Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

2025-04-01 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Three and a bit months later... On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 13:43:08 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Wol. > On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 12:02:49 +, Wols Lists wrote: > > On 20/12/2024 17:44, k...@aspodata.se wrote: [ ] > > By the way, as to the other point of putting /

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to emerge rust. It crashed. Now I get circular dependencies. Help!

2025-03-30 Thread Alan Mackenzie
On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 16:04:04 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Gentoo. > While updating my old machine (a 1st generation Ryzen), I was 42 minutes > through the emerge of rust when it crashed. This is probably due to the > known hardware error in early Ryzen chips.

[gentoo-user] Trying to emerge rust. It crashed. Now I get circular dependencies. Help!

2025-03-30 Thread Alan Mackenzie
email ] I'm not happy about this. I tried to unmerge that partial version of rust, but just got further error messages. How can I unwedge portage in this situation? Thanks! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] More than 256/512 glyphs on a Linux console

2025-02-11 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Viorel. On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 21:36:31 +0200, Viorel Munteanu wrote: > La 11.02.2025 21:10, Alan Mackenzie a scris: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > For the past few weeks, I've been working on enhancing the Linux console > > to display more than 256/512 glyphs. >

[gentoo-user] More than 256/512 glyphs on a Linux console

2025-02-11 Thread Alan Mackenzie
nicode value in a 16-bit field. This program could be modified easily enough to handle general Unicode values. The code isn't currently in a state to publish as a patch, but I could bring it into such a state reasonably soon if there is any interest in it. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Help getting my new loudspeakers working, please!

2025-01-25 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Karl. On Sat, Jan 25, 2025 at 09:00:12 +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Alan Mackenzie: > ... > > Then I attempt to use alsamixer to unmute the speakers and, hopefully get > > some sound out of them. This is where my problems start. > > alsamixer displays just one

Re: [gentoo-user] Help getting my new loudspeakers working, please!

2025-01-25 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Dale. On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 14:53:30 -0600, Dale wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > I've finally got around to buying a pair of new loadspeakers for my new > > (as of 2024-08) PC. The experience has not been relaxed and obvious. > >

[gentoo-user] Help getting my new loudspeakers working, please!

2025-01-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
.. Before I spend hours reading documentation, could some kind person familiar with these things perhaps give me a tip to getting my speakers working. Setting up loudspeakers shouldn't be this difficult. Thanks in advance for any help! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

2024-12-22 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Wol. On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 16:53:17 +, Wols Lists wrote: > On 22/12/2024 15:29, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday 22 December 2024 13:43:08 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> The trouble [is] that a kernel command line, or /etc/fstab, using lots > >> of

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

2024-12-22 Thread Alan Mackenzie
> !!!), and the system will still find the correct disk. The trouble being that a kernel command line, or /etc/fstab, using lots of these is not human readable, and hence is at the edge of unmaintainability. This maintenance difficulty surely outweighs the rare situation where the physical->logical assignment changes due to a broken drive. That's what we've got rescue disks for. > Cheers, > Wol -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

2024-12-22 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello again! On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 16:58:59 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Karl. > On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 17:45:13 +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > Alan Mackenzie: > > ... > > > I've now got working code which assembles a metadata 1.2 RAID array at >

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

2024-12-21 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Karl. On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 17:45:13 +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Alan Mackenzie: > ... > > I've now got working code which assembles a metadata 1.2 RAID array at > > boot time. The syntax needed on the command line is, again, > > md=124,1.2,

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

2024-12-21 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello again, Karl. On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 12:43:50 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 23:02:58 +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > Alan Mackenzie: > > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 18:44:53 +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > ... > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

2024-12-21 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Karl. On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 23:02:58 +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Alan Mackenzie: > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 18:44:53 +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > ... > > > Please tell if you make booting with metadata 1.2 work. > > > I havn't tested that. &g

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

2024-12-20 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Hoël. On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 21:38:42 +0100, Hoël Bézier wrote: > Am Fr, Dez 20, 2024 am 08:19:55 + schrieb Alan Mackenzie: > >By the way, do you know an easy way for copying an entire filesystem, > >such as the root system, but without copying other systems mounted in

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

2024-12-20 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Karl. On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 18:44:53 +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Alan Mackenzie: > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 15:50:53 +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > ... > > Because I didn't know about it. I found out about it this morning, and > > immediately teste

