Re: [gentoo-user] Bounced messages

Spam filters are pathetic, they rarely catch spam.  Mine actually marks my own post to this list as spam and puts them in the spam folder, along with other messages sporadically.  If you want to stop spam use a "black list" of open relays, that works.  It also helps if you aggressively report

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the value-added of journaling filesystems like ext4?

That's ok, I've never seen lost and found actually have anything in it before and wondered.  I'd still try running it again at least on your' home partition to see if it recovers anything.  FYI, repeated fsck (or whatever a given OS/filesystem calls it) is common, it applies to windows and mac

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the value-added of journaling filesystems like ext4?

You need to run fsck repeatedly until it doesn't report any errors or ***file system modified messages before mounting!  you need to run it on all partitions.  Some errors hide under other errors but will show up on the next run.  It's not unusual to have to run fsck 2-3 times, I've

[gentoo-user] Memory manager

Do systems run different memory management when swap is on versus no swap?  I know that in the past it was recommended to have at least a small swap so the system used a better memory manager.  Wondering specifically if I should set up a small ram drive for swap just to get better memory

[gentoo-user] Benchmarks

Before I upgrade my toy, I'd like to run some benchmarks so I know if it was worth while.  It's an hp proliant g7, it currently has 4 opteron 6180 processors, soon to be 4 opteron 6380 chips (also goes from 12 cores per cpu to 16 cores per cpu package.  I'm planning to use it for all my

Re: [gentoo-user] setup x11/plasma in chroot?

thank you.  I figured i couldn't run x11/plasma while chrooted (since they are already running on the real root).  That means I don't have to move 2 machines close together to read the instructions on one while building in a console only enviroment. -- “The whole world is watching! The whole

[gentoo-user] setup x11/plasma in chroot?

Can I install x11 and plasma on a new system I've chrooted into or do I have to boot into the new system?  thanks. -- “The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!”

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation

Ok, you convinced me i can selectively read the grub2 manual for the essential commands less scripting.  I'll try that tonight.  I would like to know where to get the source of the legacy grub that observed gentoo use flags, I'm thinking about simpler systems including a couple of 32 bit

Re: [gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation

Thank you!  Now I don't have to read all the grub2 manual right away.  Works mostly like I thought but first attempt was to edit the mkconfig- grub.cfg and I failed to back it up Properly.  I should have tried it first on a system that didn't have 4 other distros laying around. "Would you like

[gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation

So, is there either a boot loader that a human can configure manually that can handle LUKS partitions?  No uefi, but GPT would be nice.  The grub2 "documentation"  Reads like someone in the later stages of alzheimers' trying to tell you how to get to the moon from scratch?  The grub "legacy"

Re: [gentoo-user] Video card, splitter and issues.

as i read the description, it splits a 4K image into 4 seperate 2K signals for 4 individual 2K displays, i.e. a "Video wall", using 4 2K displays to fake a 4K display.  This does not appear to be what you wanted.  You want the same signal going more than one place without reformatting/division.

[gentoo-user] Starting with profile 17.1

As I'm doing a new install anyway is there any problem with using profile 17.1 from the start that i should know about?  Any big confusing problems that is, "minor" stuff i can be a little patient with. "Would you like to see us rule again, my friend?   All you have to do is follow the worms." 

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD RX GPU in Gentoo

Sadly, in my experience graphics cards draw a fairly steady current independent of usage (it varies a bit, but less than 20%).   Some of the newer cards may be better.  There are utilities for at least some cards to adjust the clock on the GPU  (normally used by mad gamers/miners to overclock). 

Re: [gentoo-user] encrypting emails on more than one email account with same keys

sorry, obviously i mis-sent that. "We the People Dare to Create a More Perfect Union" May 23, 2019, 9:49 PM by mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com: > I use Tutanota.com, they allow multiple open sessions, many people can look > at/use the same email address if they all have the email addr.

