Re: [gentoo-user] mailto net-mail/metamail
On Wednesday, 6 December 2023 02:45:00 CET the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > I think "mailto" used to be part of the package net-mail/metamail > But I think is long time gone. > > What is the replacement? > I just need to send myself an email from the command line to test postfix. Postfix should come with a program to do this, sendmail: > saiko@polaris ~ % sendmail 'm...@dblsaiko.net' > Subject: Test mail > > Body content > foo > bar > . > saiko@polaris ~ % Of course, that's given you're running it on the same box as the one you set up Postfix on. The man page describes it as a compatibility interface for sendmail but I'm not sure if there's an expliticly Postfix way to do this. -Marco signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Boot and EFI partitions
On Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:49:43 CET Victor Ivanov wrote: > So, without knowing much about systemd-boot from the guide linked it > seems to me that its implementation doesn't differ too much from this > reasonably well established model, except for a few additional > constraints which, based on my understanding, are: > 1. You _must_ have an XBOOTLDR partition (functionally equivalent to > "boot" above) _in addition to_ the ESP and cannot simply use "/boot" > under your rootfs partition > 2. XBOOTLDR partition _must_ be of GPT type 0xEA00 > 3. XBOOTLDR partition _must_ have GUID set to > "bc13c2ff-59e6-4262-a352-b275fd6f7172" > 4. XBOOTLDR partition _must_ be formatted with a filesystem supported > by your EFI BIOS with FAT32 being universally supported, though your > particular EFI BIOS _might_ support others > > I say "must" as it appears to be from the guide like this is the > requirement for systemd-boot, the actual Boot Loader Specification > page appears to suggest that an XBOOTLDR partition is optional. So > there may be a viable configuration without it. No, you do not need an XBOOTLDR partition with systemd-boot and in fact I have never used one, and I'm not sure why the guide advertises it so prominently. There seems to be a lot of cargo cult around boot partitions (probably left over from the BIOS days), you really only need the ESP. The set up I have used for years is ESP at /boot, containing systemd-boot, kernel, initramfs and so on, and that's it (excluding of course / and other actual system partitions). -Marco signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Debugging NFS mounts
On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 17:29:19 CET Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > My little server needs help with compiling, so I NFS-export /var (which has > its own partition) to a chroot on my workstation. I mount all the partitions > on both server and workstation. Then when I chroot, env-update hangs for > ever. Well, over an hour anyway. > > Is it possible to export /var in this way? I can't see anything else wrong. I don't see why it shouldn't work, but there's a couple commands I use to debug NFS. They're not *great*, but they work. I haven't used Gentoo in a while so I forget exactly what env-update does, but I assume mounting the network share works successfully and this is just a command that accesses /var. You can use these commands to make the kernel driver output debugging information to dmesg. On the client: > # rpcdebug -m nfs -s all On the server: > # rpcdebug -m nfsd -s all On both sides, if the others don't give useful info, this is for the lower level protocol: > # rpcdebug -m rpc -s all Then, try running the command again. It will spew a lot of info but hopefully you can figure out from it what's going on. -Marco :-) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge asynchronous anomoly
On Sunday, 3 October 2021 10:28:49 CEST n952162 wrote: > Is it so on top of things that it's downloading many packages early, > and the download is so aggressive, that nothing else can run? emerge downloads distfiles for all packages to install in the background while the compile jobs are running, check /var/log/emerge-fetch.log. And I doubt this has anything to do with it being stuck (unless your disk is abysmally slow and it's stuck on IO, but most likely not). -Marco signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Master PDF Editor - version 4, without watermark
On Saturday, 25 September 2021 09:06:20 CEST the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > Any idea where I can find "Master PDF Editor - version 4" ebuild? > Ver. 4 is without watermark. You can find it in the git repository history: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/? id=56e7e82af65de580969758794453066a29ecbf85 The command I used to find that was git log 'app-text/master-pdf-editor/ master-pdf-editor-4*' in case you need to do that in the future. Due to the commit message, I don't think you'll have much luck unless you have the source files: > app-text/master-pdf-editor: removed 4.3.82 as sources are no longer > available. -Marco signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Advice sought on the use of a VCS (specifically git) to keep track of my Softscroll patch.
On Friday, 24 September 2021 19:47:24 CEST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > I may > not be doing a lot of rebasing, since I'm creating patches for already > released versions rather than keeping up to date with the head of the > master branch. It works the same way there: take the current branch which is some commit of Linux with your patch applied, and rebase your changes onto whichever release you want to target (might need to use git rebase -- onto). > I don't envisage any upstream accepting my patch. The powers that be > were adamant that the soft scrolling be removed from the official > kernel, ostensibly due to security reasons. I may get around to > posting the patch on the Gentoo wiki, but for now it'll just be on > the mailing list, plus to any individual Linux user who asks for a > copy. I was more thinking about other people pulling from your repo, in which case repeated force pushes would cause issues when they try to pull. I wasn't sure if you wanted to actually have the repo public or if this was just to make updating for you easier. > > I hope this helps :P > > It did indeed. Thanks! Glad to be of help! -Marco signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Advice sought on the use of a VCS (specifically git) to keep track of my Softscroll patch.
On Friday, 24 September 2021 10:49:53 CEST Peter Humphrey wrote: > This raises the question of which kernel to work with: vanilla source > or Gentoo? Gentoo's patches are kept minimal so it shouldn't really matter (and I don't think they'd touch this part of the code anyway). Personally I'd make the patches against the vanilla sources. -Marco signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Advice sought on the use of a VCS (specifically git) to keep track of my Softscroll patch.
On Thursday, 23 September 2021 20:23:57 CEST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Where would I find a suitable kernel git repository to clone? An > "official" repository, whatever that means? Ideally, I want one with > just the various kernel releases, not one containing gigabytes of > intermediate versions. Where would I even start searching to find > this out? Hey Alan, The official repository I think is https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/. What I would do is apply your patch on top of that, and then to update it, rebase the patch onto the new upstream commit you want to update to. This leads to your patches always being at the tip of the commit history and not somewhere buried between commits from upstream. However, this rewrites git history so you'd have to force push the branch to whatever remote you're tracking it in, so keep that in mind. You could do this though and additionally have another branch where you track the patch files themselves that are rebased onto a certain kernel commit (you can export them with "git format-patch upstream/master" if upstream/master is whatever branch the patch is currently rebased on). That of course you don't have to then force push. I hope this helps :P -Marco signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Official support for the s6 init on Gentoo
On Sunday, 19 September 2021 19.15.50 CEST lum...@disroot.org wrote: > The worst thing for OpenRC > (native, by default and alternative to systemd) is to adopt binaries > from it Hi, Those binaries (I'm assuming you're talking about udev and tmpfilesd) don't really have any overlap with what OpenRC does (init/service management) and from what I can see it's the exact same situation for s6 so the same systemd code would still be required. I'm not saying that s6 support is a bad thing but the reason you state for adding it seems out of place. There's an existing s6 eclass that installs s6 services; as far as I can see, a total of 2 packages use it right now. My guess is that the reason why there's no s6 support across the board yet is lack of interest. You could either create a dedicated overlay or submit patches to the gentoo repository to directly add support to more packages. -Marco signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] pm-suspend replacement?
On Saturday, 18 September 2021 20.39.45 CEST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > I used to have a utility pm-suspend which would suspend the current > state of the machine to RAM (or, maybe to the swap partition) and shut > the machine down to a resting state. A keypress or mouse movement > would restore full functionality in a few seconds. > Is there anything to take its place? I'm pretty sure pm-suspend is deprecated. loginctl suspend should do the same thing. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE update puzzle
On Saturday, 18 September 2021 17.19.45 CEST Philip Webb wrote: > Here is the whole command + output in gruesome detail : > > root:522 ~> !498 > PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_9" emerge -pv --backtrack=30 attica > frameworkintegration kactivities kactivities-stats kcmutils kconfig > kcoreaddons kcrash kdesu kdnssd kglobalaccel kholidays khtml > kidletime kimageformats knotifyconfig kpeople kross krunner > ktexteditor kwayland kwindowsystem qqc2-desktop-style Is this the command you ran to get this output? I assume the same happens with emerge -auDU @world, but did you try emerge -ac first? Maybe something is still installed but deselected which I believe causes it to not get rebuilt and potentially block other packages. All of these packages that claim to pull in the older versions seem to themselves be scheduled for update, that's why I'm thinking somewhere there is one package that isn't that's causing all this mess. > It mb that I have to remove the whole of the present versions > in order to (re-)install the new ones ; it usually happens with Qt. > I've never understood why Portage can't handle that itself. That's what I would suggest if what I wrote above doesn't work. I haven't ever encountered this issue myself yet though despite extensively using KDE packages, so I'm not sure what's going wrong here. -Marco signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] ubuntu equivalent of world file
2020-05-06 16:25 GMT+02:00, Mark Knecht : > On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 2:39 AM marco restelli wrote: > >> 2020-05-06 11:29 GMT+02:00, marco restelli : >> > Hi all, >> >this is a bit off topic, but probably is not an unknown problem for >> > many on the list. >> > >> > I am a long time gentoo user and I occasionally work on an Ubuntu >> > system. I wonder >> > whether there is an Ubuntu equivalent of the portage world file, to >> > separate the packages >> > installed because the user wants them and those that are only there as >> > a dependency. >> >> So, I finally found it short after posting: >> >> apt-mark showauto >> apt-mark showmanual >> >> does the job. >> >> Marco >> >> > $ cat /var/log/apt/history.log > ~/Desktop/allhistory.log && zcat /var/log/apt/history.log*gz >> ~/Desktop/allhistory.log OK, yes, this is also a solution, thank you. apt-mark gives the present state, looking into the logs provides the whole evolution. Marco
[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] ubuntu equivalent of world file
