Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE so bad at multiple monitors?

2024-03-03 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 3 March 2024 19:31:30 GMT Dale wrote: >> >> Since my last post, I did my weekly updates. During that, I log out, >> switch to boot runlevel, restart anything that checkrestart says needs >> it, then back to default runlevel and log back in. With the config file >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE so bad at multiple monitors?

2024-03-03 Thread Dale
Daniel Frey wrote: > On 3/3/24 13:57, Dale wrote: >> I think most is in the .config directory now.  I have to say tho, I used >> to zap that thing about once a year, sometimes two, to correct some >> things that were weird but couldn't fix otherwise.  I think the devs try >> to make things forward

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge trouble with firefox and thunderbird ...

2024-03-03 Thread Carsten Hauck
On 03/03/24 at 04:18, Jack wrote: On 2024.03.03 15:23, Wol wrote: On 03/03/2024 19:40, Jack wrote: On 2024.03.03 13:54, Wols Lists wrote: On 03/03/2024 09:47, Wols Lists wrote: I'm getting this output from emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world whoops I mean "emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microkernel update failing (trying to patch zenbleed)

2024-03-03 Thread Daniel Frey
On 3/3/24 13:48, Michael wrote: It could be AMD have not yet released microcode updates for the community. OEMs receive new microcode first and patch it in their MoBo BIOS/UEFI firmware. Eventually the CPU manufacturers release microcode for older CPUs no longer supported by OEMs. Since you

Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE so bad at multiple monitors?

2024-03-03 Thread Daniel Frey
On 3/3/24 13:57, Dale wrote: I think most is in the .config directory now.  I have to say tho, I used to zap that thing about once a year, sometimes two, to correct some things that were weird but couldn't fix otherwise.  I think the devs try to make things forward compatible but no one is

Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE so bad at multiple monitors?

2024-03-03 Thread Dale
Daniel Frey wrote: > On 3/3/24 11:31, Dale wrote: >> Since my last post, I did my weekly updates.  During that, I log out, >> switch to boot runlevel, restart anything that checkrestart says needs >> it, then back to default runlevel and log back in.  With the config file >> change, my monitors

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microkernel update failing (trying to patch zenbleed)

2024-03-03 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 3 March 2024 19:14:23 GMT Daniel Frey wrote: > Hi all, > > I've always had problems updating the microcode for my AMD processor. I > have various other Intel-based PCs and this has never been an issue. > > I have confirmed it's not updating: > > > ~ # dmesg | grep -i microcode > [

Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE so bad at multiple monitors?

2024-03-03 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 3 March 2024 19:31:30 GMT Dale wrote: > Daniel Frey wrote: > > On 2/29/24 03:27, Dale wrote: > >> To provide a little more info on how this works. This is how I did > >> it. It helps a LOT to have tab completion with this. It will fill > >> in a lot of the info and when unsure, list

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge trouble with firefox and thunderbird ...

2024-03-03 Thread Jack
On 2024.03.03 15:23, Wol wrote: On 03/03/2024 19:40, Jack wrote: On 2024.03.03 13:54, Wols Lists wrote: On 03/03/2024 09:47, Wols Lists wrote: I'm getting this output from emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world whoops I mean "emerge --depclean" I'm trying to get a clean

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge trouble with firefox and thunderbird ...

2024-03-03 Thread Wol
On 03/03/2024 19:40, Jack wrote: On 2024.03.03 13:54, Wols Lists wrote: On 03/03/2024 09:47, Wols Lists wrote: I'm getting this output from emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world whoops I mean "emerge --depclean" I'm trying to get a clean system, and don't know what exactly

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge trouble with firefox and thunderbird ...

2024-03-03 Thread Jack
On 2024.03.03 13:54, Wols Lists wrote: On 03/03/2024 09:47, Wols Lists wrote: I'm getting this output from emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world whoops I mean "emerge --depclean" I'm trying to get a clean system, and don't know what exactly is wrong, or what to try ...

Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE so bad at multiple monitors?

2024-03-03 Thread Daniel Frey
On 3/3/24 11:31, Dale wrote: Since my last post, I did my weekly updates.  During that, I log out, switch to boot runlevel, restart anything that checkrestart says needs it, then back to default runlevel and log back in.  With the config file change, my monitors came up just like they should.  I

Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE so bad at multiple monitors?

2024-03-03 Thread Dale
Daniel Frey wrote: > On 2/29/24 03:27, Dale wrote: >> To provide a little more info on how this works.  This is how I did >> it.  It helps a LOT to have tab completion with this.  It will fill >> in a lot of the info and when unsure, list the available options. >> First, I had to install the

[gentoo-user] AMD microkernel update failing (trying to patch zenbleed)

2024-03-03 Thread Daniel Frey
Hi all, I've always had problems updating the microcode for my AMD processor. I have various other Intel-based PCs and this has never been an issue. I have confirmed it's not updating: ~ # dmesg | grep -i microcode [0.201619] Zenbleed: please update your microcode for the most optimal

Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE so bad at multiple monitors?

2024-03-03 Thread Daniel Frey
On 2/29/24 03:27, Dale wrote: To provide a little more info on how this works.  This is how I did it. It helps a LOT to have tab completion with this.  It will fill in a lot of the info and when unsure, list the available options. First, I had to install the package xrandr.  My first problem

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge trouble with firefox and thunderbird ...

2024-03-03 Thread Wols Lists
On 03/03/2024 09:47, Wols Lists wrote: I'm getting this output from emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world whoops I mean "emerge --depclean" I'm trying to get a clean system, and don't know what exactly is wrong, or what to try ... Cheers, Wol

Re: [gentoo-user] CPU ISA level is lower than required

2024-03-03 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Am Sonntag, 3. März 2024, 14:32:41 CET schrieb Andreas K. Huettel: > > I set CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe march=x86-64-v2" on the buildhost and performed a > > emerge -ev @world, re-creating all packages in binary form. > > > > My expectation was that these packages would work on the target platform, > >

Re: [gentoo-user] CPU ISA level is lower than required

2024-03-03 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
> > I set CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe march=x86-64-v2" on the buildhost and performed a > emerge -ev @world, re-creating all packages in binary form. > > My expectation was that these packages would work on the target platform, but > they don't. Error message "CPU ISA level is lower than required". >

[gentoo-user] Emerge trouble with firefox and thunderbird ...

2024-03-03 Thread Wols Lists
I'm getting this output from emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world Calculating dependencies... done! * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to * the following required packages not being installed: * * >=dev-libs/icu-73.1:0/73.1= pulled in by: *

[gentoo-user] CPU ISA level is lower than required

2024-03-03 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Hi, I tried to tweak some settings regarding CFLAGS="march=x86-64-v2" on my buildhost and then install the binary packages on the target machines. Buildhost: AMD Ryzen 7 2700; ld.so --help says: Subdirectories of glibc-hwcaps directories, in priority order: x86-64-v4 x86-64-v3 (supported,