from an older gcc to > > a newer version. > > I'm not sure it's related to a gcc version: > > # gcc-config -l > [1] x86_

Re: [gentoo-user] Keeping 17-year-old Kylix software alive

2019-06-09 Thread Mick
On Sunday, 9 June 2019 09:21:17 BST Mick wrote: > Hi Matt, > > On Sunday, 9 June 2019 08:49:21 BST Matthias Hanft wrote: > > Hi, > > > > many years ago, I created some libSomething.so with Kylix 3 (1) > > which still worked with current (32bit) Gentoo systems (Ke

Re: [gentoo-user] Module and kernel woes after two "emerge -DuNe @world"s

2019-06-09 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 8 June 2019 20:45:45 BST Grant Taylor wrote: > On 6/8/19 12:26 PM, Mick wrote: > > Were these contents not there, or is it that the new version of > > modules do not work? > > The old (original for the sake of this thread) versions (restored from >

Re: [gentoo-user] Keeping 17-year-old Kylix software alive

2019-06-09 Thread Mick
the same era from the attic in a local overlay. Someone else may be able to offer useful advice, but I would think this is more of a question suitable for the gentoo-dev mailing list[1] and IRC channel[2]. Have you tried asking there? [1] https://www.gentoo.org/get-involved/mailing-lists [2] https://www.gentoo.org/get-involved/irc-channels/all-channels.html -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Module and kernel woes after two "emerge -DuNe @world"s

2019-06-08 Thread Mick
> > Aside: I have regained access to my ZFS pool by restoring the ZFS > contents of the /lib/modules//extra directory. Were these contents not there, or is it that the new version of modules do not work? If the former, then could this be related to the migration over to profile 17.1? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way to clean up the world file?

2019-06-06 Thread Mick
On Thursday, 6 June 2019 09:56:24 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:36:03 +0100, Mick wrote: > > I think, but may be wrong, regenworld will pick up anything and > > everything in emerge.log and add it to your world file. Definitely > > create a back up of /

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way to clean up the world file?

2019-06-06 Thread Mick
emerge.log and add it to your world file. Definitely create a back up of / var/lib/portage/world if you do not have one already, because you can diff it later on to see how much weight it has put on. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-06-04 Thread Mick
the day comes that I have to back the unmasked version of > > rrdtool out, then all other dependent packages will get the standard, > > default version again. > > > > I'm catching on, bit by bit ;-) > > > > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 04. Juni 2019 um 00:50 Uhr > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sysrescuecd gone rogue

2019-06-04 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 4 June 2019 16:01:13 BST Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2019-06-04, Mick wrote: > > I just downloaded my preferred medium of choice for installing Gentoo and > > discovered sysrescuecd now runs Linux Arch instead of Gentoo and to make > > things worse it is ru

[gentoo-user] sysrescuecd gone rogue

2019-06-04 Thread Mick
. Regardless, have you used the Arch based sysrescuecd to install Gentoo and are there are any gotchas I should be aware of? Would I be better off to use a Gentoo Live ISO to install with? I don't think I have used one of these for more than 10 years ... or more! O_O -- Regards, Mick signature.asc

Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-06-04 Thread Mick
maintainer of the system to study both USE and keyword changes and decide what their impact might be on your system. Then accept or reject these changes before you proceed with emerge. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-06-04 Thread Mick
o what's required > still? What will be different once I make the merge to zz-autounmask? If the changes in USE flags were hardcoded in the ebuild, because without them an insurmountable conflict would arise, I expect portage would refuse to emerge and complain of a hard block [B]. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with emerge @preserved-rebuild

2019-05-31 Thread Mick
What should I do? The system currently is running fine. > > thanks in advance, > allan I would resync and update world. Then emerge --depclean, followed by @preserved-rebuild. If the problem persists you can remove the obsolete version and see if @preserved-rebuild brings in the new version which is in the tree - it will if it is a needed dependency. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too)

2019-05-31 Thread Mick
ib (un)linkage goodness? In the same vane I wonder if the OP's problems would be resolved by a reinstall of Gentoo, while retaining the same world file and perhaps /etc? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too)

2019-05-30 Thread Mick
0 to 17.0 modifies the settings of GCC 6 to generate PIE executables by default; thus, you need to do the rebuilds even if you have already used GCC 6 beforehand. If you do not follow these steps you may get spurious build failures when the linker tries unsuccessfully to combine non-PIE and PIE co

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