Re: [gentoo-user] encrypting emails on more than one email account with same keys

I use Tutanota.com, they allow multiple open sessions, many people can look at/use the same email address if they all have the email addr. and password.  I suspect other encrypted mail providers do the same.  However, if it's actually of value i'd use something more secure.  You can always

[gentoo-user] Slow SSD

I just put an SSD into my hp dl585g7.  I used the provided sata SSD drive connector, it's on the same sata driver that runs the optical drive.  It's terribly slow to boot etc.  Is this just a slow controller designed to keep up with an optical drive and swamped by an SSD?  would pulling the

Re: [gentoo-user] Flags for amd 6180se opteron

Thank you both, I knew there was a command.  Did get it working with flags for similar processor but obviously the goal is to optimize for the hardware i have.  Just couldn't remember how you got the cpu flags.  If you like computers that sound like a pile of angry hair dryers servers are a

[gentoo-user] Flags for amd 6180se opteron

can any one suggest flags for the make.conf file, i'm trying to build on an hp dl585 g7 with 4 amd 6180se, 12 core, cpu world says k10 microarchetecture, Maranello platform. When this works, I'll be upgrading to 6380 CPUs.  All help appreciated. "We the People Dare to Create a More Perfect

Re: [gentoo-user] USB mouse disconnecting

Likely the cable is becoming intermittent.   Basically time for a new mouse.  The other fail mode I've seen is failing switches that may multi-click or not click reliably.  USB connectors do fail eventually, as some one with older machines i've seen this many times.  Not likely to be a

Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm

That wold be very nice to know, frankly i've been pulling network cables during installs for a long time, for one your' booting an unpatched version of the os so you are vulnerable and I'm on fiber which means I'm wearing a big bullseye for potential intruders. "We the People Dare to Create a

Re: [gentoo-user] Computrace/Lo Jack ?

I briefly installed rweverything years ago, it's a scary tool, you can indeed access and flash any part of the system, as well as other dangerous things.  That would be why i quickly, quickly uninstalled it and didn't play for long! (just looked at, wouldn't think of changing anything without

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] AER: Corrected error received: 0000:00:03.0

If you've been playing with the bios there can be all kinds of problems, I've learned this through trial and error (knowing i  was learning and likely to learn by experiance).  I'd suggest resetting the bios to "Optimal" or whatever your' bios calls it and seeing if that solves it.  You may

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: disable Intel Mgr Engine

so does the ime or the psp have access/control over anything but built in internet?  If so network cards are pretty cheap for normal home and many business applications?  I assume "out of band" means nonstandard protocol on the ether net or is it electrically outside the Ethernet specs? Or?

Re: [gentoo-user] disable Intel Mgr Engine

I want to say minix.  It's online but i don't remember where.  I believe it connects directly to the built in network jack and people were able to hack it enough through that port to see what OS it was running and there are likely exploits through that connection.  Not at all sure how far

Re: [gentoo-user] disable Intel Mgr Engine

Actually, we now know what linux it runs and people are starting to break it, at least as far as finding bugs.  Remember, this is embeded, no easy way to update the code to patch exploits.  Just need to rootkit that sucker, or don't buy frigin intel. Gee, I'd really love an openpower machine,

Re: [gentoo-user] =|

PEBKAC!  Problem Exist Between Keyboard And Chair. "We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, affliction or infamy. We kill when, because it is easier, we countenance or pretend to approve of atrophied social, political, educational and religious institutions instead of resolutely combating

Re: [gentoo-user] =|

gentoo-user+bounces-184518-mad.scientist.at.large=tutanota@lists.gentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-user+bounces-184518-mad.scientist.at.large=tutanota@lists.g

Re: [gentoo-user] LibreOffice and openldap

Several years ago i was using opensuse, I really like the way you could block dependencies so that in the future it would ask if you wanted to "break" an install by not installing the dependencies that you don't want to ever load, like zeroconfig/avahi, packages that i didn't need, or want and

Re: [gentoo-user] Vcore unstable?

