Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox: no x-server after kernel upgrade to 4.12.12-gentoo

2017-09-15 Thread R0b0t1
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Freitag, 15. September 2017, 17:43:52 CEST schrieb R0b0t1: >> Details on this are sparse but you need to run @x11-modules-rebuild >> after a kernel upgrade. > > Since when has that been the case? AIUI X11 modules live 100%

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual booting with Windows 10

2017-09-15 Thread R0b0t1
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 4:03 AM, Radoje Stojisic wrote: > Hi all, > > I am interested in doing something too. Do you talk about GPU Pass-through? > Few months ago I wanted to try it myself but I own a Ryzen 1800x and just > one GPU. Is there a way with only one GPU? >

Re: [gentoo-user] thin-provisioning-tools - but I don't provision anything!!!!!

2017-09-15 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Freitag, 15. September 2017, 19:56:54 CEST schrieb Andrew Lowe: > Hi all, > I posted about a nasty infection my machine had with three versions of > Ruby a few days ago. In the process of trying to fix that I noticed a > thingy called "thin-provisioning-tools". I don't have anything thin

Re: [gentoo-user] thin-provisioning-tools - but I don't provision anything!!!!!

2017-09-15 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Freitag, 15. September 2017, 23:43:15 CEST schrieb Alan Mackenzie: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 23:38:21 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: > > Am Freitag, 15. September 2017, 23:15:05 CEST schrieb Alan Mackenzie: > > > Yes, but do I want it to go away? What is it, what does it do? > > > > > > OK, let's

Re: [gentoo-user] thin-provisioning-tools - but I don't provision anything!!!!!

2017-09-15 Thread Daniel Campbell
On 09/15/2017 02:43 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 23:38:21 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: >> Am Freitag, 15. September 2017, 23:15:05 CEST schrieb Alan Mackenzie: >>> Yes, but do I want it to go away? What is it, what does it do? > >>> OK, let's try emerge -s

Re: [gentoo-user] thin-provisioning-tools - but I don't provision anything!!!!!

2017-09-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 15/09/2017 23:43, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 23:38:21 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: >> Am Freitag, 15. September 2017, 23:15:05 CEST schrieb Alan Mackenzie: >>> Yes, but do I want it to go away? What is it, what does it do? > >>> OK, let's try emerge -s

Re: [gentoo-user] thin-provisioning-tools - but I don't provision anything!!!!!

2017-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
Tbe time and effort is minimal, one line in package.use. Profiles have nothing to with it, the flag is turned on in the ebuild. It's not a server vs. desktop issue either. On 15 September 2017 22:43:15 BST, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 23:38:21 +0200, Marc

Re: [gentoo-user] thin-provisioning-tools - but I don't provision anything!!!!!

2017-09-15 Thread Alan Mackenzie
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 23:38:21 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Freitag, 15. September 2017, 23:15:05 CEST schrieb Alan Mackenzie: > > Yes, but do I want it to go away? What is it, what does it do? > > OK, let's try emerge -s thin-provisioning-tools. We get back only > > patronising garbage,

Re: [gentoo-user] thin-provisioning-tools - but I don't provision anything!!!!!

2017-09-15 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Freitag, 15. September 2017, 23:15:05 CEST schrieb Alan Mackenzie: > Yes, but do I want it to go away? What is it, what does it do? > > OK, let's try emerge -s thin-provisioning-tools. We get back only > patronising garbage, namely "A suite of tools for thin provisioning on > Linux" - well,

Re: [gentoo-user] thin-provisioning-tools - but I don't provision anything!!!!!

2017-09-15 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Neil. On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 21:47:01 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 01:56:54 +0800, Andrew Lowe wrote: > > I posted about a nasty infection my machine had with three > > versions of Ruby a few days ago. In the process of trying to fix that I > > noticed a thingy

Re: [gentoo-user] thin-provisioning-tools - but I don't provision anything!!!!!

2017-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 01:56:54 +0800, Andrew Lowe wrote: > I posted about a nasty infection my machine had with three > versions of Ruby a few days ago. In the process of trying to fix that I > noticed a thingy called "thin-provisioning-tools". I don't have > anything thin and I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox: no x-server after kernel upgrade to 4.12.12-gentoo

2017-09-15 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Freitag, 15. September 2017, 17:43:52 CEST schrieb R0b0t1: > Details on this are sparse but you need to run @x11-modules-rebuild > after a kernel upgrade. Since when has that been the case? AIUI X11 modules live 100% in userspace, the kernel component is its own thing (unless you use nvidia,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [offtopic] Copy-On-Write ?

2017-09-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Kai Krakow wrote: > > At least in btrfs there's also a caveat that the original extents may > not actually be split and the split extents share parts of the > original extent. That means, if you delete the original later, the copy > will

[gentoo-user] thin-provisioning-tools - but I don't provision anything!!!!!

2017-09-15 Thread Andrew Lowe
Hi all, I posted about a nasty infection my machine had with three versions of Ruby a few days ago. In the process of trying to fix that I noticed a thingy called "thin-provisioning-tools". I don't have anything thin and I don't provision anything so why I ask? From what I've been

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox: no x-server after kernel upgrade to 4.12.12-gentoo

2017-09-15 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Alexander Puchmayr < alexander.puchm...@linznet.at> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm using a gentoo-guest inside a virtual box on a Win10 host. The last > somewhat working combination was kernel 4.4.39/virtualbox-5.1.24. > > When I update to kernel 4.12.12, the X-Server

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox: no x-server after kernel upgrade to 4.12.12-gentoo

2017-09-15 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Am Freitag, 15. September 2017, 10:43:52 schrieb R0b0t1: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Alexander Puchmayr > > wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I'm using a gentoo-guest inside a virtual box on a Win10 host. The last > > somewhat working combination was kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox: no x-server after kernel upgrade to 4.12.12-gentoo

2017-09-15 Thread R0b0t1
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm using a gentoo-guest inside a virtual box on a Win10 host. The last > somewhat working combination was kernel 4.4.39/virtualbox-5.1.24. > > When I update to kernel 4.12.12, the X-Server

[gentoo-user] virtualbox: no x-server after kernel upgrade to 4.12.12-gentoo

2017-09-15 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Hi there, I'm using a gentoo-guest inside a virtual box on a Win10 host. The last somewhat working combination was kernel 4.4.39/virtualbox-5.1.24. When I update to kernel 4.12.12, the X-Server does not work anymore (I've also tried with 4.9.xx, same result -- no X) I used genkernel to

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual booting with Windows 10

2017-09-15 Thread Radoje Stojisic
Hi all, I am interested in doing something too. Do you talk about GPU Pass-through? Few months ago I wanted to try it myself but I own a Ryzen 1800x and just one GPU. Is there a way with only one GPU? Or do I really need 2GPUs and 2 Keyboard/Mouse? Thanks -Radi On 15.09.2017 06:04,