On 2024-09-09, Jack wrote:
> On 9/8/24 10:20 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> This morning when I booted my Thinkpad T580, the Synaptics touchpad
>> buttons didn't work at all, and the "pointer" function just barely
>> worked: the response was slow and jerky
This morning when I booted my Thinkpad T580, the Synaptics touchpad
buttons didn't work at all, and the "pointer" function just barely
worked: the response was slow and jerky with a noticeable delay.
In order to get it working again, I had to enable some rmi4 stuff in
my kernel config:
< # CO
On 2024-09-04, Dale wrote:
> At one point, I looked for a set of four sticks of the memory. I
> couldn't find any. They only come in sets of two. I read somewhere
> that the mobo expects each pair to be matched.
Yep, that's definitely how it was supposed to work. I fully expected
my two (iden
On 2024-09-04, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> Am Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 07:09:43PM - schrieb Grant Edwards:
>> […]
>> I plugged them in alongside the recently purchased pair. Wouldn't
>> work. Either pair of SIMMs worked fine by themselves, but the only way
>>
On 2024-09-04, Dale wrote:
> I ordered another set of memory sticks. I figure I will have to send
> them both back which means no memory at all. I wasn't planning to go to
> 128GBs yet but guess I am now. [...]
Good luck.
The last time I had one fail, I needed the machine for work and
couldn't
On 2024-09-04, Dale wrote:
> I forgot to ask, is there anything else that bad memory could affect?
> I'm doing the emerge -e world to make sure no programs were affected but
> what about other stuff? Could this affect hard drive data for example?
Unfortunately, yes. I have had some failing RA
On 2024-09-04, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> Am Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 05:48:29AM -0500 schrieb Dale:
>
>> I wonder how much fun getting this memory replaced is going to be. o_O
>
> I once had a bad stick of Crucial Ballistix DDR3. I think it also started
> with GCC segfaults. So I took a picture o
On 2024-09-03, Dale wrote:
> I was trying to re-emerge some packages. The ones I was working on
> failed with "internal compiler error: Segmentation fault" or similar
> being the common reason for failing.
In my experience, that usually means failing RAM. I'd try running
memtest86 for a day or
On 2024-09-03, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2024-09-03, Matthew Brooks wrote:
>
>> It might be worth seeing what a full update of world, with the
>> --emptytree flag says (though without actually doing the
>> rebuild). Sometimes including that will notice inconsistencies
On 2024-09-03, Matthew Brooks wrote:
> It might be worth seeing what a full update of world, with the
> --emptytree flag says (though without actually doing the
> rebuild). Sometimes including that will notice inconsistencies that
> a regular emerge doesn't spot.
I don't see anything. It still
On 2024-09-03, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2024-09-03, Matthew Brooks wrote:
>
>> While I'm not familiar enough with those packages to know for
>> certain, it sounds like they're probably *build* dependencies for
>> something, [...]
>
> I don't think
On 2024-09-03, Matthew Brooks wrote:
> It might be worth seeing what a full update of world, with the
> --emptytree flag says (though without actually doing the
> rebuild). Sometimes including that will notice inconsistencies that
> a regular emerge doesn't spot.
Thanks, I'll try that next time
On 2024-09-03, Matthew Brooks wrote:
> While I'm not familiar enough with those packages to know for
> certain, it sounds like they're probably *build* dependencies for
> something, but not actual *runtime* dependencies, and so depclean
> prunes them, and then whenever the package that needs them
On 2024-09-03, Grant Edwards wrote:
> For the past 4 days or so, every time I do a sync and then
> 'emerge -auvND world', portage installs the following:
>
> qttools
> qtbase
> qttranslations
> xcb-util-cursor
>
> Afterwards, when I do 'emerg
For the past 4 days or so, every time I do a sync and then
'emerge -auvND world', portage installs the following:
qttools
qtbase
qttranslations
xcb-util-cursor
Afterwards, when I do 'emerge --depclean', it uninstalls them.
Any ideas why? It's getting a little annoying.
--
Grant
On 2024-08-23, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>>> That's a separate graphics card, isn't it? I'm trying to use the
>>> integrated graphics processor on my Ryzen 7900.
>
>> No, it's integrated into the Ryzen 5 3400G.
>
> Sorry, I didn't recognise the chip number. Is it a laptop chip rather
> than a deskto
On 2024-08-21, Wol wrote:
> On 21/08/2024 14:49, Michael wrote:
>>> That would involve me learning how to make and handle a modular kernel,
>>> something I'd really rather not have to do.
