Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone with experience viewing EXIF data in Dolphin?
On 6/7/19 4:31 am, Mick wrote: On Friday, 5 July 2019 21:22:31 BST Andrew Udvare wrote: On 05/07/2019 15:37, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, I'm transferring my install from a spinning disk to an SSD and decided to tidy up/customise/stuff up things as I go. I've recently taken a lot of photo's whilst travelling and I have the Coords in the EXIF data. What I would like is to be able to easily view this data. There is a thingy called "ReImage"[1] which allows for a right click within Dolphin and you can select an option to display the EXIF data in a dialogue box. I recall using an earlier version of this and it is a useful and easy submenu option to apply ImageMagick on a file. I had to manually install this as I could find nothing on "Dolphin Service Menus" within Portage, or the Gentoo wiki or basically on line at all, so is there a Gentoo way of dealing with these in the first place? Not really. You can submit a bug or PR though as some of these do make into the tree sometimes. $ eix --homepage store.kde.org Shall do on this. Secondly, I then came across "kfilemetadata" in Portage. Without installing this as well, does this give the same thing? If so, how do you use this thing? Acutally, as I'm writing this, I'm still reserching and api.kde.org[2] says it's a library, so what apps use it? Not the same thing. kfilemetadata is solely a library and should be pulled in by other packages that need it. You have to enable USE="semantic-desktop" to make Dolphin and others pull it in and use it. If a GUI is not necessary and a semantic database indexing is not required, you can give exiftool a spin, which can be scripted with find to search your files and store them according to any exif tag. I spent much time getting rid of the semantic desktop so that's that last thing I need. I've given exiftools a go before and it gave me all I needed so a combo of the right click and it will give me all I need. Thanks for the comments, Andrew
Re: [gentoo-user] version of portaudio conflicts with itsself?
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 01:46, wrote: > I see this or similiar from time to time: > > media-libs/portaudio:0 > > (media-libs/portaudio-19.06.00-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) > conflicts with > (media-sound/audacity-2.2.2:0/0::gentoo, installed) > > looks to me, like portaudion conflicts with itsself. You're missing the little < sign there. Portage would like to install portaudio-19.06.00-r2, but audacity requires a version lower than that. I have the same output on my box, waiting for an audacity release I guess. Regards, Arve
Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
On Saturday, July 6, 2019 12:44:46 A.M. AEST Robin Atwood wrote: > On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:34:18 +0100 > > Mick wrote: > > On Friday, 5 July 2019 15:30:06 BST Robin Atwood wrote: > > > Thanks Vladimir, that sounds promising. Can you recommend any GPT > > > programs (this is new to me)? However the dd utility failed when I > > > tried to copy my old HD to the new one. > > > > > > # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=64K conv=noerror,sync > > > dd: error writing '/dev/sdb': No space left on device > > > 160+0 records in > > > 159+0 records out > > > 10481664 bytes (10 MB, 10 MiB) copied, 0.132944 s, 78.8 MB/s > > > > > > Cheers > > > Robin > > > > You can use gptfdisk, parted/gparted, etc. > > > > To check the size as well as additional information you can use > > smartmontools and run: > > > > smartctl -i /dev/sda > > > > It may also be worth checking if later firmware is available to > > address any issues with it, like reporting the wrong size with some > > tools. > > > > However, the dd command failure sounds suspicious - as I understand > > it dd should not fail unless the disk has run out of space. > > OK panic over! I had shelled into the wrong system! The mystery is what > I was trying to copy to, the machine only has one HD. It would probably just have created a normal file called /dev/sdb which would have grown till it filled the empty space on the partition. -- Reverend Paul Colquhoun, ULC. http://andor.dropbear.id.au/ Asking for technical help in newsgroups? Read this first: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#intro
[gentoo-user] version of portaudio conflicts with itsself?
