[gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
hi all, I am new to Gentoo. I came across some problems in the Gentoo installation process. I got a relatively new laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Y400. The Gentoo iso I choose is: admincd-amd64-20130620.iso, from: http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20130620/hardened/ After I made the LiveUSB, disabling the UEFI boot, I finally boot into the Gentoo kernel. But I could not connect to the network. Using the `ifconfig -a` command, I can only see the loopback interface: lo. Using the `lspci` command, I can see the two network adapters: (1) the Ethernet adapter Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (2) the wireless adapter Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN (The two network adapters both work well under Windows 8.) After several times of STFW, I can confirm it's a network adapter driver support issue: lacks of coresponding network adapter drivers. For the AR8161 network adapter, it requires the alx kernal module: alx.ko. Previously, I thought I could at least compile this driver by myself, but soon I found it lacks of build-essential packages, too. :-( For the wireless network adapter, I can find iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode(coresponding to Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN adapter) under /lib/firmware, I tried the `modprobe iwlwifi` command, still doesn't work. Weird. Uh... I don't know what to do next to continue the installation. Any suggestion or advice is appreciated. PS. several links which I found useful: http://askubuntu.com/questions/165192/how-do-i-install-drivers-for-the-atheros-ar8161-ethernet-controller http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2089512 http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
On 06/29/13 12:16, Zind wrote: hi all, I am new to Gentoo. I came across some problems in the Gentoo installation process. I got a relatively new laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Y400. The Gentoo iso I choose is: admincd-amd64-20130620.iso, from: http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20130620/hardened/ After I made the LiveUSB, disabling the UEFI boot, I finally boot into the Gentoo kernel. But I could not connect to the network. Using the `ifconfig -a` command, I can only see the loopback interface: lo. Using the `lspci` command, I can see the two network adapters: (1) the Ethernet adapter Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (2) the wireless adapter Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN (The two network adapters both work well under Windows 8.) After several times of STFW, I can confirm it's a network adapter driver support issue: lacks of coresponding network adapter drivers. For the AR8161 network adapter, it requires the alx kernal module: alx.ko. Previously, I thought I could at least compile this driver by myself, but soon I found it lacks of build-essential packages, too. :-( For the wireless network adapter, I can find iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode(coresponding to Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN adapter) under /lib/firmware, I tried the `modprobe iwlwifi` command, still doesn't work. Weird. Uh... I don't know what to do next to continue the installation. Any suggestion or advice is appreciated. PS. several links which I found useful: http://askubuntu.com/questions/165192/how-do-i-install-drivers-for-the-atheros-ar8161-ethernet-controller http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2089512 http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi Maybe this can be helpful in some way? http://blechtog.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/gentoo-ethernet-atheros-ar8161-gigabit-ethernet-using-compat-wireless-module-alx/ -- Stop talking and start compiling. Linux user #557897
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
Can you search with dmesg and find if it's nead a firmware. Davide Il giorno 29/giu/2013 10:17, Zind wzmind...@gmail.com ha scritto: hi all, I am new to Gentoo. I came across some problems in the Gentoo installation process. I got a relatively new laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Y400. The Gentoo iso I choose is: admincd-amd64-20130620.iso, from: http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20130620/hardened/ After I made the LiveUSB, disabling the UEFI boot, I finally boot into the Gentoo kernel. But I could not connect to the network. Using the `ifconfig -a` command, I can only see the loopback interface: lo. Using the `lspci` command, I can see the two network adapters: (1) the Ethernet adapter Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (2) the wireless adapter Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN (The two network adapters both work well under Windows 8.) After several times of STFW, I can confirm it's a network adapter driver support issue: lacks of coresponding network adapter drivers. For the AR8161 network adapter, it requires the alx kernal module: alx.ko. Previously, I thought I could at least compile this driver by myself, but soon I found it lacks of build-essential packages, too. :-( For the wireless network adapter, I can find iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode(coresponding to Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN adapter) under /lib/firmware, I tried the `modprobe iwlwifi` command, still doesn't work. Weird. Uh... I don't know what to do next to continue the installation. Any suggestion or advice is appreciated. PS. several links which I found useful: http://askubuntu.com/questions/165192/how-do-i-install-drivers-for-the-atheros-ar8161-ethernet-controller http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2089512 http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Davide De Prisco deprisco.dav...@gmail.com wrote: Can you search with dmesg and find if it's nead a firmware. Yes. At the bottom of the dmesg message, I can see these lines: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode' failed. request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-2030-5.ucode' failed. no suitable firmware found!