>
>> Well, there's nothing to it really. Just configure your kernel with the
>> drivers needed by your graphi
On 2024-08-21, Michael wrote:
> Alternatively, as Wol mentioned, you can set up your kernel graphics drivers
> as modules (temporarily) and inspect dmesg to find out what firmware is being
> loaded. Then use this information to add the firmware file names to be built
> in the kernel and also
On 2024-08-21, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Wol.
>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 11:32:18 +0100, Wol wrote:
>> On 20/08/2024 22:16, Peter Böhm wrote:
>> > Hello Alan,
>
>> >> Anyhow, I'm up to the stage of configuring the kernel, and I'm stuck at
>> >> the bit where I need to specify the firmware to
On 2024-08-21, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Grant.
>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 00:30:25 -0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2024-08-20, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
>> > I've just treated myself to a new machine based on a Ryzen 9 7900
>> > processor. I cho
On 2024-08-20, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> I've just treated myself to a new machine based on a Ryzen 9 7900
> processor. I chose the second newest generation so as not to get caught
> out with not quite debugged systems like I did the last time round.
>
> Anyhow, I'm up to the stage of configuring
On 2024-07-29, Eli Schwartz wrote:
>> [...] I (for one) would appreciate some sort of notice when such an
>> unbundling happens so that I don't waste time trying to track down
>> why emerge suddenly wants to install a bunch of new packages. I
>> can't really come up with a good mechanism for tha
On 2024-07-29, Eli Schwartz wrote:
>
>> It turns out dev-python/poetry has nothing to do with poetry, so my AI
>> paranoia was unjustified (this time), but one wonders what devs are
>> thinking when the decide they add dozens of new dependencies like
>> that. Why does pip suddenly need to format (
This morning a routine emerge -auvND wanted to install 17 new packages
for no apparent reason.
Adding a 't' to the emerge options seems to point to pip, which now
wants to install a whole shed-load of new packages — among them
dev-python/poetry and a bunch of markdown and rich-text libraries. Oh
g
On 2024-06-28, Dale wrote:
> Before I ran out of steam this morning, I tried the nouveau drivers
> again. I never can remember how to spell that. :/ I unmerged the
> nvidia drivers to do this. I used the in tree nouveau drivers tho. For
> some reason, even tho I removed the nvidia package and
On 2024-06-28, Eli Schwartz wrote:
> On 6/28/24 6:31 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
>> On Friday, 28 June 2024 20:32:11 BST Tsukasa Mcp_Reznor wrote:
>>
>>> Remove the date.so it becomes
>>> /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware then it applies to all
>>> of them and not the specified
On 2024-06-28, Tsukasa Mcp_Reznor wrote:
> Remove the date.so it becomes
> /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware
> then it applies to all of them and not the specified version.
Yes, that's the clue I was missing.
--
Grant
Is there any graceful way to handle the elimination of unwanted
linux-firmware blobs when doing an update?
I believe I understand the process as outlined at
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Linux_firmware:
1. install/upgrade sys-kernel/linux-firmware
2. edit /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linu
On 2024-06-27, Dale wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I just finished a large update on my main rig. I have a lot of config
> files to update and some have new entries that are needed but I don't
> want to lose the ones I've already set. Usually, I just pick the new
> one and have a saved copy of the old conf
On 2024-06-24, Dale wrote:
> Michael wrote:
>> On Monday, 24 June 2024 20:47:15 BST Dale wrote:
>>
>>> Have you seen this before?
>> No, because I've never used dracut.
>
> I just had a thought. I have /usr on the root partition now. Do I even
> need a init thingy?
Same question as always: doe
On 2024-06-15, Michael wrote:
> On Saturday, 15 June 2024 19:20:26 BST Alan Grimes wrote:
>> A number of my softwarez requires the use of the arrow keys and can't
>> use the numpad in edit mode to work around it. So who do I need to kill
>> to get arrow keys to work in x11 again?
>
> I don't under
On 2024-06-05, Wols Lists wrote:
> On 05/06/2024 13:12, Eli Schwartz wrote:
>> Which I think is fine, if people want that, but not everyone does, so
>> delaying the update altogether might be preferable to those people.
>
> Ie people like me who don't give a monkeys about python, and consider it
On 2024-06-05, Arve Barsnes wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 at 20:05, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> What I found misleading (and tripped over) was the implication that
>> the three step migration process outlined in the news item had a
>> reasonable likelyhood of working for a larg
On 2024-06-05, byte.size...@simplelogin.com
wrote:
> 2) Was anything really 'broken'? Most certainly no, going by the above
> definition and the fact that the news item provided for a very clear
> pathway to maintain compatibility that was essentially a two-line solution.