Thank you, I assumed that was what was going on but wanted to be sure before i did an install on it lest it die half way through. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- 26. May 2018 22:00 by r03...@gmail.com <mailto:r03...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, May 26, 2018 a

[gentoo-user] Vcore unstable?

tayed nice. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) --

[gentoo-user] logging output

n't reread it to see exactly what the issue might be. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) --

[gentoo-user] Servers down earlier?

were some of the servers needed for install down a bit ago?  was having problems with dns temporarily not resolving? in any case it seems to be working now, just trying to figure out if my gear had an issue. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) --

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

on't cause reboot, just long hangs. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- <https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters <https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters>> 20. May 2018 14:54 by a...@muc.de <mailto:a...@muc.de>: >

[gentoo-user] secure programing language?

languages for some internet/LAN usage. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- Read, Scream, Fight <https://www.eff.org <https://www.eff.org/>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Precision Workstation Overheating

mounted you probably can't do much else about the cooling. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- Read, Scream, Fight <https://www.eff.org <https://www.eff.org/>> 20. Apr 2018 06:21 by michaelkintz...@gmail.com <mailto:michaelkintz...@gmail.com>: > On Friday, 20 Ap

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Precision Workstation Overheating

it. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the rich my little pile of cash.  After all, the rich know what to do with money.  19. Apr 2018 20:33

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

on ebay etc., from $1 up. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the rich my little pile of cash.  After all, the rich know what to do

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems on old proliant

sorry, that should be "I believer my error was installing it to the boot partition and/or the fact that a different (64b vs 32b) grub, i.e. different versions of grub and likely different revisions." mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and t

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems on old proliant

bored and need a distraction.  On the other hand i've developed an understanding of what the handbook says and learned more about text shell commands.  Thank you again. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems on old proliant

sorry, it was silly of me to try to install one grub on top of another.  managed to foul up grub, putting secondary os back in so i can do it right.  hopefully i can just update grub manually. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt

[gentoo-user] Grub problems on old proliant

fortunately i'm more familiar with grub legacy than grub2, studying manual now (it's very verbose and takes a bit to absorb enough to use it. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless th

Re: [gentoo-user] How to flash an LSI SAS controller from IR to IT mode on linux with sas2flsh

nes with both windows and linux firmware updates available, but they are servers (13 yr old, not surprisingly they were free!).  i've become interested in servers as they depreciate quickly and tend to be built like tanks (though they are equally heavy). mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscient

Re: [gentoo-user] How to flash an LSI SAS controller from IR to IT mode on linux with sas2flsh

it or can get it (freedos).  it also helps that it's a minimal enviroment. In any case, I suggest you run a REAL freedos on a Real machine, so that you can update real not virtual firmware.  i.e. no Virtual Machine. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

enabling other countries to do the same and worse.  It is severely damaging the value of the internet and will result in financial losses globally. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God b

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: some spectre v1 code in 4.15.2

ccountable.  If corporations are "people", why are they never put into prison for their' crimes? mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: some spectre v1 code in 4.15.2

Sorry Mick, that was directed at the original poster of this disinformation.  Not sorry about the venom for the original corporate whore. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: some spectre v1 code in 4.15.2

se do it on fox news! mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the rich my little pile of cash.  After all, the rich know what to do with money.

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 boot problem

of the syntax (besides breaking the uuid into sections which makes it easier to copy/verify).   for data overload see <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier> and the associated links. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd: disable zerconf

sorry, that was "root-1" i had tried to search for online.  seems that particular hole has likely been patched, but it's maddening that search engines will in fact no longer leave your' quoted text unmolested,  there's no was to escape the punctuation. mad.scientist.at.lar

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd: disable zerconf

running without reboot for months except for updates that require a restart. in any case, that's why i know how to futz with zeronconfig/avahi.  figured it out, it was obvious once i looked that it was easy to have it installed but configured to crash and go away fairly harmlessly. mad.scientist.at.