Re: [gentoo-user] LVM2 compile error. Clock_gettime
On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:44:34 -0500, Dale wrote: Other comments note that unsetting static allows it to build. Try unsetting the static flag for lvm2 in package.use, i.e... sys-fs/lvm2 -static Does that build for you? It might would but I can't recall WHY I set it to that. If I set it that way in package.use, which is rare for me, then I had to have a good reason. I need to start making notes on this stuff. ;-) You need static if you are using lvm in an initramfs. Whatever the reason, if you remove it the ebuild that told you to add it in the first place will remind you next time you update @world. -- Neil Bothwick There's too much blood in my caffeine system. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
2013/6/29 Zind wzmind...@gmail.com On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Davide De Prisco deprisco.dav...@gmail.com wrote: Can you search with dmesg and find if it's nead a firmware. Yes. At the bottom of the dmesg message, I can see these lines: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode' failed. request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-2030-5.ucode' failed. no suitable firmware found! You can try to fix this with emerging linux-firmware. I'm not sure if this firmware is in there, or what else to configure to fit it exactly, but in default the firmwares ware installed. Ps: Welcome to Gentoo -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards Randolph Maaßen
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 4:52 PM, the the.gu...@mail.ru wrote: Maybe this can be helpful in some way? http://blechtog.wordpress.com/**2012/08/06/gentoo-ethernet-** atheros-ar8161-gigabit-**ethernet-using-compat-**wireless-module-alx/http://blechtog.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/gentoo-ethernet-atheros-ar8161-gigabit-ethernet-using-compat-wireless-module-alx/ Thanks. It's useful. But I didn't have Gentoo installed yet. :-(
Re: [gentoo-user] LVM2 compile error. Clock_gettime
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:44:34 -0500, Dale wrote: Other comments note that unsetting static allows it to build. Try unsetting the static flag for lvm2 in package.use, i.e... sys-fs/lvm2 -static Does that build for you? It might would but I can't recall WHY I set it to that. If I set it that way in package.use, which is rare for me, then I had to have a good reason. I need to start making notes on this stuff. ;-) You need static if you are using lvm in an initramfs. Whatever the reason, if you remove it the ebuild that told you to add it in the first place will remind you next time you update @world. Now that you mention it, it may have been when the separate /usr init thingy was going on that I had to add it. That could be it. Well, if I have to upgrade before they have a fix, I'll give it a shot and see what happens. I suspect it will be fixed at some point and most likely in the next update anyway. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
On 06/29/13 13:30, Zind wrote: On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 4:52 PM, the the.gu...@mail.ru mailto:the.gu...@mail.ru wrote: Maybe this can be helpful in some way? http://blechtog.wordpress.com/__2012/08/06/gentoo-ethernet-__atheros-ar8161-gigabit-__ethernet-using-compat-__wireless-module-alx/ http://blechtog.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/gentoo-ethernet-atheros-ar8161-gigabit-ethernet-using-compat-wireless-module-alx/ Thanks. It's useful. But I didn't have Gentoo installed yet. :-( sorry I should have read the original post more thoroughly -- Stop talking and start compiling. Linux user #557897
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
2013/6/29 Zind wzmind...@gmail.com: hi all, I am new to Gentoo. I came across some problems in the Gentoo installation process. I got a relatively new laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Y400. The Gentoo iso I choose is: admincd-amd64-20130620.iso, from: http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20130620/hardened/ I once failed to install Hardened Gentoo to a server using the admincd, so I'm not sure if you can proceed much further even if the network is working. Since after chroot the environment of LiveCD is not important any more (except the running kernel, of course), you could simply use the installation CD and a hardened stage3. If you are not trying to use SELinux, this should be enough. After I made the LiveUSB, disabling the UEFI boot, I finally boot into the Gentoo kernel. But I could not connect to the network. Using the `ifconfig -a` command, I can only see the loopback interface: lo. Using the `lspci` command, I can see the two network adapters: (1) the Ethernet adapter Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (2) the wireless adapter Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN (The two network adapters both work well under Windows 8.) After several times of STFW, I can confirm it's a network adapter driver support issue: lacks