Hi, I see this or similiar from time to time: media-libs/portaudio:0 (media-libs/portaudio-19.06.00-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with
Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
> > OK panic over! I had shelled into the wrong system! The mystery is what > I was trying to copy to, the machine only has one HD. > lsblk is nice $ lsblk NAMEMAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:00 931.5G 0 disk └─sda18:10 931.5G 0 part /var nvme0n1 259:00 477G 0 disk ├─nvme0n1p1 259:10 1G 0 part └─nvme0n1p2 259:20 476G 0 part /
Re: [gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation
On 7/5/19 1:57 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: In the case of GRUB2 that is unlikely to be the case, as it is meant to do everything. That's why the auto-generated config files are so long and full of conditionals. On a system you have full control over, you can remove all the conditionals. I had grub-mkconfig puke on me recently. I've not spent time diagnosing why. /boot was a local disk (/dev/sda1) per Gentoo install documents. / (root) was special in that it was /dev/nfs. Grub (grub-mkconfig) tossed it's salad, saying: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of '192.0.2.1:/export/hostname/root' With a return code of 1. GRUB2 is incredibly bendy, if only the documentation were as compliant to the wishes of its users, Sometimes I wonder just how bendy it really is. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone with experience viewing EXIF data in Dolphin?
On Friday, 5 July 2019 21:22:31 BST Andrew Udvare wrote: > On 05/07/2019 15:37, Andrew Lowe wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm transferring my install from a spinning disk to an SSD and > > decided to tidy up/customise/stuff up things as I go. I've recently > > taken a lot of photo's whilst travelling and I have the Coords in the > > EXIF data. What I would like is to be able to easily view this data. > > There is a thingy called "ReImage"[1] which allows for a right click > > within Dolphin and you can select an option to display the EXIF data in > > a dialogue box. I recall using an earlier version of this and it is a useful and easy submenu option to apply ImageMagick on a file. > > I had to manually install this as I could find nothing on "Dolphin > > Service Menus" within Portage, or the Gentoo wiki or basically on line > > at all, so is there a Gentoo way of dealing with these in the first place? > > Not really. You can submit a bug or PR though as some of these do make > into the tree sometimes. > > $ eix --homepage store.kde.org > > > Secondly, I then came across "kfilemetadata" in Portage. Without > > installing this as well, does this give the same thing? If so, how do > > you use this thing? Acutally, as I'm writing this, I'm still reserching > > and api.kde.org[2] says it's a library, so what apps use it? > > Not the same thing. > > kfilemetadata is solely a library and should be pulled in by other > packages that need it. > > You have to enable USE="semantic-desktop" to make Dolphin and others > pull it in and use it. If a GUI is not necessary and a semantic database indexing is not required, you can give exiftool a spin, which can be scripted with find to search your files and store them according to any exif tag. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Correct way to fight malicious .doc/.docx/.xls/xlsx/.ppt/.pptx email attachments
Sure, i sent you bunch of malicious office attachments. From: hasan.cali...@psauxit.com Sorry for spam :) 5 Tem 2019 Cum 22:01 tarihinde Michael Orlitzky şunu yazdı: > On 7/5/19 2:18 PM, Hasan Ç. wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > > > I quickly tested clamav with option "AlertOLE2Macros" enabled but not > > worked as expected. ClamAV still marks malicious office attachments like > > VBA macros as CLEAN. > > Would you mind sending the malicious attachment to my other address, > mich...@orlitzky.com? I'd like to see if our mail system catches it (and > if not, I'll have something to report to the ClamAV team). > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone with experience viewing EXIF data in Dolphin?
