Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI data corruption? [FIXED]
On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:50:44 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > The Gentoo Handbook says to create a small unformatted partition at the > beginning of the (primary?) disk, then to create a FAT-32 partition for > /boot, then whatever other partitions are required. > > Neil said above that he doesn't do that; he omits the unformatted > partition, and I believe that's quite popular. I tried following the > same scheme, but that's what caused the difficulties I started this > thread with: on this system I need both those partitions. The system > will not boot without both of them. [1] [snip] > 1. I remember, dimly, that while commissioning this machine from new, > I had trouble installing and running grub:2. I knew even less about > UEFI systems then, so if I were to try it again now I might find a way. > But I hate the damn thing, so as long as I don't need it it's not > getting near my machines. I thought you were using systemd-boot, not GRUB? GRUB may need the protected MBR space, but I only use GRUB on non-UEFI systems, where the blank partition is needed with GPT partitioning. -- Neil Bothwick It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others. pgplCaM5YDDZS.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [EXTERNAL] [gentoo-user] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 10:13 -0600, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > I'm trying to mount Windows 10 directory on Gentoo > > mount -t cifs -o username=xxx,password=xxx //10.0.0.146/customer > /home/joseph/ttt/ > mount error(112): Host is down > > I can ping 10.0.0.146 OK > customer -dir on Windows 10 has sharing enabled. > Note that in Windows 10 sharing is always enabled and it just blocks or unblocks it on the firewall. Furthermore the status indicator is pretty rubbish at determining if it's actually working correctly. For testing, try disabling the Windows Firewall temporarily and see if that makes it work. If it does you might have to turn sharing off and on again, or you might have to sift through the firewall rules and correct the mistake yourself. Possibly also the system thinks it's attached to a public network and has the firewall set to block sharing services even though it says it's turned on. Regardless, the error you're getting means that something is blocking the communication once it leaves the client machine. LMP signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] USB-C PD delivery & Lenovo USB-C hub.
On this date - Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 06:16:25PM +0100, Dom Rodriguez wrote: > Hello, > > On this date - Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 05:55:46PM +0100, Mick wrote: > > On Monday, 23 September 2019 17:39:22 BST Dom Rodriguez wrote: > > > On this date - Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 07:20:56PM +0300, Alexey Mishustin > > wrote: > > > > пн, 23 сент. 2019 г. в 19:13, Dom Rodriguez : > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > On this date - Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 07:01:08PM +0300, Alexey > > > > > Mishustin > > wrote: > > > > > > пн, 23 сент. 2019 г. в 18:36, Dom Rodriguez > > > > > > : > > > > > > > Alright, I've managed to isolate the issue to the `tps6598.ko' > > > > > > > USB-C > > > > > > > PD kernel module. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've reached out to the manufacturer of the hub to see if they can > > > > > > > advise, but for now, knowing the problem kernel module has > > > > > > > definitely helped getting close to solving the problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > Dom Rodriguez (shymega). > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > What's the model code of your hub? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, meant to mention that.. its a Lenovo USb-C Hub C109. I bought > > > > > it > > > > > from Amazon, but the manufacturer sells it under the Lenovo brand - > > > > > http://www.novolk.com/productinfo/54884.html> > > > > OK. Thanks. It's useful to know which one potentially to avoid. > > > > > > The thing is, I've tried with a fair few hubs with this laptop, and it > > > hasn't been very successful... same issue persists. > > > > Have you had a look at the UEFI/BIOS settings? There may be a setting you > > need to enable in there. > > I'm afraid there's no options in the UEFI settings for USB-C power delivery. I've tested the hub and PD power adapter (Anker) on the same laptop on the Windows 10 partition. No luck. The PD chip in the laptop is recognised by Windows 10 though. I've ordered a replacement adapter (Anker), and hub, which should arrive tomorrow - I'll see how that goes. At this point, its either one of three things: - The laptop hardware. - The USB-C hub. - The Anker power adapter. Time will tell -- Sincerely, Dom Rodriguez (shymega). signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird-60,9.0
On 2019.09.23 20:24, james wrote: Hello, So, I've been running Thunderbird-60,9.0 with the only 2 flags set:: dbus jack. Only (broken) issue is the spellchecker (do not even remember which one I use to use) does not work. Any spellchecker that automagically corrects/highlights as I type is fine. I search all over and all I find our guides that are not relevant to some of the newer versions of Thunderbird (https://www.infopackets.com/news/10018/how-fix-thunderbird-spell-check-wont-work) Surely I just need to turn spell checking back on:: but I cannot find where, the key-stroke, to do this on thunderbird-60.9.0. Is there a better/newer version to run? Thanks in Advance, James I'm still on 60.8.0, and on the Preferences dialog, Composition view, Spelling tab it has "Check spelling before sending" and "Enable spellcheck as you type" checkboxes. Has that been removed?