of coresponding network adapter drivers. For the AR8161 network adapter, it requires the alx kernal module: alx.ko. Previously, I thought I could at least compile this driver by myself, but soon I found it lacks of build-essential packages, too. :-( The toolchain is present on the installation CD so it must be the admincd... For the wireless network adapter, I can find iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode(coresponding to Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN adapter) under /lib/firmware, I tried the `modprobe iwlwifi` command, still doesn't work. Weird. Uh... I don't know what to do next to continue the installation. Any suggestion or advice is appreciated. You can get the firmware files from the git tree of linux-firmware project (browsable online). Then you can transfer them into the LiveCD environment's /lib/firmware by means of a USB stick, for example, after which you simply rmmod iwlagn modprobe iwlagn. Also, before you finally reboot to finish the installation make sure you emerge linux-firmware, so that the required firmware files are installed into the target system. Hope this information helps~
Re: [gentoo-user] LVM2 compile error. Clock_gettime
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 09:44:34PM -0500, Dale wrote: Walter Dnes wrote: On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 07:39:39AM -0500, Dale wrote Someone else ran into the same thing and it appears they use udev. So switching wouldn't help anyway. https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370217 Your bug-report comment shows... sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.97-r1 USE=lvm1 readline static thin udev (-clvm) (-cman) (-selinux) -static-libs Other comments note that unsetting static allows it to build. Try unsetting the static flag for lvm2 in package.use, i.e... sys-fs/lvm2 -static Does that build for you? It might would but I can't recall WHY I set it to that. If I set it that way in package.use, which is rare for me, then I had to have a good reason. I need to start making notes on this stuff. ;-) It will likely be fixed pretty soon so as long as I don't have to upgrade, I should be OK with the one installed now. It was just a recompile from emerge -e world but I found it odd that it worked before but not the other day. If I have to tho, I'll keep that in mind. You might want to run enalyze rebuild use to get an idea of what USE flags you have which do not match the default settings. Over the course of time the defaults change, and our need for certain options change, so it's good to run this and check any USE flags for situations such as yours above, where one would say, I can't recall WHY I set it to that. If you can't find a reason then it's best to stick with the default settings most of the time. This is all that command will do on your system: mingdao@server ~ $ enalyze rebuild use -- Scanning installed packages for USE flag settings that do not match the default settings -- preparing pkgs for file entries - Saving file: /home/mingdao/package.use.test - Done Bruce -- Happy Penguin Computers ') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
Re: [gentoo-user] LVM2 compile error. Clock_gettime
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 04:53:47AM -0500, Dale wrote: Now that you mention it, it may have been when the separate /usr init thingy was going on that I had to add it. That could be it. Well, if I have to upgrade before they have a fix, I'll give it a shot and see what happens. I suspect it will be fixed at some point and most likely in the next update anyway. Dale You need to get over that it will be fixed at some point, and believe it when every one tells you that separate /usr without an initrd is working fine with present stable udev. Here's proof on a wee fileserver, which has neavuh had an initrd and always had a separate /usr: mingdao@server ~ $ eix sys-fs/udev [I] sys-fs/udev Available versions: 197-r8^t 200^t 204^t **^t {{acl doc +firmware-loader gudev hwdb introspection keymap +kmod +openrc selinux static-libs}} Installed versions: 204^t(02:40:22 PM 06/26/2013)(acl firmware-loader kmod openrc -doc -gudev -hwdb -introspection -keymap -selinux -static-libs) Homepage:http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd Description: Linux dynamic and persistent device naming support (aka userspace devfs) [I] sys-fs/udev-init-scripts Available versions: 23^t 25^t 26^t **^t Installed versions: 26^t(02:40:36 PM 06/26/2013) Homepage:http://www.gentoo.org Description: udev startup scripts for openrc Found 2 matches. mingdao@server ~ $ df -hT Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs rootfs2.0G 109M 1.9G 6% / /dev/rootxfs 2.0G 109M 1.9G 6% / devtmpfs devtmpfs 3.0G 4.0K 3.0G 1% /dev tmpfstmpfs 3.0G 592K 3.0G 1% /run shm tmpfs 3.0G 0 3.0G 0% /dev/shm /dev/mapper/system-var xfs10G 717M 9.3G 8% /var /dev/mapper/system-usr xfs10G 4.4G 5.7G 44% /usr /dev/mapper/system-home xfs 6.0G 5.8G 251M 96% /home /dev/mapper/storage-photos xfs 500G 19G 482G 4% /photos /dev/mapper/storage-backups xfs 500G 262G 239G 53% /backups /dev/mapper/storage-offload fuseblk 300G 234G 67G 78% /offload /dev/mapper/storage-peterxfs25G 1.7G 24G 7% /peter /dev/mapper/storage-jeremiah xfs10G 3.6G 6.5G 36% /jeremiah mingdao@server ~ $ ls -l /boot/ total 25156 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 10 13:26 System.map - System.map-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2205716 Jan 10 13:25 System.map-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1812882 Sep 6 2012 System.map-3.4.9-gentoo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1823240 Aug 9 2012 System.map-3.5.