> On 15 Feb 2025, at 07:41, Philip Webb wrote:
> ...
> Has anyone else encountered this ? Does anyone have suggestions ?
Create multiple large files on your desktop PC. You could use movie files if
you have a small number of large enough files handy. I would prefer 5 files of
about 45GB, an
> On 17 Feb 2025, at 12:02, Michael wrote:
>>
>> as cb seen, it took 4 h 15 m .
>
> This is an excessively long time for a USB 2.0 port, but thankfully the dmesg
> output no longer showed any disconnections.
The poor wee flash controller had to keep erasing the drive's 16MB of flash so
ma
> On 22 Jul 2020, at 12:01, Matthias Hanft wrote:
>
> I don't know "getmail", but "fetchmail" runs here since 10 years
> without any problems. Just put a line like
+1
else doing first.
A big tracker is the application I'm most familiar with that handles this kind
of stuff, but it seems a lot to install for a single person - I guess a
complete SQL database and web-server would be amongst the dependencies.
I'd appreciate any thoughts,
Stroller.
kernels as well.
Perhaps I'm experiencing this because I'm using a Linode VM - it seems to hang
indefinitely, not just for 90 seconds - but it looks a bit like the devs have
passed the report upstream and left the affected versions in the tree to bite
stable users.
Stroller.
e got `#!bash -x` (or -e?) as your first line, or
something.
When you encounter a problem you don't understand, create the most minimal
program you can to reproduce the problem. If you can't reproduce it, add to it
one step at a time until it becomes what you're trying to do.
Stroller
ructure. IMHO the
> mailing list is sending a /new/ message to those recipients. Said message
> just happens to be strongly based on a message that I sent.
Yet the above had a from: address at the tnetconsulting.net domain.
Moaning to me won't change how the mailing list software works.
Stroller.
my mail server).
>
> Correct. DKIM verification is failing and my DMARC policy is configured to
> REJECT messages that fail DKIM or SPF tests.
My recollection is that I read this isn't that beneficial - that a policy of ~
is adequate.
Stroller.
on my system, this
with fail2ban installed and 1500+ IPs currently blacklisted.
Stroller.
rds the already-downloaded
> media (their source (npr) and ids) in the file .yt-dl-archive in the
> current directory (adjust path to your liking…)
That's miles better, thanks.
> And 'https://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510289' is the url you get
> if you subscribe to the podcast.
Where did you find this, please? On NPR's site? I seem to be finding loads of
different URLs for it on there.
Stroller.
using a podcast program.
If I have to parse the webpage, I might as well pull out both the show titles
and URLs and wget / rename them myself.
Stroller.
-readably, so
I'm wondering if I've got a bad URL for the feed, if the feed is broken or the
app.
Stroller.
blog_pmoney.mp3
20150513_blog_pmoney.mp3
20150516_blog_pmoney.mp3
20150522_blog_pmoney2.mp3
20150522_blog_pmoney.mp3
20150527_blog_pmoney.mp3
$
If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be grateful. I'll perhaps try Flexget later
today if I haven't thought of anything else.
Stroller.
[1
> On 18 Feb 2018, at 11:38, Stroller wrote:
>>
>> With the tool 'detox' those filenames could be fixed.
>>
>> But detox changes the time stamp of the files, which
>> filenames are altered (not all files, which are examined).
>>
>> I
roller’s suggestion.
How careless of me.
A solution is to use `detox -v` and capture the output.
$ touch '1234[]'
$ ls '1234[]'
1234[]
$ detox -v 1234*
Scanning: 1234[]
1234[] -> 1234-
$
A bit untidy. Really, detox should be patched to check the date and apply it to
the new file.
Stroller.
"
detox "$file"
touch -r "$tmpfile "$file"
rm "$tmpfile"
It should be trivial to patch detox to do this itself.
Stroller
e? I can't find them in Portage?
The current version of Podracer, Rich's suggestion, is 10 years old!
Stroller.
any recommendations,
Stroller.
> On 3 Jan 2018, at 23:41, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 22:07:22 +, Stroller wrote:
>
>>> If you do want to use versions, I'd recommend using ~ rather than = to
>>> pick up patch-level updates.