[gentoo-user] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
I'm trying to mount Windows 10 directory on Gentoo mount -t cifs -o username=xxx,password=xxx //10.0.0.146/customer /home/joseph/ttt/ mount error(112): Host is down I can ping 10.0.0.146 OK customer -dir on Windows 10 has sharing enabled. -- Joseph
[gentoo-user] UFO @__auto_slot_operator_replace_installed__
Hi, I saw this UFO @__auto_slot_operator_replace_installed__ in the output of emerge. Does anybody known where this comes from and what it means? Many thanks for an explanation, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI data corruption? [FIXED]
... Right. After spending most of the last 10 days and some nights wrestling with the beast, I've got it fixed at last. The Gentoo Handbook says to create a small unformatted partition at the beginning of the (primary?) disk, then to create a FAT-32 partition for /boot, then whatever other partitions are required. Neil said above that he doesn't do that; he omits the unformatted partition, and I believe that's quite popular. I tried following the same scheme, but that's what caused the difficulties I started this thread with: on this system I need both those partitions. The system will not boot without both of them. [1] The screen-shot of gparted I posted above shows the current layout once again. The handbook's description of partition creation on a UEFI system says to set the bios_grub flag on partition 1 and the boot flag on partition 2. I tried setting them both on the combined partition I was trying to get working, but the second one to be set cleared the first one, or else it just hid it from display. Either way, no boot. I found several other apparently authoritative pages detailing other /boot directory structures and file names; guessing which of them might work in any given case is not straightforward. Googling for "Gentoo EFI" or similar returns a list of them. For the record, this motherboard is an Asus X99-A, with UEFI BIOS 2.16.1242. It's interesting that, whenever the system failed to boot (and that often happened without showing me the boot selection menu) apparently the BIOS started the kernel stored in its data area, but it didn't find /boot/loader/ with its config files, so it didn't know where to look for the real kernel image. I still don't know what started this whole adventure (to coin a phrase); my DVI KVM switch came under suspicion at one stage, so I'll keep a wary eye on it. One remaining question: does it matter what kernel image is stored in UEFI data? I'm tempted to think not: it just has to get the initial boot step started. After that, /sbin/init "pivots" (whatever that means) to the real kernel under /boot. 1. I remember, dimly, that while commissioning this machine from new, I had trouble installing and running grub:2. I knew even less about UEFI systems then, so if I were to try it again now I might find a way. But I hate the damn thing, so as long as I don't need it it's not getting near my machines. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Verify uefi installation
On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:31:08 +1000, Adam Carter wrote: > > An update of the firmware flashes the UEFI EEPROM and as far as I have > > experienced no settings are retained. > > A backward step from older MBR / BIOS functionality then. I guess that > indicates that code and configuration are not separated. I recently updated a firmware and all worked as before, so I think this is implementation-dependent. > # gdisk -l /dev/nvme0n1 > GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.4 > > Partition table scan: > MBR: protective > BSD: not present > APM: not present > GPT: present > > Number Start (sector)End (sector) Size Code Name >12048 1955839 954.0 MiB EF00 boot >2 1955840 976771071 464.8 GiB 8300 root > > Not sure where the 'MBR: protective' came from as the system has been > linux only from the start. I guess its either the default or I made an > error during the build. AFAIK this is still a valid configuration, so I > assume the signature message is not related to that. > > I guess i could just try re-writing the partition table to see if that > clears it. I've just checked a couple of systems that have never used MBR and they say the same. I'd ignore that. -- Neil Bothwick If at first you don't succeed, you'll get a lot of free advice from folks who didn't succeed either. pgpmYfKbvL8og.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