On 05/07/2019 15:37, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > I'm transferring my install from a spinning disk to an SSD and > decided to tidy up/customise/stuff up things as I go. I've recently > taken a lot of photo's whilst travelling and I have the Coords in the > EXIF data. What I would like is to be able to easily view this data. > There is a thingy called "ReImage"[1] which allows for a right click > within Dolphin and you can select an option to display the EXIF data in > a dialogue box. > > I had to manually install this as I could find nothing on "Dolphin > Service Menus" within Portage, or the Gentoo wiki or basically on line > at all, so is there a Gentoo way of dealing with these in the first place? Not really. You can submit a bug or PR though as some of these do make into the tree sometimes. $ eix --homepage store.kde.org > > Secondly, I then came across "kfilemetadata" in Portage. Without > installing this as well, does this give the same thing? If so, how do > you use this thing? Acutally, as I'm writing this, I'm still reserching > and api.kde.org[2] says it's a library, so what apps use it? Not the same thing. kfilemetadata is solely a library and should be pulled in by other packages that need it. You have to enable USE="semantic-desktop" to make Dolphin and others pull it in and use it. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation
On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 09:32:33 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote: > > it probably is worth taking the time to see if you can bend to the > > tool rather than making the tool bend to you. > > At face value, this is antithetical to how computers should work. > > Computers should do our bidding, NOT the other way around. > > That being said, sometimes it's the case that if you're having to bend > to tool too much, you might be trying to do something the tool is not > meant to do, and as such you should re-think what you're trying to do. In the case of GRUB2 that is unlikely to be the case, as it is meant to do everything. That's why the auto-generated config files are so long and full of conditionals. On a system you have full control over, you can remove all the conditionals. > After that brief sanity check, by all means, bend the tool to your > liking. }:-) GRUB2 is incredibly bendy, if only the documentation were as compliant to the wishes of its users, -- Neil Bothwick Run with scissors. Remove mattress tags. Top post. Be a rebel. pgp46ZPfVk4Dq.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-user] Anyone with experience viewing EXIF data in Dolphin?
Hi all, I'm transferring my install from a spinning disk to an SSD and decided to tidy up/customise/stuff up things as I go. I've recently taken a lot of photo's whilst travelling and I have the Coords in the EXIF data. What I would like is to be able to easily view this data. There is a thingy called "ReImage"[1] which allows for a right click within Dolphin and you can select an option to display the EXIF data in a dialogue box. I had to manually install this as I could find nothing on "Dolphin Service Menus" within Portage, or the Gentoo wiki or basically on line at all, so is there a Gentoo way of dealing with these in the first place? Secondly, I then came across "kfilemetadata" in Portage. Without installing this as well, does this give the same thing? If so, how do you use this thing? Acutally, as I'm writing this, I'm still reserching and api.kde.org[2] says it's a library, so what apps use it? I hope this makes sense, it's 03:33 in Perth, Australia at the moment and I've knocked back a fair amount of chocolate, and one or two fermented beverages, whilst doing this work ;) Any thoughts are greatly appreciated, Andrew [1] https://store.kde.org/p/1231579/ [2]https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kfilemetadata/html/index.html
Re: [gentoo-user] Correct way to fight malicious .doc/.docx/.xls/xlsx/.ppt/.pptx email attachments
On 7/5/19 2:18 PM, Hasan Ç. wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I quickly tested clamav with option "AlertOLE2Macros" enabled but not > worked as expected. ClamAV still marks malicious office attachments like > VBA macros as CLEAN. Would you mind sending the malicious attachment to my other address, mich...@orlitzky.com? I'd like to see if our mail system catches it (and if not, I'll have something to report to the ClamAV team).
[gentoo-user] Re: How do I get rid of colors (console and xterm)?
On 04/07/2019 22:10, Christian Groessler wrote: I'm new here. My question is how do I get rid of colors in "emerge", "man" and other command line programs. Do you want to disable colors for everything, or only for specific tools?
Re: [gentoo-user] Correct way to fight malicious .doc/.docx/.xls/xlsx/.ppt/.pptx email attachments
Hi Michael, I quickly tested clamav with option "AlertOLE2Macros" enabled but not worked as expected. ClamAV still marks malicious office attachments like VBA macros as CLEAN. On the other hand gmail detects the virus as soon as i add the file to attachments and doesn't let me send it. I envy it. I am happy to hear that next version of spamassassin will have a plugin that can detect office related attachments i hope it will do good job. Thank you. Michael Orlitzky , 5 Tem 2019 Cum, 19:53 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > On 7/5/19 11:59 AM, Hasan Ç. wrote: > > > > Rejecting all of them with postfix is not a option for me. > > > > I tried some spamassasian rules to give them high score but not worked > > as expected. > > > > I would appreciate it if you share your experiences. > > > > The next version of SpamAssassin will have a plugin that can detect and > score these: > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/trunk/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/OLEMacro.pm > > In the meantime, your best bet might be to turn on > > AlertOLE2Macros yes > > in your clamd.conf. That will block any office documents that look like > they contain VBA macros. > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Correct way to fight malicious .doc/.docx/.xls/xlsx/.ppt/.pptx email attachments
On 7/5/19 11:59 AM, Hasan Ç. wrote: > > Rejecting all of them with postfix is not a option for me. > > I tried some spamassasian rules to give them high score but not worked > as expected. > > I would appreciate it if you share your experiences. > The next version of SpamAssassin will have a plugin that can detect and score these: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/trunk/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/OLEMacro.pm In the meantime, your best bet might be to turn on AlertOLE2Macros yes in your clamd.conf. That will block any office documents that look like they contain VBA macros.
