Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

I just tested a couple of 4TB drives, the hgst 7k400 series (7200 rpm), it takes about a day to fill one of those, copying from another one of those. I prefer to use "real" data, rather than a test pattern. My procedure is to first run the short SMART test, format the drive (which also takes

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

Hello, On Mon, 15 Jun 2020, Dale wrote: [..] >While I'm at it, when running dd, I have zero and random in /dev.  Where >does a person obtain a one?  In other words, I can write all zeros, I >can write all random but I can't write all ones since it isn't in /dev.  >Does that even exist?  Can I

Re: [gentoo-user] Bitwarden, anyone?

On Monday, 15 June 2020 20:56:05 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:51:54 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > I've just tried the AppImage for the desktop client and it just > > > worked, albeit with the usual loading speed of an AppImage. > > > > So it can work, then. I just have

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 1:01 PM Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 3:54 PM Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > The SMART test, long version, will do a very reasonable job catching problems. Run it 2 or 3 times if it makes you feel better. > > > > Chris's suggestion about Spinrite is another

[gentoo-user] Re: Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

On 2020-06-15, Grant Edwards wrote: > backblocks was designed to do what you want. ... > babblocks would be a good start. Geez, I can't even mistype "badblocks" consistently... -- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 3:54 PM Mark Knecht wrote: > > The SMART test, long version, will do a very reasonable job catching > problems. Run it 2 or 3 times if it makes you feel better. > > Chris's suggestion about Spinrite is another option but it is slow, slow, > slow. Might take you weeks? On

Re: [gentoo-user] Bitwarden, anyone?

On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:51:54 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I've just tried the AppImage for the desktop client and it just > > worked, albeit with the usual loading speed of an AppImage. > > So it can work, then. I just have to work out what I'm doing wrong. I > have a support request in

[gentoo-user] Re: Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

On 2020-06-15, Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I finally bought a 8TB drive.  It is used but they claim only a > short duration.  Still, I want to test it to be sure it is in grade > A shape before putting a lot of data on it and depending on it.  I > am familiar with some tools already.  I know about

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:37 PM Dale wrote: > > Howdy, > > I finally bought a 8TB drive. It is used but they claim only a short duration. Still, I want to test it to be sure it is in grade A shape before putting a lot of data on it and depending on it. I am familiar with some tools already.

Re: [gentoo-user] Bitwarden, anyone?

On Monday, 15 June 2020 12:38:03 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:47:56 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Has anyone some experience of bitwarden on Gentoo? It doesn't run for > > > me, and I suspect a java problem. I have icedtea here. > > > > > > I'm talking about the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: "masked by: EAPI 7" trying up update "portage" - how to proceed

On Monday, 15 June 2020 16:49:39 BST Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2020-06-15, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > > > > With a system that has not been updated for over 3 years, I would suggest > > to Start from scratch and copy the config across. > > That's definitely, by far, the fastest and easiest way to

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

On 2020/06/15 at 11:07am, Dale wrote: > I finally bought a 8TB drive.  It is used but they claim only a short > duration.  Still, I want to test it to be sure it is in grade A shape > before putting a lot of data on it and depending on it.  I am familiar > with some tools already.  I know about

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: "masked by: EAPI 7" trying up update "portage" - how to proceed

On 15 June 2020 17:49:39 CEST, Grant Edwards wrote: >On 2020-06-15, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> >> >> With a system that has not been updated for over 3 years, I would >suggest to >> Start from scratch and copy the config across. > >That's definitely, by far, the fastest and easiest way to get to

[gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

Howdy, I finally bought a 8TB drive.  It is used but they claim only a short duration.  Still, I want to test it to be sure it is in grade A shape before putting a lot of data on it and depending on it.  I am familiar with some tools already.  I know about SMART but it is not always 100%.  It

[gentoo-user] Re: "masked by: EAPI 7" trying up update "portage" - how to proceed

On 2020-06-15, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > With a system that has not been updated for over 3 years, I would suggest to > Start from scratch and copy the config across. That's definitely, by far, the fastest and easiest way to get to a working, current system. > If you do insist on trying to

Re: [gentoo-user] "masked by: EAPI 7" trying up update "portage" - how to proceed

On 2020-06-15 16:20, J. Roeleveld wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2020 1:26:06 PM CEST n952162 wrote: Thank you for the response. Unfortunately it didn't work. The logs are attached (tgt=portage, system, world) and summarized below. Perl keeps coming up as a problem, so, as an example, I tried to

Re: [gentoo-user] "masked by: EAPI 7" trying up update "portage" - how to proceed

On Monday, June 15, 2020 1:26:06 PM CEST n952162 wrote: > Thank you for the response. Unfortunately it didn't work. The logs are > attached (tgt=portage, system, world) and summarized below. > > Perl keeps coming up as a problem, so, as an example, I tried to build > perl, including all the

Re: [gentoo-user] clone root from HDD to SSD causes no video with NVIDIA driver

On Monday, June 15, 2020 9:56:39 AM CEST Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > * From: Dale > * Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 08:02 > * To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > * Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] clone root from HDD to SSD causes no video > with NVIDIA

Re: [gentoo-user] Bitwarden, anyone?

On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:47:56 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Has anyone some experience of bitwarden on Gentoo? It doesn't run for > > me, and I suspect a java problem. I have icedtea here. > > > > I'm talking about the installed version, not the firefox extension, > > which seems to work. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kind of sample player?

On 06/15 10:28, Ashley Dixon wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:10:21AM +0200, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > The only one I found in portage is 'linuxsampler', which fails to > > compile with a lot of "deprecated" messages. > > Could you elaborate more on this ? Linux Sampler is an active project

Re: [gentoo-user] Kind of sample player?

On Monday, 15 June 2020 09:10:21 BST tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Hi, > > Trying to express what I am searching for: > > I have some samples of instruments play one or only a few tones. > For each there is one sample per tone. > > I am looking for a software, with which I can play these samples >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kind of sample player?

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:10:21AM +0200, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > The only one I found in portage is 'linuxsampler', which fails to > compile with a lot of "deprecated" messages. Could you elaborate more on this ? Linux Sampler is an active project and shouldn't fail to compile.

[gentoo-user] Kind of sample player?

Hi, Trying to express what I am searching for: I have some samples of instruments play one or only a few tones. For each there is one sample per tone. I am looking for a software, with which I can play these samples controlled by a midi keyboard. The samples should be played in a way, that

RE: [gentoo-user] clone root from HDD to SSD causes no video with NVIDIA driver

* From: Dale * Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 08:02 * To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org * Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] clone root from HDD to SSD causes no video with NVIDIA driver * Raffaele BELARDI wrote: * nomodeset did not

Re: [gentoo-user] Bitwarden, anyone?

On 2020-06-14 23:20, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 14 June 2020 19:06:36 BST Wynn Wolf Arbor wrote: > > That was a good idea - but it didn't help, so that's not the answer. If you're still interested in debugging this, did the error message stay the same? At least the path