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1823619 Aug 16 2012 System.map-3.5.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Dec 28 2012 System.map.old - System.map-3.4.9-gentoo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 21 2012 boot.0800 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 21 2012 boot.0810 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 21 2012 boot.0820 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 21 2012 boot.0830 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 10 13:26 config - config-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62528 Jan 10 13:25 config-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 63522 Sep 6 2012 config-3.4.9-gentoo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64644 Aug 9 2012 config-3.5.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64644 Aug 16 2012 config-3.5.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Dec 28 2012 config.old - config-3.4.9-gentoo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jan 10 13:25 vmlinuz - vmlinuz-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4671120 Jan 10 13:24 vmlinuz-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4349568 Sep 6 2012 vmlinuz-3.4.9-gentoo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4388464 Aug 9 2012 vmlinuz-3.5.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4390672 Aug 16 2012 vmlinuz-3.5.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 28 2012 vmlinuz.old - vmlinuz-3.4.9-gentoo mingdao@server ~ $ cat /etc/lilo.conf # Faster, but won't work on all systems: compact # Should work for most systems, and do not have the sector limit: lba32 default = Gentoo # MBR to install LILO to: boot = /dev/md0 raid-extra-boot = mbr-only map = /boot/.map install = /boot/boot-menu.b # Note that for lilo-22.5.5 or later you # do not need boot-{text,menu,bmp}.b in # /boot, as they are linked into the lilo # binary. menu-scheme=Wb prompt # If you always want to see the prompt with a 15 second timeout: timeout=50 append=panic=10 nomce dolvm domdadm rootfstype=xfs # # End LILO global section # # # Linux bootable partition config begins # image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/md0 label = Gentoo read-only # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking image = /boot/vmlinuz.old root = /dev/md0 label = Gentoo-def read-only # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking # # Linux bootable partition config ends # mingdao@server ~ $ Get over it and go back to udev :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
On 06/29/2013 04:16 AM, Zind wrote: hi all, I am new to Gentoo. I came across some problems in the Gentoo installation process. ... After several times of STFW, I can confirm it's a network adapter driver support issue: lacks of coresponding network adapter drivers. For the AR8161 network adapter, it requires the alx kernal module: alx.ko. Previously, I thought I could at least compile this driver by myself, but soon I found it lacks of build-essential packages, too. :-( You can try to use SystemRescueCD[1] (based on Gentoo) instead of the minimum install CD. The instructions are identical, but sometimes the SystemRescueCD is more up-to-date. [1] http://www.sysresccd.org/
[gentoo-user] SMplayer: Update notification
Hi, I am using smplayer to play DVB-T, since Kaffeine stucks with some channels. This evening, smplayer notifies me, that a new version will be available. SMplayer is only able to know this by automonously accesing the internet and its home site. I dont like this. How can I swith this off? Best regards, mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] SMplayer: Update notification
On Saturday 29 Jun 2013 17:45:31 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I am using smplayer to play DVB-T, since Kaffeine stucks with some channels. This evening, smplayer notifies me, that a new version will be available. SMplayer is only able to know this by automonously accesing the internet and its home site. I dont like this. How can I swith this off? Best regards, mcc In my ~/.config/smplayer/smplayer.ini, I have these lines: [update_checker] checked_date=@Variant(\0\0\0\xe\0%{\x99) last_known_version=0.8.5.5487 [smplayer] stable_version=0.8.5 check_for_new_version=true You may want to try setting this to 'check_for_new_version=false' and restart it. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] {OT} backups... still backups....
