[gentoo-user] Re: WARNING: Crucial MX300 drives SUUUUUCK!!!!

Am Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:14:23 -0500 schrieb "Poison BL." : > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Daniel Frey > wrote: > > > On 02/13/2017 10:17 AM, Poison BL. wrote: > > > > > > I've had more than one spinning rust drive fail hard over the > > > years as

[gentoo-user] Re: CIFS mounts started misbehaving

Am Sat, 4 Mar 2017 16:42:07 + (UTC) schrieb Grant Edwards : > On 2017-03-04, Kai Krakow wrote: > > Am Sat, 04 Mar 2017 08:02:11 + schrieb "J. Roeleveld" > > : > >> > [...] > [...] > [...] > [...] > [...]

[gentoo-user] Re: No room left on /boot

Am Sun, 5 Mar 2017 14:33:03 -0700 schrieb the...@sys-concept.com: > After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. > So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: > linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 > > and decided to switch to: > linux-4.9.6-gentoo-r1 > > I've done kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On 06/03/2017 01:35, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/05/2017 03:19 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 05/03/2017 23:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. >>> So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set

Harry Putnam wrote: Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog box... just an error

Re: [gentoo-user] three quarter of network access with new root...

On Monday 06 Mar 2017 04:17:44 tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Mick [17-03-06 03:39]: > > On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 15:51:37 tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > The standard phrase: > > > Still building...bla bla...new root...bla... :) > > > > > > The copy of the udev

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 17:05:20 the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/05/2017 04:51 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 05 Mar 2017 23:22:52 +, Mick wrote: > >> 4. Do not create a new partition for boot, just copy the /boot > >> filesystem into / and comment out the boot partition from fstab.

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On March 6, 2017 12:43:50 AM GMT+01:00, Marc Joliet wrote: >On Sonntag, 5. März 2017 23:57:11 CET Dale wrote: >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >[...] >> > Can I remove System.map files from /boot partition? >> > I don't have any reference to these files in grub.conf. >[...] >> I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On 170305-16:56-0700, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/05/2017 03:57 PM, Dale wrote: > > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: ... > >>> "GRUB" and blank screen, not even a kernel selection. > >>> I scramble, boot strap the system and copied

Re: [gentoo-user] three quarter of network access with new root...

> since > > ping startpage.com > > results in "unknown host" all the commands > will not be able to resolve startpage.com. > > By the way: > > dig ANY startpage.com > > results in nothing even on my working old root. > > > Try nslookup startpage.com 8.8.8.8 If it works, your DNS is not

Re: [gentoo-user] three quarter of network access with new root...

Mick [17-03-06 03:39]: > On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 15:51:37 tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The standard phrase: > > Still building...bla bla...new root...bla... :) > > > > The copy of the udev rules of the old root into the > > new one...give me...hnetwork

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: fonts mostly inaccessable to xterm

On 03/05/2017 06:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Corbin Bird writes: > >> >> Have you tried : xterm -fa "9x15B-ISO8859-1"? > > I mentioned that the -fa switch was not working at all. > > I've since discovered that the xterms I had were compiled with useflag > truetype

Re: [gentoo-user] 32 bit firefox on 64 bit system

On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Jorge Almeida wrote: > Is it possible? > Yes, the most straightforward way I know of is to use crossdev to create an i[3456]86 GCC and compile it with the corresponding cross-emerge executable. It will then install to /usr/$ARCH and you should

[gentoo-user] Re: fonts mostly inaccessable to xterm

Corbin Bird writes: > > Have you tried : xterm -fa "9x15B-ISO8859-1"? I mentioned that the -fa switch was not working at all. I've since discovered that the xterms I had were compiled with useflag truetype disabled .. so `-truetype' Which meant xterm was compiled

[gentoo-user] Re: fonts mostly inaccessable to xterm

Corbin Bird writes: [...] Harry wrote: [...] >> googling for hours on this I find xterm can understand a different >> switch `xterm -fa bla-bla' >> >> However, xterm as installed from portage does not understand that >> switch at all. >> >> Some of the googling

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

Marc Joliet wrote: > On Sonntag, 5. März 2017 23:57:11 CET Dale wrote: >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > [...] >>> Can I remove System.map files from /boot partition? >>> I don't have any reference to these files in grub.conf. > [...] >> I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/05/2017 03:57 PM, Dale wrote: > >> >> I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested the theory. >> >> Why such a small /boot? My OS is installed on a fairly small 160GB hard >> drive. I made /boot about 400MBs and later wished it was bigger. I >>

