[gentoo-user] python and -fno-semantic-interposition speed up
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/PythonNoSemanticInterpositionSpeedup The only downside listed is "Users will no longer be able to use LD_PRELOAD to override a symbol from libpython". Does anyone know if that is an issue for gentoo?
Re: [gentoo-user] Frontier Netgear modem available, IPv6 ready.
james wrote: > On 1/12/20 8:19 AM, Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> Some will recall me buying a Netgear modem thinking it would work with >> AT&T.� Well, it is made for Frontier service so it no longer has any >> value to me.� If anyone on this list that is in the USA needs or would >> like a backup Frontier modem that is IPv6 capable, let me know.� I got >> it dirt cheap so not really worried about the cost of the thing.� >> If one >> would like to send something, after making sure it works, to help cover >> shipping etc, that's fine.� If they are unable, no big deal.� I just >> hate to throw away a modem that is fairly modern and seems to >> work.� It >> is a bare modem.� No power supply, no cables at all.� Just the modem >> itself.� It requires a 12VDC power supply.� Ebay has them by the >> ton. >> Most likely a 1 amp would suffice but a 2 amp may leave extra wiggle >> room. I happen to have 3 amp versions myself. >> >> If you reply off list, please leave the [gentoo-user] in the subject >> line.� Otherwise my spam filter may route you to /dev/null. >> >> Maybe this will help someone in need.� :-D >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> > > > I currently have spectrum but am adding a Frontier second connection > to be sufficiently robust for work at home. Spectrum's up-bound > bandwidth is frequently challenged from Spectrum, as they are mostly a > cable company. Frontier has fiber to the home, in my town. What's the > exact make/model/part numbers? > Serial number? > > I've got no problem throwing you some dollars, if I can use it in a > multi-homed (half-baked) config.. > Can you set a static IP on the device ? > > James > > It's a B90-755044-15 Rev. 5A. It shows a manufacture date of 1/2015, It is fairly new. I'm not certain but fairly sure it has the ability to set a static IP. From what I found before buying it, most people like this model. It seems to perform well plus it is IPv6 ready. While I couldn't get it to work internet wise, it does power up, the menus work and it connects except for the DSL line itself, wrong ISP. I also updated the firmware too. When I got the one made for AT&T, it was practically plug and play. The biggest thing I did was put in my user/password and cut off the wireless since I already have a wireless router. The biggest thing, it needs a power adapter and cables. It looks new. I don't see a scratch on it anywhere. If you can use it, let me know. As long as you have Frontier ISP, it should work fine. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine
On 1/12/20 3:51 PM, n952162 wrote: While installing gentoo from scratch, after doing a "emerge --sync", the command: eselect profile list fails because it can't get any profiles, and I see that the 17.1 profile is in a .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine. 1. what do I have to do to get this going again? 2. how did I end up in this situation?� Is this a known bug.� I simply followed the handbook. Some folks on this list will not like the advise I give; caveat emptor my friend. So, I install and give away many old system so folks can first learn about gentoo, with a working baseline. my latest one, is for a savant EE, that just hates W. I have not seen him for a very long time. He asked for one, and I could not say no. Gentoo is all I recommend as I've pretty much tried many other linux distros; most give me heartburn for a myriad of reasons. I also install and re-install, as many of the gentoo systems get "attacked" before I can complete a secure install, or the hackers just read much more than I do. I guess I'm still popular, in very negative way. SO, I'm always looking for a quick and easy gentoo install method/medium. CloverOS (cloveros.ga) use to work well. Then quite a few releases (through the decemeber 2019) failed in one way or another. I have not tried the latest release, so I'm about to give it a spin, just for fun. I offer this, hoping that all have gone through a few installs, via the handbook, but putting together your own streamlined install system, is a pita to figure-out and get reasonable stable. I've been using gentoo since 2003. A quick, supported install is a pet-peeve for me; to each his own. I've burned up some HD and cpus, and ram trying to bring old gentoo installs up to date; although most made it fine, despite tons of hours. I hope this helps you. Installing gentoo is a religious experience, once you diverge from the handbook; ymmv. Perhaps one day, I'll be able to afford a 7nm and tons of ram system, so the heavy compiling can be complete therein and moved to a target, just like most embedded systems installs are these days. hth, James
Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 23:41:43 +0100, n952162 wrote: > > I had a similar issue with the .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine > > continually appearing, deleting it made no difference. In the end I > > deleted the whole portage tree and resynced, then the problem > > disappeared. This may or may not have a bearing on your profile issue, > > but it's worth fixing first. > I just finished running "emerge --sync" again, based on something I saw > on the internet - it did the whole thing again, takes about 2 hours. Two hours? How slow is your connection? > Same result. But I didn't delete "the whole portage tree". What does > that mean? > > rm -rf /var/db/repos? If you're using the new default location, I think it is /var/db/repos/gentoo, but someone should confirm that. > or: > > rm -rf /var/db/pkg? No, that's the database of installed packages, don't mess with it. > And why should it work? Is it not rather something broken in the > upstream repository? Or the 20200108 minimum cd image I'm using? It's > otherwise a naked machine. No idea, but something went wrong on one sync and I was stuck with this directory. Deleting it was no help, but deleting the whole tree fixed it. It did slow down sync times, but not the the extent you have. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 00B: Inadequate disk space - Free at least 50MB pgpnSfnnXatmm.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources kernel not seeing 4G ram
On 1/11/20 7:38 PM, Bill Kenworthy wrote: Hi Rafael, fixed thanks to the link you gave - needed� apatch to a dts file that limited thge memory available. So I now have a heavily patched mainline based (gentoo-sources) kernel with gentoo aarch64/openrc userland running on the n2 as a headless server for 6 x lxc containers for network infrastructure! Nice, BillK Hello Bill, Very, very cool. Take a look at this page and see if you want to contribute, so others may follow your (gentoo) footsteps:: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Odroid_N2 and https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Embedded_systems/ARM_hardware_list ODROID-N2 Georgy Yakovlev (GYakovlev) ARMv8 Amlogic S922X - 4xA73@1.8GHz, 2xA53@1.9GHz, GPU: Mali G52@846MHz 2G or 4G @DDR4@1320MHz Any more specific input on that link would be greatly appreciated and encourage others to be companion gentoo users. I know it's on my short list, once I get my new/expanded lab cleaned up a bit more The coolest thing is 36" x 18" open-wire racks on wheels.. just for such projects. hth, James On 9/1/20 3:34 pm, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: No experience on this, but looks like it can be done with the patched mainline kernel: https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?t=33993 Just for my understanding, gentoo-sources does not contain all the drivers needed by this board so you are trying to copy those from the 'hardkernel' sources, correct? Raffaele -Original Message- From: Bill Kenworthy Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 02:50 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources kernel not seeing 4G ram Hi, not sure anyone can help with this as its a bit off the reservation :) I have a Odroid N2 with 4G ram that is only seeing 1G. (even from right at boot looking at dmesg).� Its part of the board so its not a connector issue. Kernel is gentoo-sources-5.4.8 with the AMLOGIC armv8 relevant bits copied from the 4.9 series original hardkernel sources.� OS is gentoo AARCH64.� This all built and runs quite nicely, but cant see the full 4G ram that should be there. Ive attached my latest kernel config in the hope that someone can see something Ive missed (presuming it isn't an inherent problem in the way I have gone about this) - looking at the config, diffing it against the hardkernel source etc. hasn't helped.� Below is the start of dmesg up to the memory statement. My next move will be to go back to the 4.9 supplied kernel and make sure it isn't hardware failure (unlikely, but ...) BillK [��� 0.00] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x00 [0x410fd034] [��� 0.00] Linux version 5.4.8-gentoo (root@n2) (gcc version 9.2.0 (Gentoo 9.2.0-r2 p3)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 9 08:36:20 AWST 2020 [��� 0.00] Machine model: Hardkernel ODROID-N2 [��� 0.00] efi: Getting EFI parameters from FDT: [��� 0.00] efi: UEFI not found. [��� 0.00] Reserved memory: created CMA memory pool at 0x3000, size 256 MiB [��� 0.00] OF: reserved mem: initialized node linux,cma, compatible id shared-dma-pool [��� 0.00] NUMA: No NUMA configuration found [��� 0.00] NUMA: Faking a node at [mem 0x-0x3fff] [��� 0.00] NUMA: NODE_DATA [mem 0x2fdb6800-0x2fdb7fff] [ 0.00] Zone ranges: [��� 0.00]�� DMA32��� [mem 0x-0x3fff] [��� 0.00]�� Normal�� empty [��� 0.00] Movable zone start for each node [��� 0.00] Early memory node ranges [��� 0.00]�� node�� 0: [mem 0x- 0x04ff] [��� 0.00]�� node�� 0: [mem 0x0530-0x3fff] [��� 0.00] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x- 0x3fff] [��� 0.00] On node 0 totalpages: 261376 [��� 0.00]�� DMA32 zone: 4096 pages used for memmap [��� 0.00]�� DMA32 zone: 0 pages reserved [��� 0.00]�� DMA32 zone: 261376 pages, LIFO batch:63 [ 0.00] psci: probing for conduit method from DT. [��� 0.00] psci: PSCIv1.0 detected in firmware. [��� 0.00] psci: Using standard PSCI v0.2 function IDs [ 0.00] psci: MIGRATE_INFO_TYPE not supported. [��� 0.00] psci: SMC Calling Convention v1.1 [��� 0.00] percpu: Embedded 22 pages/cpu s52632 r8192 d29288 u90112 [��� 0.00] pcpu-alloc: s52632 r8192 d29288 u90112 alloc=22*4096 [��� 0.00] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 [0] 1 [0] 2 [0] 3 [0] 4 [0] 5 [��� 0.00] Detected VIPT I-cache on CPU0 [��� 0.00] CPU features: detected: ARM erratum 845719 [��� 0.00] Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on.� Total pages: 257280 [��� 0.00] Policy zone: DMA32 [��� 0.00] Kernel command line: root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8� no_console_suspend fs
Re: [gentoo-user] Frontier Netgear modem available, IPv6 ready.