2020-05-06 11:29 GMT+02:00, marco restelli : > Hi all, >this is a bit off topic, but probably is not an unknown problem for > many on the list. > > I am a long time gentoo user and I occasionally work on an Ubuntu > system. I wonder > whether there is an Ubuntu equivalent of the portage world file, to > separate the packages > installed because the user wants them and those that are only there as > a dependency. So, I finally found it short after posting: apt-mark showauto apt-mark showmanual does the job. Marco
[gentoo-user] [OT] ubuntu equivalent of world file
Hi all, this is a bit off topic, but probably is not an unknown problem for many on the list. I am a long time gentoo user and I occasionally work on an Ubuntu system. I wonder whether there is an Ubuntu equivalent of the portage world file, to separate the packages installed because the user wants them and those that are only there as a dependency. Thank you Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules
2017-02-15 16:19 GMT+01:00, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org>: >> >>> Anytime you see something like root=UUID=* that is being handled by an >>> initramfs. >> >> I understand that this parameter is passed by the kernel to the init >> script inside the initramfs which then uses "busybox findfs" to >> translate the UUID into a device name. Is this correct? >> > > I suppose that is one way it could be done, but of course it could be > implemented in other ways. As far as I can tell Dracut does not use > busybox findfs. OK, yes. Indeed I was looking at the init used by genkernel. Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules
2017-02-13 12:47 GMT+01:00, Johannes Rosenberger <gen...@jorsn.eu>: > On 13.02.2017 12:34, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 5:53 AM, marco restelli <mreste...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Could you suggest any reference about how an initramfs can help making >>> it easier to identify the correct root filesystem? Does this >>> functionality overlap with what grub can do, or is something >>> different? >>> >> The dracut references are fairly extensive, but they probably assume >> that you already know about something like this. >> >> [...] > > There is some very good documentation about crafting your own initramfs > it the Gentoo wiki: > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Custom_Initramfs > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Early_Userspace_Mounting Johannes, these documents are indeed very informative, thank you for pointing them out. Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules
2017-02-13 12:34 GMT+01:00, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org>: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 5:53 AM, marco restelli <mreste...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Could you suggest any reference about how an initramfs can help making >> it easier to identify the correct root filesystem? Does this >> functionality overlap with what grub can do, or is something >> different? >> > > The dracut references are fairly extensive, but they probably assume > that you already know about something like this. Keep in mind that on > virtually all other distros end-users aren't expected to set up their > own kernels or initramfs so there isn't a lot of general documentation > out there. And even within Gentoo a lot of people seem to avoid an > initramfs, so our own docs may not be as extensive as they could be. Yes, indeed I have always used gentoo without an initramfs and I am now looking into it because I want to make a bootable USB. > The short version is that the kernel is very limited in what it can > take in the root= option on the command line, and grub and other > bootloaders don't do anything to ID the root filesystem other than > passing whatever root= parameter you specify (I'd be interested in any > info to the contrary). I have always generated grub.cfg files with grub-mkconfig. In some cases I see here search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root linux /kernel-XYZ root=/dev/sda4 ro As far as I understand it, the first line searches the partition where the kernel is located identifying it through the UUID. Then the second line loads the kernel passing /dev/sda4 as the system root. On the bootable USB stick, with an initramfs, however I have search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root linux /kernel-XYZ root=UUID= ro so now also the root filesystem is identified by its UUID. Based on your comment that: > Anytime you see something like root=UUID=* that is being handled by an > initramfs. I understand that this parameter is passed by the kernel to the init script inside the initramfs which then uses "busybox findfs" to translate the UUID into a device name. Is this correct? > Basically an initramfs should be viewed as an extended bootloader. > For more exotic setups they're essentially required (such as > network-based root filesystems). The trend has also been to not add > new root-finding capabilities to the kernel as the initramfs is the > preferred way of doing things. If lvm+mdadm were being built today, > I'm not sure they would make the kernel capable of directly mounting > them as root. OK. Thank you again, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules
2017-02-10 13:35 GMT+01:00, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org>: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 6:58 AM, marco restelli <mreste...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hi all, >>I am trying to understand a bit initramfs and genkernel and I have >> few (basic) questions. > >> - how does genkernel decide which modules to put in the initramfs ? > > I can't speak to genkernel specifically, but most initramfs generators > include all modules. Other than space and miniscule load time there > isn't much reason not to. After checking, genkernel copies only some modules into the initramfs, unless the --all-ramdisk-modules flag is used. Concerning the rest of your reply: thank you so much, it really helped me a lot! Could you suggest any reference about how an initramfs can help making it easier to identify the correct root filesystem? Does this functionality overlap with what grub can do, or is something different? Thank you, Marco
[gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules
Hi all, I am trying to understand a bit initramfs and genkernel and I have few (basic) questions. I understand that one must have in the initramfs those modules which are required to boot the system, for instance to access /dev . Now: - can a module be present both in the initramfs and as kernel module in /lib/modules ? - how does genkernel decide which modules to put in the initramfs ? - can modules included in the initramfs be unloaded once the system is running, as modprobe -r - can modprobe load modules from the initramfs ? Well, clearly I am a bit confused about the topic - I hope somebody can help me a bit! Thank you, Marco
[gentoo-user] Re: USB installation using grub 2 and efi
2017-02-06 21:44 GMT+01:00, marco restelli <mreste...@gmail.com>: > Hi all, >I would like to build a bootable USB which behaves as a normal > installation (saving files, updates etc.) and which is reasonably > portable across various computers. I am following > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Install_Gentoo_on_a_bootable_USB_stick/en > > which seems to describe what I am looking for. I am adapting the above > instructions to use grub2 with efi, using one partition for /boot and > another for /boot/efi . > > I can boot the USB once, but then at the next reboot my hard drive > installation is corrupted and can not be booted anymore. I have to > reinstall grub from another live USB. Replying to my e-mail: it seems that using --removable when calling grub-install solves the problem. Marco
[gentoo-user] USB installation using grub 2 and efi
Hi all, I would like to build a bootable USB which behaves as a normal installation (saving files, updates etc.) and which is reasonably portable across various computers. I am following https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Install_Gentoo_on_a_bootable_USB_stick/en which seems to describe what I am looking for. I am adapting the above instructions to use grub2 with efi, using one partition for /boot and another for /boot/efi . I can boot the USB once, but then at the next reboot my hard drive installation is corrupted and can not be booted anymore. I have to reinstall grub from another live USB. My questions: 1) is the above link a good reference for what I am trying to do? 2) what can corrupt the main driver when booting from the USB installation? 3) is there another reference for what I am doing? (live USB are a different thing, since unless I am mistaken the installation can not be changed, although it is possible to mount a writable partition) The fact that the main installation is corrupted is of course what worries me most, since for this USB to be make sense I should be more or less confident that at least it does not corrupt the main installation. I have no problems providing additional details, if I knew what would be useful. Thank you! Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] inittab changes sysvinit-2.88-r7 to sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r9
Thanks Ciao Marco On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:17:26 + "Luigi 'Comio' Mantellini" <luigi.mantell...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > you can find the answer here: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487384 > > ciao > > luigi > > UE is us. We are UE. > > Il giorno ven 24 giu 2016 alle ore 10:12 <ma...@nucleus.it> ha > scritto: > > > After update to sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r9 the inittab want to change > > some parameters: > > > > -l0s:0:wait:/sbin/halt -dhp > > +l0s:0:wait:/sbin/halt -dhnp > > > > -l6r:6:wait:/sbin/reboot -dk > > +l6r:6:wait:/sbin/reboot -dkn > > > > halt/reboot man: > > -n Don't sync before reboot or halt. Note that the kernel and > > storage drivers may still sync. > > > > why changig default to -n so no syncing ? > > This seems a bad default . > > > > Any reasons for this change ? > > I didn't find any bugs o other doc. > > > > Best regards > > Marco > > > > -- > Luigi Mantellini
[gentoo-user] inittab changes sysvinit-2.88-r7 to sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r9
After update to sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r9 the inittab want to change some parameters: -l0s:0:wait:/sbin/halt -dhp +l0s:0:wait:/sbin/halt -dhnp -l6r:6:wait:/sbin/reboot -dk +l6r:6:wait:/sbin/reboot -dkn halt/reboot man: -n Don't sync before reboot or halt. Note that the kernel and storage drivers may still sync. why changig default to -n so no syncing ? This seems a bad default . Any reasons for this change ? I didn't find any bugs o other doc. Best regards Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Layman and Git branch
I have a profile for my config , additional ebuilds , packages etc but i'm looking for the best way to have a production-profile and a devel-profile. Better have two separeted git , one for production and one for devel ? or better one git and use branch functions ? With Layman and two git repo i can sync each repo when i want and i can enable/disable one of them to switch from/to production/devel . I don't know how to do that directly with git. Best regards Marco On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:46:12 -0700 Bryan Gardiner <b...@khumba.net> wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:52:26 +0200 > ma...@nucleus.it wrote: > > > Hi, > > i have a layman git profile to store my stuff. > > > > Is possible to force layman -S to sync a specific branch ? > > This is speculation (and a bit of looking at Portage code), since I > haven't tried this. Ignoring Layman, repos.conf repositories support > syncing[1], so does it work to create: > > /etc/portage/repos.conf/myrepo.conf: > > [myrepo] > location = /path/to/local/repo > sync-type = git > sync-uri = git://... > auto-sync = yes > > and just emerge --sync? If you didn't have the local repo already > then it would clone and use master, but I suspect that you can switch > branches afterward, and Portage will simply call "git pull". > > There also seem to be extra options "sync-git-clone-extra-opts" and > "sync-git-pull-extra-opts" for git modules, so you might be able to > set: > > sync-git-clone-extra-opts = --branch somebranch > > to fix initially checking out master. > > HTH, > Bryan > > [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Sync >
[gentoo-user] Layman and Git branch
Hi, i have a layman git profile to store my stuff. Is possible to force layman -S to sync a specific branch ?
Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge config files update question
Ok , /var/lib/portage/config keeps the hashes of the original modified files. Thanks Marco On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:14:01 +0100 Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 18:07:21 +0200, ma...@nucleus.it wrote: > > > then i change parameters in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf > > and /etc/conf.d/dhcpd > > > > then i upgrade the net-misc/dhcp (net-misc/dhcp ~amd64) > > > > emerge -v1 net-misc/dhcp > > [ebuild U ~] net-misc/dhcp-4.3.4::gentoo [4.3.3_p1::gentoo] > > > > but when the update finished i don't have any etc-update to do . > > > > Why emerge do not create new ._cfg_dhcpd.conf > > and ._cfg_dhcpd ? > > Because portage has a degree of intelligence. If the upstream config > file has not changed, there is no need to run etc-update. > >
[gentoo-user] Emerge config files update question
Hi all, i need explanation about how emerge does updates of config files. example: emerge -v1 =net-misc/dhcp-4.3.3_p1 then i change parameters in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf and /etc/conf.d/dhcpd then i upgrade the net-misc/dhcp (net-misc/dhcp ~amd64) emerge -v1 net-misc/dhcp [ebuild U ~] net-misc/dhcp-4.3.4::gentoo [4.3.3_p1::gentoo] but when the update finished i don't have any etc-update to do . Why emerge do not create new ._cfg_dhcpd.conf and ._cfg_dhcpd ? best regards Marco
[gentoo-user] Re: Problem compiling dev-lang/gdl-0.9.4
Sorry, the subject in my previous message was wrong. Marco 2015-04-28 15:53 GMT+0200, marco restelli mreste...@gmail.com: Hi all, I am trying to install dev-lang/gdl-0.9.4 but I see the following error: -- Could NOT find PLPLOT (missing: PLPLOT_LIBRARIES) CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:313 (message): plplot library is required but was not found. Use -DPLPLOTDIR=DIR to specify the plplot directory tree. (suitable Debian/Ubuntu packages: libplplot-dev, [plplot9-driver-xwin])(suitable Fedora package: plplot-devel) I have plplot with use flags * Found these USE flags for sci-libs/plplot-5.11.0: U I + + X: Add support for X11 - - ada : Add bindings for the ADA programming language + + cairo: Enable support for the cairo graphics library + + cxx : Build support for C++ (bindings, extra libraries, code generation, ...) - - doc : Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally + + dynamic : Build with dynamic drivers - - examples : Install examples, usually source code + + fortran : Add support for fortran - - gd : Add support for media-libs/gd (to generate graphics on the fly) - - java : Add support for Java + + jpeg : Add JPEG image support + + latex: Add support for LaTeX (typesetting package) + + lua : Enable Lua scripting support - - ocaml: Add support/bindings for the Ocaml language - - octave : Add bindings for sci-mathematics/octave + + pdf : Add general support for PDF (Portable Document Format), this replaces the pdflib and cpdflib flags - - pdl : Add bindings for dev-perl/PDL + + png : Add support for libpng (PNG images) - - python : Add optional support/bindings for the Python language + + python_targets_python2_7 : Build with Python 2.7 - - qhull: Add bindings for media-libs/qhull + + qt4 : Add support for the Qt GUI/Application Toolkit version 4.x - - shapefile: Enable support for ESRI shapefiles + + svg : Add support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) - - tcl : Add support the Tcl language - - test : Workaround to pull in packages needed to run with FEATURES=test. Portage-2.1.2 handles this internally, so don't set it in make.conf/package.use anymore - - threads : Add threads support for various packages. Usually pthreads - - tk : Add support for Tk GUI toolkit + + truetype : Add support for FreeType and/or FreeType2 fonts - - wxwidgets: Add support for wxWidgets/wxGTK GUI toolkit Does anybody have a suggestion? Thank you, Marco
[gentoo-user] Problem compiling sci-libs/plplot-5.11.0
Hi all, I am trying to install dev-lang/gdl-0.9.4 but I see the following error: -- Could NOT find PLPLOT (missing: PLPLOT_LIBRARIES) CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:313 (message): plplot library is required but was not found. Use -DPLPLOTDIR=DIR to specify the plplot directory tree. (suitable Debian/Ubuntu packages: libplplot-dev, [plplot9-driver-xwin])(suitable Fedora package: plplot-devel) I have plplot with use flags * Found these USE flags for sci-libs/plplot-5.11.0: U I + + X: Add support for X11 - - ada : Add bindings for the ADA programming language + + cairo: Enable support for the cairo graphics library + + cxx : Build support for C++ (bindings, extra libraries, code generation, ...) - - doc : Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally + + dynamic : Build with dynamic drivers - - examples : Install examples, usually source code + + fortran : Add support for fortran - - gd : Add support for media-libs/gd (to generate graphics on the fly) - - java : Add support for Java + + jpeg : Add JPEG image support + + latex: Add support for LaTeX (typesetting package) + + lua : Enable Lua scripting support - - ocaml: Add support/bindings for the Ocaml language - - octave : Add bindings for sci-mathematics/octave + + pdf : Add general support for PDF (Portable Document Format), this replaces the pdflib and cpdflib flags - - pdl : Add bindings for dev-perl/PDL + + png : Add support for libpng (PNG images) - - python : Add optional support/bindings for the Python language + + python_targets_python2_7 : Build with Python 2.7 - - qhull: Add bindings for media-libs/qhull + + qt4 : Add support for the Qt GUI/Application Toolkit version 4.x - - shapefile: Enable support for ESRI shapefiles + + svg : Add support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) - - tcl : Add support the Tcl language - - test : Workaround to pull in packages needed to run with FEATURES=test. Portage-2.1.2 handles this internally, so don't set it in make.conf/package.use anymore - - threads : Add threads support for various packages. Usually pthreads - - tk : Add support for Tk GUI toolkit + + truetype : Add support for FreeType and/or FreeType2 fonts - - wxwidgets: Add support for wxWidgets/wxGTK GUI toolkit Does anybody have a suggestion? Thank you, Marco
[gentoo-user] Mysql upgrade from 5.5 to 5.6 not trigger rebuild fot php-5.3
Hi, i have a server with dev-db/mysql-5.5.40 and dev-lang/php-5.3.29 . After the upgrade from dev-db/mysql-5.5.40 to dev-db/mysql-5.6.22 the mysql_connect give some warnings: PHP Warning: mysql_connect(): Headers and client library minor version mismatch. Headers:50540 Library:50622 in The warning disappear if i rebuild dev-lang/php-5.3.29 . The question is: why the mysql update dind't triggered the rebuild for dev-lang/php-5.3.29 ? Thanks Marco
[gentoo-user] openrc and sysvinit init script
Hi , i know that maybe this question was asked many many times :) . Openrc has a compatibility for run, add/delete to runlevel etc , sysvinit init script or i have to rewrite the scripts or maybe use a wrapper ? Thanks Marco
[gentoo-user] binary package signature
Hi, is it possible to sign a binary package to prevent it to be compromised ? If yes how can i check the signature from the package downloaded by PORTAGE_BINHOST ? Thanks :)
Re: [gentoo-user] serial in /sys
2012/11/29 Jorge Almeida jjalme...@gmail.com Anyone knows how to dig into /sys to find the serial number of a device (say, a USB pen)? I few days ago I found by trial and error something like $ cat /sys/devices/pci:00/:00:06.1/usb2/2-4/2-4:1.0/host13/target13:0:0/13:0:0:0/block/sdc/../../../../../serial which gave me E68911000519 Now I can't find nothing of the sort. (Yes, I know the path changes each time the device is plugged in, but even so) Any information that would put some order into this mess would be great. TIA Joreg Almeida If by serial you mean UUID I personally use ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/ Marco Bonfiglio
Re: [gentoo-user] How to build a time machine on Gentoo
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Nganon nganon+gen...@gmail.com wrote: [...] Here is what I wanna do. I want to have only one big backup for, say, userA-2010.08.07.tgz and other small backup tars containing only the files/folders that were modified since last update, 2010.08.07, as userA-diff-2010.08.14.tgz, userA-diff-2010.08.21.tgz, userA-diff-2010.08.28.tgz etc. Now if I want to take the userA back to the future, 2010.08.21, I want to do it by first extracting the huge tar userA-2010.08.07.tgz and then the tiny backup userA-diff-2010-08-21.tgz. backup2l can do exactly what you want: http://backup2l.sourceforge.net/ HTH! -- Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox not starting after login with SLIM
Hi, sorry for late reply. I was on a business trip. Mick's link got me to the solution of the problem. Related information can also be found under http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml echo 'XSESSION=fluxbox' /etc/env.d/90xsession solved my problem. (Now I've got to find out what other impacts this Baselayout and OpenRC Migration Guide causes...) Thanks for your tips! -- Regards, Marco On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/1/10 Ngoc Nguyen Bao baongoc...@gmail.com: On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Marco listwo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I updated my system and beside others, Xorg got updated. Now, when I log in with SLIM, fluxbox does not start anymore. I just get into an ugly x-session. In my ~/.xinitrc I have exec startfluxbox which always got me into fluxbox after log in with SLIM. This is according to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/fluxbox-config.xml Killing X and then startx as user (non-root) I get into fluxbox... Thanks in advance for your tips! -- Regards, Marco Hi, remove the line exec startfluxbox in your .xinitrc and append startfluxbox to sessions in /etc/slim.conf like this: # Available sessions (first one is the default). # The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd # above, so your login command can handle different sessions. # see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources sessions startfluxbox,compiz-session,startlxde,openbox And try to login again. Maybe it helps. I think that the OP's problem was caused by rc.conf not being sourced by the latest baselayout. Have a look at this thread: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/224058 -- Regards, Mick
[gentoo-user] Fluxbox not starting after login with SLIM
Hi, I updated my system and beside others, Xorg got updated. Now, when I log in with SLIM, fluxbox does not start anymore. I just get into an ugly x-session. In my ~/.xinitrc I have exec startfluxbox which always got me into fluxbox after log in with SLIM. This is according to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/fluxbox-config.xml Killing X and then startx as user (non-root) I get into fluxbox... Thanks in advance for your tips! -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: URGENT: Dead Keyboard after emerge --update world --deep
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: On Dienstag 06 Oktober 2009, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2009-10-06, Marco listwo...@gmail.com wrote: [...] there is a FAT warning. Maybe people should start reading the warnings and infos instead of panicing I usully tend to read after I encounter an issue. So for the next time, where can the postinst warns be found (log-file)? -- Regards, Marco
[gentoo-user] URGENT: Dead Keyboard after emerge --update world --deep
Hi all, after emerge --sync emerge --update world --deep my keyboard (in X) does not work anymore. Since I am switching to slim after boot, I cannot even change to a console with Ctrl-Alt-F1. I guess something went wrong with the Xorg-update. I am now using a live-CD to be able to write this email. Please let me know what information you need else (logs, etc.) Any tips, hints and suggestions on how to solve my problem highly appreciated! -- Best regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] URGENT: Dead Keyboard after emerge --update world --deep
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:17:12 +, Marco wrote: after emerge --sync emerge --update world --deep my keyboard (in X) does not work anymore. Since I am switching to slim after boot, I cannot even change to a console with Ctrl-Alt-F1. I guess something went wrong with the Xorg-update. What did you update? Lots! About 140 packages (did not update for quite some time...). Cannot attach a list since I am not having any gentoo-tools available in my (SuSE Live-CD). Does startx work? Yes, X does start. At least I get the slim login manager displayed. What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log show? File is attached to this mail. Seems as module mouse and kbd cannot be loaded. -- (EE) module ABI major version (2) doesn't match the server's version (4) Two questions: - Since Xorg is in the default runlevel, how can I boot into gentoo without starting X (boot prompt option)? - How can I recreate functional modules for mouse and kbd? -- Regards, Marco This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation. It is not supported in any way. Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/. Select the xorg product for bugs you find in this release. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository. See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions. X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90 Release Date: 5 September 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX Current Operating System: Linux linux 2.6.25.5-1.1-default #1 SMP 2008-06-07 01:55:22 +0200 x86_64 Build Date: 07 June 2008 01:46:20AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Tue Oct 6 17:01:54 2009 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf (==) ServerLayout Layout[all] (**) |--Screen Screen[0] (0) (**) | |--Monitor Monitor[0] (**) | |--Device Device[0] (**) |--Input Device Keyboard[0] (**) |--Input Device Mouse[1] (**) |--Input Device Mouse[3] (**) Option ZapWarning on (**) Option AllowMouseOpenFail on (**) Option Xinerama off (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/local does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/100dpi does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/Type1 does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/Speedo does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/PEX does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/cyrillic does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1 does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/baekmuk does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/japanese does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/kwintv does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/uni does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/CID does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1 does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/xtest does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /opt/kde3/share/fonts does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (==) Including the default font path /usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,/usr
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: URGENT: Dead Keyboard after emerge --update world --deep
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: On 2009-10-06, Marco listwo...@gmail.com wrote: after emerge --sync emerge --update world --deep my keyboard (in X) does not work anymore. I'm betting you need to re-emerge x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard (and probably x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse and any other xf96-input-* packages you use). That seems to be the problem! See my answer to Neil's mail. That seems to happen to me regularly. One might think that the xorg-server ebuild should know that xf86-input-* needs to be rebuilt as well, but it doesn't seem to work that way. Bug or feature? ;-)
Re: [gentoo-user] URGENT: Dead Keyboard after emerge --update world --deep
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Marco wrote: [...] What happens if you emerge xorg-server with hal disabled? Cannot try this since I am not able to do anything as long as I am not able to boot in to text-mode only... X is in default runlevel. -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: URGENT: Dead Keyboard after emerge --update world --deep
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org wrote: On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 16:24 +, Grant Edwards wrote: That seems to happen to me regularly. One might think that the xorg-server ebuild should know that xf86-input-* needs to be rebuilt as well, but it doesn't seem to work that way. It does. And the postinst warns that you need to re-merge all installed packages in the x11-drivers category. You might be right there. Did not really read carefully...
