Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread n952162
On 7/31/22 21:51, n952162 wrote: I've been running gentoo for years now, and every time I go to --sync, it's really a painful process. The process can take *very* before you find out if it succeeded or not. I try different repos.conf servers - one works for a while, then doesn't, then later,

RE: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

2022-07-31 Thread Matthew Sacks
The vbox log and screenshot are all I have to go off. Next time I”ll provide that upfront. New to these parts (gentoo lists). It crashes on boot actually to answer your question. Sent from Mail for Windows From:

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread Lee
Given the speed improvement in using git for --sync, I wonder why that isn't the default in the portage section of the manual On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 4:49 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 31 July 2022 21:43:12 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > I switched to using git for syncing, from

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday, 31 July 2022 21:43:12 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > I switched to using git for syncing, from github, and haven't looked > back. It is *much* faster, several times faster syncing from github than > using rsync to sync from a local mirror, and github is always there. One thing to note, if

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 15:55:51 -0700, Lee wrote: > Had a similar issue to the OP, and it turned out to be a flaky internet > connection. I switched ISP's and, while sync's still take longer than > I'd like, I don't have the failures, time outs I did before. I have no complaints about the time

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread Lee
Had a similar issue to the OP, and it turned out to be a flaky internet connection. I switched ISP's and, while sync's still take longer than I'd like, I don't have the failures, time outs I did before. On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 1:54 PM Stefan Schmiedl wrote: > Sonntag, 31. Juli 2022 21:51: > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

2022-07-31 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 10:58 AM Jack wrote: > Sorry, I misread. You shut down after it crashes. Any idea what makes > it crash? Does it crash if you just start it and just let it sit? > > > > Jack Jack, I'm no expert at reading crash reports but the screenshot he provided earlier looks

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Sonntag, 31. Juli 2022 21:51:   > I've been running gentoo for years now, and every time I go to --sync, > it's really a painful process. > The process can take *very* [long] before you find out if it succeeded or not. ... > It can take several hours before it finally works   Use a tool like

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 21:51:05 +0200, n952162 wrote: > I've been running gentoo for years now, and every time I go to --sync, > it's really a painful process. > > The process can take *very* before you find out if it succeeded or not. > > I try different repos.conf servers - one works for a

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread Dale
n952162 wrote: > I've been running gentoo for years now, and every time I go to --sync, > it's really a painful process. > > The process can take *very* before you find out if it succeeded or not. > > I try different repos.conf servers - one works for a while, then > doesn't, then later, the new

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread Jack
On 7/31/22 15:51, n952162 wrote: I've been running gentoo for years now, and every time I go to --sync, it's really a painful process. The process can take *very* before you find out if it succeeded or not. I try different repos.conf servers - one works for a while, then doesn't, then later,

[gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread n952162
I've been running gentoo for years now, and every time I go to --sync, it's really a painful process. The process can take *very* before you find out if it succeeded or not. I try different repos.conf servers - one works for a while, then doesn't, then later, the new one doesn't work anymore

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

2022-07-31 Thread Jack
On 2022.07.31 10:45, Jack wrote: On 7/31/22 09:27, Matthew Sacks wrote: I cant get gentoo to run on virtualbox, segfaults or core dumps or something. Please learn how to ask for help.  You have provided next to no useful information.  From the other thread, you provided a log, and the

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

2022-07-31 Thread Jack
On 7/31/22 09:27, Matthew Sacks wrote: I cant get gentoo to run on virtualbox, segfaults or core dumps or something. Please learn how to ask for help.  You have provided next to no useful information.  From the other thread, you provided a log, and the fact that you are trying to run a

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

2022-07-31 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 7:08 AM Matthew Sacks wrote: > > It crashes then I shut it down yeah. > > Maybe a screenshot will help? > > > > Attached. > "invalid opcode: " is highly suspicious. Lots of Google links about that causing systems to crash independent of VB.

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

2022-07-31 Thread Julien Roy
Did you add the proper kernel modules for virtualbox? The Gentoo Wiki has a list of what you need to enable https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/VirtualBox#Gentoo_guests On 7/31/22 10:08, Matthew Sacks wrote: It crashes then I shut it down yeah. Maybe a screenshot will help? Attached. Sent from Mail

RE: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

2022-07-31 Thread Matthew Sacks
It crashes then I shut it down yeah. Maybe a screenshot will help? Attached. Sent from Mail for Windows From: Mark Knecht Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2022 7:03 AM To:

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

2022-07-31 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 6:40 AM Matthew Sacks wrote: > > Attached, and thanks. > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Mail for Windows > > > > From: Mark Knecht > Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2022 6:31 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes > > > > VB log files at a

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

2022-07-31 Thread Mark Knecht
VB log files at a minimum On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 6:27 AM Matthew Sacks wrote: > I cant get gentoo to run on virtualbox, segfaults or core dumps or > something. > > > > Sent from Mail for > Windows > > >

[gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

2022-07-31 Thread Matthew Sacks
I cant get gentoo to run on virtualbox, segfaults or core dumps or something. Sent from Mail for Windows

Re: [gentoo-user] Selective news?

2022-07-31 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Same here, pulseaudio daemon is no longer started automatically. Starting it from a shell (simply call pulseaudio ) and audio works fine again. Not sure which start script to add it to; .login or .profile are unsuitable because it would then start it at every login even with ssh). Alex Am