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

2024-12-20 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Karl. On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 15:50:53 +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Alan Mackenzie: > ... > > The cause was me booting up the machine with a rescue disk. This > > assembled my RAID partitions /dev/md127 and /dev/md126 reversed, but > > also wrote those wrong

[gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

2024-12-20 Thread Alan Mackenzie
ays have metadata version 0.90, the (old fashioned) one that allows auto-assembly by the kernel without the need of an initramfs. The moral of the story: if your system uses software RAID, be careful indeed before you boot up with a rescue disk. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with systemd-boot

2024-12-19 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 10:59:54 +, Michael wrote: > On Wednesday 18 December 2024 21:31:42 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 15:58:14 +, Michael wrote: > > > On an OpenRC system without GRUB, rEFInd is a good choice, or for a &g

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with systemd-boot

2024-12-18 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. Thanks for the reply. On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 15:58:14 +, Michael wrote: > On Wednesday 18 December 2024 14:30:12 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 December 2024 12:13:59 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > I've been havin

Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with systemd-boot

2024-12-18 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Arsen. On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 13:50:09 +0100, Arsen Arsenović wrote: > Hi Alan, > Alan Mackenzie writes: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > I've been having fun with systemd-boot. > > On my new (2024-08) machine, on Friday 2024-12-06, I suddenly noticed > > t

[gentoo-user] Fun with systemd-boot

2024-12-18 Thread Alan Mackenzie
eral kernels at booting time, but I certainly don't want something "refined" like grub - I just need what I thought systemd-boot actually was before yesterday. Thanks in advance! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

[gentoo-user] A fix for irritations with GPM

2024-12-15 Thread Alan Mackenzie
in the patches, but if it breaks for you, I'll be sorry and will handle bug reports. Nothing more. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c index 8967c3a0d916..545ca051635a 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c +++ b/dr

Re: [gentoo-user] --depclean and openrc [Was: Wayland! Beware of!]

2024-10-27 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Eli. On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 21:53:15 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: > On 10/25/24 3:22 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> Since it is "just a package", the solution should lie in fixing > >> ::gentoo, not in fixing the "emerge" command. That's what th

Re: [gentoo-user] --depclean and openrc [Was: Wayland! Beware of!]

2024-10-25 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Eli. On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 15:36:43 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: > On 9/24/24 2:53 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> Regarding the daemontools situation: > >> """ > >> for example with --depclean preserving packages in system, as well as world &g

Re: [gentoo-user] --depclean and openrc [Was: Wayland! Beware of!]

2024-09-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Eli. On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 11:15:10 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: > On 9/24/24 7:30 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: [ ] > >> It's possible you have installed another one of these packages too. If > >> you do, then virtual/service-manager will still be satisfied,

Re: [gentoo-user] --depclean and openrc

2024-09-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Eli. On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 11:24:14 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: > On 9/24/24 8:34 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >>> The context of this discussion was an implication that the Gentoo > >>> maintainers wouldn't make a change "that made everyone's sys

Re: [gentoo-user] --depclean and openrc

2024-09-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Arsen. On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 13:40:57 +0200, Arsen Arsenović wrote: > Alan Mackenzie writes: [ ] > >> So, @system requires you to have any one of: > >> - openrc > >> - openrc-navi (a testing fork with openrc user services) > >> - s6 > &g

[gentoo-user] --depclean and openrc [Was: Wayland! Beware of!]

2024-09-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Eli. On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 18:54:50 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: > On 9/23/24 6:08 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> Do you have that little faith in the Gentoo Developers, that you think > >> we'd make a USE flag change that made everyone's systems suddenly br

Re: [gentoo-user] Wayland! Beware of!

2024-09-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Eli. On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 17:11:14 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: > On 9/23/24 4:14 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > I got a nasty shock earlier on this evening when I was updating my > > (still newish) system. Around (perhaps) 70 packages to be up

[gentoo-user] Wayland! Beware of!