>>
>> What do you mean by
t;
> man 5 ebuild
>
> Section "Extended Atom Prefixes", it is near the top, probably first
> page on most screen sizes.
>
> The location is very non-obvious, I only know of it because I refr to it
> often once I found it
The ability to block atoms looks interesting, although I can't think when I'd
use it.
Stroller.
ght need to be a
> * on the end of ~4.9.34, I don;t quite recall. Answer in portage's man pages
I thought it was something like that, but searched `man portage` for "~" more
than one way, and didn't find reference to this. Am I blind?
Stroller.
l 4.9.34-r1 during a future
update, but I don't believe I've ever experienced that.
> If you do want to use versions, I'd recommend using ~ rather than = to
> pick up patch-level updates.
What do you mean by this exactly, please?
Stroller.
, at
> most you could have the current and latest kernel sources available
> pretty easily.
You've jogged a long-hibernating memory - the accidental removal of the current
sources tree in an accident like this may be the exact reason why I refuse to
allow kernel versions to be actively emerged.
Stroller.
replies here, I would take this directly to
the KDE lists.
Stroller
> On 3 Jan 2018, at 21:31, Wols Lists wrote:
>
> And heaven help you if you think emerging a specific version of
> gentoo-sources will update the kernel you're running. Because Linux
> certainly won't.
Heaven help me?
Could you possibly clarify, please?
Stroller.
related mailing lists, I've never heard someone advocate these kind of security
principles before?
These kind of arguments are theoretical. In the real world, there are millions
of people still running Windows XP and now-obsolete versions of Android on
their phones. A kernel that's a few months old is hardly likely to hurt me.
Stroller.
D
is about how to fix OP's problem, and that's what I addressed. If
you install kernels by specific version, as I suggest, then you're free to
update them manually as often as you wish.
Stroller.
te it to ensure you get security updates - look at the attack
vectors, you're probably sitting behind a NAT router, with very few ports
exposed to the internet.
It's adequate to update your kernel every 3 months.
Stroller.
f
> subscribers for the information content of a few dozen bytes? Even picture
> "apps" on phones are able to resize images.
I assumed this was a fat-fingered mistake. How are the pics relevant to the
thread?
Stroller.
I do the same when I log into Google's services, either that or flush all
Google & YouTube cookies immediately afterwards.
Stroller.
you more privacy from you family and
colleagues than it does from Facebook, though.
Stroller.
w: https://bugs.gentoo.org/633814
Stroller.
ally
> breaks the ability to even boot.
Detach the drive from the VM, and attach it as /dev/sd[cdefgh] on another VM?
See: Linodes » » Edit Configuration Profile » Block Device
Assignment
Also in the dropdowns there is an option for "Recovery -Finnix (iso)".
Stroller.
ach boot with your Linode's current network configuration."
I'm not sure I'd dare change it, to be honest.
> Second, do you have rc_sys defined, or are you using auto-detect (is it
> just commented out)?
Just commented out.
Stroller.
> On 3 Oct 2017, at 20:17, Simon Thelen wrote:
>
> It is almost always better to enable both of these where possible since
> it helps decrease the attack surface for the programs in question.
Thanks, I'll do that.
Stroller.
capabilities to control privilege rather than
set*id (this is orthogonal to USE=caps which uses capabilities at runtime e.g.
lib cap)
Can anyone possibly explain in simple terms what these USE flags do, and help
identify what's best for me?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Stroller.
;uml"- Usermode Linux
# "vserver"- Linux vserver
# "xen0" - Xen0 Domain (Linux and NetBSD)
# "xenU" - XenU Domain (Linux and NetBSD)
~ $
This on a Linode host, BTW. They haven't told me I need to do anything, so I
hope I'm ok.
HTH,
Stroller.
mode vi" with a space after "set".
This is also discussed on the Vim wiki:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_vi_shortcuts_in_terminal
Stroller.
ked at /etc/inputrc, and its existing contents are of a different format.
Where all the other lines are of the form:
"\eOH": beginning-of-line
"\eOF": end-of-line
it felt a bit wrong to be adding "set-editing-mode vi". Hence me asking here.
Is it foolish of me to think this?
Stroller.
I don't understand.
> 2) what you want is a bad idea.