Re: [gentoo-user] URGENT: Dead Keyboard after emerge --update world --deep
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Kenneth Prugh ken69...@gmail.com wrote: Two questions: - Since Xorg is in the default runlevel, how can I boot into gentoo without starting X (boot prompt option)? Ever notice the press I for interactive mode during init? That's how you can stop it from launching X. - How can I recreate functional modules for mouse and kbd? emerge -av $(eix -IC x11-drivers --only-names) or emerge -av $(qlist -I x11-drivers) will rebuild all the modules. That solved the problem! Still a build-error with the nvidia driver though... But at least I can work again now.
Re: [gentoo-user] URGENT: Dead Keyboard after emerge --update world --deep
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:51 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Marco listwo...@gmail.com [09-10-06 18:44]: On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Marco wrote: [...] What happens if you emerge xorg-server with hal disabled? Cannot try this since I am not able to do anything as long as I am not able to boot in to text-mode only... X is in default runlevel. -- Regards, Marco Hi Marco, bad and ugly: Boot into grub menu (I only know this for grub, other bootmangers should have similiar). Inhibtit automatic boot by moving the select bar up and down with the cursor keys. If you have locked grub with a password (you have?) enter p and enter the password. Move the select bar onto the commandline, which give the kernel parameter. Press e for edit. Goto the end of the line Enter ' 2' after the last parameter. Press b for boot. You will end up on a commandline and you will be able to login. By the way: By giving init=/bin/sh instead of 2 you can bypass the root and any other login. Thats why it is important to lock grub with a passsword. Thats only my lightspeed, your time machine brand may vary ;) Thanks for that tip, but no success with it. I just found out about the interactive boot mode ;-)
[gentoo-user] Re: URGENT: Dead Keyboard after emerge --update world --deep
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Marco listwo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, [...] Problem solved! Thanks for all your tips and suggestions! Now back to preparation of my job-interview tomorrow... -- Best regards, Marco
[gentoo-user] QT4 Development
Hi all I want to install QT4 for development. Since the QT4 meta ebuild is masked, I am not sure what split packages are needed. http://dev.gentoo.org/~yngwin/qt4-split-ebuilds.xml only tells me what to install for applications depending on QT4. Thanks for your help! -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] QT4 Development
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote: [...] just install the qt4 set. Meta packages are being phased out. Not sure if I understand what you mean. I thought sets only exist for world and system? Or unmask the meta package. /etc/portage/package.unmask. That's what I want to avoid since apparently this meta package gets removed in the future. -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] QT4 Development
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote: On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote: [...] just install the qt4 set. Meta packages are being phased out. Not sure if I understand what you mean. I thought sets only exist for world and system? Or unmask the meta package. /etc/portage/package.unmask. That's what I want to avoid since apparently this meta package gets removed in the future. -- Regards, Marco so what? it really does not matter if it is there or not. And no - with 2.2* portage there are many more sets than just world and system. You can even easily create your own. Well, I try to avoid installing such packages to not have migration issues later. And, yes, portage 2.2* apparently supports many more sets, but portage 2.2* is still masked and I don't know if there is a potental risk to use it already.
Re: [gentoo-user] Luks: Which cipher to use
Hi Mike, Thanks for your very detailed description and explanation! On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Mike Kazantsevmk.frag...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:21:12 +0200 Marco listwo...@gmail.com wrote: [...] ESSIV, on the other hand, uses the hash of these counters with the key itself to salt IV, so it seem to rule out all the aforementioned vulnerabilities. Hash strength here ensures that it can't be turned into former 'plain counters' case due to hash collision. XTS/LRW/CBC/... are methods to encrypt the single data block to a disk block. Since data is read in blocks, block also seem to be the atomic unit of data encryption - everything is en-/decrypted in whole blocks when read/written from/to disk. These methods further divide the disk block into a smaller units to ensure that there won't be a (similar to the above) case when two similar, say, 16-byte pieces in a single 512k disk block would look identical, otherwise some data with such watermarks can be generated and proven to be on this disk - whole blocks can be marked with them, so they can later be found, along with any known data between them. They also mix the key with some generated salt for these units. CBC relies on plain data, so it can be broken by crafted data. LRW also seem to suffer from some known vulnerabilities, so XTS seem to be the best and recommended one. So I think I'll go with xts-essiv:sha256. In terms of performance, a keylength of 256 might not be ideal. But since this external drive is mainly thought as a backup device,this is not too much of a drawback. -- Best regards, Marco
[gentoo-user] Luks: Which cipher to use
Hi all, I am about to encrypt my external hard drive. I found the howtos http://de.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/DM-Crypt and http://de.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/DM-Crypt/Daten-Partition_verschl%C3%BCsseln (sorry, German...). They give a good understanding of how to do the stuff, but I am unsure about which cipher to use. LRW is considered insecure in some cases so thus it should be replaced by XTS which is experimental though... Furthermore, if using XTS is used, there is different options like xts-plain, xts-benbi, xts-essiv:sha256. Which option is preferable? What about the key size? Is there any relation between key size and block size of the file system in terms of data security? Thanks for your tips and suggestions! -- Regards, Marco
[gentoo-user] {OT} Printer recommendation
Hi, I intend to buy a new printer and would like to get some recommendations/experiences from you (to be sure to get it working with Linux). Here is what I'd like: - B/W and Color printing - Network attached (LAN) - Mostly used for office documents / rare graphics printing - Reasonably priced refill cartridges - Price up to ~ 180 US$ I am especially interested in your experience to get it working under Linux. Thanks for your tips! -- Best regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] iptables
Hi Dave, this one is rather informative: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/18139.html Also, this one from gentoo (although for 2.4) is worth reading: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/linux-24-stateful-fw-design.xml HTH! -- Regards, Marco On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Davedave.meh...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a guide for iptables specifically for gentoo 2.6. I was also wondering if anyone was using apf Advanced Policy Firewall on a gentoo 2008.0 2.6 machine? Thanks. Dave.
Re: [gentoo-user] iptables
Maybe this thread could be helpful as well: http://marc.info/?l=gentoo-userm=124058693215810w=2 -- Regards, Marco On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Marcolistwo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dave, this one is rather informative: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/18139.html Also, this one from gentoo (although for 2.4) is worth reading: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/linux-24-stateful-fw-design.xml HTH! -- Regards, Marco On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Davedave.meh...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a guide for iptables specifically for gentoo 2.6. I was also wondering if anyone was using apf Advanced Policy Firewall on a gentoo 2008.0 2.6 machine? Thanks. Dave.
[gentoo-user] Re: Getting Cardreader running on Asus F3SC
Hi again, I got my card reader running: ~# lspci [...] 09:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) 09:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12) 09:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12) 09:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff) [...] Then I had to recompile my kernel: ~# cd /usr/src/linux ~# diff .config.old .config 2647c2647,2648 # CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_PCI is not set --- CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_PCI=m CONFIG_MMC_RICOH_MMC=m Rebooting and the SD card appears as /dev/mmcblk0. -- Regards, Marco On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Marcolistwo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to get my SD-card reader running on my Asus F3SC notebook. http://www.linlap.com/wiki/asus+f3sc tells me that I have to load modules sdhci and mmc_core. ~# modprobe mmc_core ~# modprobe sdhci ~# lsmod | grep mmc_core mmc_core 34496 1 sdhci ~# lsmod | grep sdhci sdhci 15364 0 mmc_core 34496 1 sdhci ~# tail -f /var/log/messages I insert my SD card, but there is not device recognized in the log. Any tips on what I'm doing wrong or what I'm missing? Thanks! -- Best regards, Marco
[gentoo-user] Getting Cardreader running on Asus F3SC
Hi all, I'm trying to get my SD-card reader running on my Asus F3SC notebook. http://www.linlap.com/wiki/asus+f3sc tells me that I have to load modules sdhci and mmc_core. ~# modprobe mmc_core ~# modprobe sdhci ~# lsmod | grep mmc_core mmc_core 34496 1 sdhci ~# lsmod | grep sdhci sdhci 15364 0 mmc_core 34496 1 sdhci ~# tail -f /var/log/messages I insert my SD card, but there is not device recognized in the log. Any tips on what I'm doing wrong or what I'm missing? Thanks! -- Best regards, Marco
[gentoo-user] Wireless not working anymore
Hi all, after some updating (emerge --sync and emerge --update --deep world, etc.) my wirelss card does not work anymore. In the boot messagesI have: [...] * Starting wlan0 SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory * Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0 ... SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP [ ok ] * Starting wpa_cli on wlan0 ... [ ok ] * Backgrounding ... [...] And dmesg shows: [...] iwl3945 :03:00.0: PCI INT A - GSI 17 (level, low) - IRQ 17 iwl3945 :03:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100102, writing 0x100106) firmware: requesting iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2 iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2 iwl3945 :03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled iwl3945 :03:00.0: PCI INT A - GSI 17 (level, low) - IRQ 17 iwl3945 :03:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100102, writing 0x100106) firmware: requesting iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2 iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2 iwl3945 :03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled iwl3945 :03:00.0: PCI INT A - GSI 17 (level, low) - IRQ 17 iwl3945 :03:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100102, writing 0x100106) firmware: requesting iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2 iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2 iwl3945 :03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled iwl3945 :03:00.0: PCI INT A - GSI 17 (level, low) - IRQ 17 iwl3945 :03:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100102, writing 0x100106) firmware: requesting iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2 iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2 iwl3945 :03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled [...] Some research on 'SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory' showed that this is often caused by missing firmware for the wireless card. But net-wireless/iwl3945-ucode is installed on my system. Any hints on how to fix? Thanks! -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless not working anymore
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Alan McKinnonalan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 29 June 2009 11:29:22 Marco wrote: Hi all, after some updating (emerge --sync and emerge --update --deep world, etc.) my wirelss card does not work anymore. In the boot messagesI have: [...] * Starting wlan0 SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory * Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0 ... SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP [ ok ] * Starting wpa_cli on wlan0 ... [ ok ] * Backgrounding ... [...] And dmesg shows: [...] iwl3945 :03:00.0: PCI INT A - GSI 17 (level, low) - IRQ 17 iwl3945 :03:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100102, writing 0x100106) firmware: requesting iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2 iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2 Did you install the microcode? emerge -pv net-wireless/iwl3945-ucode These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] net-wireless/iwl3945-ucode-15.32.2.9 66 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 66 kB Yes, it seems to be installed. -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless not working anymore
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Neil Bothwickn...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:29:22 +0200, Marco wrote: after some updating (emerge --sync and emerge --update --deep world, etc.) my wirelss card does not work anymore. What did you update? Telling us you updated wporld means nothing, it just tells us that one of the unknown packages you updated may have broken something. Use genlop or qlop to produce a list of the exact packages installed. I installed a file containing the output of 'qlop -l' iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2 iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2 [snip] Some research on 'SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory' showed that this is often caused by missing firmware for the wireless card. But net-wireless/iwl3945-ucode is installed on my system. You may have it installed, but it is either in the wrong place or an incompatible version as the kernel cannot load it. How can I find out about that? Where should it be located? -- Regards, Marco qlop.list Description: Binary data
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless not working anymore
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Marcolistwo...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Neil Bothwickn...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:29:22 +0200, Marco wrote: after some updating (emerge --sync and emerge --update --deep world, etc.) my wirelss card does not work anymore. What did you update? Telling us you updated wporld means nothing, it just tells us that one of the unknown packages you updated may have broken something. Use genlop or qlop to produce a list of the exact packages installed. I installed a file containing the output of 'qlop -l' ^^ attached I mean...