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On 03/05/2017 04:51 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 05 Mar 2017 23:22:52 +, Mick wrote: > >> 4. Do not create a new partition for boot, just copy the /boot >> filesystem into / and comment out the boot partition from fstab. >> You'll need to also edit your /boot/grub/grub.conf > > You

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On 03/05/2017 03:57 PM, Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. >>> So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: >>> linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 >>> >>> and

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On 03/05/2017 04:22 PM, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 16:57:11 Dale wrote: >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: [snip] >> >> I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested the theory. >> >> Why such a small /boot? My OS is

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On Sun, 05 Mar 2017 23:22:52 +, Mick wrote: > 4. Do not create a new partition for boot, just copy the /boot > filesystem into / and comment out the boot partition from fstab. > You'll need to also edit your /boot/grub/grub.conf You will also need to run the legacy equivalent of grub-install

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On Sonntag, 5. März 2017 23:57:11 CET Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: [...] > > Can I remove System.map files from /boot partition? > > I don't have any reference to these files in grub.conf. [...] > I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested the theory. FTR: were this

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

Hi, Le dim 05 mar, 14:33:03 the...@sys-concept.com a écrit : > What I my options to reduce kernel size or increase /boot partition? You can use XZ compression: config KERNEL_XZ bool "XZ" depends on HAVE_KERNEL_XZ help XZ uses the LZMA2 algorithm and instruction

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On 03/05/2017 03:19 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 05/03/2017 23:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. >> So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: >> linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 >> >> and decided to switch to: >>

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 16:57:11 Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. > >> So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: > >> linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 >

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. >> So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: >> linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 >> >> and decided to switch to: >>

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On 05/03/2017 23:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. > So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: > linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 > > and decided to switch to: > linux-4.9.6-gentoo-r1 > > I've done kernel upgrade many,

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. > So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: > linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 > > and decided to switch to: > linux-4.9.6-gentoo-r1 > > I've done kernel upgrade many,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: fonts mostly inaccessable to xterm

On 03/05/2017 01:58 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Corbin Bird writes: > > [...] > >> Please clarify ... ... if this is a console only boot ( in vm ), >> ... if this is a GUI Desktop ( in vm ), and/or specific xterm ( i.e >> "x11-terms/xterm" ). > > This is a full X host

[gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 and decided to switch to: linux-4.9.6-gentoo-r1 I've done kernel upgrade many, many times so it was a routine procedure. When I re-booted the last

Re: [gentoo-user] Gpgme oddity

On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 15:02:52 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 05/03/2017 13:45, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Now tell me why I should expect to be thrown a wobbler like a dependency > > conflict that cannot be resolved, on the face of it, and not at all > > without what look like significant system

[gentoo-user] Re: fonts mostly inaccessable to xterm

Corbin Bird writes: [...] > Please clarify ... > ... if this is a console only boot ( in vm ), > ... if this is a GUI Desktop ( in vm ), > and/or specific xterm ( i.e "x11-terms/xterm" ). This is a full X host running lxde for desktop The xterm I speak of is the real

Re: [gentoo-user] three quarter of network access with new root...

On Sun, 05 Mar 2017 18:48:39 +, Mick wrote: > > The copy of the udev rules of the old root into the > > new one...give me...hnetwork access...somehow... > > (In any case: THX A LOT FOR THAT HINT! 8) > > I am sure there was an older news item explaining the persistent NIC > naming.

Re: [gentoo-user] three quarter of network access with new root...

On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 15:51:37 tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Hi, > > The standard phrase: > Still building...bla bla...new root...bla... :) > > The copy of the udev rules of the old root into the > new one...give me...hnetwork access...somehow... > (In any case: THX A LOT FOR THAT HINT! 8) I

Re: [gentoo-user] fonts mostly inaccessable to xterm

On 03/05/2017 06:41 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host > Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram > > I've been trying to get fonts to load into xterm most of the day. > > I'm not getting anywhere. > > for

[gentoo-user] three quarter of network access with new root...