>
> I bet portage (which internally uses bash a lot) won't be happy with that
A setting for interactive bash use should not affect non-interactive bash
scripts. If it does, I'd think it a bug.
Stroller.
root?
I find that my pager and editor are set in /etc/env.d/99pager and
/etc/env.d/99editor respectively, but creating a /etc/env.d/99bashlineediting
file containing "set -o vi" doesn't seem to work.
Any thoughts, please?
Stroller.
nly
a handful of "signatures", so it looks like Fail2Ban it is.
https://www.sshguard.net/docs/reference/attack-signatures/
Stroller.
o), and it seemed
to have no effect.
I've given up expecting USE descriptions to be useful.
> It's an example of no designer or coder enjoying any of the still important
> bits left over when the acceptance test is passed.
+1
Stroller.
over-IP versions a few years ago, and they certainly
all were. I'd find a near identical product (you could especially tell by the
web interface) from half a dozen or more manufacturers.
Stroller.
use the website looks prettier.
I want to be able to use passwords, so allowing logons only by public-key is no
good (also would be nice to block failed IMAP connection attempts).
Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
Stroller.
like that. Snapshot is backup for one volume. It can be converted to the
> image for creation of new VM's or to the volume and then mounted to one of
> your machines. As far as I understand, "snapshot" is raw data which can be
> used in several ways.
> (and much more)
Many thanks for your help.
Stroller.
..
>
> If this is a default Gentoo installation with openrc, why does a default
> plasma desktop screenlocker comes up with this nonsense?
Is it possible some of your KDE components were emerged with USE="systemd"?
Try something like `emerge -pN world`?
Stroller.
: Scaleway advertise their servers as €2.99 a month / €0.006 per
hour - are customers always billed on an hourly basis? I.E. if I have a have VM
that I only spin up when I need it, an hour or two at a time, for a few hours a
month, am I right in thinking I pay only pennies for that? It seems very
convenient. Is this charging model common amongst VM hosting providers?
Thanks in advance for any pointers,
Stroller.
unless there's
someone who's familiar with this.
Thanks,
Stroller.
doesn't sound right. I'd file a report at bugs.gentoo.org
Stroller.
> On 29 Aug 2017, at 14:53, Stroller wrote:
> ...
> Instead of mounting the SDcard, it's mounting the loopback device.
>
> A card, as /dev/sdb, was previously zeroed over and repartitioned a couple of
> days ago. I bet if I reboot the system it'll be recognis
eviously claimed to be mounted (and 6MB less than the files I
had intended to copy to it).
No /dev/sdb1 has been created.
There are aspects of this I still don't understand, but I am grateful to
everyone who has provided their time.
Stroller.
ght SD Cards were treated like regular hotpluggable
> devices like USB storage, but maybe not. I'd be interested to see the
> results of running partprobe.
$ sudo partprobe -s
/dev/sda: gpt partitions 1 2 3 4 5
/dev/sdb: msdos partitions 1
$
The following is also dumped
gram from util-linux package, or some
> "modern" replacement?
It's the normal one:
$ equery belongs `which mount`
* Searching for /bin/mount ...
sys-apps/util-linux-2.28.2 (/bin/mount)
$
Stroller.
> On 29 Aug 2017, at 14:19, Rich Freeman wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Stroller
> wrote:
>>
>> Any recommendations for a simple NTP client?
>>
>
> systemd-timedated?
>
> /me ducks...
Sounds good, actually.
Will try to remember
repartitioned a couple of
days ago. I bet if I reboot the system it'll be recognised. How do I get it to
be recognised now?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
Stroller.
$ sudo grep kernel /var/log/messages
Aug 29 13:49:46 alrai kernel: usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device num
/default/ntpd
$
I *think* this is because ntp-client is designed not to make large adjustments,
so ntpd is run at startup in case the clock is too far out.
Ideally I'd like a program that performs both roles.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Stroller.
that is bad. The browser is unresponsive for a few seconds at
> a time.
I use Ghostery on my Mac - I couldn't use the web without it now.
They have versions for Firefox and Opera - it might not be as full-featured as
you'd like, but it's very easy to install and use, so might be worth a try.
Stroller.
rather lost. It's an extremely verbose document
> which makes it very hard to get the gist of the install procedure. it's not
> a bad document, merely poorly organised.
I always use the quick install guide, although I don't know if it's as well
maintained.
https:
-update @world
If this was a mistake on your part then you're not alone.
I appear currently to have both ruby-2.1.9 and ruby-2.2.6 installed on two
systems, last sync'd 6/7/2017 and 20/7/2017, with select showing ruby21 as
current version on both.
Stroller.
k into the free tier to be sure. You can always set alerts
> to email you if you're getting close to getting charged.
Thanks for your help.
Looks like the free tier is a bit skinny on storage - only 5GB.
Linode's pricing pitch, "simple pricing, no calculator needed", puts Amazon's
rates to shame.
Stroller.
ut billing me?
Linode were mentioned by a couple of people in the previous thread, too. They
seem like the logical choice, but if I can use AWS for free, that would be
better. ;)
Stroller.
> On 26 Mar 2017, at 03:57, Stroller wrote:
>
> In the next few weeks I need to move my email server (a very old Gentoo
> installation) from the closet in my home, into the cloud so that I can go
> travelling and access my mail from anywhere.
A few months ago I as
> On 21 Jul 2017, at 04:31, wabe wrote:
>
>> LINGUAS="en_GB en"
>> L10N="en_GB en"
>
> Shouldn't it be en-GB and not en_GB?
Oh, that's not confusing at all!
Many thanks. That's fixed it.
Stroller.
TF-8 UTF-8
en_GB ISO-8859-1
And in /etc/portage/make.conf I have:
LINGUAS="en_GB en"
L10N="en_GB en"
Cheers for any thoughts,
Stroller.
> On 17 Jul 2017, at 03:14, Walter Dnes wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 01:43:46AM +0100, Stroller wrote
>> This system is headless, but I have x11-wm/xpra installed on it so I can run
>> X11 apps remotely.
>>
>> Recent emerges of world hav
> On 18 Jul 2017, at 02:33, IceAmber wrote:
>
> Actually, this is the c++ 11 abi bug, read the news
> And you can solve it by `revdep-rebuild --library 'libstdc++.so.6' --
> --exclude gcc`
Many thanks!
That worked perfectly.
Stroller.
even really what it's for, so I don't know if I
should just try disabling gallium and trying again.
I'm grateful for any thoughts,
Stroller.
Tail end of /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/mesa-17.0.6/temp/build.log follows:
/bin/sh ../../../../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link x86_64
CLUT224=y
$
You can check to see if the options have changed in `make menuconfig`.
Stroller.
s and the GUI [en]
$
If I were OP I'd start from there, and the attachment igel uploaded to bgo on
2013-07-22.
Stroller.
> On 29 Mar 2017, at 06:43, Arthur Țițeică wrote:
>>
>> €5 a month seems an ideal price, but I can probably afford a little
>> more.
>
> Dedibox/Online has real hardware (dedicated servers) for 15 or 30€ on the
> personal range. The more expensive one has 2 SSDs for software raid 6 cores
> Xe
read - not only Alarig's, but also to
Harry and Joost.
It'll be a couple of weeks before I need to get started so I'm glad to read
this further discussion.
€5 a month seems an ideal price, but I can probably afford a little more.
Stroller.
l (and if I screw up
remote access)?
1. Are these suppositions right?
2. Any recommendations for cheap / reliable hosting providers, please?
I expect to use Gentoo because I've hardly used any other distro for years, and
find others less intuitive.
Thanks,
Stroller.
I wrote last month about how helpful I found the gcc devs:
https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/message/f5a5ae94fb59945d1eeb2093aab24a1c
<https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/message/f5a5ae94fb59945d1eeb2093aab24a1c>
Stroller.
> On 18 Mar 2017, at 18:44, tu...@posteo.de wrote:
>
> Starting mpv as root "fixes" the problem...so it is
> a permission problem (see my second mail).
Can't find your second mail, but a different user has a different
_environment_, as well as different permissions.
Stroller.
nd see what options you
can add without crashing the compile. These options often do not actually make
things faster.
Stroller.
> On 11 Mar 2017, at 05:37, the...@sys-concept.com wrote:
>
> SOLVED!
> media-libs/tiff-4.0.7 is not compatible with hylafaxplus-5.5.5
> Downgrading to tiff-4.0.6 solved the problem
File a bug!