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd: disable zerconf

  a steep learning curve, but not while i'm recovering. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the rich my little pile of cash.  After all

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd: disable zerconf

, glad i had both). mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the rich my little pile of cash.  After all, the rich know what to do with money

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB3 external storage HD's

agnostics and have the os monitor the smart status which most versions of linux will do, don't know about winblows, haven't run that since xp. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them fo

Re: [gentoo-user] single core athlon?

on. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the rich my little pile of cash.  After all, the rich know what to do with money. 7. Jan 2018 23:46

Re: [gentoo-user] microcode applied?

ikely even on quantum computers, and impossible on anything less of any complexity with features modern computing depends on. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them for helping me do

[gentoo-user] single core athlon?

or possibly firewall, maybe eventual honey pot since it is low energy usage.   I know it's not supported by current BSD or windows.  Thanks. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) --

Re: [gentoo-user] init id c5 response too fast disabled for 5 min

uggest a problem somewhere. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the rich my little pile of cash.  After all, the rich know what to do with money

Re: [gentoo-user] init id c5 response too fast disabled for 5 min

behavior booting off other media? mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the rich my little pile of cash.  After all, the rich know what

Re: [gentoo-user] init id c5 response too fast disabled for 5 min

or other materials known for static (wool is way bad, as are things like silk, if it doesn't get wet easily (won't soak up water) it probably isn't static friendly). mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office

Re: [gentoo-user] init id c5 response too fast disabled for 5 min

again and may or may not be able to recover your' data). good luck. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office.   God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the rich my little pile of cash

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is gnome becoming obligatory?

ly ingenious ideas popping up everywhere that completely obsolete other methods in some or all cases. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- 11. Dec 2017 12:20 by antli...@youngman.org.uk: > On 10/12/17 23:08, Walter Dnes wrote: >>> Oddly enough, although the detail

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is gnome becoming obligatory?

that can't be satisfied in V6.9.  I know i had 7.4 installed and had problems, somehow i missed the systemd incorporation.  I guess init systems is a good place to start some deeper learning.  Guess i made this years mistake ;)  . mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- 11. Dec 2017 07:04

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is gnome becoming obligatory?

here (badly blocked arteries, and apparently i tried to get off the table!).  Thankfully my heart has recovered completely, i'm a tough old bird. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- 11. Dec 2017 06:48 by mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com: > I've been using centos on one mach

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is gnome becoming obligatory?

have a couple lap tops, great when you need portable and exercise . mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- 11. Dec 2017 06:30 by bradf...@fstab.me: > On Mon, 11 Dec 2017, at 13:22, > mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com> wrote: > >> interestingly, RH (and Cent

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is gnome becoming obligatory?

mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- 11. Dec 2017 05:39 by michaelkintz...@gmail.com: > On Monday, 11 December 2017 11:59:03 GMT Jorge Almeida wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés <>> can...@gmail.com>> >> > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems copmiling firefox 57.0 (linking phase)

efully being worked on.  having said that, compilers are very, very complicated, especially with "optimization" and RISC processors.  might also be a sort of cache incoherentcy. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) --

Re: [gentoo-user] Internal compiler error when compiling Chromium-62.0.3202.75

e the term "computer bug" came from.  the relay caps were removed to make contact cleaning easier which let moths get squashed after being attracted to the heat or spark). hopefully that's nearly right, i have language issues when i have a headache. mad.scientist.at.large (a g

Re: [gentoo-user] Basic questions about Distcc

. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- 4. Nov 2017 13:30 by waltd...@waltdnes.org: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 06:54:49PM +0200, Lasse Pouru wrote >> I have a bunch of old laptops that large builds such as texlive >> and ghc fail on, I'm assuming because of insufficient memory an

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

the surge arrestor, which isn't cheap, but it protects far more expensive equipment when it self sacrifices. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- "The U.S. intelligence community concluded in a report made public in January that the Kremlin sought to disrupt the 2016 election and

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

consumption, any thing from 0/0r amps to 2 amps in the 80mm, and that's just what i've seen.   The fan also likely extends  the allowable ambient temperature as well. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- "The U.S. intelligence community concluded in a report made public in Ja