2024-09-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
em about this change. :-( -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] [Fixed] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-28 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, everybody. On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 20:50:01 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 19:36:49 +0100, Michael wrote: > > On Tuesday, 27 August 2024 17:05:26 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 14:49:14 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-27 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 19:36:49 +0100, Michael wrote: > On Tuesday, 27 August 2024 17:05:26 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 14:49:14 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 12:54:20 +0100, Michael wrote: > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-27 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, everybody. On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 14:49:14 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 12:54:20 +0100, Michael wrote: > > On Monday, 26 August 2024 11:40:43 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 22:04:05 +0100, Michael wrote: > I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-26 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 12:54:20 +0100, Michael wrote: > On Monday, 26 August 2024 11:40:43 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Michael. > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 22:04:05 +0100, Michael wrote: > > I've had a reply from MSI's support. I

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-26 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 22:04:05 +0100, Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 25 August 2024 20:37:37 BST Dale wrote: > > Alan Mackenzie wrote: [ ] > > > I'm convinced this isn't a problem in Linux. It's something having got > > > wedged in

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-25 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Dale. On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 14:37:37 -0500, Dale wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Dale > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 13:28:14 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >>> Somehow I don't think that will work (which doesn't mea

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-25 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Dale On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 13:28:14 -0500, Dale wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Somehow I don't think that will work (which doesn't mean I won't try it). > > There is something in the motherboard which is throwing off the desired > > resolution

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-25 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 16:31:54 +0100, Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 25 August 2024 13:33:14 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 20:36:11 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 16:40:38 +0100, Michael wrote: > > > &g

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-25 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 20:36:11 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 16:40:38 +0100, Michael wrote: > > On Saturday, 24 August 2024 14:25:31 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 10:44:44 +0100, Michael wrote: [ ] >

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello again, Michael. On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 16:40:38 +0100, Michael wrote: > On Saturday, 24 August 2024 14:25:31 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 10:44:44 +0100, Michael wrote: > > > Instead of resetting the firmware and losing all your MoBo settin

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 10:44:44 +0100, Michael wrote: > On Friday, 23 August 2024 17:21:42 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 22:44:47 +0100, Michael wrote: > > > Assuming the file is still available and built in the kernel as > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Dale. On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 13:44:36 -0500, Dale wrote: > Jack wrote: > > On 2024.08.23 12:21, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> I'm a bit fed up with all of this.  It's a new machine, but the > >> motherboard, an MSI B650 Tomahawk Wifi, has been around a

Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit?

2024-08-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Wol. On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 10:42:54 +0100, Wol wrote: > On 22/08/2024 17:37, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Yes, 6.6.47 has become the new stable Gentoo kernel, and I've now > > updated my old machine, and this worked without problem. This was > > mainly to test

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit?

2024-08-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Grant. On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 13:02:43 -, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-08-21, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 00:30:25 -, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2024-08-20, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> > I've just treated myself to a

Re: [gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 22:44:47 +0100, Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 22 August 2024 17:54:19 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > Thanks to everybody who helped me get my video going in the other thread. > > I've now got a more puzzling p

[gentoo-user] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side.

2024-08-22 Thread Alan Mackenzie
IOS has saved the offsets in the CMOS or something. I don't know how to undo these saved settings. Would somebody please help me on this, too. Thanks! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit?

2024-08-22 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 16:05:38 +0100, Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 22 August 2024 15:46:41 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Thursday, 22 August 2024 12:57:21 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > Is there an easy way to persuade portage to download the ebuild for &g

Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit?

2024-08-22 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Peter. On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 20:10:51 +0200, Peter Böhm wrote: > Hello Alan, > Am Mittwoch, 21. August 2024, 19:26:11 CEST schrieb Alan Mackenzie: > > Nothing. No trace of anything on my blank screen. I hate it when > > people say that configuring a kernel is easy

Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit?

2024-08-21 Thread Alan Mackenzie
and debug it. Yes, I'm aware that having the firmware loaded into a modular kernel would have helped here, but that's just not the way I want to go. Thanks everybody for the help! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit?

2024-08-21 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 12:37:53 +0100, Michael wrote: > On Wednesday, 21 August 2024 12:15:22 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Peter. > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 23:16:39 +0200, Peter Böhm wrote: > > > Hello Alan, > > > > Anyhow, I&

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit?

2024-08-21 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Grant. On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 00:30:25 -, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-08-20, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > I've just treated myself to a new machine based on a Ryzen 9 7900 > > processor. I chose the second newest generation so as not to get caught > > o

Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit?

2024-08-21 Thread Alan Mackenzie
; P.S.: Maybe you know this already ? -> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pietinger/Tutorials/ > Manual_kernel_configuration I'll go and have a look at that file, thanks! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit?