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless not working anymore
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Neil Bothwickn...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:57:41 +0200, Marco wrote: [...] It looks like you installed a new microcode package two days ago, that may be incompatible with your card. Have you tried rolling back to the previous version? I just rolled back to iwl3945-ucode-15.28.1.6. Wireless is working again. Is the fact that the new version 15.32.2.9 does not work anymore something I should report in the bug database? You may have it installed, but it is either in the wrong place or an incompatible version as the kernel cannot load it. How can I find out about that? Where should it be located? qlist will show where is is installed, /lib/firmware is the standard location. There it is! Thanks for your support! -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Removing qt4 meta
Hi all, thanks for all your tips! Also found some inconsistencies in my installation, which I was able to fix. -- Regards, Marco On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Alan McKinnonalan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday 27 June 2009 18:13:56 Marco wrote: On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Sebastian Beßlerwebmas...@darkmetatron.de wrote: Marco schrieb: On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Dirk Heinrichsdirk.heinri...@online.de wrote: Am Samstag 27 Juni 2009 15:51:20 schrieb Marco: [...] If you have eix installed you could use eix -I --only-names x11-libs/qt |xargs emerge -C or if you have no package that depends on qt emerge --depclean -a after emerge -C x11-libs/qt should do the job. Is there a way to find out if packages depend on qt? Although I think I did not install any packages that depend on qt (saving space) I am not 100% sure... equery depends package_name Note that this lists packages that *could* depend on the named package, not just those that *do* depend on your specific machine. also look at qdepends -d -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
[gentoo-user] Removing qt4 meta
Hi all, some time ago I installed qt4 for testing. Now, after I run 'emerge --sync' and 'emerge --update world --pretend --verbose' I get a message that the qt4 meta ebuild is hard masked and that the meta ebuild should not be used anymore in the future. How can I remove all the packages in the meta package? 'emerge --unmerge qt' only removes x11-libs/qt but not the dependencies/meta ebuild Thanks for your help! -- Best regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Removing qt4 meta
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Dirk Heinrichsdirk.heinri...@online.de wrote: Am Samstag 27 Juni 2009 15:51:20 schrieb Marco: How can I remove all the packages in the meta package? No need to do that. It's about the meta package only. Just in case I would want to remove all the packages, how could I do that? (I'm not doing any qt develoment anyway and I take care not to install any software that depends on qt) 'emerge --unmerge qt' only removes x11-libs/qt but not the dependencies/meta ebuild That's correct, x11-libs/qt _is_ the meta ebuild. You may need to re-install a couple of packages which depend on it their installed version, but have their deps corrected in the portage tree. For me, those where avahi and qimageblitz. How to do that? Is 'emerge --update --newuse --deep world' enough? -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Removing qt4 meta
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Sebastian Beßlerwebmas...@darkmetatron.de wrote: Marco schrieb: On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Dirk Heinrichsdirk.heinri...@online.de wrote: Am Samstag 27 Juni 2009 15:51:20 schrieb Marco: [...] If you have eix installed you could use eix -I --only-names x11-libs/qt |xargs emerge -C or if you have no package that depends on qt emerge --depclean -a after emerge -C x11-libs/qt should do the job. Is there a way to find out if packages depend on qt? Although I think I did not install any packages that depend on qt (saving space) I am not 100% sure... You should do emerge -DuNva world and revdep-rebuild afterwards to be sure the system is still in clean state.
[gentoo-user] Fonts and OpenOffice
Hi, I am using OpenOffice and am missing the Helvetica font. If I run fc-list: ~ $ fc-list | grep -i helv Helvetica:style=Oblique Helvetica:style=Bold Helvetica:style=Regular Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique It seems that the Helvetica fonts are installed on my system. Nevertheless, they don't show up in OpenOffice. Any tips on how to use them in Oo? Thanks! -- Best regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Fonts and OpenOffice
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Florian Philippli...@f_philipp.fastmail.net wrote: Marco schrieb: Hi, I am using OpenOffice and am missing the Helvetica font. If I run fc-list: ~ $ fc-list | grep -i helv Helvetica:style=Oblique Helvetica:style=Bold Helvetica:style=Regular Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique It seems that the Helvetica fonts are installed on my system. Nevertheless, they don't show up in OpenOffice. Any tips on how to use them in Oo? At least on my system, Helvetica is a bitmap font. OOo doesn't seem to put these in its font list. Hi, how can i see if a font is a bitmap or a truetype? -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] cannot completely shut down my system from command line
On Friday 05 June 2009 08:41:17 Steffen Loos wrote: Hello, Colombetti Marco schrieb: ... I have a similar issue on my laptop after upgrading to the kernel 2.6.29. The alsasound service wont stop i have to unload the snd_hda_intel module first (it is an alsa related issue). If it is the same problem you could add modprobe -r snd_hda_intel in /etc/conf.d/local.stop or /etc/conf.d/local. i've had the same problem. The unloading of alsa-modules is'nt needed according to alsa-developers. So setting UNLOAD_ON_STOP=no in /etc/conf.d/alsasound helps for me. Steffen Thanks Steffen!!! The link for bugzilla: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232875 Ciao
Re: [gentoo-user] cannot completely shut down my system from command line
On Wednesday 03 June 2009 03:01:57 John covici wrote: on Tuesday 06/02/2009 James Ausmus(james.aus...@gmail.com) wrote 2009/6/2 John covici cov...@ccs.covici.com on Tuesday 06/02/2009 Sebastian G nther(sam...@guenther-roetgen.de) wrote * John covici (cov...@ccs.covici.com) [02.06.09 09:24]: Hi. I am running unstable gentoo and baselayout2, however when I shutdown my system with something like shutdown -r now -- it gets into a state where it says init: no more processes in this run level, but it never will restart or shutdown if I use -h. How in the heck do I even debug such a thing or fix? Thanks in advance for any good ideas. Did you enable ACPI in your kernel configuration? Yep. Make sure CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON is enabled in your kernel config (for menuconfig, under Power Management ACPI - ACPI Support - Button) - without this, Linux can't auto-shut-off your system. Its a module, not built-in. But even shutdown -r now does not work as I get the message mentioned above and the computer hangs there forever. I have a similar issue on my laptop after upgrading to the kernel 2.6.29. The alsasound service wont stop i have to unload the snd_hda_intel module first (it is an alsa related issue). If it is the same problem you could add modprobe -r snd_hda_intel in /etc/conf.d/local.stop or /etc/conf.d/local. Ciao
Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk emerge error
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 30 May 2009, at 14:38, Marco wrote: ... I had the same problem. The fix in bug http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264510 solved it for me. Since I am rather new to gentoo, I am not sure how to apply the patches together with emerge. Could you give me a short info on that or point me to the corresponding documentation/howto? Download both the patch the ebuild attachments from that bug, create a directory /usr/portage/app-text/pdftk and put them both in there. Run `ebuild /usr/portage/app-text/pdftk/pdftk-1.41-r2.ebuild manifest` and then you should be able to emerge the new version. You might need to unmask it manually in /etc/portage/package.keywords, I'm not sure if that's necessary. Thanks for the tip! Will try. -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk emerge error
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Dan Johansson dan.johans...@dmj.nu wrote: On Saturday 30 May 2009, Marco wrote: Hi all, I am trying to emerge pdftk on my amd64 machine. After re-emerging gcc with gcj, compilation fails with: * ERROR: app-text/pdftk-1.12 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 48: Called src_compile * environment, line 2238: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * make -f Makefile.Generic || die Compilation failed. * The die message: * Compilation failed. I also attached the build log and the ebuild environment file. Any suggestions on how to solve this problem? Kind of urgent cause I need to finish my job-application... I had the same problem. The fix in bug http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264510 solved it for me. Since I am rather new to gentoo, I am not sure how to apply the patches together with emerge. Could you give me a short info on that or point me to the corresponding documentation/howto? Thanks -- Regards, Marco
[gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition
Hi all, I am new to gentoo and so far I really like it. But now, I am running out of disk space on my root partition (10 GB), although I have a rather small system with fluxbox (no KDE, GNOME,...). Thought gentoo would not waste my resources that much. Now I am thinking about how to resize my ext3 partitions. Bellow is the output of fdisk: fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xbbc58b91 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 893 7168000 1c Hidden W95 FAT32 (LBA) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 * 8935968407654407 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 10622 1945870975488f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 10622 13575237199727 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda6 13575 13581 54819 83 Linux /dev/sda7 13582 13831 2008093+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda8 13832 1507710008463+ 83 Linux /dev/sda9 15078 1945835182990 83 Linux sda8 is my root partition and sda9 is my home partition where there is plenty of space. Is there any safe way to resize with Linux tools? The descriptions found on google did not help me a lot... Thanks for your help! -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 4 May 2009 12:56:05 +, Marco wrote: [..] I'd look to see what is filling up the root partition, 10GB should be more than enough. Good tip! cd /usr/src/linux and make clean gave me back 2 GB.
Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Andrew MacKenzie amack...@edespot.com wrote: +++ Marco [gentoo-user] [Mon, May 04, 2009 at 12:56:05PM +]: [...] Just to be sure you checked - Gentoo keeps temporary files in /var/tmp/portage/ (build temp location, sometimes things get left here) and /usr/portage/distfiles/ (download location). /usr/portage/distfiles can get pretty large over time. I cleaned this directory frequently, but still running low on disk space... -- Regards, Marco
[gentoo-user] Is this firewall safe?
Hi all, I set up my first firewall on my notebook (not running any services reachable from outside) using iptables. Since I am new to the topic, could you please verify if the output of 'iptables -L -v' is considered to be a safe firewall? Thanks! Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 ACCEPT all -- lo any anywhere anywhere 0 0 ACCEPT all -- eth0 any anywhere anywherestate RELATED,ESTABLISHED 0 0 REJECT tcp -- eth0 any anywhere anywherereject-with tcp-reset 0 0 REJECT udp -- eth0 any anywhere anywherereject-with icmp-port-unreachable 0 0 DROP udp -- eth0 any anywhere anywhereudp spt:bootps 0 0 LOGall -- eth0 any anywhere anywhereLOG level warning prefix `INPUT ' 179 ACCEPT all -- wlan0 any anywhere anywherestate RELATED,ESTABLISHED 0 0 REJECT tcp -- wlan0 any anywhere anywherereject-with tcp-reset 0 0 REJECT udp -- wlan0 any anywhere anywherereject-with icmp-port-unreachable 0 0 DROP udp -- wlan0 any anywhere anywhereudp spt:bootps 0 0 LOGall -- wlan0 any anywhere anywhereLOG level warning prefix `INPUT ' Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 LOGall -- anyany anywhere anywhereLOG level warning prefix `FORWARD ' 0 0 LOGall -- anyany anywhere anywhereLOG level warning prefix `FORWARD ' Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 5 packets, 1691 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 ACCEPT all -- anylo anywhere anywhere 0 0 LOGall -- anyeth0anywhere anywhereLOG level warning prefix `OUTPUT ' 152 LOGall -- anywlan0 anywhere anywhereLOG level warning prefix `OUTPUT '
Re: [gentoo-user] Is this firewall safe?