Remote, automated, secure backups is the most difficult and time-consuming Gentoo project I've undertaken. Right now I'm pushing data from each of my systems to a backup server via rdiff-backup. The main problem with this is if a system is compromised its backup is also vulnerable. Also, you can't restrict rdiff-backup to a particular directory in authorized_keys like you can with rsync, and rdiff-backup isn't very good over the internet (I've had trouble on sub-optimal connections) and it's recommended on the mailing list to use rdiff-backup either before or after rsync'ing over the internet. We've discussed this vulnerability here before and it was suggested that I use hard links to version the rdiff-backup repository on the backup server in case it's tampered with. I've been studying hard links, cp -al, rsnapshot (which uses rsync and hard links), and rsync --link-dest (which uses hard links) but I can't figure out how that would work without the inevitable duplication of data on a large scale. Can anyone think of an automated method that remotely and securely backs up data from one system to another, preserves permissions and ownership, and keeps the backups safe even if the backed-up system is compromised? I did delve into bacula but decided it was overkill for just a few systems. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] LVM2 compile error. Clock_gettime
Bruce Hill wrote: On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 04:53:47AM -0500, Dale wrote: Now that you mention it, it may have been when the separate /usr init thingy was going on that I had to add it. That could be it. Well, if I have to upgrade before they have a fix, I'll give it a shot and see what happens. I suspect it will be fixed at some point and most likely in the next update anyway. Dale You need to get over that it will be fixed at some point, and believe it when every one tells you that separate /usr without an initrd is working fine with present stable udev. Here's proof on a wee fileserver, which has neavuh had an initrd and always had a separate /usr: mingdao@server ~ $ eix sys-fs/udev [I] sys-fs/udev Available versions: 197-r8^t 200^t 204^t **^t {{acl doc +firmware-loader gudev hwdb introspection keymap +kmod +openrc selinux static-libs}} Installed versions: 204^t(02:40:22 PM 06/26/2013)(acl firmware-loader kmod openrc -doc -gudev -hwdb -introspection -keymap -selinux -static-libs) Homepage:http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd Description: Linux dynamic and persistent device naming support (aka userspace devfs) [I] sys-fs/udev-init-scripts Available versions: 23^t 25^t 26^t **^t Installed versions: 26^t(02:40:36 PM 06/26/2013) Homepage:http://www.gentoo.org Description: udev startup scripts for openrc Found 2 matches. mingdao@server ~ $ df -hT Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs rootfs2.0G 109M 1.9G 6% / /dev/rootxfs 2.0G 109M 1.9G 6% / devtmpfs devtmpfs 3.0G 4.0K 3.0G 1% /dev tmpfstmpfs 3.0G 592K 3.0G 1% /run shm tmpfs 3.0G 0 3.0G 0% /dev/shm /dev/mapper/system-var xfs10G 717M 9.3G 8% /var /dev/mapper/system-usr xfs10G 4.4G 5.7G 44% /usr /dev/mapper/system-home xfs 6.0G 5.8G 251M 96% /home /dev/mapper/storage-photos xfs 500G 19G 482G 4% /photos /dev/mapper/storage-backups xfs 500G 262G 239G 53% /backups /dev/mapper/storage-offload fuseblk 300G 234G 67G 78% /offload /dev/mapper/storage-peterxfs25G 1.7G 24G 7% /peter /dev/mapper/storage-jeremiah xfs10G 3.6G 6.5G 36% /jeremiah mingdao@server ~ $ ls -l /boot/ total 25156 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 10 13:26 System.map - System.map-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2205716 Jan 10 13:25 System.map-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1812882 Sep 6 2012 System.map-3.4.9-gentoo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1823240 Aug 9 2012 System.map-3.5.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1823619 Aug 16 2012 System.map-3.5.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Dec 28 2012 System.map.old - System.map-3.4.9-gentoo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 21 2012 boot.0800 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 21 2012 boot.0810 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 21 2012 boot.0820 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 21 2012 boot.0830 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 10 13:26 config - config-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62528 Jan 10 13:25 config-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 63522 Sep 6 2012 config-3.4.9-gentoo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64644 Aug 9 2012 config-3.5.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64644 Aug 16 2012 config-3.5.