On 1/12/20 8:19 AM, Dale wrote: Howdy, Some will recall me buying a Netgear modem thinking it would work with AT&T.� Well, it is made for Frontier service so it no longer has any value to me.� If anyone on this list that is in the USA needs or would like a backup Frontier modem that is IPv6 capable, let me know.� I got it dirt cheap so not really worried about the cost of the thing.� If one would like to send something, after making sure it works, to help cover shipping etc, that's fine.� If they are unable, no big deal.� I just hate to throw away a modem that is fairly modern and seems to work.� It is a bare modem.� No power supply, no cables at all.� Just the modem itself.� It requires a 12VDC power supply.� Ebay has them by the ton. Most likely a 1 amp would suffice but a 2 amp may leave extra wiggle room. I happen to have 3 amp versions myself. If you reply off list, please leave the [gentoo-user] in the subject line.� Otherwise my spam filter may route you to /dev/null. Maybe this will help someone in need.� :-D Dale :-)� :-) I currently have spectrum but am adding a Frontier second connection to be sufficiently robust for work at home. Spectrum's up-bound bandwidth is frequently challenged from Spectrum, as they are mostly a cable company. Frontier has fiber to the home, in my town. What's the exact make/model/part numbers? Serial number? I've got no problem throwing you some dollars, if I can use it in a multi-homed (half-baked) config.. Can you set a static IP on the device ? James
Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine
On 2020-01-12 23:07, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 21:51:28 +0100, n952162 wrote: While installing gentoo from scratch, after doing a "emerge --sync", the command: eselect profile list fails because it can't get any profiles, and I see that the 17.1 profile is in a .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine. 1. what do I have to do to get this going again? 2. how did I end up in this situation? Is this a known bug. I simply followed the handbook. I had a similar issue with the .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine continually appearing, deleting it made no difference. In the end I deleted the whole portage tree and resynced, then the problem disappeared. This may or may not have a bearing on your profile issue, but it's worth fixing first. I just finished running "emerge --sync" again, based on something I saw on the internet - it did the whole thing again, takes about 2 hours. Same result. But I didn't delete "the whole portage tree". What does that mean? rm -rf /var/db/repos? or: rm -rf /var/db/pkg? And why should it work? Is it not rather something broken in the upstream repository? Or the 20200108 minimum cd image I'm using? It's otherwise a naked machine.
Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 21:51:28 +0100, n952162 wrote: > While installing gentoo from scratch, after doing a "emerge --sync", the > command: > > eselect profile list > > fails because it can't get any profiles, and I see that the 17.1 profile > is in a .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine. > > 1. what do I have to do to get this going again? > 2. how did I end up in this situation? Is this a known bug. I simply > followed the handbook. I had a similar issue with the .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine continually appearing, deleting it made no difference. In the end I deleted the whole portage tree and resynced, then the problem disappeared. This may or may not have a bearing on your profile issue, but it's worth fixing first. -- Neil Bothwick I'm not a complete idiot - several parts are missing. pgpPH0Y0_OZ9y.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine
While installing gentoo from scratch, after doing a "emerge --sync", the command: eselect profile list fails because it can't get any profiles, and I see that the 17.1 profile is in a .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine. 1. what do I have to do to get this going again? 2. how did I end up in this situation? Is this a known bug. I simply followed the handbook.
