Re: Chromium 76

2019-08-02 Thread Michael Fothergill
I think I have fixed the post now: I have installed Google chrome v 77.0.3865.10 (Official Build) dev (64-bit) >> in Debian buster. >> >> It's not chromium. If that is still OK I did as follows: >> >> Go here and download the dev channel version of chrome: >> >> https://www.chromium.org/getting-

Re: Chromium 76

2019-08-02 Thread Michael Fothergill
On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 at 11:09, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have installed Google chrome v 77.0.3865.10 (Official Build) dev > (64-bit) in Debian buster. > > It's not chromium. If that is still OK I did as follows: > > Go here and dow

Re: Chromium 76

2019-08-02 Thread Michael Fothergill
I have installed Google chrome v 77.0.3865.10 (Official Build) dev (64-bit) in Debian buster. It's not chromium. If that is still OK I did as follows: Go here and download the dev channel version of chrome: https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel You should see a file like this i

Re: Chromium 76

2019-07-31 Thread Michael Fothergill
I have running on debian buster. Chromium 77 is out there somewhere. I am interested to try out bedrock linux at some point. I think it could help get around some of these problems. Regards Michael Fothergill

Re: Please consider unblocking Chromium and linux packages for Buster

2019-06-28 Thread Michael Fothergill
install gentoo prefix on debian. But I have figured out how to do it with the help of the gentoo prefix dev team. I am grateful to them. Cheers Michael Fothergill > > Likewise, linux package in Buster lack recent fixes for SACKs > Panic vulnerabilities. I hope it will also be uploaded soon. > > Regards, > Lazar > >

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 23 February 2018 at 18:41, Michael Lange wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:27:23 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > ​Sure enough, looking at the spectre meltdown checker on the kernel I am > > using in gentoo > > shows the ​ > > > > ​re

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 23 February 2018 at 16:28, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:52:12 +0100 > Felipe Salvador wrote: > > (...) > > > CVE-2017-5715 [branch target injection] aka 'Spectre Variant 2' > > > * Mitigated according to the /sys interface: YES (kernel confirms > > > that the mitiga

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 23 February 2018 at 16:14, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 23 February 2018 at 14:14, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 23 February 2018 at 14:05, mlnl wrote: >> &

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 23 February 2018 at 14:14, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 23 February 2018 at 14:05, mlnl wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> > ​Can it be true? A version of gcc that runs on stretch that will >> > compile the latest fa

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 23 February 2018 at 14:05, mlnl wrote: > Hi, > > > ​Can it be true? A version of gcc that runs on stretch that will > > compile the latest fancy spectre fixes etc? > > with latest vanilla kernel 4.15.4 and updated gcc-6: > > CVE-2017-5753 [bounds check bypass] aka 'Spectre Variant 1' > * Miti

Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 23 February 2018 at 14:08, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 01:47:25PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > On 23 February 2018 at 13:42, Reco wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 01:14:16P

Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 23 February 2018 at 13:42, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 01:14:16PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > On 23 February 2018 at 12:43, Reco wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at

Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 23 February 2018 at 12:43, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 06:46:05PM +0100, Julien Aubin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Do you have any clue on when the gcc fix for stretch is to be released ? > > > > Actually the retpoline-compliant kernel is ready, and gcc fixes for > stretch

Re: problems with manual page usermod.8 and useradd.8

2018-02-22 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 22 February 2018 at 21:12, MarkusHiereth wrote: > Hello, > > when updating the German translations of the shadow package, I > encountered strange things in the documentation. For example an option > --non-unique for the commands useradd and usermod. With the first, the > system administrator i

Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-21 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 21 February 2018 at 17:46, Julien Aubin wrote: > Hi, > > Do you have any clue on when the gcc fix for stretch is to be released ? > > Actually the retpoline-compliant kernel is ready, and gcc fixes for > stretch seem to have already been implemented. So I dunno what is still > blocking the rel

Re: Debian Sid spectre-meltdown

2018-02-21 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 21 February 2018 at 16:25, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > As reported by Linus kernel 4.15 would have the spectre-meltdown fix, > Debian Sid just got 4.15 and I installed it on both AMD and Intel and then > I ran the spectre-meltdown-checker and Sid is no longer vulnerable to > Spectre-1,2 or 3/meltdo