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Eric Martin freak4u...@gmail.com wrote: Marco wrote: Hi all, I set up my first firewall on my notebook (not running any services reachable from outside) using iptables. Since I am new to the topic, could you please verify if the output of 'iptables -L -v' is considered to be a safe firewall? Thanks! Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 ACCEPT all -- lo any anywhere anywhere 0 0 ACCEPT all -- eth0 any anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED 0 0 REJECT tcp -- eth0 any anywhere anywhere reject-with tcp-reset 0 0 REJECT udp -- eth0 any anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable 0 0 DROP udp -- eth0 any anywhere anywhere udp spt:bootps 0 0 LOG all -- eth0 any anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `INPUT ' 1 79 ACCEPT all -- wlan0 any anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED 0 0 REJECT tcp -- wlan0 any anywhere anywhere reject-with tcp-reset 0 0 REJECT udp -- wlan0 any anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable 0 0 DROP udp -- wlan0 any anywhere anywhere udp spt:bootps 0 0 LOG all -- wlan0 any anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `INPUT ' Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 LOG all -- any any anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `FORWARD ' 0 0 LOG all -- any any anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `FORWARD ' Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 5 packets, 1691 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 ACCEPT all -- any lo anywhere anywhere 0 0 LOG all -- any eth0 anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `OUTPUT ' 1 52 LOG all -- any wlan0 anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `OUTPUT ' It all depends on what you're trying to do. My internet facing boxes have a default OUTPUT policy of DROP and I only allow certain traffic off of the box (helps protect me from unauthorized services). Also, you're dropping bootps (same ports as dhcp) on udp so I don't think you can get a dhcp address like that. If you're running any services you won't be able to talk to them (ssh). Turn off forwarding in the kernel config (via /etc/sysctl.conf) as well. I am dropping bootps to not have my log file flooding due to the DHCP server in my wireless router (as suggested in www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/18139.html). As it seems I still get a dynamic ip from it. So far, I am not running any services that have to be exposed to the outside. It also took me a few runs to figure out the firewall config (due to the rules and formatting). The last two output rules can be combined into one. Have 1 log line at the bottom of your tables and that will take care of that. Clean and short configs will help immensely when things don't work. Sorry for the bad format. gmail decided to insert some sub ideal pagebreaks... Talking about the 1 log line at the bottom you mean I should configure it to not specify an interface (eth0, wlan0)? Thanks!
Re: [gentoo-user] Is this firewall safe?
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Chris Frederick cdf...@cdf123.net wrote: Marco wrote: [...] Your firewall looks good, but I would change a few things. First off, change your FORWARD chain to DROP. Unless you are doing routing on your laptop, there's no reason to have it. My thought here was to be able to perform some network maintanance task using wireshark. I ave forwarding disabled normally and I could just 'echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward' to have it enabled. Is there anything unsafe about this setup? I would also get rid of the REJECT targets. It's better to DROP instead. If someone is scanning the network, and you start sending icmp rejections back, they will know you are there and may try other techniques to break through your defenses, but if you DROP and send nothing back, it will be much harder for them to see you at all. I was following http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/linux-24-stateful-fw-design.xml in section 'Handling rejection' of the article. I guess this is kind of a philosophical question here... I would also re-write your INPUT chain to be a bit less verbose. Something like this: Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes) target prot opt in out source destination ACCEPT all -- lo any anywhere anywhere ACCEPT all -- any any anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED LOG all -- any any anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `INPUT ' So basically not distinguishing between the external interfaces (eth0, wlan0)? Everything else looks good from a security standpoint. From a performance standpoint, you might want to add a line to the beginning of your output chain like this: Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 5 packets, 1691 bytes) target prot opt in out source destination ACCEPT all -- any lo anywhere anywhere ACCEPT all -- any any anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED LOG all -- any any anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `OUTPUT ' This will log only NEW packets. Otherwise you could end up with a lot of log output. That makes sense! After you run this for a while, go back and look through your logs and see if you have enough data there to change your OUTPUT chain to DROP, and only allow packets through to ports you actually use. That's only if you're really paranoid though. Kind of paranoid, yes ;-) [...] Thanks for the tips! -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Is this firewall safe?
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Hazen Valliant-Saunders haze...@gmail.com wrote: Just a thought: http://www.fwbuilder.org/ I've seen fwbuilder already. I thought since I only need a simple firewall, I probably make the thing worse if I don't really know how to use the tool. And learning iptables is a good thing I guess. In case I'd have to set up some servers, I would of course reconsider fwbuilder. -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Is this firewall safe?
Hello again, I took your considerations into account and changes my setting. Could you please have look again to the output of 'iptables -L -v' (in the attachment for better formating)? Thanks a lot! -- Best regards, Marco Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 ACCEPT all -- lo any anywhere anywhere 30 18812 ACCEPT all -- !loany anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED 0 0 REJECT tcp -- !loany anywhere anywhere reject-with tcp-reset 0 0 REJECT udp -- !loany anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable 0 0 LOGall -- !loany anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `INPUT ' Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 LOGall -- anyany anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `FORWARD ' Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 33 packets, 6039 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 ACCEPT all -- anylo anywhere anywhere 33 6039 LOGall -- any!lo anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `OUTPUT '
Re: [gentoo-user] Is this firewall safe?
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Daniel Troeder dan...@admin-box.com wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 12:00 -0500, Chris Frederick wrote: [...] While all that is correct, I would also consider it bad network behavior (no offense intended). So you consider my 'reject-with' settings to be good practice? It feels like security through obscurity. It may hamper the well-working of a TCP/IP network, as that relies heavily on ICMP. I was not really sure how to configure ICMP (ping) correctly. Any input appreciated! Probably it will never be a problem for you, but it could be a problem for a network administrator. Also: if you wish to scan (nmap) yourself to check your system (configuration), you'll wish for REJECT instead of DROP :) You mean as the default policy? On a (not so) different topic: If you're going to make your firewall more complex (more services, or other stuff), I'd suggest to use a widely used firewall script. That is more secure than writing your own firewall configuration, because in the long run it will be better maintainable (and they often also do smart stuff(TM) ;) My recommendation is net-firewall/shorewall. It has a well balanced abstraction/granularity-ratio, and the produced iptable-rules are still readable :) This is considered to be my learning example. Later I will definitely consider using shorewall (learning one thing at a time). Thanks! -- Regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.27 and iwl3945-ucode
[...] You can try Wicd which is a great network manager, until you are more familiar with gentoo/wifi configuration. I have the same chip, with wpa2, wicd handless this without problems. This is cool! For the moment this is perfectly ok for me! Thanks for the tips!
Re: [gentoo-user] Wrong keyboard map in Fluxbox
Hi all, I found the silly reason: slim set NumLock to be active and that does not turn out to be a good thing on a notebook. Thanks for the tip anyway! -- Best regards, Marco
[gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.27 and iwl3945-ucode
Hi all, I am trying to get my wireless adapter (Intel 3945ABG) running. following the instructions on http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Iwlwifi I compiled the kernel accordingly. Now the howto states: For kernel 2.6.27 and later, use the second slot(version 228.57.2.21) which needs to be unmasked in package.keywords. Since I am rather new to gentoo, I am not really sure what to do. I added =net-wireless/iwl3945-ucode-228.57.2.21 ~amd64 to /etc/portage/package.keywords to use the version mentioned. Testing what would be installed: emerge net-wireless/iwl3945-ucode --pretend --verbose These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N] net-wireless/iwl3945-ucode-15.28.1.6 66 kB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 66 kB So version 15.28.1.6 would be used... What am I missing? Thanks for your help! -- Best regards, Marco
Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.27 and iwl3945-ucode
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Florian Philipp li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net wrote: Marco schrieb: [...] You somehow mixed iwl4965 and iwl3945. Version 228.57.2.21 belongs to iwl4965. If you really want iwl3945, you don't need to unmask/keyword anything. I'm on 2.6.28 with version 15.28.1.6. For iwl4965, I don't see any versions which are not marked stable (I'm on AMD64). I see. It was not really clear to me if it is only related to 4965 or if it also is true for the 3945. Thanks for pointing out! One more question: I followed the howto for Intel 3945 and also the handbook ( http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4chap=4 ). I am using wpa_supplicant. But I think I am missing now a configuration for /etc/init.d/net. What information do I have to provide there?
[gentoo-user] Wrong keyboard map in Fluxbox
Hi all, I have a fresh installation of gentoo with fluxbox. I added exec startfluxbox to my ~/.xinitrc and set the DISPLAYMANAGER variable in /etcconf.d/xdm to use slim. When I start my machine now, when slim starts a wrong keymap is set. This is also the case in fluxbox after login. If I stop X and restart it using startx, the key mapping is correct. Any ideas on how slim interferes with the keymap and how to solve that? Thanks a lot for your help! -- Best regards, Marco
[gentoo-user] 20 Minutos para talvez mudar uma vida
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[gentoo-user] glsa-check question
Hello. Do you know why glsa-check tells me to update sun-jdk, even if it's alredy updated ? # glsa-check -p $(glsa-check -t all) This system is affected by the following GLSAs: Checking GLSA 200705-23 The following updates will be performed for this GLSA: dev-java/sun-jdk-1.5.0.15 (1.6.0.06) Checking GLSA 200702-07 The following updates will be performed for this GLSA: dev-java/sun-jdk-1.5.0.15 (1.6.0.06) Checking GLSA 200701-15 The following updates will be performed for this GLSA: dev-java/sun-jdk-1.5.0.15 (1.6.0.06) On my system there are installed sun-jdk-1.6.0.06 and sun-jdk-1.4.2.17 (required by eclipse-sdk-3.2), but not sun-jdk-1.5.0.15. Thanks, Marco.