2024-08-21 Thread Alan Mackenzie
all the possible bits of hardware in users' machines. > I had great grief trying to build the correct firmware into the kernel, > gave up and went down the module route (no I don't like having drivers > for base hardware as modules), and the relief when it "just worked&

[gentoo-user] Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit?

2024-08-20 Thread Alan Mackenzie
t all; maybe it's already fully contained in the processor. That's how good the doc is, after ~3 hours searching the web. So, rant mode off! Would a Gentoo expert please tell me where I can discover whether I need such firmware, and if so what. Many thanks in advance! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone figure out how to boot kernel 6.9+?

2024-08-14 Thread Alan Mackenzie
RAGEOUS There's nothing but point releases in the kernel, anyway. Going from 5.xx.yy to 6.1 just happend because Linus T felt it was time, not for any specific new kernel features. > -- You can't out-crazy a Democrat. #EggCrisis #BlackWinter White is > the new Kulak. Powers are not rights. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Lots of issues with wayland

2024-08-07 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Wol. On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 23:08:42 +0100, Wol wrote: > On 06/08/2024 19:31, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > So, is it possible in Wayland to record a configuration of windows, > > their sizes and positions, then restore these on starting a program > > again? If not, that

Re: [gentoo-user] Lots of issues with wayland

2024-08-06 Thread Alan Mackenzie
n Wayland to record a configuration of windows, their sizes and positions, then restore these on starting a program again? If not, that would appear to be a design bug in Wayland. What am I missing? [ ] > have a lovely day > -- > Arsen Arsenović -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Keep getting LC_ALL error during install.

2024-06-17 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Wol. On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 13:39:35 +0100, Wols Lists wrote: > On 17/06/2024 12:17, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Sadly, the FBR never made it into commercial deployment. > Was that the one with the heavy water moderator? So a thermal runaway > was impossible becaus

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Keep getting LC_ALL error during install.

2024-06-17 Thread Alan Mackenzie
aneous users. The response time wasn't always what one might have desired, and neither was the robustness of the operating system. Sadly, the FBR never made it into commercial deployment. > -- > Regards, > Peter. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Difficulty with updating /etc/basb/bashrc

2024-06-15 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Vitaliy. On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 21:25:23 +0300, Vitaliy Perekhovy wrote: > On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 03:53:35PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > I think portage is at fault here - it should retain the older standard > > version of /etc/bash/bashrc so that users can resolve

Re: [gentoo-user] Difficulty with updating /etc/basb/bashrc

2024-06-15 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Netfab. On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 19:52:32 +0200, netfab wrote: > Le 14/06/24 à 19:33, Alan Mackenzie a tapoté : > > Are these files freely available, anywhere, perhaps? > Else, everything is also available from gentoo.org : > > https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/g

Re: [gentoo-user] Difficulty with updating /etc/basb/bashrc

2024-06-14 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Mike. On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 17:19:31 +0100, Mike Civil wrote: > On 14/06/2024 17:00, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Right now, I have a problem. Is there any convenient way I can get the > > older standard file contents back again, so as to be able to do this > > 3-

Re: [gentoo-user] Difficulty with updating /etc/basb/bashrc

2024-06-14 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Netfab. On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 18:22:11 +0200, netfab wrote: > Le 14/06/24 à 17:53, Alan Mackenzie a tapoté : > > Right now, I have a problem. Is there any convenient way I can get > > the older standard file contents back again, so as to be able to do > > this 3

[gentoo-user] Difficulty with updating /etc/basb/bashrc

2024-06-14 Thread Alan Mackenzie
nt way I can get the older standard file contents back again, so as to be able to do this 3-way diff? Or any other suggestions? Thanks! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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

2024-06-02 Thread Alan Mackenzie
ngle problem with my two Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB drives in these 7 years. [ ] > Dale > :-)  :-) > P. S.  I reported the memory error to Newegg, where it claims 256GB.  :-) -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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

2024-05-15 Thread Alan Mackenzie
hine? In particular, to reduce the noise it gives off while building large packages such as clang and rust? Or is water cooling only sensible for really heavy users such as gamers? Thanks for the upcoming answers! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

[gentoo-user] CONFIG_BLK_DEBUG_FS on kernel 6.8.1 considered a Bad Thing.