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-20 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 20 February 2018 at 10:01, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:05:19 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > ​For me at any rate if the new version of gcc 4.9 makes it easier for a > > new user to get access to that portion of Spectre vulnerabili

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-20 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 20 February 2018 at 05:09, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 09:03:20PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > On 19 February 2018 at 19:10, Michael Lange > wrote: > > > no, I meant to say that you were looking at the wrong place if you &

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-19 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 19 February 2018 at 19:10, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:46:15 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > Are you saying that this link: > > ​ > > https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5753 > > > > ​which looks

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-19 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 19 February 2018 at 18:24, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:40:19 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > On 19 February 2018 at 14:10, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 09:13:42PM +0800, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo E

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-19 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 19 February 2018 at 17:03, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 04:40:19PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I had thought up to now that e.g. kernel 4.15.4-1 was new enough that if > > you compiled it with gcc 7.3 then the spectre fix would then wor

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-19 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 19 February 2018 at 14:10, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 09:13:42PM +0800, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming > wrote: > > What are the patches that I can download and install to be protected > > against the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities? > > Meltdown patch went o

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-19 Thread Michael Fothergill
ld be there now and there may well be one that deals with both the meltdown and spectre vaulbnerabilities jointly. Regards Michael Fothergill

Re: I do not want to install Linux

2018-02-15 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 15 February 2018 at 13:55, Ken Heard wrote: > On 2018-02-08 15:57, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > Actually Kali Linux [1] is pretty cool and definitely worth a look. > > And, as a Debian derivative, it is a wonderful illustration of the > > things the Debian culture

Re: I do not want to install Linux

2018-02-08 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 8 February 2018 at 12:30, Curt wrote: > On 2018-02-08, deloptes wrote: > > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > >> I guess I could give it a try. I have run Bodhi Linux. That is quite > >> good. > > > > Kali is excellent for network geeks >

Re: I do not want to install Linux

2018-02-08 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 8 February 2018 at 08:01, Michelle Konzack < linux4miche...@tamay-dogan.net> wrote: > Good Morning, > > Am 2018-02-07 hackte Michael Fothergill in die Tasten: > > On 7 February 2018 at 21:52, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> However, though *derived from* Debian, it&#x

Re: I do not want to install Linux

2018-02-08 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 8 February 2018 at 07:37, wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 12:01:57AM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > [...] > > > It sounds like a dietary supplement. > > > > MF > > ;-P > > Actually K

Re: I do not want to install Linux

2018-02-07 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 7 February 2018 at 21:52, Richard Owlett wrote: > [Reply-to ] > > Good afternoon. > You chose the wrong list for your particular question. > Don't worry about it, it frequently happens. > > This list is specifically for: > >> Web pages design and maintenance >> Design, structure and translatio

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-02-04 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 4 February 2018 at 22:50, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 4 February 2018 at 15:20, Andy Smith wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> >> On Sat, Feb 03, 2018 at 11:44:39PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: >> > On 3 Februar

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-02-04 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 4 February 2018 at 15:20, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On Sat, Feb 03, 2018 at 11:44:39PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > On 3 February 2018 at 23:14, Andy Smith wrote: > > > If you want to make genuine constructive suggestions for how things > > &g

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-02-03 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 3 February 2018 at 23:14, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Sat, Feb 03, 2018 at 09:43:33PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I am trying to suggest one would want to move faster than the approximate > > cycle time of new stable releases here. > > You have be

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-02-03 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 3 February 2018 at 17:24, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 03 Feb 2018 at 10:37:34 (-0500), Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > > On 2/3/18, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Saturday, February 03, 2018 02:47:43 AM Michael Fothergill wrote: > > >> On 2 February 20

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-02-03 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 3 February 2018 at 21:43, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 3 February 2018 at 17:12, David Wright > wrote: > >> On Sat 03 Feb 2018 at 07:47:43 (+), Michael Fothergill wrote: >> > On 2 February 2018 at 04:35,

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-02-03 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 3 February 2018 at 17:12, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 03 Feb 2018 at 07:47:43 (+), Michael Fothergill wrote: > > On 2 February 2018 at 04:35, Andy Smith wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 11:53:36AM +, Michael Fother

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-02-03 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 3 February 2018 at 15:37, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 2/3/18, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Saturday, February 03, 2018 02:47:43 AM Michael Fothergill wrote: > >> On 2 February 2018 at 04:35, Andy Smith wrote: > >> > Debian > >> > already has a