[gentoo-user] ASUS F3SC : Kernel Configuration
Hi My brand new ASUS F3SC (actually a F3SC-F3SC-AS293C) just arrived. I want to install gentoo with a tailored kernel on it to have maximum performance out of my 2.2 GHz dual core processor. Googling on the net, I could not find any kernel configuration file. Is there anybody out there with the same notebook that has a running kernel configuration file? The only page mentioning an ASUS F3SC I found is http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Asus_F3SC but cannot find anything related to kernel configuration... Any tips and suggestions highly appreciated! Thanks a lot in advance! -- Best regards, Marco -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-laptop] Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
Hi, just for information, i report that i've filed a bug on bugzilla: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9167 regards, m On 10/13/07, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beso, yes i'm always staying in powersave mode.. but in any case the CPU temperature tends to increase. I hope that the ACPI guys will work on this (hoping i'm not the only one experiencing these problems). The fans unfortunately are masked to the user in most Acer laptops, and they are controlled fully by ACPI. Thanks again, m On 10/13/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i think that you'll have to wait a little more and always stay aware when using the pc till acpi supports it. i'd recommend to stay on powersave when using the processor extensively so that you'd not incur in hardware errors and failures. and it the fan is not starting try to modify it by command prompt via echo on /proc/acpi/fan/.. this will work at least the thermal doesn't reach the state when it would stop the fan, but since you don't have that point and that you cannot read temperature starting it via echo on should always stay on. you'd have some noise maybe, but you'd be sure that the processor would not run overheat. and hope that the acpi people would fix that in the near future. i'm sorry for not being able to help you more. and as an advice for the future: before getting a notebook in the future have some surf on the web to see if it's fully supported by linux (acer sells linux only notebooks actually but only from taiwan). i had my linux notebook not working with linux for 5-6 months and yet i had to change the wireless since it wasn't supported after almost 2 years. for what i know dell, hp and compaq are quite well supported. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-laptop] Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
Just to give a short update: 1) no luck with the acer_acpi module: it does not load in the system, as the developer is having a look at it. However he told me that the module can do practically nothing on the thermal zone since this last point is controlled fully by ACPI 2) i've tried to modify the DSDT table: it had errors, but also after correction the system behave in practically the same way. I've mailed to the acpi-linux mailing list, hoping that the acpi gurus can try to solve the issue. As far as i understand now it is just a matter of ACPI implementation. Regards, m On 10/11/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: normally all acer have dsdt problems and don't work unless you load acer_acpi. now, in the portage tree there's only the 0.8.2 version, so you have to go here: http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi/ download the latest version and install it. there's a 5720 product listed (under travelmate and not aspire, but it may have been an error). simply search for acer_acpi in the /lib/modules/2.6.22-gentoo-r8 and delete it then do a depmod -a and update the modules installed and retry loading the newly compiled driver. if you manage to get it working in this way ok, if not try contacting the guy maintaing the aceracpi module and tell him about you problems. he may be of help. 2007/10/11, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Beso, i have an Acer Aspire 5720. I've tried with the acer_acpi, it compiles well but when it comes to loading it fails, saying No or unsupported WMI interface, unable to load. However as far as i can understood, this module deals with issues of buttons and hotkey not with ACPI issues. Yes, my DSDT failed during recompiling, but i have managed to solve the issues, and now it compiled well (with warning but i'm not caring). I'll try to recompile the new DSDT in the kernel, maybe it could help (but i'm not sure). Regards, m On 10/11/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yep you're right i cannot modify my trippoints so this file cannot be modified i don't think that it's random, since it is 40 c try doing some compiling or so and see if it goes up and then stop compiling and do nothing and see if it goes down this will tell you if thermal is working for dsdt problem you have follow this guide: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Fix_Common_ACPI_Problems if it gives you errors when recompiling dsdt then it may be a dsdt problem, but if it gives you no problem recompiling it then it may be that you need some additional modules like asus_acpi or ibm or toshiba ones based on your pc model. i don't know what you're using (i've managed to see some lenovo, asus toshiba and acer models around and for what i know every one of then needs an additional acpi module to have it work correctly). that was why i've asked you for your brand and model name. 2007/10/11, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Beso, i've tried with your trip_points modification but it gives this error: bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument like i'm not able to write on that file. And of course acpitool gives me a random ACPI temperature: Battery #1 : charged AC adapter : on-line Thermal zone 1 : ok, 40 C PS: i followed all your suggestions concerning the microcode and fan option in the kernel. Could this be a problem of DSDT? regards, m On 10/10/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/10/10, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Beso, sorry i misunderstood your suggestion. I did what you suggest and this is the result of the trip_points: critical (S5): 100C wow you don't have anything that says to the cpu to slow down when it reaches some point now, to add some other trip points you have to copy these in a konsole with root priviledges: echo passive: 78 C: tc1=3 tc2=1 tsp=150 devices=CPU0 \ active[0]: 68 C: devices= FN1 \ active[1]: 58 C: devices= FN2 /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/trip_points then do a cat on the thermal_zone/TZ0/trip_points to see if you've added the lines for passive and active lines. that means that when your thermal reaches 78 degrees it will slow down the processor. from 58 to 68 it will turn on the fan but don't turn down the speed of the processor, below 58 it will turn off the fan. which i suppose is the reason why at that temperature the laptop switch off. So, nothing except for the critical state. Should i have to add there something? if the pc turns down then it can read from somewhere the actual thermal point. you try to see after actually setting the things i've just said, if your pc is behaving as it should
Re: [gentoo-laptop] Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
Beso, yes i'm always staying in powersave mode.. but in any case the CPU temperature tends to increase. I hope that the ACPI guys will work on this (hoping i'm not the only one experiencing these problems). The fans unfortunately are masked to the user in most Acer laptops, and they are controlled fully by ACPI. Thanks again, m On 10/13/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i think that you'll have to wait a little more and always stay aware when using the pc till acpi supports it. i'd recommend to stay on powersave when using the processor extensively so that you'd not incur in hardware errors and failures. and it the fan is not starting try to modify it by command prompt via echo on /proc/acpi/fan/.. this will work at least the thermal doesn't reach the state when it would stop the fan, but since you don't have that point and that you cannot read temperature starting it via echo on should always stay on. you'd have some noise maybe, but you'd be sure that the processor would not run overheat. and hope that the acpi people would fix that in the near future. i'm sorry for not being able to help you more. and as an advice for the future: before getting a notebook in the future have some surf on the web to see if it's fully supported by linux (acer sells linux only notebooks actually but only from taiwan). i had my linux notebook not working with linux for 5-6 months and yet i had to change the wireless since it wasn't supported after almost 2 years. for what i know dell, hp and compaq are quite well supported. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-laptop] Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
Hi Beso, i've tried with your trip_points modification but it gives this error: bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument like i'm not able to write on that file. And of course acpitool gives me a random ACPI temperature: Battery #1 : charged AC adapter : on-line Thermal zone 1 : ok, 40 C PS: i followed all your suggestions concerning the microcode and fan option in the kernel. Could this be a problem of DSDT? regards, m On 10/10/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/10/10, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Beso, sorry i misunderstood your suggestion. I did what you suggest and this is the result of the trip_points: critical (S5): 100C wow you don't have anything that says to the cpu to slow down when it reaches some point now, to add some other trip points you have to copy these in a konsole with root priviledges: echo passive: 78 C: tc1=3 tc2=1 tsp=150 devices=CPU0 \ active[0]: 68 C: devices= FN1 \ active[1]: 58 C: devices= FN2 /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/trip_points then do a cat on the thermal_zone/TZ0/trip_points to see if you've added the lines for passive and active lines. that means that when your thermal reaches 78 degrees it will slow down the processor. from 58 to 68 it will turn on the fan but don't turn down the speed of the processor, below 58 it will turn off the fan. which i suppose is the reason why at that temperature the laptop switch off. So, nothing except for the critical state. Should i have to add there something? if the pc turns down then it can read from somewhere the actual thermal point. you try to see after actually setting the things i've just said, if your pc is behaving as it should. remember to also turn on the polling frequency. without it it will not look for thermal changes. and remember to actually compile the mce and speedstep features in the kernel and not as module and reboot and then set the things i've mentioned. after that type acpitool (it should be installed by default with the acpi package) and see what it says. it should give something like this: Battery #1 : charging, 46.00%, 01:17:04 AC adapter : on-line Thermal zone 1 : activ, 58 C it indicates, as you can see not only the battery and ac status but also the current processor mode (active) and the current thermal temperature if you don't have acpitool try acpi -t (you'll surely have either one or the other) and it should indicate the thermal state and temperature. if this command don't give you these infos then you'll have to be very careful using your pc since acpi probably don't support santarosa well. you should then unmask newer acpi in portage (adding acpi in /etc/package.keywords) and try with the new acpi ( 1.0.6). you may need some additional acpi modules, like ibm_acpi for example, but that depends on your's pc brand. i'm looking around to see if there were someone that had problems with santarosa and linux acpi, but for the moment i couldn't find something useful. try what i've said and see if the things work. if they work then append the tweak in some script that starts at boot like the top of xdm script and you'll have a functional system. let me know if you were succesful on that. An additional problem is this: doing a $ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/temperature it gives only a: temperature: 0C My question is: even if i change the polling frequency, how the fan can start if the temperature gives 0?? Do you know if it's possible to link the fan start with the core temperature instead of the ACPI thermal zone? probably the fan don't start since you have it as a module. i've curently had the same problem which solved by compiling it integrated in the kernel. the fan in your case should always be on, not always be off Regards, m thats why i told you to do this commanda: echo 2 seconds /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/polling:frequency this enables the polling of your thermal every 2 seconds. this should be enough. do you have the other file that i mentioned: /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/trip_points ?! this sets the trip points for your processor. whitout it you governor cannot understand what to do even if it polls right. as for the kernel thigs, set these options: select processor type: intel core2 instead of normal x86 CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO=y instead of m CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y instead of m CONFIG_MICROCODE=y instead of m (for what i know cpu micocode is needed on intels) CONFIG_K8_NUMA=n instead of y (this should be the amdk8 numa, that you should not need. if it's not then let him be) CONFIG_X86_MCE_AMD=n instead of y (you don't need amd mce features since they are not included into intel cpus) CONFIG_NR_CPUS=32 -- this leaves me a little dazzled: do you really have 32 cpus in your core
Re: [gentoo-laptop] Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