2024-04-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
0n1p2): Can't find a valid FAT filesystem .. On diffing the 6.7 and 6.8 .config files, I found a new pertinent item [*] Block layer debugging information in debugfs .. When I disabled this and rebuilt the kernel, my /boot mounted without problem. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - with GPM handling - version of the patch for kernel 6.8.1 onwards.

2024-04-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Peter. On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:47:43 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday, 24 January 2024 12:20:29 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:00:37 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > [ ] > > Please note the co

Re: [gentoo-user] My emerge @preserved-rebuild is wedged. Help, please!

2024-04-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
4-04-01 15:12, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > I'm trying to do > > # emerge -a @preserved-rebuild > > .. For this purpose, I created a temporary repository, filling it with > > ancient ebuilds recovered from /var/db/pkg. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] My emerge @preserved-rebuild is wedged. Help, please!

2024-04-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
and functional. > > Most importantly, how can I free up my system so that I can proceed with > > the pending profile update? I appear to be stuck. I hope I won't have > > to reinstall gentoo. > You can just go ahead with it. Odds are Spidermonkey will be updated,

Re: [gentoo-user] My emerge @preserved-rebuild is wedged. Help, please!

2024-04-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
April 2024 16:12:51 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > > > I'm trying to do > > > > # emerge -a @preserved-rebuild > > > > .. For this purpose, I created a temporary repository, filling it with > > ancient ebuilds recovere

Re: [gentoo-user] My emerge @preserved-rebuild is wedged. Help, please!

2024-04-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
-). So I'm back in action. Thanks very much! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

[gentoo-user] My emerge @preserved-rebuild is wedged. Help, please!

2024-04-01 Thread Alan Mackenzie
the pending profile update? I appear to be stuck. I hope I won't have to reinstall gentoo. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Don't be like stupid me!

2024-02-11 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Bill. On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 10:14:49 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: > On 10/2/24 23:56, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > I was wanting to do a pretty full build of my Emacs working repository. > > This involved first purging al *.elc files. The way to do this is > >

[gentoo-user] Don't be like stupid me!

2024-02-10 Thread Alan Mackenzie
27;t I? ;-( At least I do a weekly backup, though. So, in the end I managed to recover fairly well, thankfully. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - with GPM handling - version of the patch for kernel 6.6 [was 6.3] onwards.

2024-01-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Gentoo. On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:00:37 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: [ ] Please note the corrected subject line. This version of the soft scrolling patch is for kernel 6.6.13, or thereabouts. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - with GPM handling - version of the patch for kernel 6.3 onwards.

2024-01-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Gentoo. [ First an older post, but without quoting >s on the lines. ] On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 18:56:27 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: The topic of this post is my kernel patch which enables soft scrolling on Linux tty's with and , and also enables the GPM mouse utility on those

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - with GPM handling - version of the patch for kernel 6.3 onwards.

2023-10-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Jorge. On Wed, Oct 04, 2023 at 18:08:20 +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote: >6.3.11-GPM.20231004.diff works fine with 6.5.5 (vanilla from >[1]kernel.org) Thanks for doing this testing. > > References > >1. http://kernel.org/ -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

[gentoo-user] An annoyance in GPM, and a fix for it

2023-10-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
# patch -p1 < 6.1.8-TRIPLE.20231004.diff , then rebuild the kernel. Install this kernel into your boot manager, and voilà - the problem is solved. :-) The usual disclaimer applies. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - with GPM handling - version of the patch for kernel 6.3 onwards.

2023-10-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Gentoo. On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 18:56:27 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: The topic of this post is my kernel patch which enables soft scrolling on Linux tty's with and , and also enables the GPM mouse utility on those scrolled regions. Currently, the patch I posted some months ago wor

Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid opcode after kernel update

2023-09-17 Thread Alan Mackenzie
you've got a sporadic RAM failure? Running the standard RAM test (the one you boot into, I've forgotten its name) for many hours might pin down the problem. > Thanks, > -- > Fernando Rodriguez -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D

2023-08-31 Thread Alan Mackenzie
first used Gentoo 18/19 >years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and >general know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make >your acquaintance. >-- >Alan McKinnon > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Spurious error messages at boot up from the new dhcpcd

