[gentoo-user] Author Rescinds GPL
The author of the GPL licensed text-mode casino game "GPC-Slots 2" has rescinded the license from the "Geek feminist" collective. ( https://slashdot.org/submission/9087542/author-recinds-gpl ) [Notice: the revocation of the "Geek Feminists"'s license /just/ occurred. 2019. January.] The original author, after years of silence, notes that the "Geek Feminist" changed[1] a bunch of if-then statements which were preceded by a loop waiting for string input to a switch statement. The author reportedly noted that to use a switch statement in such an instance is no more preformant than the if-thens. Switch statements should be used where the input to the switch statement is numerical, and of a successive nature, for most efficient use of the jump table that is generated from said code. The author reportedly was offended, after quiet observation of the group, that the "Geek Feminists" mocked his code, mocked his existence as a male, and never did any work on the code afterwards and never updated to include new slot machines added to the original code by author subsequently. The author notes that he neither sought nor received any compensation for the granted license, that is was a gratuitous license, and that there never was any refutation of his default right to rescind given. (A right founded in the property law of licenses.) The copyright owner has reportedly watched quietly as each year the "Geek Feminists" published a recount of their heroic efforts regarding his code.[2][3] Presumably he has now had enough of it all... The author notes that the SF Conservancy attempts to construe a particular clause in the GPL version 2 license text as a "no revocation by grantor clause", however that clause states that if a licensee suffers and automatic-revocation by operation of the license, that licensees down stream from him do not suffer the same fate. The author of "GPC-Slots 2" reportedly notes that said clause does only what it claims to do: clarifies that a downstream licensee, through no fault of his own, is not penalized by the automatic revocation suffered by a licensee he gained a "sub-license" from (for lack of a better term.) The author reportedly notes that version 3 of the GPL did not exist when he published the code, additionally the author notes that even if there was a clause not to revoke, he was paid no consideration for such a forbearance of a legal right of his and thus said clause is not operative against him, the grantor, should it exist at all. (Editor's note: GPL version 3 contains an explicit "no-revocation-by-grantor" clause, in addition to a term-of-years that the license is granted for. Both absent in version 2 of the GPL) The author reportedly has mulled an option to register his copyright and then to seek damages from the "Geek Feminists" if they choose to violate his copyright post-hence. (Editors note: Statutory damages for willful copyright infringement can amount to $150,000 plus attorney's fees for post registration violations of a differing nature to pre-registration violations.) [1]https://geekfeminism.org/2009/10/19/ [2]https://geekfeminism.org [3]http://geekfeminism.wikia.com GPC-Slots 2 is a text console mode casino game available for linux with various slot machines, table games, and stock market tokens for the player to test his luck. For the unlucky there is a Russian Roulette function. [Notice: the revocation of the "Geek Feminists"'s license /just/ occurred. 2019. January.] Addendum: Statements from the program author: "It's my right to rescind the permission I extended. I have done so. You speak as if me controlling my property is a criminal act. And to you people, perhaps it is. If the "geek feminists" wanted a secured interest, they would have to pay for one." "I did rescind the license, yesterday" >Reportedly "I did rescind the license, yesterday Not "reportedly" anymore." p46 "As long as the project continues to honor the terms of the licenses under which it recieved contributions, the licenses continue in effect. There is one important caveat: Even a perpetual license can be revoked. See the discussion of bare licenses and contracts in Chapter 4" --Lawrence Rosen p56 "A third problem with bare licenses is that they may be revocable by the licensor. Specifically, /a license not coupled with an interest may be revoked./ The term /interest/ in this context usually means the payment of some royalty or license fee, but there are other more complicated ways to satisfy the interest requirement. For example, a licensee can demonstrate that he or she has paid some consideration-a contract law term not found in copyright or patent law-in order to avoid revocation. Or a licensee may claim that he or she relied on the software licensed under an open source license and now is dependent upon that software, but this contract law concept,
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ...preventing MAC OS from polluting my USBsticks...?
