correct solution was to edit: /etc/portage/repos.conf/eselect-repo.conf and change location to: sync-uri = https://github.com/stefan-langenmaier/brother-overlay.git
On Sat, Dec 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM Dale <[email protected]> wrote: > syscon edm wrote: > > I use "brother-overlay" every time I run emerge, I receive a prompt for > GitHub credentials: > > Username for 'https://github.com': > Password for > > Although I created a user on github.com and enter my credentials, I still > receive the following error: > > remote: Invalid username or token. Password authentication is not > supported for Git operations. > fatal: Authentication failed for ' > https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/brother-overlay.git/' > > Can anybody advise on how to resolve this authentication issue, > > > > I ran into this on another overlay a few weeks ago. I went to the overlay > and copied the URL for the overlay directly and put it in the correct > repos.conf file. It worked after that. It's a different overlay but that > may work for you as well. I think the overlay I had trouble with was > voyager or something like that. > > I just took a wild guess to try that. I was shocked it actually worked. > :/ > > Hope that helps. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