I think that build
On 2024-06-05, Eli Schwartz wrote:
> On 6/4/24 11:04 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2024-06-04, Eli Schwartz wrote:
>>> If a package claimed to support python 3.12 and nonetheless failed to
>>> build with it, that's a bug in the package -- can you provide more det
On 2024-06-04, Eli Schwartz wrote:
> On 6/4/24 4:58 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2024-06-04, Eli Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>> Note that it's not a build failure -- it is an upgrade calculation
>>> failure. It fails before upgrading any packages since it knows
On 2024-06-04, Eli Schwartz wrote:
> Note that it's not a build failure -- it is an upgrade calculation
> failure. It fails before upgrading any packages since it knows it can't
> resolve the dependencies.
I had plenty of both.
--
Grant
On 2024-06-04, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
>
> Did nobody of ye all ever read news item 48, dated 2024-05-09? It laid
> out a three-step approach which surely caused at least some packages to
> be built twice or even three times, but it JUST WORKED (tm), at least
> here. It only required creati
On 2024-06-01, Wol wrote:
> I've got news for you, there are quite a few weirdos on the list,
Hey! I resemble that remark.
[Hmm. That's not as funny in print.]
On 2024-06-01, George Kettleborough wrote:
> If you only want to build a static site (ie. just HTML, CSS, JS etc; no
> server-side scripting) then you don't need to install and configure
> something like Apache to test it out. You could just open the files you're
> working on straight from the di
On 2024-05-28, Dale wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2024-05-21, Dale wrote:
>>
>>>> Here's my udev rules file that defines my network interface names
>>>> for the machine I'm on at the moment:
>>>>
>&g
On 2024-05-24, Mark Knecht wrote:
> The unit showed up today and was a breeze to set up and get running
> at a basic level. The device requires an app on my phone.
That sets of an alarm for me.
> The app is available for Android and Apple but not available for the
> Amazon Fire tablet.
Good lu
On 2024-05-24, Mark Knecht wrote:
> I'm a Plex user for video and have also ripped my CD
> collection. Plex plays audio fine to TVs that have a Plex app but
> apparently sometimes doesn't work well (as of yet untested by me) to
> network streaming players.
I never got the Plex app for Roku to wo
On 2024-05-21, Dale wrote:
>> Here's my udev rules file that defines my network interface names
>> for the machine I'm on at the moment:
>>
>> --/etc/udev/rules.d/70-my-persistent-net.rules---
>> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="2c:f0:5d:6f:10:a
On 2024-05-21, Dale wrote:
>> If you want consisent network device names (even when you change
>> hardware), you need to either
>>
>> 1. create udev rules that assign device names based on MAC addresses.
>>
>> 2. use a network configuration subsystem that assigns device names
>> and config
On 2024-05-21, Dale wrote:
> So they both show up. When I try to start the network, it says:
>
> ERROR: Interface enp3s0 does not exist.
Are you sure the network interface name hasn't changed? What does
"ifconfig -a" or "ip addr" show?
After booting up, what does "dmesg | grep enp" show?
> E
On 2024-05-20, Dale wrote:
A 3.0 card is supposed to work fine in a 2.0 slot.
> You, or anyone, have any idea why that card would kill my network?
> I suspect the card itself is fine. It did see the drive. I just
> need the internet to work since it may be used in a NAS rig.
Is it causing th
On 2024-05-15, Wols Lists wrote:
> On 15/05/2024 11:40, Peter Humphrey wrote:
>> I think whoever named grub had delusions of grandeur. 🙂 Anyway, I never let
>> it near my systems.
>
> I liked lilo. And then it disappeared :-(
>
> Grub isn't that bad - it's just that insists on trying to do every
On 2024-05-15, Michael wrote:
> On Wednesday, 15 May 2024 15:37:22 BST Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2024-05-15, Michael wrote:
>
>> > The Clipboard may be stored in RAM or cache of any applications
>> > which use this method.
>>
>> AFAICT, the clipboar
On 2024-05-15, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> But in the doc on wiki.gentoo.org, I can't find any mention of inbuilt
> graphics; all references are to graphics _cards_. Does Gentoo support
> my intended processor's graphics,
Technically, no. Gentoo doesn't. However, the Linux kernel, Xorg, and
Mesa d
On 2024-05-15, Michael wrote:
> As far as I know the Primary selection is not stored anywhere -
> other than within the application's memory space where the range of
> characters have been selected. The xserver will call for this when
> you middle click to paste it on another application's window
On 2024-05-15, Dale wrote:
>> Or just select some empty space in an application, to overwrite your
>> previous
>> selection.