Hi, The standard phrase: Still building...bla bla...new root...bla... :) The copy of the udev rules of the old root into the new one...give me...hnetwork access...somehow... (In any case: THX A LOT FOR THAT HINT! 8) Several early services, which depend on network access fail while

Re: [gentoo-user] Gpgme oddity

On 05/03/2017 13:45, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Now tell me why I should expect to be thrown a wobbler like a dependency > conflict that cannot be resolved, on the face of it, and not at all without > what look like significant system changes. Peter, someone made an oversight. Can we get over it

Re: [gentoo-user] Gpgme oddity

On Samstag, 4. März 2017 17:37:54 CET Peter Humphrey wrote: > > (I may actually attempt to upgrade to KDE PIM 16.12.2, but that pulls in a > > long tail of other packages due to QT_MINIMAL="5.7.0".) > > If you do that, you may find you lose all searching ability in KMail, > according to a current

[gentoo-user] fonts mostly inaccessable to xterm

Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram I've been trying to get fonts to load into xterm most of the day. I'm not getting anywhere. for example: /usr/share/fonts shows all these: 100dpi corefonts

Re: [gentoo-user] Gpgme oddity

On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 02:10:09 Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > It was tested, otherwise how could the conflict with kde-apps/gpgmepp > and kde-apps/kdepimlibs:4 been known? Think of it from my point of view. I followed the official guide to installing a stable KDE system on a plasma profile. I don't have

Re: [gentoo-user] Gpgme oddity

On Sun, 5 Mar 2017 02:10:09 +0200, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > > I just can't believe it. They're issuing a general-purpose tool, to > > work everywhere, and they don't test it on a representative sample of > > systems? > > It was tested, otherwise how could the conflict with kde-apps/gpgmepp > and

Re: [gentoo-user] Half of a network access with new root build...

On Sun, 5 Mar 2017 09:59:29 +0100, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > yepp...it is...since the big bang... :) : )) > > Neil Bothwick [17-03-05 09:56]: > > If you can start the network manually, the modules message must > > relate to something else. Is net.eth0 in you default

Re: [gentoo-user] Gpgme oddity

On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 03:28:46 Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > make[2]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/lib64/libgpgme-pthread.so' > > Roach report filed here: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600510 > > May want to follow that or figure out if there is a workaround. I think > based

Re: [gentoo-user] Gpgme oddity

Mick wrote: > make[2]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/lib64/libgpgme-pthread.so' Roach report filed here: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600510 May want to follow that or figure out if there is a workaround. I think based on a couple comments, a older package works. Dale :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Gpgme oddity

On 5 March 2017 at 11:06, Mick wrote: > I guess it wasn't tested on a no-multilib as I'm running on a box here. Kmail > needs to be rebuilt, but it fails like so: Can you please disable cxx and qt5 USE and use the old kde gpgme library instead? Thanks!

Re: [gentoo-user] Half of a network access with new root build...

On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 09:59:29 tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Neil Bothwick [17-03-05 09:56]: > > If you can start the network manually, the modules message must relate to > > something else. Is net.eth0 in you default runlevel?> > Hi Neil, > > yepp...it is...since the big bang... :)

Re: [gentoo-user] Gpgme oddity

On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 02:10:09 Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > On 5 March 2017 at 00:59, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I just can't believe it. They're issuing a general-purpose tool, to work > > everywhere, and they don't test it on a representative sample of systems? > > It was

Re: [gentoo-user] Half of a network access with new root build...

Hi Neil, yepp...it is...since the big bang... :) : )) Neil Bothwick [17-03-05 09:56]: > If you can start the network manually, the modules message must relate to > something else. Is net.eth0 in you default runlevel? > > On 5 March 2017 08:05:31 GMT+00:00,

Re: [gentoo-user] Half of a network access with new root build...

If you can start the network manually, the modules message must relate to something else. Is net.eth0 in you default runlevel? On 5 March 2017 08:05:31 GMT+00:00, tu...@posteo.de wrote: >Hi, > >I have sent this question previously but due to hickup with >my old mail address the sent message or

[gentoo-user] konsole: strange behaviour regarding profile

Hi there, I use to have several different KDE/plasma activities configured, each with different folder view widgets with desktop icons inside for the applications which I use on these activities. Especially, there are some icons with Exec=konsole -e slogin alex@server to have quick access to

Re: [gentoo-user] Half of a network access with new root build...

tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Hi, > > I have sent this question previously but due to hickup with > my old mail address the sent message or a reply to it get > lost in between somewhere... > > Robin helped me a lot to get out of this mail address trouble and > helped me to get subscribed to the list

[gentoo-user] Half of a network access with new root build...

Hi, I have sent this question previously but due to hickup with my old mail address the sent message or a reply to it get lost in between somewhere... Robin helped me a lot to get out of this mail address trouble and helped me to get subscribed to the list again with my new mail address: