Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

Is there an entry in BIOS setup for "Halt bootup or error" or the opposite, "Continue bootup on error"? Try setting that if it exists. That won't fix the root problem, but may ignore it and boot up successfully. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 10:47:06 -0500, R0b0t1 wrote: > >> >> Use the dongle from a wireless keyboard. >> > >> > That's also a good idea, I wasn't sure if you could buy those without >> > a keyboard and hadn't thought to check.

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 10:47:06 -0500, R0b0t1 wrote: > >> Use the dongle from a wireless keyboard. > > > > That's also a good idea, I wasn't sure if you could buy those without > > a keyboard and hadn't thought to check. Funnily enough, this is > > exactly what I've been doing so far (I have a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mutt database option

180408 Alan Mackenzie wrote: > After I am finished reading an email, > I am used to returning to the message index by pressing 'i'. > This no longer works in (Gentoo's version of) mutt 1.9.4. >Instead one must press 'x'. It's driving me crazy. I've always used Most as pager with Mutt : it's easy

[gentoo-user] Recovery mode blank screen

For the first time in ages, today I tried booting into the recovery mode. Initially I did it by entering the editor mode in grub and just appending "single" to the regular entry, but when that failed (see below) I enabled the recovery entries in /etc/default/grub, rerun grub-mkconfig and rebooted

[gentoo-user] Re: Mutt database option

On 2018-04-08 13:16, Mick wrote: > > And yet - after I am finished reading an email, I am used to returning > > to the message index by pressing 'i'. This no longer works in (Gentoo's > > version of) mutt 1.9.4. Instead one must press 'x'. It's driving me > > crazy. > > Interestingly, my mutt

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Sonntag, 8. April 2018, 16:49:55 CEST schrieb Neil Bothwick: >> On Sun, 08 Apr 2018 15:18:21 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: >> > > Yeah, I did hear about those while researching the problem (forgot to >> > > mention, sorry), but

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

Am Sonntag, 8. April 2018, 16:49:55 CEST schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Sun, 08 Apr 2018 15:18:21 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: > > > Yeah, I did hear about those while researching the problem (forgot to > > > mention, sorry), but thanks for pointing out how cheap they are. > > > > Ugh, I misread, yeah,

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

On Sun, 08 Apr 2018 15:18:21 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: > > Yeah, I did hear about those while researching the problem (forgot to > > mention, sorry), but thanks for pointing out how cheap they are. > > Ugh, I misread, yeah, of course those exist and are cheap (sadly I only > have USB->PS/2

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

Am Sonntag, 8. April 2018, 14:11:57 CEST schrieb Marc Joliet: > Yeah, I did hear about those while researching the problem (forgot to > mention, sorry), but thanks for pointing out how cheap they are. Ugh, I misread, yeah, of course those exist and are cheap (sadly I only have USB->PS/2

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

Am Sonntag, 8. April 2018, 13:35:02 CEST schrieb Wols Lists: > On 08/04/2018 00:18, Marc Joliet wrote: > > Hi list > > > > I have a bit of a weird issue. I recently acquired a used server (Fujitsu > > Primergy TX140 S1) via a friend of mine. I have Gentoo installed on it > > now > > and overall

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mutt database option

On 08-04-2018 ,11:44:25, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Ian. > > On Sun, Apr 08, 2018 at 01:04:49 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > [ ] > > > I have tried contributing enhancements (the same ones) to both projects, > > and in the end I had to give up in the case of mutt and I maintained > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

Am Sonntag, 8. April 2018, 02:18:21 CEST schrieb mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com: > The obvious solution is to leave a keyboard attached, OR make the computer > think so with one of the adapters that let you use ps/2 peripherals on a > machine that only has usb. They always show up as a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mutt database option

Hello, Ian. On Sun, Apr 08, 2018 at 01:04:49 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: [ ] > I have tried contributing enhancements (the same ones) to both projects, > and in the end I had to give up in the case of mutt and I maintained > them as private patches for a while. Then I learned about

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

On 08/04/2018 00:18, Marc Joliet wrote: Hi list I have a bit of a weird issue. I recently acquired a used server (Fujitsu Primergy TX140 S1) via a friend of mine. I have Gentoo installed on it now and overall it works fine save for one perplexing issue [0]: The bootloader hangs when booting

[gentoo-user] Re: Mutt database option

On 2018-04-07 17:12, Floyd Anderson wrote: > But I like the faster development/release cycle, the goal to clean up > the 20 years old code base and some features [1] of NeoMutt, > e.g. Lua-scripting, sidebar; which sometimes find their way into > Mutt. I have no experiences contributing patches