>
> Well, since it works, something is acting as a clipboard.
It's part of the X server. Same for the two selections.
> It doesn't seem to be xclip in my case. Anyway
On 2024-05-15, Dale wrote:
> I thought that too. I highlighted some text in a Konsole and then
> looked in the KDE clipboard, what I highlighted was not there.
>
> It wasn't there after I pasted it either. It goes to a clipboard
> somewhere but it appears it only remembers one entry then forge
On 2024-05-01, Dale wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> The partition type code for 'swap' is wrong -- it should be
>> 8200. According to the gdisk help info Linux /home is supposed to be
>> 8302, but I've always used the same generic "Linux filesyste
On 2024-05-01, Dale wrote:
> OK. One last update in case someone googles and runs up on this
> thread. I'm using gdisk to display this, because I think it will do
> better in email. If I use cgdisk, it is wider and will wrap more.
> This is what the partition table looks like for GPT, old BIO
On 2024-04-28, Grant Edwards wrote:
> With DOS disk lables, Grub uses empty space between the boot sector
> and the first partition as a location to store it's core image file.
> That empty space does not exist when using GPT disk label. When using
> a GPT disk label, Grub requi
On 2024-04-27, Michael wrote:
> On Saturday, 27 April 2024 17:53:25 BST Dale wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I'm installing Gentoo on another old box. To be consistent I like
>> to use cgdisk, GPT I think it is called, to partition all my
>> drives, regardless of size.
>
> GPT is the partition table stru
On 2024-04-17, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
>> If you don't play games, then definitely get integrated graphics.
>> Even if the CPU costs a tiny bit more, it will give you a free empty
>> 16x PCIe slot at whatever speed the CPU supports (v5 in this case -
>> which is as good as you can get right now
On 2024-04-17, Dale wrote:
> I still use Nvidia and use nvidia drivers. I to run into problems
> on occasion with drivers and kernels. When you switched from
> Nvidia, what did you switch too? Do you still use drivers you
> install or kernel drivers?
All in-tree kernel drivers for integrated
On 2024-04-17, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
> Grant,
>
> On Wednesday, 2024-04-17 14:11:21 -, you wrote:
>
>> ...
>> If what you want is access to all upstream longeterm kernel versions,
>> then you should be using sys-kernel/vanilla-sources.
>
> I was not aware of this package. Excatly what coul
On 2024-04-17, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
> Grant,
>
> On Tuesday, 2024-04-16 19:26:25 -, you wrote:
>
>> ...
>> That means that all gentoo-sources stable kernels are "longterm"
>> kernel versions on kernel.org. It does not mean that all "longterm"
>> kernel versions from kernel.org are availabl
On 2024-04-17, Michael wrote:
>> > But, to get back to the beginning of this discussion: if there is a
>> > risk that my aging hardware possibly can less and less cope with
>> > newer and newer kernels, should I put something like
>> >
>> >>=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.7.0
>> >
>> > into fi
On 2024-04-16, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
> Arve,
>
> On Tuesday, 2024-04-16 15:53:48 +0200, you wrote:
>
>> ...
>> Only LTS kernels get stabilised, so this information is readily available.
>
> I'm sure I don't understand this: According to "https://www.kernel.org/";
> kernel 6.6.27 is "longterm",
On 2024-04-16, Dale wrote:
> I've never understood what is supported long term either. I use
> gentoo-sources. I've never figured out just how to pick a kernel that
> is supposed to be stable for the larger version. In other words, only
> security and bug fixes, no new hardware. Right now, 6.
On 2024-04-16, Arve Barsnes wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 15:29, Dr Rainer Woitok
> wrote:
>> > My understanding is the gentoo-sources kernels are aligned with the LTS
>> > upstream releases.
>>
>> Right, they use the same version numbers. But you can't see from just
>> looking at the avail
On 2024-03-27, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 11:59 AM J. Roeleveld wrote:
>> I am looking for a way to synchronise a filesystem between 2
>> servers. Changes can occur on both sides which means I need to
>> have it synchronise in both directions.
>
> How synchronized? For instanc
On 2024-03-26, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 04:21:23PM +, Michael wrote
>> On Tuesday, 26 March 2024 15:21:32 GMT Walter Dnes wrote:
>> > I assume my system is already "merged-usr". Current profile...