On 01/13 03:41, Andrew Udvare wrote: > > > > On 2019-01-13, at 13:38, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > Only to get sure not to break anything (the MAC is not my own and I am > > not at $HOME with Macs)...the > > two commands: > > > > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true > > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores true > > > > need to given as commands at the commandline (the way real UNICES do > > it), aren't they? > > Yes. Open Terminal and paste these in. > > macOS is POSIX certified: > https://blog.opengroup.org/2012/07/25/apple-registers-mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-to-the-unix-03-standard/ > > Ok - thanks! :)
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mouse disconnecting
Likely the cable is becoming intermittent. Basically time for a new mouse. The other fail mode I've seen is failing switches that may multi-click or not click reliably. USB connectors do fail eventually, as some one with older machines i've seen this many times. Not likely to be a controller issue though of course it's possible. "We the People Dare to Create a More Perfect Union" Jan 13, 2019, 1:01 PM by michaelkintz...@gmail.com: > On Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:44:00 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > >> On 13/01/19 18:19, Dale wrote: >> > I just wanted to mention in case this is bigger than just a mouse >> > issue. One may want to look deeper. >> >> I'm running the latest openSUSE stable on my laptop, and while it has >> other issues, it seems to lose USB (and hence mouse) on boot every now >> and then. I haven't attempted debugging it because unplugging and >> replugging is a permanent fix - until the next time. >> >> Cheers, >> Wol >> > > An old USB I don't use often started giving me such errors and fails to be > detected, or is detected, but with read errors. I tried different PCs with > the same result. Occassionally, it will connect, be detected, mounted and > there are no read/write errors at all. :-/ > > I was not sure if this was an electrical contact problem like surface > oxidisation of the USB connector, or if the USB onboard controller was > playing > up. > > -- > Regards, > Mick >
[gentoo-user] Re: mac-fdisk with different block size
On 2019-01-13, Andrew Udvare wrote: >> On Jan 13, 2019, at 09:24, (Nuno Silva) wrote: >> >> On 2019-01-13, Andrew Udvare wrote: >> On 2019-01-13, at 07:49, (Nuno Silva) wrote: I am trying to create an Apple partition map with a block size of 4096 bytes, but I can't find an option to change the block size in mac-fdisk, which defaults to 512 bytes. Does anybody know of a utility that can create and modify such partition maps under Gentoo? >>> >>> >>> Quick look and it seems that for mac-fdisk the 512 size is hard-coded: >>> >>> https://github.com/glaubitz/mac-fdisk-debian/blob/bda743065fa2c75a83fec60166bc2e317059ef7a/io.h#L32 >> >> >> That code appears to be version 0.4 from early 1997. Under Gentoo, the >> README file installed at /usr/share/doc/mac-fdisk-0.1_p18/ mentions 0.4 >> as well. >> >> According to a changelog at apple.com[1], variable block size support >> was added after that, and should be present in version 0.5. > > On actual macOS latest, there's a -b option for block size. GNU parted does not seem to have an option to *change* the block size, but it will use the drive's block size when creating a new Apple partition table. -- Nuno Silva
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ...preventing MAC OS from polluting my USBsticks...?
> On 2019-01-13, at 13:38, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > Only to get sure not to break anything (the MAC is not my own and I am > not at $HOME with Macs)...the > two commands: > > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores true > > need to given as commands at the commandline (the way real UNICES do > it), aren't they? Yes. Open Terminal and paste these in. macOS is POSIX certified: https://blog.opengroup.org/2012/07/25/apple-registers-mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-to-the-unix-03-standard/
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mouse disconnecting
On Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:44:00 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > On 13/01/19 18:19, Dale wrote: > > I just wanted to mention in case this is bigger than just a mouse > > issue. One may want to look deeper. > > I'm running the latest openSUSE stable on my laptop, and while it has > other issues, it seems to lose USB (and hence mouse) on boot every now > and then. I haven't attempted debugging it because unplugging and > replugging is a permanent fix - until the next time. > > Cheers, > Wol An old USB I don't use often started giving me such errors and fails to be detected, or is detected, but with read errors. I tried different PCs with the same result. Occassionally, it will connect, be detected, mounted and there are no read/write errors at all. :-/ I was not sure if this was an electrical contact problem like surface oxidisation of the USB connector, or if the USB onboard controller was playing up. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mouse disconnecting
On 13/01/19 18:19, Dale wrote: > I just wanted to mention in case this is bigger than just a mouse > issue. One may want to look deeper. I'm running the latest openSUSE stable on my laptop, and while it has other issues, it seems to lose USB (and hence mouse) on boot every now and then. I haven't attempted debugging it because unplugging and replugging is a permanent fix - until the next time. Cheers, Wol
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ...in search of a program (terminal emulator)