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Dec 28 2012 config.old - config-3.4.9-gentoo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jan 10 13:25 vmlinuz - vmlinuz-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4671120 Jan 10 13:24 vmlinuz-3.4.24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4349568 Sep 6 2012 vmlinuz-3.4.9-gentoo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4388464 Aug 9 2012 vmlinuz-3.5.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4390672 Aug 16 2012 vmlinuz-3.5.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 28 2012 vmlinuz.old - vmlinuz-3.4.9-gentoo mingdao@server ~ $ cat /etc/lilo.conf # Faster, but won't work on all systems: compact # Should work for most systems, and do not have the sector limit: lba32 default = Gentoo # MBR to install LILO to: boot = /dev/md0 raid-extra-boot = mbr-only map = /boot/.map install = /boot/boot-menu.b # Note that for lilo-22.5.5 or later you # do not need boot-{text,menu,bmp}.b in # /boot, as they are linked into the lilo # binary. menu-scheme=Wb prompt # If you always want to see the prompt with a 15 second timeout: timeout=50 append=panic=10 nomce dolvm domdadm rootfstype=xfs # # End LILO global section # # # Linux bootable partition config begins # image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/md0 label = Gentoo read-only # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking image = /boot/vmlinuz.old root = /dev/md0 label = Gentoo-def read-only # Partitions should be mounted read-only for
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
On 29 June 2013, at 09:16, Zind wrote: After I made the LiveUSB, disabling the UEFI boot, I finally boot into the Gentoo kernel. But I could not connect to the network. ... After several times of STFW, I can confirm it's a network adapter driver support issue: lacks of coresponding network adapter drivers. For the AR8161 network adapter, it requires the alx kernal module: alx.ko. If I'm understanding correctly, that it's the LiveCD that can't connect to the network (rather than the installed system) then there are various ways to work around this. Two alternatives that spring to mind are: 1. Many USB network adaptors are supported by LiveCDs, try one of those. Some wired USB ethernet are available new for as little as $10 or so, or you could probably find a secondhand wifi 802.11b or g adaptor that cheap. Or borrow one, or something. 2. For each emerge command in the installation guide, run `emerge -fp package-name` first, and redirect the output into a textfile. Then copy this textfile onto a USB key, take it to another machine with working internet access, use `wget -i file` to download the packages and then transfer them back to the machine on which you're installing Gentoo. Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] LVM2 compile error. Clock_gettime
Bruce Hill wrote: You might want to run enalyze rebuild use to get an idea of what USE flags you have which do not match the default settings. Over the course of time the defaults change, and our need for certain options change, so it's good to run this and check any USE flags for situations such as yours above, where one would say, I can't recall WHY I set it to that. If you can't find a reason then it's best to stick with the default settings most of the time. This is all that command will do on your system: mingdao@server ~ $ enalyze rebuild use -- Scanning installed packages for USE flag settings that do not match the default settings -- preparing pkgs for file entries - Saving file: /home/mingdao/package.use.test - Done Bruce Ran that and the list is actually pretty short. I go with defaults unless it is something that is specific to my setup. Such as -gnome or kde since I don't use the former but do use the later. Sometimes when I emerge something that conflicts, I have to pick one over the other and portage lets me know that. That usually goes in package.use which is also a small file. So, doesn't seem to help much here. Did find a new command tho. ;-) Thanks Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
Re: [gentoo-user] SMplayer: Update notification
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [13-06-30 05:53]: On Saturday 29 Jun 2013 17:45:31 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I am using smplayer to play DVB-T, since Kaffeine stucks with some channels. This evening, smplayer notifies me, that a new version will be available. SMplayer is only able to know this by automonously accesing the internet and its home site. I dont like this. How can I swith this off? Best regards, mcc In my ~/.config/smplayer/smplayer.ini, I have these lines: [update_checker] checked_date=@Variant(\0\0\0\xe\0%{\x99) last_known_version=0.8.5.5487 [smplayer] stable_version=0.8.5 check_for_new_version=true You may want to try setting this to 'check_for_new_version=false' and restart it. -- Regards, Mick Hi Mick, thanks a lot for the info! :) Wil check that. Best regrads, mcc