[gentoo-user] Correct way to fight malicious .doc/.docx/.xls/xlsx/.ppt/.pptx email attachments
Hi all, Nowadays, i find myself in trouble while protecting mail servers from office related malicious email attachments. ClamAV, even with unofficial signatures like sanesecurity, malwarepatrol etc. can't filter correctly these kind of office attachments. Rejecting all of them with postfix is not a option for me. I tried some spamassasian rules to give them high score but not worked as expected. I would appreciate it if you share your experiences. MTA:Postfix Filtering: ClamAV (with clamsmtp & all unofficial signatures) + SpamAssassin MDA=Dovecot (LMTP) + Sieve Hasan.
Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
On 7/5/19 8:40 AM, Vladimir Romanov wrote: May be your motherboard or BIOS just too old, and it doesn't support such hard disks? I remember a time when Linux would support large (multi-GB) drives when the BIOS would not support them. Linux could bypass the BIOS and talk directly to the drives and utilize the drive's full capacity. The idea that Linux can no longer do this with larger drives disheartens me. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:47:04 +0100 Mick wrote: > On Friday, 5 July 2019 15:44:46 BST Robin Atwood wrote: > > > OK panic over! I had shelled into the wrong system! The mystery is > > what I was trying to copy to, the machine only has one HD. > > Cool, I hope you didn't overwrite useful data and you keep > backups. ;-) > Me too, and yes! -- -- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation
On 7/5/19 8:04 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: it probably is worth taking the time to see if you can bend to the tool rather than making the tool bend to you. At face value, this is antithetical to how computers should work. Computers should do our bidding, NOT the other way around. That being said, sometimes it's the case that if you're having to bend to tool too much, you might be trying to do something the tool is not meant to do, and as such you should re-think what you're trying to do. After that brief sanity check, by all means, bend the tool to your liking. }:-) -- Grant. . . . unix || die
Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
On Friday, 5 July 2019 15:44:46 BST Robin Atwood wrote: > OK panic over! I had shelled into the wrong system! The mystery is what > I was trying to copy to, the machine only has one HD. Cool, I hope you didn't overwrite useful data and you keep backups. ;-) -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:34:18 +0100 Mick wrote: > On Friday, 5 July 2019 15:30:06 BST Robin Atwood wrote: > > > Thanks Vladimir, that sounds promising. Can you recommend any GPT > > programs (this is new to me)? However the dd utility failed when I > > tried to copy my old HD to the new one. > > > > # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=64K conv=noerror,sync > > dd: error writing '/dev/sdb': No space left on device > > 160+0 records in > > 159+0 records out > > 10481664 bytes (10 MB, 10 MiB) copied, 0.132944 s, 78.8 MB/s > > > > Cheers > > Robin > > You can use gptfdisk, parted/gparted, etc. > > To check the size as well as additional information you can use > smartmontools and run: > > smartctl -i /dev/sda > > It may also be worth checking if later firmware is available to > address any issues with it, like reporting the wrong size with some > tools. > > However, the dd command failure sounds suspicious - as I understand > it dd should not fail unless the disk has run out of space. OK panic over! I had shelled into the wrong system! The mystery is what I was trying to copy to, the machine only has one HD. Thanks Robin -- -- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