On 01/13 01:45, Jack wrote: > On 2019.01.13 13:30, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I think there is kinda "emulator" or "simulator ...or any other kind > > pf xyz-ulator...which simulates the look and feel of old computer > > monitors/terminal screens. > > > > But (may be due to lacking language skills) I get too much hits (with > > search terms like "analog monitor", "old TV" and such), which have > > nothing in common, for which I wanted to search for...or nothing at > > all, when I search too specifically... > > > > Who can remember the name of that/these xyz-ulators and can help > > me? > > > > Thanks a lot for any help in advance! > > Cheers! > > Meino > Try searching for VT52 or VT100 - two of the (once) more popular Video > Terminals which were thus some of the earliest terminals emulated. I see > x11-terms/xvt in portage which might do. Unfortunately, just searching for > "vt" gives far too many irrelevant hits, but "terminal emulator vt" looks > like it might have some useful leads. > > Jack Hi Jack, ooopsss...I was not clear enough (no native speaker, sorry)... I didn't meant emulators of old terminal standards. I meant a piece of software which recreate the defekts of old monitors like distorted edges, monochrome ambercolored fonts etc...pp... Cheers! Meino
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ...in search of a program (terminal emulator)
On 1/13/19 12:30 PM, tu...@posteo.de wrote: Hi, I think there is kinda "emulator" or "simulator ...or any other kind pf xyz-ulator...which simulates the look and feel of old computer monitors/terminal screens. But (may be due to lacking language skills) I get too much hits (with search terms like "analog monitor", "old TV" and such), which have nothing in common, for which I wanted to search for...or nothing at all, when I search too specifically... Who can remember the name of that/these xyz-ulators and can help me? Thanks a lot for any help in advance! Cheers! Meino You might be looking for x11-terms/cool-retro-term. Hope this helps, M.K.Schu
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ...in search of a program (terminal emulator)
On 2019.01.13 13:30, tu...@posteo.de wrote: Hi, I think there is kinda "emulator" or "simulator ...or any other kind pf xyz-ulator...which simulates the look and feel of old computer monitors/terminal screens. But (may be due to lacking language skills) I get too much hits (with search terms like "analog monitor", "old TV" and such), which have nothing in common, for which I wanted to search for...or nothing at all, when I search too specifically... Who can remember the name of that/these xyz-ulators and can help me? Thanks a lot for any help in advance! Cheers! Meino Try searching for VT52 or VT100 - two of the (once) more popular Video Terminals which were thus some of the earliest terminals emulated. I see x11-terms/xvt in portage which might do. Unfortunately, just searching for "vt" gives far too many irrelevant hits, but "terminal emulator vt" looks like it might have some useful leads. Jack
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ...preventing MAC OS from polluting my USBsticks...?
On 01/13 10:48, Andrew Udvare wrote: > > > On 2019-01-13, at 08:43, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > it happens that I use my usbsticks with a Mac. As soon I use the stick > > again with my trusty Linux...I found a lot of added "hidden" files, > > which are shorter and renamed versions of files, which are already > > there...and there are everywere. > > > > Is there any hack/trick/ to prevent MacOS to write to > > my usbstick when not instructed to do so? > > There are these two defaults settings, and they don't require root to set > them: > > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores true > > These are only for stopping Finder from writing .DS_Store files. Anything you > delete on macOS will still go in .Trash/ at the root of the drive. > > -- > Andrew Udvare > Hi Andrew, ok...I only will delete something from my usbstick when I at home using Linux :) Only to get sure not to break anything (the MAC is not my own and I am not at $HOME with Macs)...the two commands: defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores true need to given as commands at the commandline (the way real UNICES do it), aren't they? Cheers! Meino
[gentoo-user] [OT] ...in search of a program (terminal emulator)
Hi, I think there is kinda "emulator" or "simulator ...or any other kind pf xyz-ulator...which simulates the look and feel of old computer monitors/terminal screens. But (may be due to lacking language skills) I get too much hits (with search terms like "analog monitor", "old TV" and such), which have nothing in common, for which I wanted to search for...or nothing at all, when I search too specifically... Who can remember the name of that/these xyz-ulators and can help me? Thanks a lot for any help in advance! Cheers! Meino
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mouse disconnecting
Jack wrote: > On 2019.01.13 07:30, Pouru Lasse wrote: >> For the past few weeks I've had strange issues with my USB mouse >> randomly disconnecting and reconnecting right afterwards. At first I >> thought it might be the USB port dying, but it happens with multiple >> USB ports (both USB 2 and 3) and two different Logitech mice. I >> haven't noticed any issues with other USB devices. >> >> Is this more likely a hardware or a software problem? I'm on kernel >> 4.14.83 and I'm pretty sure the problems didn't start right after the >> update, although it's hard to tell because the disconnects seem >> completely random and don't even happen every day. Dmesg output looks >> something like this, sometimes with multiple disconnects in a row, >> with the device number being incremented each time: >> >> [41235.377257] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 17 >> [41235.645027] usb 3-2: new low-speed USB device number 18 using >> xhci_hcd >> [41235.778228] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, >> idProduct=c01e >> [41235.778232] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, >> SerialNumber=0 >> [41235.778234] usb 3-2: Product: USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse >> [41235.778236] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Logitech >> [41235.783149] input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse as >> /devices/pci:00/:00:14.