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-02-03 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 2 February 2018 at 04:35, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 11:53:36AM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > Thus for anyone in the entire world who is new to linux,the most > > efficient route at present could well be to install Fedora and be &

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-02-01 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 30 January 2018 at 13:22, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 12:13:47PM +0100, Michael Lange wrote: > > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > The response from Greg was the following: > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:36:46PM +, Michael Fo

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-31 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 31 January 2018 at 23:13, Richard Hector wrote: > On 01/02/18 11:51, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > > On 31 January 2018 at 22:46, Richard Hector > <mailto:rich...@walnut.gen.nz>> wrote: > > > > On 01/02/18 11:20, Michael Fothergill wrot

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-31 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 31 January 2018 at 22:46, Richard Hector wrote: > On 01/02/18 11:20, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > As it turns out I have installed debian on a usb before and booted it up > > successfully. > > It did occur to me that you could advise the new users to buy a > > ra

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-31 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 31 January 2018 at 18:31, Michael Lange wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:54:36 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > What about if you became sid, made the spectre kernel and backed it up > > on a usb drive > > and then you backed up the work files

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-31 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 30 January 2018 at 13:22, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 12:13:47PM +0100, Michael Lange wrote: > > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > The response from Greg was the following: > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:36:46PM +, Michael Fo

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-31 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 30 January 2018 at 16:36, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 30 January 2018 at 16:02, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 15:23, Elimar Riesebieter >>

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-30 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 30 January 2018 at 21:45, Michael Lange wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:14:36 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > I am not really so sure what the correct dosage ought to be now. > > Maybe just stick with the booze... ;-) > > scnr > > Michael

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-30 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 29 January 2018 at 18:02, Michael Lange wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:47:57 -0500 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Again, checking / confirming my understanding, if you download a kernel > > image (which is normal for me), there is no need for me to have any > > version of GCC as the image

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-30 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 30 January 2018 at 16:02, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 30 January 2018 at 15:23, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > >> * rhkra...@gmail.com [2018-01-29 10:47 -0500]: >> >> [...] >> > On the other hand, if I do

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-30 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 30 January 2018 at 15:23, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > * rhkra...@gmail.com [2018-01-29 10:47 -0500]: > > [...] > > On the other hand, if I download kernel source, I would need GCC, and a > > version that is sufficient for the code. > > One can check the compiler version the running kernel is

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-30 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 29 January 2018 at 12:49, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 29 January 2018 at 10:17, Michael Lange wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 08:35:58 + >> Michael Fothergill wrote: >> >> > ​Your ne

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 29 January 2018 at 13:35, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 29 January 2018 at 13:28, deloptes wrote: > >> Michael Fothergill wrote: >> >> > I accept that are some kernels that you could run in stable apparently >>

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 29 January 2018 at 13:28, deloptes wrote: > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > I accept that are some kernels that you could run in stable apparently > > that address the security issue etc. > > I apologise for inaccuracy there. > > But perhaps not all of what I pos

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 29 January 2018 at 13:26, wrote: > On Monday, January 29, 2018 06:22:50 AM Michael Fothergill wrote: > > ​I accept that are some kernels that you could run in stable apparently > > that address the security issue etc. > ​Do they work on spectre as well as meltdown? Sorry f

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 29 January 2018 at 10:17, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 08:35:58 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > ​Your need to upgrade to unstable (Debian Sid). Then you need to get > > the latest kernel from the kernel.org website. > > You

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 29 January 2018 at 10:17, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 08:35:58 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > ​Your need to upgrade to unstable (Debian Sid). Then you need to get > > the latest kernel from the kernel.org website. > > You

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 29 January 2018 at 10:10, deloptes wrote: > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > Your need to upgrade to unstable (Debian Sid). Then you need to get the > > latest kernel from the kernel.org website. > > worst BS ever seen - DON'T LISTEN TO THIS PLEASE > > Micha

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread Michael Fothergill
able is it is gentoo testing. The ebuild is there now and the latest version binunits (2.30) is getting readied. I have installed gcc 7.3 on it and soon I will uprade the kernel shortly. New kernels are in the pipeline that will have more spectre fixes added. I will fire them all in to my

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 27 January 2018 at 13:38, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:12:13 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > ​I think I will sign up on the gcc gnu help page and ask people if they > > have a test case file I can run to 100% confirm the GCC 8 compi