Re: [gentoo-user] bounces

though it might tell me where.  obviously the server flaked as i was still getting email from the list but couldn't post.  the system told me the bellow email bounced, and it didn't get sent to me like my post usually do, definitely a server/list problem. mad.scientist.at.large (a good

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd: "local system does not support BPF/cgroup based firewalling"

you should probably update your' kernel anyway, a lot of recent security fixes in the newer kernels. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- "The U.S. intelligence community concluded in a report made public in January that the Kremlin sought to disrupt the 2016 election and

[gentoo-user] bounces

why is my email to the list bouncing back at me??  I just tried twice. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- "The U.S. intelligence community concluded in a report made public in January that the Kremlin sought to disrupt the 2016 election and sway the race in Trump's

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd: "local system does not support BPF/cgroup based firewalling"

you should update the kernel anyway.  some serious security holes have recently been found and corrected in the newest kernel. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- "The U.S. intelligence community concluded in a report made public in January that the Kremlin sought to di

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd: "local system does not support BPF/cgroup based firewalling"

updating the kernel is a really good idea, recent kernels have corrected a number of serious security issues that are definitely  real and exploitable. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- "The U.S. intelligence community concluded in a report made public in January that the Kr

Re: [gentoo-user] Does Gentoo support more than 8 bits per color channel?

a larger pool of information than any one email list can. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- I find it ironic that at a time when Americans are concerned about violence and  Bullying in schools  and elsewhere that we would elect a Grand Poohbah who's a violent bully and hates

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge firefox-52.4.0 compile failure

it's worth noting that a failing power supply can produce what seem to be ram problems.  it happened to me, swapping ram, a motherboard and then a power supply made it clear. -- Note the right side (his right) of Mr. Trumps face, He's clearly had a major stroke or similar neurological insult.  

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: eth over usb

I'm blessed with city operated fiber to premise gigabit ethernet, when they do an install they check with a laptop with a gigabit usb3 adapter.  it actually got about 960Mb/s. -- "Informed delivery" is just an excuse for the post office to compile data basses for sale to marketing firms and

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Block multiple IP addresses; iptables or route...reject?

I have to disagree with the last post.  You should most certainly block some inbound traffic.  you should block ports you aren't using.  If some ip addr. or particular provider have a  customer trying to break your' machine you want to block the whole isp unless you are serving pages etc.  you

Re: [gentoo-user] New Firefox 56.0 ... window size problem

You might try reinstalling it (possibly downloading it again, some bit patterns tend to damage so as to preserve the checksums, seen it, took 4 downloads to get a good one before, despite everything looking good, and the same issue 3 times!).  There's a possibility you confused it copying

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Choice of KVM?

actually, there are not kvm chips in existence, kvms are different than eachother.  many barely have a latch/counter chip (hundreds of ways if you're not using a micorcontroller, if you are then millions of ways).  the cheap ones just use a bunch of small field effect transistors. some(like

Re: [gentoo-user] systemD?

kool, i can do that.  thanks. -- The Power Of the People Is Stronger Than The People In Charge. 30. Aug 2017 14:54 by m...@gentoo.org: > On 08/30/2017 04:39 PM, > mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com> wrote: >> I do not want to start a whole systemd storm, glad i was offline for >> that.

[gentoo-user] systemD?

I do not want to start a whole systemd storm, glad i was offline for that.  however, in my case i'd really like to avoid systemd.  can i setup with out systemd, or do i need to remove and patch later.  obviously better to start without it in this case.  so are some of the available kernels not

[gentoo-user] bench marks

   great bench marks,   and yes it's worth me upgrading given current ebay prices. -- The Power Of the People Is Stronger Than The People In Charge.

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

excellent idea, thanks. -- The Power Of the People Is Stronger Than The People In Charge. 28. Aug 2017 12:45 by jo...@antarean.org: > On 28 August 2017 20:37:30 GMT+02:00, allan gottlieb <> gottl...@nyu.edu> > > wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> I forgot to mention

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

good tip, thanks. -- The Power Of the People Is Stronger Than The People In Charge. 28. Aug 2017 12:55 by ri...@gentoo.org: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:37 PM, allan gottlieb <> gottl...@nyu.edu> > wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> I forgot to mention there are things

[gentoo-user] processor speed

any one have experiance with athlon, Phenom, and opteron?  if so i'm curios if it's worth a $15-20 expense. -- The Power Of the People Is Stronger Than The People In Charge.