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/0003:046D:C01E.001A/input/input41 >> [41235.783504] hid-generic 0003:046D:C01E.001A: input,hidraw0: USB >> HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on >> usb-:00:14.0-2/input0 >> >> Less often there are also errors like: >> >> [13844.911317] usb 3-2: device not accepting address 15, error -71 >> [13844.911362] usb usb3-port2: unable to enumerate USB device >> >> and: >> >> [42555.126541] usb 3-2: reset low-speed USB device number 18 using >> xhci_hcd >> [42555.382373] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 >> [42555.763574] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/all, error -71 >> [42556.022536] usb 3-2: reset low-speed USB device number 18 using >> xhci_hc >> >> Usually the mouse starts working again right away, but sometimes I >> need to switch it to another port despite it being visible in lsusb. >> This, I guess, has something to do with the device number changing. >> >> One thing I suspected was USB power management, but as far as I know >> I haven't enabled any such options, at least not on purpose. >> >> - Lasse > I've been having a similar issue, but it never resolves by itself - I > have to unplug and re-plug the mouse, although I can use the same > port. However, I do not get any of those error messages, just the > disconnects. > > [216909.342190] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 40 > [216910.812144] usb 3-2: new low-speed USB device number 41 using > uhci_hcd > [216911.007267] input: PixArt DynexWired USB Optical Mouse as > /devices/pci:00/:00:1a.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/0003:19FF:0238.002F/input/input66 > [216911.007352] hid-generic 0003:19FF:0238.002F: input,hidraw4: USB > HID v1.11 Mouse [PixArt DynexWired USB Optical Mouse] on > usb-:00:1a.0-2/input0 > > It seems to most commonly occur when switching between X and one of > the text consoles, but not consistently. I'm on kernel 4.20.0, but it > was the same with several 4.19 kernels also. > > I wonder if any of the kernel USB parameters might be involved here. > > Jack > This may be related, may not. I've seen this when using, or trying to use, a external USB hard drive. The errors are very close. For me tho, unpluging and repluging didn't help much. It might work for a few minutes of data transfer but then gets real slow and eventually it unmounts itself and stop completely. I never did figure out the problem. I switched to external SATA enclosures and haven't had a single problem since. Could it be a kernel bug, maybe. Thing is, I tried two different kernels with a lot of versions between the two. One would think USB problems would be fixed pretty quickly. Could it be hardware, maybe. It could be the enclosure, although I had that with two of them or it could be mobo related. I just wanted to mention in case this is bigger than just a mouse issue. One may want to look deeper. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mouse disconnecting
On 2019.01.13 07:30, Pouru Lasse wrote: For the past few weeks I've had strange issues with my USB mouse randomly disconnecting and reconnecting right afterwards. At first I thought it might be the USB port dying, but it happens with multiple USB ports (both USB 2 and 3) and two different Logitech mice. I haven't noticed any issues with other USB devices. Is this more likely a hardware or a software problem? I'm on kernel 4.14.83 and I'm pretty sure the problems didn't start right after the update, although it's hard to tell because the disconnects seem completely random and don't even happen every day. Dmesg output looks something like this, sometimes with multiple disconnects in a row, with the device number being incremented each time: [41235.377257] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 17 [41235.645027] usb 3-2: new low-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hcd [41235.778228] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c01e [41235.778232] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [41235.778234] usb 3-2: Product: USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse [41235.778236] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Logitech [41235.783149] input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse as /devices/pci:00/:00:14.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/0003:046D:C01E.001A/input/input41 [41235.783504] hid-generic 0003:046D:C01E.001A: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on usb-:00:14.0-2/input0 Less often there are also errors like: [13844.911317] usb 3-2: device not accepting address 15, error -71 [13844.911362] usb usb3-port2: unable to enumerate USB device and: [42555.126541] usb 3-2: reset low-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hcd [42555.382373] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [42555.763574] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/all, error -71 [42556.022536] usb 3-2: reset low-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hc Usually the mouse starts working again right away, but sometimes I need to switch it to another port despite it being visible in lsusb. This, I guess, has something to do with the device number changing. One thing I suspected was USB power management, but as far as I know I haven't enabled any such options, at least not on purpose. - Lasse I've been having a similar issue, but it never resolves by itself - I have to unplug and re-plug the mouse, although I can use the same port. However, I do not get any of those error messages, just the disconnects. [216909.342190] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 40 [216910.812144] usb 3-2: new low-speed USB device number 41 using uhci_hcd [216911.007267] input: PixArt DynexWired USB Optical Mouse as /devices/pci:00/:00:1a.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/0003:19FF:0238.002F/input/input66 [216911.007352] hid-generic 0003:19FF:0238.002F: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [PixArt DynexWired USB Optical Mouse] on usb-:00:1a.0-2/input0 It seems to most commonly occur when switching between X and one of the text consoles, but not consistently. I'm on kernel 4.20.0, but it was the same with several 4.19 kernels also. I wonder if any of the kernel USB parameters might be involved here. Jack
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ...preventing MAC OS from polluting my USBsticks...?