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 27 January 2018 at 13:38, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:12:13 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > ​I think I will sign up on the gcc gnu help page and ask people if they > > have a test case file I can run to 100% confirm the GCC 8 compi

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 27 January 2018 at 13:38, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:12:13 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > ​I think I will sign up on the gcc gnu help page and ask people if they > > have a test case file I can run to 100% confirm the GCC 8 compi

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 27 January 2018 at 13:17, Michael Lange wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 12:32:24 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > On 27 January 2018 at 11:59, Michael Lange wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:26:25 + > > &g

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 27 January 2018 at 12:43, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 12:12:57 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > ​Should the filename be something like linux-image-4.14.14.deb etc? > > With default settings for make-kpkg the filename is pr

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
It does seem as if make-kpkg has gone awol here. MF

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 27 January 2018 at 12:43, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 12:12:57 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > ​Should the filename be something like linux-image-4.14.14.deb etc? > > With default settings for make-kpkg the filename is pr

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 27 January 2018 at 11:59, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:26:25 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > Where would the default location of such a file be if were created using > > the make-kpkg command? > > the package should

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 27 January 2018 at 12:12, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 27 January 2018 at 11:59, Michael Lange wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:26:25 + >> Michael Fothergill wrote: >> >> > >&g

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 27 January 2018 at 11:59, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:26:25 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > Where would the default location of such a file be if were created using > > the make-kpkg command? > > the package should

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 27 January 2018 at 11:26, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > When you install the kernel, the following page ( > https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/i386/ch08s06.html.en) says you > must run the following command: > > *​dpkg -

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
When you install the kernel, the following page ( https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/i386/ch08s06.html.en) says you must run the following command: *​dpkg -i ../linux-image-3.16-subarchitecture_1.0.custom_i386.deb*. ​Do I need to run mrproper beforehand? I can't see any linux-image file in t

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 23:28, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 22:23:38 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > I am continuing the discussion of the kernel 4.14.15 compilation in the > > Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Deb

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 26 January 2018 at 22:59, Michael Lange wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 23:41:07 +0100 > Michael Lange wrote: > > > When I check /proc/cpuinfo I see that "msr" is listed in the "flags" > > section. So why doesn't the driver load automagically? > > But then, at least with the version of the check

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-26 Thread Michael Fothergill
​Dear All, I have decided to get rid of GCC8 using ML's helpful command suggestion. I will install gcc 7 again as sid and try again with kernel 4.14.15. ​Cheers MF >

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-26 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 26 January 2018 at 17:18, tv.deb...@googlemail.com < tv.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 26/01/2018 22:37, Michael Lange wrote: > >> On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:19:27 +0530 >> "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: >> >> >>> gcc-7[.2] was really gcc-7.3-rc for a while, and was doing a good job >>> at

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-26 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 26 January 2018 at 16:49, tv.deb...@googlemail.com < tv.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 26/01/2018 22:08, Michael Lange wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:34:51 +0530 >> "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: >> >> Hi, sorry to jump into the thread this late, I didn't follow the >>> be

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-26 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 26 January 2018 at 16:37, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 04:17:27PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > ​Is the sid gcc now 7.3 as someone said earlier even though it says it is > > 7.2? > > Sid apparently has both "gcc" and "gcc-7"

Re: a potential investor and collaborator has shown a little interest in Climostat

2018-01-26 Thread Michael Fothergill
But I'm flexible on this. > > Cheers, > Paul > > > > On 26/01/2018 16:08, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > Dear Paul, > > Many thanks for the offer. > > I need to think of a good place to have a meal round here. > > We could try e.g. the Beefeater at Presto

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-26 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 26 January 2018 at 16:26, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 26 January 2018 at 16:17, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >>>> >>> Hi, sorry to jump i

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-26 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 26 January 2018 at 16:17, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >>> >> Hi, sorry to jump into the thread this late, I didn't follow the >> beginning. >> You can save yourself quite a bit of hassle by downloading the

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-26 Thread Michael Fothergill
>> > Hi, sorry to jump into the thread this late, I didn't follow the beginning. > You can save yourself quite a bit of hassle by downloading the upstream > up-to-date vanilla kernel 4.15-rc9 and compile that with Unstable gcc-7. > All you need is there already and you will get as good a mitigation