2023-08-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 16:03:16 +0100, Michael wrote: > Hello Alan, > On Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:00:26 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > I don't understand what I just did, by deleting net.enp38s0, though it > > appeared to have fixed the problem. That

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Spurious error messages at boot up from the new dhcpcd

2023-08-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Nuno. On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 22:41:11 +0100, Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2023-08-22, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > With the new dhcpcd-10.0.2 (previous version being ?9.5.1) I get spurious > > error messages on boot up. In particular, I see this: > > * Starti

Re: [gentoo-user] Spurious error messages at boot up from the new dhcpcd

2023-08-22 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Michael. On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 12:29:38 +0100, Michael wrote: > On Tuesday, 22 August 2023 10:56:52 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, gentoo. > > With the new dhcpcd-10.0.2 (previous version being ?9.5.1) I get spurious > > error messages on boot up. In p

[gentoo-user] Spurious error messages at boot up from the new dhcpcd

2023-08-22 Thread Alan Mackenzie
might get further with this problem? Thanks! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Please help me understand this emerge error message.

2023-08-12 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Paul. On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 11:15:05 +1000, Paul Colquhoun wrote: > On Saturday, August 12, 2023 4:46:17 A.M. AEST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > For the past couple of days, after $ emerge --sync, I've tried > > $ emerge -auND @world >

Re: [gentoo-user] Please help me understand this emerge error message.

2023-08-12 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Arsen. On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 21:45:38 +0200, Arsen Arsenović wrote: > Alan Mackenzie writes: [ ] > > The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: > > curl_ssl_openssl? ( openssl ) > A REQUIRED_USE of 'X? ( Y Z )' means that

Re: [gentoo-user] Please help me understand this emerge error message.

2023-08-12 Thread Alan Mackenzie
On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 13:52:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > For the past couple of days, after $ emerge --sync, I've tried > > $ emerge -auND @world > > .. It has come back ver

[gentoo-user] Please help me understand this emerge error message.

2023-08-11 Thread Alan Mackenzie
installed. Please help me understand what's happening. Thanks for the help! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - New (?final) version of the patch - with GPM handling.

2023-02-03 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Peter. I have another version of the patch which makes GPM usable on scrolled consoles. I'd like to think that it's now final. On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 14:41:53 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday, 27 January 2023 22:31:17 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Fri, Ja

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - New version of the patch - with GPM handling.

2023-01-27 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Peter. On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 12:24:41 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 26 January 2023 20:28:36 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote: > --->8 > > Again, on any problems please let me know and I'll try to fix them. As > > ever, there are no guarantees, etc., e

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - New version of the patch - with GPM handling.

2023-01-26 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Peter. On Sun, Jan 01, 2023 at 15:13:02 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 16:13:23 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 15:47:01 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Hello Alan, > > > On Saturday, 31 December

Re: [gentoo-user] Help!!! My system won't boot. (?lvm?) :-(

2023-01-12 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Alan. On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 20:16:07 +, Alan J. Wylie wrote: > Alan Mackenzie writes: > > My system isn't booting. In particular, most of the SSD partitions > > won't mount, because they are not under /dev any more. The root > > partition, /de

[gentoo-user] Help!!! My system won't boot. (?lvm?) :-(

2023-01-11 Thread Alan Mackenzie
a, but not found anything relevant there. Please help me get my system booting again! Thanks! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - New version of the patch - with GPM handling.

2023-01-01 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Peter. On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 16:13:23 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 15:47:01 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello Alan, > > On Saturday, 31 December 2022 14:08:43 GMT you wrote: [ ] > > I think you've put your finger on it:

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - New version of the patch - with GPM handling.

2022-12-31 Thread Alan Mackenzie
od root through the > BIOS options to start with. A happy new year to you (and everybody else here), and give me somewhere between a few hours and a few days, and this bug should get fixed. Again, thanks for such effective testing! > -- > Regards, > Peter. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - New version of the patch - with GPM handling.

2022-12-31 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Peter, thanks for the reply. The photo was extremely helpful! On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 09:42:54 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Morning Alan, > On Thursday, 29 December 2022 19:50:18 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > I've got a first version of a patch which attempts

Re: [gentoo-user] Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - New version of the patch - with GPM handling.

2022-12-29 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello again, Peter. On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 10:53:07 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 03:44:49 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Monday, 12 December 2022 18:23:28 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > Here is the latest version of my soft scrolling pa

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