> On 2019-01-13, at 08:43, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > Hi, > > it happens that I use my usbsticks with a Mac. As soon I use the stick > again with my trusty Linux...I found a lot of added "hidden" files, > which are shorter and renamed versions of files, which are already > there...and there are everywere. > > Is there any hack/trick/ to prevent MacOS to write to > my usbstick when not instructed to do so? There are these two defaults settings, and they don't require root to set them: defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores true These are only for stopping Finder from writing .DS_Store files. Anything you delete on macOS will still go in .Trash/ at the root of the drive. -- Andrew Udvare
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mac-fdisk with different block size
> On Jan 13, 2019, at 09:24, (Nuno Silva) wrote: > > On 2019-01-13, Andrew Udvare wrote: > >>> On 2019-01-13, at 07:49, (Nuno Silva) wrote: >>> >>> I am trying to create an Apple partition map with a block size of 4096 >>> bytes, but I can't find an option to change the block size in mac-fdisk, >>> which defaults to 512 bytes. >>> >>> Does anybody know of a utility that can create and modify such partition >>> maps under Gentoo? >> >> >> Quick look and it seems that for mac-fdisk the 512 size is hard-coded: >> >> https://github.com/glaubitz/mac-fdisk-debian/blob/bda743065fa2c75a83fec60166bc2e317059ef7a/io.h#L32 > > > That code appears to be version 0.4 from early 1997. Under Gentoo, the > README file installed at /usr/share/doc/mac-fdisk-0.1_p18/ mentions 0.4 > as well. > > According to a changelog at apple.com[1], variable block size support > was added after that, and should be present in version 0.5. On actual macOS latest, there's a -b option for block size.
[gentoo-user] Re: mac-fdisk with different block size
On 2019-01-13, Andrew Udvare wrote: >> On 2019-01-13, at 07:49, (Nuno Silva) wrote: >> >> I am trying to create an Apple partition map with a block size of 4096 >> bytes, but I can't find an option to change the block size in mac-fdisk, >> which defaults to 512 bytes. >> >> Does anybody know of a utility that can create and modify such partition >> maps under Gentoo? > > > Quick look and it seems that for mac-fdisk the 512 size is hard-coded: > > https://github.com/glaubitz/mac-fdisk-debian/blob/bda743065fa2c75a83fec60166bc2e317059ef7a/io.h#L32 That code appears to be version 0.4 from early 1997. Under Gentoo, the README file installed at /usr/share/doc/mac-fdisk-0.1_p18/ mentions 0.4 as well. According to a changelog at apple.com[1], variable block size support was added after that, and should be present in version 0.5. [1] https://opensource.apple.com/source/pdisk/pdisk-9/HISTORY.auto.html If there is no other utility that can do this, I'll have a look at the newer source code from apple.com... -- Nuno Silva
[gentoo-user] [OT] ...preventing MAC OS from polluting my USBsticks...?