May be your motherboard or BIOS just too old, and it doesn't support such hard disks? пт, 5 июл. 2019 г., 19:36 Robin Atwood : > On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 19:31:39 +0500 > Vladimir Romanov wrote: > > > Well, dd should work well in any case. May be your drive is broken > > really? > > > > пт, 5 июл. 2019 г., 19:30 Robin Atwood : > > > > > On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 19:14:35 +0500 > > > Vladimir Romanov wrote: > > > > > > > Fdisk can not work with drives larger than 2TB. Your drive may be > > > > slightly (10 mb) larger than that, so the result. For such disks > > > > you need not Fdisk, but GPT programs. > > > > > > > > пт, 5 июл. 2019 г., 19:12 Robin Atwood : > > > > > > > > > I just bought a new "2TB" Western Digital hard drive. Imagine my > > > > > surprise when fdisk reports it is only 10MiB in capacity! Is > > > > > there anything I can do to rectify this (of a technical > > > > > nature)? I live in Bangkok so it is not unlikely the guy in the > > > > > little shop where I bought it sold me a load of junk. But the > > > > > device is in warranty until 2022 and looks convincing (I > > > > > checked the serial number on the WD web site). Of course I can > > > > > go to the WD service centre and get the HD exchanged but I > > > > > thought I would see if there were any technical wheezes first. > > > > > > Thanks Vladimir, that sounds promising. Can you recommend any GPT > > > programs (this is new to me)? However the dd utility failed when I > > > tried to copy my old HD to the new one. > > > > > > # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=64K conv=noerror,sync > > > dd: error writing '/dev/sdb': No space left on device > > > 160+0 records in > > > 159+0 records out > > > 10481664 bytes (10 MB, 10 MiB) copied, 0.132944 s, 78.8 MB/s > > It looks like it. :( > > Robin > -- > -- > Robin Atwood. > > "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, > Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" > from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling > -- > > > > > > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 19:31:39 +0500 Vladimir Romanov wrote: > Well, dd should work well in any case. May be your drive is broken > really? > > пт, 5 июл. 2019 г., 19:30 Robin Atwood : > > > On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 19:14:35 +0500 > > Vladimir Romanov wrote: > > > > > Fdisk can not work with drives larger than 2TB. Your drive may be > > > slightly (10 mb) larger than that, so the result. For such disks > > > you need not Fdisk, but GPT programs. > > > > > > пт, 5 июл. 2019 г., 19:12 Robin Atwood : > > > > > > > I just bought a new "2TB" Western Digital hard drive. Imagine my > > > > surprise when fdisk reports it is only 10MiB in capacity! Is > > > > there anything I can do to rectify this (of a technical > > > > nature)? I live in Bangkok so it is not unlikely the guy in the > > > > little shop where I bought it sold me a load of junk. But the > > > > device is in warranty until 2022 and looks convincing (I > > > > checked the serial number on the WD web site). Of course I can > > > > go to the WD service centre and get the HD exchanged but I > > > > thought I would see if there were any technical wheezes first. > > > > Thanks Vladimir, that sounds promising. Can you recommend any GPT > > programs (this is new to me)? However the dd utility failed when I > > tried to copy my old HD to the new one. > > > > # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=64K conv=noerror,sync > > dd: error writing '/dev/sdb': No space left on device > > 160+0 records in > > 159+0 records out > > 10481664 bytes (10 MB, 10 MiB) copied, 0.132944 s, 78.8 MB/s It looks like it. :( Robin -- -- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
On Friday, 5 July 2019 15:30:06 BST Robin Atwood wrote: > Thanks Vladimir, that sounds promising. Can you recommend any GPT > programs (this is new to me)? However the dd utility failed when I > tried to copy my old HD to the new one. > > # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=64K conv=noerror,sync > dd: error writing '/dev/sdb': No space left on device > 160+0 records in > 159+0 records out > 10481664 bytes (10 MB, 10 MiB) copied, 0.132944 s, 78.8 MB/s > > Cheers > Robin You can use gptfdisk, parted/gparted, etc. To check the size as well as additional information you can use smartmontools and run: smartctl -i /dev/sda It may also be worth checking if later firmware is available to address any issues with it, like reporting the wrong size with some tools. However, the dd command failure sounds suspicious - as I understand it dd should not fail unless the disk has run out of space. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
Well, dd should work well in any case. May be your drive is broken really? пт, 5 июл. 2019 г., 19:30 Robin Atwood : > On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 19:14:35 +0500 > Vladimir Romanov wrote: > > > Fdisk can not work with drives larger than 2TB. Your drive may be > > slightly (10 mb) larger than that, so the result. For such disks you > > need not Fdisk, but GPT programs. > > > > пт, 5 июл. 2019 г., 19:12 Robin Atwood : > > > > > I just bought a new "2TB" Western Digital hard drive. Imagine my > > > surprise when fdisk reports it is only 10MiB in capacity! Is there > > > anything I can do to rectify this (of a technical nature)? I live in > > > Bangkok so it is not unlikely the guy in the little shop where I > > > bought it sold me a load of junk. But the device is in warranty > > > until 2022 and looks convincing (I checked the serial number on the > > > WD web site). Of course I can go to the WD service centre and get > > > the HD exchanged but I thought I would see if there were any > > > technical wheezes first. > > Thanks Vladimir, that sounds promising. Can you recommend any GPT > programs (this is new to me)? However the dd utility failed when I > tried to copy my old HD to the new one. > > # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=64K conv=noerror,sync > dd: error writing '/dev/sdb': No space left on device > 160+0 records in > 159+0 records out > 10481664 bytes (10 MB, 10 MiB) copied, 0.132944 s, 78.8 MB/s > > Cheers > Robin > -- > -- > Robin Atwood. > > "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, > Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" > from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling > -- > > > > > > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 19:14:35 +0500 Vladimir Romanov wrote: > Fdisk can not work with drives larger than 2TB. Your drive may be > slightly (10 mb) larger than that, so the result. For such disks you > need not Fdisk, but GPT programs. > > пт, 5 июл. 2019 г., 19:12 Robin Atwood : > > > I just bought a new "2TB" Western Digital hard drive. Imagine my > > surprise when fdisk reports it is only 10MiB in capacity! Is there > > anything I can do to rectify this (of a technical nature)? I live in > > Bangkok so it is not unlikely the guy in the little shop where I > > bought it sold me a load of junk. But the device is in warranty > > until 2022 and looks convincing (I checked the serial number on the > > WD web site). Of course I can go to the WD service centre and get > > the HD exchanged but I thought I would see if there were any > > technical wheezes first. Thanks Vladimir, that sounds promising. Can you recommend any GPT programs (this is new to me)? However the dd utility failed when I tried to copy my old HD to the new one. # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=64K conv=noerror,sync dd: error writing '/dev/sdb': No space left on device 160+0 records in 159+0 records out 10481664 bytes (10 MB, 10 MiB) copied, 0.132944 s, 78.8 MB/s Cheers Robin -- -- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
[gentoo-user] Re: Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation
On 2019-07-05, Francesco Turco wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019, at 08:05, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote:
>> So, is there either a boot loader that a human can configure
>> manually that can handle LUKS partitions? No uefi, but GPT would
>> be nice.
>
> I have a LUKS-encrypted system, GPT partitions, no UEFI, systemd,
> dracut, btrfs.
>
> I always manually create a /boot/grub/grub.cfg configuration file
> without using the grub-mkconfig command: [...]