Hi Beso, i have an Acer Aspire 5720. I've tried with the acer_acpi, it compiles well but when it comes to loading it fails, saying No or unsupported WMI interface, unable to load. However as far as i can understood, this module deals with issues of buttons and hotkey not with ACPI issues. Yes, my DSDT failed during recompiling, but i have managed to solve the issues, and now it compiled well (with warning but i'm not caring). I'll try to recompile the new DSDT in the kernel, maybe it could help (but i'm not sure). Regards, m On 10/11/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yep you're right i cannot modify my trippoints so this file cannot be modified i don't think that it's random, since it is 40 c try doing some compiling or so and see if it goes up and then stop compiling and do nothing and see if it goes down this will tell you if thermal is working for dsdt problem you have follow this guide: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Fix_Common_ACPI_Problems if it gives you errors when recompiling dsdt then it may be a dsdt problem, but if it gives you no problem recompiling it then it may be that you need some additional modules like asus_acpi or ibm or toshiba ones based on your pc model. i don't know what you're using (i've managed to see some lenovo, asus toshiba and acer models around and for what i know every one of then needs an additional acpi module to have it work correctly). that was why i've asked you for your brand and model name. 2007/10/11, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Beso, i've tried with your trip_points modification but it gives this error: bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument like i'm not able to write on that file. And of course acpitool gives me a random ACPI temperature: Battery #1 : charged AC adapter : on-line Thermal zone 1 : ok, 40 C PS: i followed all your suggestions concerning the microcode and fan option in the kernel. Could this be a problem of DSDT? regards, m On 10/10/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/10/10, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Beso, sorry i misunderstood your suggestion. I did what you suggest and this is the result of the trip_points: critical (S5): 100C wow you don't have anything that says to the cpu to slow down when it reaches some point now, to add some other trip points you have to copy these in a konsole with root priviledges: echo passive: 78 C: tc1=3 tc2=1 tsp=150 devices=CPU0 \ active[0]: 68 C: devices= FN1 \ active[1]: 58 C: devices= FN2 /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/trip_points then do a cat on the thermal_zone/TZ0/trip_points to see if you've added the lines for passive and active lines. that means that when your thermal reaches 78 degrees it will slow down the processor. from 58 to 68 it will turn on the fan but don't turn down the speed of the processor, below 58 it will turn off the fan. which i suppose is the reason why at that temperature the laptop switch off. So, nothing except for the critical state. Should i have to add there something? if the pc turns down then it can read from somewhere the actual thermal point. you try to see after actually setting the things i've just said, if your pc is behaving as it should. remember to also turn on the polling frequency. without it it will not look for thermal changes. and remember to actually compile the mce and speedstep features in the kernel and not as module and reboot and then set the things i've mentioned. after that type acpitool (it should be installed by default with the acpi package) and see what it says. it should give something like this: Battery #1 : charging, 46.00%, 01:17:04 AC adapter : on-line Thermal zone 1 : activ, 58 C it indicates, as you can see not only the battery and ac status but also the current processor mode (active) and the current thermal temperature if you don't have acpitool try acpi -t (you'll surely have either one or the other) and it should indicate the thermal state and temperature. if this command don't give you these infos then you'll have to be very careful using your pc since acpi probably don't support santarosa well. you should then unmask newer acpi in portage (adding acpi in /etc/package.keywords) and try with the new acpi ( 1.0.6). you may need some additional acpi modules, like ibm_acpi for example, but that depends on your's pc brand. i'm looking around to see if there were someone that had problems with santarosa and linux acpi, but for the moment i couldn't find something useful. try what i've said and see if the things work. if they work then append the tweak in some script that starts at boot like the top of xdm script and you'll have a functional system
Re: [gentoo-laptop] Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
As far as i know unfortunately the Travelmate 5720 exists, together with the entry level Aspire 5720... I've tried also the new version and the load error appears at the same level. I've mailed Carlos of acer-acpi, let's see what comes out. Thanks again for your help, i'll let you know about the improvement of this situation, m On 10/11/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: normally all acer have dsdt problems and don't work unless you load acer_acpi. now, in the portage tree there's only the 0.8.2 version, so you have to go here: http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi/ download the latest version and install it. there's a 5720 product listed (under travelmate and not aspire, but it may have been an error). simply search for acer_acpi in the /lib/modules/2.6.22-gentoo-r8 and delete it then do a depmod -a and update the modules installed and retry loading the newly compiled driver. if you manage to get it working in this way ok, if not try contacting the guy maintaing the aceracpi module and tell him about you problems. he may be of help. 2007/10/11, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Beso, i have an Acer Aspire 5720. I've tried with the acer_acpi, it compiles well but when it comes to loading it fails, saying No or unsupported WMI interface, unable to load. However as far as i can understood, this module deals with issues of buttons and hotkey not with ACPI issues. Yes, my DSDT failed during recompiling, but i have managed to solve the issues, and now it compiled well (with warning but i'm not caring). I'll try to recompile the new DSDT in the kernel, maybe it could help (but i'm not sure). Regards, m On 10/11/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yep you're right i cannot modify my trippoints so this file cannot be modified i don't think that it's random, since it is 40 c try doing some compiling or so and see if it goes up and then stop compiling and do nothing and see if it goes down this will tell you if thermal is working for dsdt problem you have follow this guide: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Fix_Common_ACPI_Problems if it gives you errors when recompiling dsdt then it may be a dsdt problem, but if it gives you no problem recompiling it then it may be that you need some additional modules like asus_acpi or ibm or toshiba ones based on your pc model. i don't know what you're using (i've managed to see some lenovo, asus toshiba and acer models around and for what i know every one of then needs an additional acpi module to have it work correctly). that was why i've asked you for your brand and model name. 2007/10/11, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Beso, i've tried with your trip_points modification but it gives this error: bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument like i'm not able to write on that file. And of course acpitool gives me a random ACPI temperature: Battery #1 : charged AC adapter : on-line Thermal zone 1 : ok, 40 C PS: i followed all your suggestions concerning the microcode and fan option in the kernel. Could this be a problem of DSDT? regards, m On 10/10/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/10/10, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Beso, sorry i misunderstood your suggestion. I did what you suggest and this is the result of the trip_points: critical (S5): 100C wow you don't have anything that says to the cpu to slow down when it reaches some point now, to add some other trip points you have to copy these in a konsole with root priviledges: echo passive: 78 C: tc1=3 tc2=1 tsp=150 devices=CPU0 \ active[0]: 68 C: devices= FN1 \ active[1]: 58 C: devices= FN2 /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/trip_points then do a cat on the thermal_zone/TZ0/trip_points to see if you've added the lines for passive and active lines. that means that when your thermal reaches 78 degrees it will slow down the processor. from 58 to 68 it will turn on the fan but don't turn down the speed of the processor, below 58 it will turn off the fan. which i suppose is the reason why at that temperature the laptop switch off. So, nothing except for the critical state. Should i have to add there something? if the pc turns down then it can read from somewhere the actual thermal point. you try to see after actually setting the things i've just said, if your pc is behaving as it should. remember to also turn on the polling frequency. without it it will not look for thermal changes. and remember to actually compile the mce and speedstep features in the kernel and not as module and reboot and then set the things i've
Re: [gentoo-user] Is this normal?
Files with trivial changes will be updated automatically as indicated. On 10/11/07, Etaoin Shrdlu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 11 October 2007, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: Where are the other 6 files that need updating? Thanks Ok, I found bug #194043. Is the one I'm seeing? Thanks -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
Hi Volker, yes i can imagine there could be something wrong with ACPI, but how can i recognize it? What is fancontrol? m ACPI. You might be missing some options there. Or something else. Are you using fancontrol? If yes, try without, if no, try with it ;) -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-laptop] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
Hi Beso, actually i'm getting this error: cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/polling_frequency polling disabled cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/cooling_mode setting not supported m On 10/9/07, Beso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: your thermal doesn't poll make it poll like this: echo 2 seconds /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/polling_frequency or wichever thermal zone is in /proc/acpi/thermal_zone. then verify your trip points in the same THRM directory but in the file trip_points. you should see something like this: critical (S5): 105 C passive: 76 C: tc1=3 tc2=1 tsp=150 devices=CPU0 active[0]: 67 C: devices= FN1 active[1]: 57 C: devices= FN2 in the eg passive means that your cpu is downclocked since it has passed 76 degrees C active [0] means that your fan is triggered to on active[1] means that the fan is not triggered and it is shut down. the critical point is when the system shuts down. if the polling_frequency tweak doesn't work then you have another problem (eg i had to compile the fan and thermal module included in kernel since modprobing them would not start the fan). if it works copy the tweak command and put it in some init script (i put it at the start of /etc/init.d/xdm so that i'm sure it loads after acpi, since that file doesn't exists without acpi loaded). then try installing kima if you're using kde and add the kima kmenu applet to monitor some things. you should be able to see that the processor hardly passes 60 degrees while thermal goes high till the passive point and over; if you monitor also the cpu load and freq you should be able to see how your processors reacts to programs. remember to also install the klaptopdaemon since is quite useful in controlling the cpufreq_utils governors and acpi settings. try also the laptop_mode-tools and see if they can help you have a better use for your disk. the last thing that you can also install is the hddtemp for monitoring your disk temperature. 2007/10/9, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi list, i have a Santa Rosa (Core 2 Duo T7300) Acer AS5720 laptop, and i'm getting problems with the temperature of the CPU. In particular i'm using the coretemp module for determining the core temperature. Normally (using cpufreqd and the ondemand governor) the CPU stays at nearly 50C (which i think is quite high since in windows , using Core Temp it gives about 30C). While compiling this increases up to 95-100C (after which it shuts down). The problem is that the fan is not spinning up at all! What can be the cause of this behaviour? consider that i'm using an up to date system with gentoo-sources-2.6.22-r8. Any help appreciated, Regards, Marco -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- dott. ing. beso -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
Hi Volker, i'm attaching my kernel .config. As you can see all the ACPI related points are enabled. posting your config? make menuconfig and reading the help-text to all the acpi-options? Thanks, i've found fancontrol, but since the laptop lacks some chipset to control the fan itself, the /etc/fancontrol is not created. I've realized that the temperature given in the /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/temperature is more or less random at a given machine startup and it does not change while the machine is on. When it start at a temperature above 60C, the fan starts (and never switch off) but the cores temperature remains low (~35C). If it's 0C or 50C or something below this threshold, the fan does not switch on and the core temp increases up to 100C. It would be nice to be able to link the fan control directly with the coretemp and not with the ACPI thermal zone m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-laptop] Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
Hi Beso, sorry i misunderstood your suggestion. I did what you suggest and this is the result of the trip_points: critical (S5): 100C which i suppose is the reason why at that temperature the laptop switch off. So, nothing except for the critical state. Should i have to add there something? An additional problem is this: doing a $ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/temperature it gives only a: temperature: 0C My question is: even if i change the polling frequency, how the fan can start if the temperature gives 0?? Do you know if it's possible to link the fan start with the core temperature instead of the ACPI thermal zone? Regards, m thats why i told you to do this commanda: echo 2 seconds /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/polling:frequency this enables the polling of your thermal every 2 seconds. this should be enough. do you have the other file that i mentioned: /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/trip_points ?! this sets the trip points for your processor. whitout it you governor cannot understand what to do even if it polls right. as for the kernel thigs, set these options: select processor type: intel core2 instead of normal x86 CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO=y instead of m CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y instead of m CONFIG_MICROCODE=y instead of m (for what i know cpu micocode is needed on intels) CONFIG_K8_NUMA=n instead of y (this should be the amdk8 numa, that you should not need. if it's not then let him be) CONFIG_X86_MCE_AMD=n instead of y (you don't need amd mce features since they are not included into intel cpus) CONFIG_NR_CPUS=32 -- this leaves me a little dazzled: do you really have 32 cpus in your core?! for what i know this sets the real number of cpus inside the kernel, but i might be wrong. so if this is really what i think it is, ie the real nr of cpus (not virtual ones) set this to 2 or 4 based on your cpu cores. CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=n instead of y (i don't really think that you'll unplug your cpu from your laptop when the laptop is still running considering that you don't use multi cpus but a single multicore cpu. the same goes for memory hotplug: i don't think that your laptop supports it, so just disable it.) for what i have seen the acpi problems may be due to a failure in loading the intel speedstep module. if you look into the modules loaded (lsmod) you should not see it. so it's better to insert it directly in the kernel, since it is one of the first modules called (if you use it as a module you should be loading it with initramdisk before loading acpi to have a full acpi configuration). try setting these options and recompile and install the new kernel and modules and reboot (kexec is not working on my amd turion with 64bit enabled and so may also be for your core2duo). 2007/10/10, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sorry i missed the attachment. regards, m -- dott. ing. beso -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-laptop] Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
AFAIK only if you have lm_sensors installed and sensors working. Yes there are both installed. But what do you mean? m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Problem with CPU temperature (Santa Rosa CPU)
Hi list, i have a Santa Rosa (Core 2 Duo T7300) Acer AS5720 laptop, and i'm getting problems with the temperature of the CPU. In particular i'm using the coretemp module for determining the core temperature. Normally (using cpufreqd and the ondemand governor) the CPU stays at nearly 50C (which i think is quite high since in windows , using Core Temp it gives about 30C). While compiling this increases up to 95-100C (after which it shuts down). The problem is that the fan is not spinning up at all! What can be the cause of this behaviour? consider that i'm using an up to date system with gentoo-sources-2.6.22-r8. Any help appreciated, Regards, Marco -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