Hi, it happens that I use my usbsticks with a Mac. As soon I use the stick again with my trusty Linux...I found a lot of added "hidden" files, which are shorter and renamed versions of files, which are already there...and there are everywere. Is there any hack/trick/ to prevent MacOS to write to my usbstick when not instructed to do so? I am neither the owner nor the system admin of that Mac...I only have an ordinary user account and I am not allowed to install any software... Hopefully there is anything to do against this... Cheers! Meino
Re: [gentoo-user] mac-fdisk with different block size
> On 2019-01-13, at 07:49, (Nuno Silva) wrote: > > I am trying to create an Apple partition map with a block size of 4096 > bytes, but I can't find an option to change the block size in mac-fdisk, > which defaults to 512 bytes. > > Does anybody know of a utility that can create and modify such partition > maps under Gentoo? Quick look and it seems that for mac-fdisk the 512 size is hard-coded: https://github.com/glaubitz/mac-fdisk-debian/blob/bda743065fa2c75a83fec60166bc2e317059ef7a/io.h#L32
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mouse disconnecting
The most likely cause is a poor electrical connection. How quickly they wear depends on the types of devices you buy as well as your ports. The reason it seems like an electrical problem is the descriptor read errors. If it was power management the device should cleanly cycle. Cheers, R0b0t1 On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 1:30 PM Pouru Lasse wrote: > > For the past few weeks I've had strange issues with my USB mouse > randomly disconnecting and reconnecting right afterwards. At first I > thought it might be the USB port dying, but it happens with multiple USB > ports (both USB 2 and 3) and two different Logitech mice. I haven't > noticed any issues with other USB devices. > > Is this more likely a hardware or a software problem? I'm on kernel > 4.14.83 and I'm pretty sure the problems didn't start right after the > update, although it's hard to tell because the disconnects seem > completely random and don't even happen every day. Dmesg output looks > something like this, sometimes with multiple disconnects in a row, with > the device number being incremented each time: > > [41235.377257] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 17 > [41235.645027] usb 3-2: new low-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hcd > [41235.778228] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c01e > [41235.778232] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, > SerialNumber=0 > [41235.778234] usb 3-2: Product: USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse > [41235.778236] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Logitech > [41235.783149] input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse as > /devices/pci:00/:00:14.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/0003:046D:C01E.001A/input/input41 > [41235.783504] hid-generic 0003:046D:C01E.001A: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 > Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on usb-:00:14.0-2/input0 > > Less often there are also errors like: > > [13844.911317] usb 3-2: device not accepting address 15, error -71 > [13844.911362] usb usb3-port2: unable to enumerate USB device > > and: > > [42555.126541] usb 3-2: reset low-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hcd > [42555.382373] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 > [42555.763574] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/all, error -71 > [42556.022536] usb 3-2: reset low-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hc > > Usually the mouse starts working again right away, but sometimes I need > to switch it to another port despite it being visible in lsusb. This, I > guess, has something to do with the device number changing. > > One thing I suspected was USB power management, but as far as I know I > haven't enabled any such options, at least not on purpose. > > - Lasse >
[gentoo-user] mac-fdisk with different block size
I am trying to create an Apple partition map with a block size of 4096 bytes, but I can't find an option to change the block size in mac-fdisk, which defaults to 512 bytes. Does anybody know of a utility that can create and modify such partition maps under Gentoo? -- Nuno Silva
[gentoo-user] USB mouse disconnecting
For the past few weeks I've had strange issues with my USB mouse randomly disconnecting and reconnecting right afterwards. At first I thought it might be the USB port dying, but it happens with multiple USB ports (both USB 2 and 3) and two different Logitech mice. I haven't noticed any issues with other USB devices. Is this more likely a hardware or a software problem? I'm on kernel 4.14.83 and I'm pretty sure the problems didn't start right after the update, although it's hard to tell because the disconnects seem completely random and don't even happen every day. Dmesg output looks something like this, sometimes with multiple disconnects in a row, with the device number being incremented each time: [41235.377257] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 17 [41235.645027] usb 3-2: new low-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hcd [41235.778228] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c01e [41235.778232] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [41235.778234] usb 3-2: Product: USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse [41235.778236] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Logitech [41235.783149] input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse as /devices/pci:00/:00:14.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/0003:046D:C01E.001A/input/input41 [41235.783504] hid-generic 0003:046D:C01E.001A: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on usb-:00:14.0-2/input0 Less often there are also errors like: [13844.911317] usb 3-2: device not accepting address 15, error -71 [13844.911362] usb usb3-port2: unable to enumerate USB device and: [42555.126541] usb 3-2: reset low-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hcd [42555.382373] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [42555.763574] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/all, error -71 [42556.022536] usb 3-2: reset low-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hc Usually the mouse starts working again right away, but sometimes I need to switch it to another port despite it being visible in lsusb. This, I guess, has something to do with the device number changing. One thing I suspected was USB power management, but as far as I know I haven't enabled any such options, at least not on purpose. - Lasse