I used to hate grub2 with a passion and stuck with grub-legacy as long
as possible. Then I realized that you can ignore the nightmarish
auto-magical modular AI configurator stuff. Grub2 is still a bit
bloated for my taste, but it's just as easy to use as grub-legacy if
you configure it manually. My grub.cfg files are just as trivial as
my grub-legacy config files were:
-grub.cfg--
timeout=10
root=hd0,1
menuentry 'vmlinuz-4.19.52-gentoo' {
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.52-gentoo root=/dev/sda1
}
menuentry 'vmlinuz-4.14.83-gentoo' {
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.83-gentoo root=/dev/sda1
}
---
I shudder when I contrast that with many hundreds of lines of cruft
that the mkconfig system would generate.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
Fdisk can not work with drives larger than 2TB. Your drive may be slightly (10 mb) larger than that, so the result. For such disks you need not Fdisk, but GPT programs. пт, 5 июл. 2019 г., 19:12 Robin Atwood : > I just bought a new "2TB" Western Digital hard drive. Imagine my > surprise when fdisk reports it is only 10MiB in capacity! Is there > anything I can do to rectify this (of a technical nature)? I live in > Bangkok so it is not unlikely the guy in the little shop where I bought > it sold me a load of junk. But the device is in warranty until 2022 > and looks convincing (I checked the serial number on the WD web > site). Of course I can go to the WD service centre and get the HD > exchanged but I thought I would see if there were any technical > wheezes first. > > Thanks > Robin > -- > -- > Robin Atwood. > > "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, > Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" > from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling > -- > > > > > > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > >
[gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
I just bought a new "2TB" Western Digital hard drive. Imagine my surprise when fdisk reports it is only 10MiB in capacity! Is there anything I can do to rectify this (of a technical nature)? I live in Bangkok so it is not unlikely the guy in the little shop where I bought it sold me a load of junk. But the device is in warranty until 2022 and looks convincing (I checked the serial number on the WD web site). Of course I can go to the WD service centre and get the HD exchanged but I thought I would see if there were any technical wheezes first. Thanks Robin -- -- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation
On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 4:10 AM Mick wrote: > > On Friday, 5 July 2019 08:24:14 BST mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: > > Thank you! Now I don't have to read all the grub2 manual right away. > > You could create manually a /boot/grub/grub.cfg file, but this is NOT how > GRUB2 was meant to be used. TBH, if you want to do this, then why bother with > GRUB2 in the first place. You could instead install sys-boot/grub-static from > an overlay and use grub legacy by manually configuring its /boot/grub/ > grub.conf file. The only people who would tell you not to use a manual config would also tell you not to use the old version of grub. There is really no reason to use the old version, except for the fact that the documentation for manual config files on the new one is pretty opaque. The newer version is much more versatile in terms of support for newer filesystems, etc. It just has a preferred mode of operation that basically generates config files that are practically a bootloader in themselves. The old version isn't even in the Gentoo repo, which means that if you do run into problems you'll be using backchannel support. Given that somebody just posted a ready-to-use config file I'd start there. All that said, it probably is worth taking the time to see if you can bend to the tool rather than making the tool bend to you. If you use the standard make install kernel filenames, and edit the grub config files in /etc appropriately, chances are it will generate a nice menu that just works. I used to do it the way you're looking to do it, but find that the tools work pretty well these days and it makes it trivial to maintain a library of old kernel versions which has helped out with the occasional regression. While the autogen config files are a bit complex, they are actually editable and readable. If you skip through all the conditional logic you'll get to the guts of the actual menu options. You can always autogen a config and not send the output to the actual config file if you want to see what it wants to do for reference. -- Rich
Re: [gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation
190705 mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: > So, is there either a boot loader that a human can configure manually > that can handle LUKS partitions ? No uefi, but GPT would be nice. You might try Lilo, which is very simple & reliable. I've always used it from before I started using Gentoo in 2003. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get rid of colors (console and xterm)?
XTerm also includes a -cm option (colorMode resource) for ignoring control sequences that affect color.
Re: [gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation
On Friday, 5 July 2019 08:24:14 BST mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: > Thank you! Now I don't have to read all the grub2 manual right away. Hardly anyone needs to read the whole GRUB2 manual, unless you're interest to know the ins and outs of GRUB2. However, it would be advisable to skim-read at least this wiki page, which explains which files you could/should edit to make GRUB2 do what you want it to do: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2 > Works > mostly like I thought but first attempt was to edit the mkconfig- grub.cfg > and I failed to back it up Properly. I should have tried it first on a > system that didn't have 4 other distros laying around. As per the above page, you could edit the /etc/default/grub file to define default variables, *then* run the grub-mkconfig command. Depending on your needs you could also add files in /etc/grub.d/ or edit 40_custom. You could create manually a /boot/grub/grub.cfg file, but this is NOT how GRUB2 was meant to be used. TBH, if you want to do this, then why bother with GRUB2 in the first place. You could instead install sys-boot/grub-static from an overlay and use grub legacy by manually configuring its /boot/grub/ grub.conf file. https://gpo.zugaina.org/sys-boot/grub-static Alternatively, there are other bootloaders to consider, with sys-boot/syslinux or extlinux featuring as lightweight alternatives. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation
Thank you! Now I don't have to read all the grub2 manual right away. Works
mostly like I thought but first attempt was to edit the mkconfig- grub.cfg and
I failed to back it up Properly. I should have tried it first on a system that
didn't have 4 other distros laying around.