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

oh ya, i' definetly watch  like a hawk evntually.  i'm using all cat  7 wiring, with different  network cards i could go 10G between my machines.  I went with cat 7, mostly to make sure it was screened properly, and some what future proof. -- The Power Of the People Is Stronger Than The

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

used about 3 lines of USE flags, actually it was less than a half hour, which doesn't surprise me if the stage 3 is compiled.   i am using a fairly quick drive ;(and i was watching vid)  had 2  small problems but i'll try again off the live dvd.  i got an error with the rbind "mount --rbind

Re: [gentoo-user] Question on install

correct, i plan to soon use someone with encryption and a "normal" non web based reader.  i know there are other providers for this.  sorry about the top postine, yes it's very clumsy just to try bottom posting.  the problem with unencrypted or merely ssl encryption is it's severly broken, when

[gentoo-user] initial compile time

Ok, i'm starting to understand the install instructions, a steeper curve than i expected but still way easier than LFS. So, on a dual core athlon II 6000 (two cores, 3ghz)  roughly how long will stage3 take to compile, roughly? next month i'll be setting up a compiler farm with 3 other,

Re: [gentoo-user] Question on install

precisely what happened, sorry i didn't realize that chainging the "subject" line causes confusion.  now i know, now i can avoid that mistake. -- Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbox today! https://tutanota.com 21. Aug 2017 09:37 by rdalek1...@gmail.com: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Question on install

ok, rereading the part on preparing the drive i see the target partition for the new gentoo root was meant.  no problem. -- Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbox today! https://tutanota.com 21. Aug 2017 08:47 by mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com: > refering to the

[gentoo-user] Question on install

refering to the amd64 handbook, at gentoo.org  "downloading the stage tarball"  where it says " Downloading the stage tarball Go to the Gentoo mount point where the root file system is mounted (most likely /mnt/gentoo): root #cd /mnt/gentoo" does that mean to change to where gentoo will be

[gentoo-user] install under centos606

Any likely problems if i install the stage3 tarball etc. under centos6.6?  tried the live dvd but it has problems with my current graphics card (framebuffer driver).  I'm excited about using gentoo, though the online instructions could really use more structuring, i.e. it's hard to avoid

Re: [gentoo-user] Booting minimal installer ISO on rx4640 and rx2660 fails

17. Aug 2017 04:36 by frank.schei...@web.de: > Just a quick answer while I'm rechecking my burned CDROMs as per Mick's > suggestions. > > On 08/17/2017 12:29 PM, > mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com> wrote: >> you did turn uefi off in the bios didn't you? gentoo installer won't work >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Booting minimal installer ISO on rx4640 and rx2660 fails

17. Aug 2017 03:36 by frank.schei...@web.de: > Hi, > > I'm trying to boot my Itanium gear with the current minimal installer ISO [1] > on CDROM but so far had no success at all. I also tested the oldest of the > minimal installer ISOs [2] still available, also without success. For both my >

Re: [gentoo-user] Booting minimal installer ISO on rx4640 and rx2660 fails

I've also seen such behavior when i've burnt a cd image to a dvd.  also the installer may have trouble with your' particular hardware.  what burner are you using and how is it connected (i.e. mother boards sata/pata interfaces, external usb, etc.).  also what motherboard are you using?  Have

Re: [gentoo-user] Booting minimal installer ISO on rx4640 and rx2660 fails

17. Aug 2017 03:36 by frank.schei...@web.de: > Hi, > > I'm trying to boot my Itanium gear with the current minimal installer ISO [1] > on CDROM but so far had no success at all. I also tested the oldest of the > minimal installer ISOs [2] still available, also without success. For both my >