>> >
>> > [12] default/linux/amd64/17.1/no-multilib (exp) *
>> >
[...]
On 2024-03-26, Walter Dnes wrote:
> I'm AMD64 stable OpenRC. I got tired of dicking around resizing
> partitions years ago, so I have all data and binaries in one honking
> big partition. Also separate partitions for UEFI and swap. I assume
> my system is already "merged-usr". Current profil
On 2024-03-25, Michael wrote:
> On Monday, 25 March 2024 21:48:24 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote:
>> On Monday, 25 March 2024 16:52:19 GMT Michael wrote:
>>
>>> The default OpenRC installation now assumes a merged-usr fs structure -
>>> therefore make sure you select the appropriate profile in a new
>>>
On 2024-03-23, Mickaël Bucas wrote:
> I think it's not a terminal emulator feature, but rather a shell
> feature.
>
> Some terminal programs are designed to interact with the mouse, but
> bash command line, based on readline, doesn't react to mouse clicks.
Agreed.
> I've tried Midnight Commande
On 2024-03-11, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I upgraded gentoo-sources from 5.15.147 to 5.15.151 this morning and
> amdgpu support is now borked on my system with an AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
> with Radeon Vega Graphics.
>
> Everything worked fine with 5.15.147, but when 5.15.151 (built with
>
I upgraded gentoo-sources from 5.15.147 to 5.15.151 this morning and
amdgpu support is now borked on my system with an AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
with Radeon Vega Graphics.
Everything worked fine with 5.15.147, but when 5.15.151 (built with
same .config via "make oldconfig") boots there's always a kernel o
On 2024-03-09, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 09, 2024 at 07:55:13PM +0100, n952162 wrote
>> I just synced my system after a long delay,
>
> That's your problem right there.
Yep, to quote Olivia Rodrigo...
Bad idea, right?
>> Is there a way to do it globally?
>
> First of all python target
On 2024-03-10, Michael wrote:
> Perhaps I'm picking up on semantics, but shouldn't this sentence:
>
> "... The gap between the DOS disklabel and the first partition"
>
> read:
>
> "The gap between the MBR and the first partition"?
Yes, thanks -- MBR is more accurate, I've changed that sentence.
On 2024-02-22, Grant Edwards wrote:
> For many years, I've used a hard drive on which I have 8-10 Linux
> distros installed -- each in a separate (single) partition.
>
> [...]
>
> Is there an easier way to do this?
After some additional studying of UEFI and boot managers
On 2024-03-06, Walter Dnes wrote:
> I've got a UEFI system. According to the news item...
>
>> Re-runing grub-install both with and without the --removable option
>> should ensure a working GRUB installation.
>
> I tried that...
>
> [i3][root][~] grub-install
I believe you have to run grub-i
On 2024-02-26, Wol wrote:
> On 26/02/2024 20:51, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> The simple answer is to quit wasting time trying to multi-boot like
>> that and just buy a dozen USB flash drives.
>>
> And then, if USB isn't the default boot media, he might as well sort
On 2024-02-26, eric wrote:
> I agree, using the custom.cfg file would not work if needing to boot
> different kernels of the same OS and those kernels were being updated.
The simple answer is to quit wasting time trying to multi-boot like
that and just buy a dozen USB flash drives.
--
Grant
On 2024-02-26, eric wrote:
> On 2/26/24 04:57, gentoo-u...@krasauskas.dev wrote:
>> You could also write a script that keeps all the distros up to date
>> from within whichever one you're currently booted by mounting
>> subvolumes to /mnt or wherever, chrooting in and running the update.
>
> To av
On 2024-02-23, Mark Knecht wrote:
> The only other idea I had was to install to a different
> disk and then use something like Clonezilla to move it to the partition
> you want it in on your system.
>
> While I suspect you were being sarcastic I do not think any solution
> that involves a 'pocke
On 2024-02-23, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 11:59 AM Grant Edwards
> wrote:
>>
>> The simple solution is to give up on multi-booting a dozen different
>> distros on a single disk and buy a pocketful of USB 3 thumb drives.