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-26 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 23:28, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 22:23:38 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > I am continuing the discussion of the kernel 4.14.15 compilation in the > > Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Deb

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 22:35, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 21:43:19 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > Not sure, but didn't you want the very latest 4.15rc for some > > > Meltdown/Spectre issues? Are these also in 4.14.15? >

kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear All, I am continuing the discussion of the kernel 4.14.15 compilation in the Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9 post in a new post. The reason I am running with this kernel and not the 4.15.0 rc9 kernel that is now available on kernel.org is that: 1. It is stable 2. I have never tried

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 22:04, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > I ran it again after deleting the .config file, copy the one /boot over > again > and running the yes """| oldconfig command and makekpkg > &g

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear All, I ran it again after deleting the .config file, copy the one /boot over again and running the yes """| oldconfig command and makekpkg and it ran and crashed again: https://pastebin.com/GJkEMVvc ​Should I have run make clean or something before repeating everything? Regards MF​

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
> Not sure, but didn't you want the very latest 4.15rc for some > Meltdown/Spectre issues? Are these also in 4.14.15? > > ​ > ​I copied the config file from the boot directory for the current 4.15.0 rc8 kernel as .config. I then ran make menuconfig and then realised I didn't need to change anythi

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 20:33, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 08:14:24PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@mikef-PC:/usr/src# tar -xf linux-4.14.15.tar.xz > > > > Can anyone think of a command that will let me know where the files > > went/confi

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 19:25, Brian wrote: > On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 18:15:29 +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > Also is fakeroot installed by default or do I need to install it > > separately? > > apt show fakeroot | grep -i priority > > What do you think? &

extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
now where the files went/confirm it ran properly? Cheers Michael Fothergill

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
I have been looking at the web page here: https://wiki.debian.org/BuildADebianKernelPackage and noticed that the source file is supposed to be put in /usr/src it says. It thinks the file would have a format like this: *linux-source-x.x.tar.bz2* The file ​ I downloaded from the kernel.org site

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 17:20, Michael Lange wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:59:04 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > ​I have become sid and installed a ton of dependencies from the > > experimental respository and finally installed gcc 8. > > Oh, from a quick g

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 15:59, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 25 January 2018 at 13:14, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 25 January 2018 at 13:01, Greg Wooledge wrote: &g

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 13:14, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 25 January 2018 at 13:01, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:36:46PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: >> > ​If I become sid and install the ker

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 13:01, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:36:46PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > ​If I become sid and install the kernel correctly, could I go back to > being > > just buster (sounds like an energy drink) and carry on using the ne

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
>> > ​I tried installing gcc 8 on buster. It needs cpp8 which needs > ​libmrpfr6 > > ie this > > https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libmpfr6 > > which looks like its about being sid again.​ > > > ​I need to go to dependency rehab and sing the dem bones song again. > > Suggestions on avoidi

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 09:50, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 09:15:59 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I have the same problem as in Gentoo. > > > > > > In order to install gcc 7.3 rc2 I think I

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
> > > I have the same problem as in Gentoo. > > In order to install gcc 7.3 rc2 I think I would need to be sid. > > > I don't think I want to be sid at present. > ​But if I did want to be sid, would a source file like this suffice: ​ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-24 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 24 January 2018 at 22:32, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:07:07 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > (...) > > > ​I tried installing the headers file and it says I have dependency > > > problems:​ > > > > > &

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-24 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 24 January 2018 at 18:12, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 24 January 2018 at 18:00, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> W: Possible mis

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-24 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 24 January 2018 at 18:00, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw for > module r8169 > > > There is a gripe in there about the linux headers file not being i

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-24 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 24 January 2018 at 17:38, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 04:51:35PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@mikef-PC:/etc/apt# apt-get -t experimental install > > linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-all-amd64 > > Reading package lists... Done > > >

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-24 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 24 January 2018 at 17:38, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 04:51:35PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@mikef-PC:/etc/apt# apt-get -t experimental install > > linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-all-amd64 > > Reading package lists... Done > > >

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-24 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 24 January 2018 at 16:19, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 03:49:08PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > If you can be sid and experimental together then I guess [...] > > Experimental is not a release. You can't "be experimental". It is >

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

2018-01-24 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 24 January 2018 at 16:19, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 03:49:08PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > If you can be sid and experimental together then I guess [...] > > Experimental is not a release. You can't "be experimental". It is >

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