"Would you like to see us rule again, my friend? All you have to do is follow
the worms." Pink Floyd, The Wall, Waiting for the worms
Jul 5, 2019, 1:18 AM by ftu...@fastmail.fm:
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019, at 08:05, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote:
>
>> So, is there either a boot loader that a human can configure manually
>> that can handle LUKS partitions? No uefi, but GPT would be nice.
>>
>
> I have a LUKS-encrypted system, GPT partitions, no UEFI, systemd, dracut,
> btrfs.
>
> I always manually create a /boot/grub/grub.cfg configuration file without
> using the grub-mkconfig command:
>
> timeout=-1
> menuentry 'Linux-libre 5.1.15' {
> linux /@i3/vmlinuz-5.1.15-gnu
> rd.luks.uuid=luks-e384faa4-d3ad-4171-b38e-8961bddab43f
> root=UUID=90a73cbd-f378-4424-93d9-661cbfec9e5a rootfstype=btrfs
> rootflags=subvol=@i3 init=/lib/systemd/systemd quiet loglevel=3
> rd.vconsole.keymap=it
> initrd /@i3/initramfs-5.1.15-gnu.img
> }
>
> It is pretty simple compared to what grub-mkconfig usually generates, and it
> works pretty well.
>
> --
> https://fturco.gitlab.io/
>
Re: [gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation
On Fri, Jul 5, 2019, at 08:05, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote:
> So, is there either a boot loader that a human can configure manually
> that can handle LUKS partitions? No uefi, but GPT would be nice.
I have a LUKS-encrypted system, GPT partitions, no UEFI, systemd, dracut, btrfs.
I always manually create a /boot/grub/grub.cfg configuration file without using
the grub-mkconfig command:
timeout=-1
menuentry 'Linux-libre 5.1.15' {
linux /@i3/vmlinuz-5.1.15-gnu
rd.luks.uuid=luks-e384faa4-d3ad-4171-b38e-8961bddab43f
root=UUID=90a73cbd-f378-4424-93d9-661cbfec9e5a rootfstype=btrfs
rootflags=subvol=@i3 init=/lib/systemd/systemd quiet loglevel=3
rd.vconsole.keymap=it
initrd /@i3/initramfs-5.1.15-gnu.img
}
It is pretty simple compared to what grub-mkconfig usually generates, and it
works pretty well.
--
https://fturco.gitlab.io/
[gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation
So, is there either a boot loader that a human can configure manually that can handle LUKS partitions? No uefi, but GPT would be nice. The grub2 "documentation" Reads like someone in the later stages of alzheimers' trying to tell you how to get to the moon from scratch? The grub "legacy" manual was at least usefull, the grub2 manual is incoherent and has no logical structure or explanations in it. It's insane that a boot loader takes 60 pages to document without actually explaning itself, barely useful as a reference IF you new it anyway. Grub2 produces insanely huge configuration files, stuffed with conditionals. It's obvious even the automatic tools don't know how to configure it, It can't figure out how to boot redcore, on the same drive though it thinks it can. It thinks you might want to try one version of linux with the ram disk and kernel from another, which doesn't work very well and WHY? any links to sane documentation or sane bootloaders greatly appreciated, it'll be months before i can work on my own bootloader or extend one that makes sense out side of a corporate server farm or randomly assorted desktops that have to all work with the same config file (possibly because grub2 is deciding how to work every time it loads). Yeah, I hate grub2. I"m very willing to learn gentoo, but it does make some sense and there are articles that actually explain things online. I can't find anything usefull about grub2 other than "DON'T MANUALLY EDIT THIS FILE", if it's not human editable and understandable why even bother to have it in human readable text? "Would you like to see us rule again, my friend? All you have to do is follow the worms." Pink Floyd, The Wall, Waiting for the worms