>>
>
> Given performa
On 2024-02-23, Wols Lists wrote:
> On 23/02/2024 00:28, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> In my experience, 's bootloader does not boot other
>> installations by calling other bootloaders. It does so by rummaging
>> through all of the other partitions looking for kernel images,
On 2024-02-23, Michael wrote:
> The problem starts if/when kernel images are overwritten by
> successive Linux OS distros. This is likely when derivatives of the
> same main distros e.g. Ubuntu all create a directory called
> /EFI/ubuntu/ in the ESP and drop their kernels & initrd images in
> t
On 2024-02-23, Wojciech Kuzyszyn wrote:
> I guess most (all) of the distro's you are talking about use GRUB (or
> at least they allow to do it).
Yes, I belive that they are all now using Grub2.
> If that's true, I'm pretty sure you can happily let them overwrite
> the GRUB in MBR as many times
On 2024-02-22, Wol wrote:
> On 22/02/2024 21:45, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> I've been reading up on UEFI, and it doesn't seem to be any
>> better. People complain about distro's stomping on each other's files
>> in the ESP partiton and multiple distro&#
On 2024-02-22, Wol wrote:
> On 22/02/2024 19:17, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> However, the choice to install bootloaders in partitions instead of
>> the MBR has been removed from most (all?) of the common installers.
>> This forces me to jump through hoops when installi
For many years, I've used a hard drive on which I have 8-10 Linux
distros installed -- each in a separate (single) partition.
There is also a single swap partition (used by all of the different
Linux installations).
There is also a small partition devoted only to the "master" instance
of Grub tha
On 2024-02-17, Dale wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>> Today's routine update says:
>>
>> Re-run grub-install to update installed boot code!
>>
>> Is "sudo grub-install" really all I have to do? [...]
>>
>> Or do I have to run grub-in
Today's routine update says:
Re-run grub-install to update installed boot code!
Is "sudo grub-install" really all I have to do? Grub knows where/how
everthing was originally installed and will do the right thing without
any options?
Or do I have to run grub-install with all the same options
After a routine update this morning (last one was probably 3 days
ago), I see that 147 files in /etc need updating. When I run
etc-update, they're all ".pem" CA files (or links?). It looks like it
was all of the .pem files under /etc/ssl/certs. I did a -5, and all
seems well.
It's a bit alarming
On 2024-02-06, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> If you want to use snapshots, the filesystem will need to support it. (either
> LVM or ZFS). If you only want to create snapshots on the backupserver, I
> actually don't see much benefit over using rsync.
Upthread I've been told that ZFS snapshots
1. Req
On 2024-02-06, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 4:38:11 PM CET Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2024-02-05, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>> > On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 6:56:47 PM CET Rich Freeman wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 12:40 PM Thelma wrote:
On 2024-02-05, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 6:56:47 PM CET Rich Freeman wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 12:40 PM Thelma wrote:
>> > If zfs file system is superior to ext4 and it seems to it is.
>> > Why hasn't it been adopted more widely in Linux?
>>
>> The main barrier
On 2024-02-05, Wols Lists wrote:
> On 04/02/2024 15:48, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> OK I see. That's a bit different than what I'm doing. I'm backing up
>> a specific set of directory trees from a couple different
>> filesystems. There are large portions of the &q
On 2024-02-04, Wols Lists wrote:
> On 04/02/2024 06:24, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> I don't understand, are you saying that somehow your backup doesn't
>> contain a copy of every file?
>>
> YES! Let's make it clear though, we're talking about EVERY
On 2024-02-03, Wol wrote:
> On 03/02/2024 16:02, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> rsnapshot is an application that uses rsync to do
>> hourly/daily/weekly/monthly (user-configurable) backups of selected
>> directory trees. It's done using rsync to create snapshots. They are
On 2024-02-03, Michael wrote:
>> If you'll forgive the analogy, we'll say the the functionality of
>> rsync (as used by rsnapshot) is built-in to ZFS.
>
> Broadly and rather loosely yes, by virtue of the COW and snapshot fs
> architecture and the btrfs/zfs send-receive commands.
>
>> Is there an
On 2024-02-02, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 4:39 PM Grant Edwards
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I googled for ZFS backup applications, but didn't find anything that
>> seemed to be widespread and "supported" the way that rsnapshot is.
>
> I'
On 2024-01-31, Rich Freeman wrote:
> Honestly, at this point I would not run any storage I cared about on
> anything but zfs. There are just so many benefits.
>
> [...]
>
> In any case, these COW filesystems, much like git, store data in a
> way that makes it very efficient to diff two snapshots
On 2024-01-31, Thelma wrote:
> On 1/31/24 08:50, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2024-01-31, Rich Freeman wrote:
>>
>>> Honestly, at this point I would not run any storage I cared about on
>>> anything but zfs. There are just so many benefits.
>>
>> I&
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