Stroller.
b/portage/world*` please?
A copy of the whole world file(s) would be great, in fact, ideally as plain
text attachments.
Also, any chance you could set your mailer to send only plain text emails to
the list?
Cheers,
Stroller.
u're taking the compiler output to the authors of the compiler - that's what
they need to see in order to help you and fix problems with their program. It's
helpful that you Gentoo is a fairly vanilla-upstream distro.
Stroller.
or sed them into the terminal (I noticed this adding the embedding
spaces to the above) the colour codes are converted to colours and the text is
displayed nicely.
In the above the filenames and the "‘union atomic_read(const
atomic_t*)::’" are bold white, and the word "error:" is displayed in
red.
Stroller.
.
Running emerge with `--color n` would have made this log much more readable.
Its size already makes it hard to search.
Stroller.
ially appears to succeed like so:
>
> debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
Are both clients using SSH2? And the same cyphers?
Stroller.
mp;/or png images then Gimp's "save for web" feature
is wonderful. You can also enhance images by using the "colour levels" tool
first - select the white pipette and click on the whitest area of the paper,
then select the black pipette and click on the thickest part of the blackest
printer letter character.
Stroller.
.0.3.
Ultimately the question would seem to be whether nmap is getting those names
through local name resolution, or whether its some kind of nmap "magic"
performed during the port-scan.
Stroller.
ate and 80 of
them succeed this way, then that's 80 less lines of crap on your screen next
time you upgrade world.
Stroller.
just a heads up for anyone else that likes messing around with vulkan.
This is Bug 607154, filed Wednesday 25th.
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607154
Hope this helps,
Stroller.
PS: Could you possibly set your email client to send only plaintext messages to
this list, please?
I'd
check here for recommendations first.
All I need to do at the moment is access a single host behind a home router,
although it would be nice if there was a free service with room for 2 or 3
hosts in case I need to add more.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Stroller.
l.com/blog/fix-cropped-picture-cut-off-screen-tv-hdmi-dvi
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/qx7zm/problem_connecting_panasonic_viera_tcp42s30/
Stroller.
require gtk-engines-adwaita. [4]
So you should be able to `emerge -1 =x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.28-r1` and then `emerge
-1 gtk-engines-adwaita` should pull in the 3.20.2 version of it.
You can then, for good measure, update gtk+ to version 2.24.31-r1 (`emerge -1
=x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.31-r1`), I think.
S
ne mentioned that here on this list in the last week or two, and I
found I had several.
I also ran `sudo perl-cleaner --reallyall` at one point.
Stroller.
sc/flash_fragmentation.html
•
http://www.wizcode.com/articles/comments/flash_memory_fragmentation_myths_and_facts/
Stroller.
so noticeable, I understood that it still has
one.
Stroller.
it's beta software but should exfat be more reliable than rtfs?
There's always `split`.
Very easy to use, just a little inconvenient to have to invoke it every time
you copy a file to USB.
Stroller.
broke this. I
> wanted to document how I got it working again and send it out in case it
> helps anyone else.
Great post. I don't have a Lenovo, but I love to see these kinds of helpful
reports.
Stroller.
exactly the sort of thing I had in mind. I'll have a
look at installing it now.
Stroller.
ises me to think that pretty-printing an email from the command-line is
something that's not been done before, but my searches are not finding relevant
results.
Stroller.
anks in advance for any suggestions,
Stroller.
DE Plasma, KDE Applications, KDE Frameworks
> and Qt, though that takes about 450 lines in packages.accept_keywords.
>
Your terminal colours are gopping!
Now I've expressed my distaste, can we all go back to plain text email, please?
Mr Mol has been posting in HTML the last week, too - I have yet to update my
glasses' prescription, and his font is far too small for me (or, I hope really,
for my Retina™ screen).
Stroller.
.e. those
with "icon" or "theme" in the name), and see if this reinstates your visual
file-type portrayals. This is a bit more work, but it might document the
problem sufficiently that you can document the bug at b.g.o. and help others.
Stroller
rsion.
http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Versions
Any problems, use the xpra mailing list and you'll find the developer very
helpful and responsive.
http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users
Stroller.
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