Re: [gentoo-user] Guidance on using Gentoo to clone a Win 10 system drive
On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 10:24 AM Wols Lists wrote: > > On 12/01/20 16:36, Mick wrote: > > Hmm ... I can see how Microsoft's move to cloud computing for home users can > > quickly escalate to a spiral of confusion and annoyance. > > The problem, of course, is it assumes reliable fast internet ... > > At home, last I looked I couldn't upgrade with my current provider from > ADSL2, and it regularly broke of an evening with, I think, other users > streaming via the same uplink (I guess bufferbloat meant they got good > download service, me being far more up-and-down it was appalling ... :-( > > Cheers, > Wol In the last month or two I've read that M$ has shutoff the download of iso files. When I went through my update this week I was forced (but not bothered) to run their exe file that creates a bootable USB drive. I wondered at the time how people who aren't currently running Windows would do that but it didn't effect my needs. Possibly that's more robust for you with your ADSL? As for the M$ account I already had one so I just logged in and let it happen as the alternative was to be stuck with a non-updateable Win 7 machine running Native Instruments products and sooner (rather than later) vendors like NI won't support Win 7 anymore and my investment in electronic music apps would sunset which I'm not willing to have happen yet. There are 3 machines in my setup, 2 Kubuntu and (now) a Win 10. Mixbus32C (based on Ardour but completely rebuilt and supported by Harrison Consoles) running on Kubuntu is a great DAW for the more old-school audio recording I like to do. - Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Guidance on using Gentoo to clone a Win 10 system drive
On 12/01/20 16:36, Mick wrote: > Hmm ... I can see how Microsoft's move to cloud computing for home users can > quickly escalate to a spiral of confusion and annoyance. The problem, of course, is it assumes reliable fast internet ... At home, last I looked I couldn't upgrade with my current provider from ADSL2, and it regularly broke of an evening with, I think, other users streaming via the same uplink (I guess bufferbloat meant they got good download service, me being far more up-and-down it was appalling ... :-( Cheers, Wol
Re: [gentoo-user] Guidance on using Gentoo to clone a Win 10 system drive
On Sunday, 12 January 2020 15:02:36 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > On 12/01/20 13:39, Mick wrote: > > 2. Obligatory Microsoft Account registration. > > > > Every time I touch a MSWindows OS I get more annoyed than the last time. > > I > > went through the installation process. During the finishing touches of > > the > > installation the OS configured the keyboard, network and then the user > > account. Unlike previous Windows 10 installations which offered the > > option of configuring a local user account, this time I was only given > > the choice of using or creating a (online) Microsoft Account, by entering > > (linking to it) my personal email, phone or Skype account. No option for > > a local account. To by-pass this forced Microsoft Account > > creation/registration I shut down the OS and rebooted without an Internet > > connection. This time I was offered the option to create a local > > account. I mention this in case you also want to install a recent build > > ISO of Windows 10 without registering any online Microsoft credentials. > > I think (iirc) that if you go "next" to the actual account creation page > there is a "skip this" option. Yes, this used to be the case until more recent ISO builds were made available by Microsoft. The latest 1909 ISO build does not allow you to skip or move to the next step without registering or creating a Microsoft Account. > I know I had this exact situation, but it was mentioned in some mag or > whatever that gave a - not particularly intuitive - option to skip that > step. You can try searching online for it ... I did look for ways to escape this obligatory step and the only way out of it was to disconnect the connection to the Internet: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/ set-up-windows-10-without-account/d7c08c1a-0fcc-49ac-96ac-297879dbee6f > The really annoying thing is that it becomes very easy for anybody to > log on to your computer using their MS account, and we had a very > confusing situation where my grandson's online account somehow got > attached to my wife's local account :-( > > Cheers, > Wol Hmm ... I can see how Microsoft's move to cloud computing for home users can quickly escalate to a spiral of confusion and annoyance. In your wife's use case you could block Microsoft Account logins via the Local Group Security Policy editor, after she creates a Local User account: https://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/2-ways-to-disable-or-block-microsoft-account-in-windows-10.html -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage unable to write to /usr/portage
> True. Sometimes a person can do strange things without realizing it. > Even a otherwise experienced person can do something brain dead stupid > at times. lol Hindsight may hurt the pride a bit. I've learned to > just roll with it. :/ > > Hopefully the OP got it working tho. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > Its working now. Just a 'chmod' on '/usr/portage/' to 755 did the trick. Corbin
Re: [gentoo-user] Guidance on using Gentoo to clone a Win 10 system drive
On 12/01/20 13:39, Mick wrote: > 2. Obligatory Microsoft Account registration. > > Every time I touch a MSWindows OS I get more annoyed than the last time. I > went through the installation process. During the finishing touches of the > installation the OS configured the keyboard, network and then the user > account. Unlike previous Windows 10 installations which offered the option > of > configuring a local user account, this time I was only given the choice of > using or creating a (online) Microsoft Account, by entering (linking to it) > my > personal email, phone or Skype account. No option for a local account. To > by-pass this forced Microsoft Account creation/registration I shut down the > OS > and rebooted without an Internet connection. This time I was offered the > option to create a local account. I mention this in case you also want to > install a recent build ISO of Windows 10 without registering any online > Microsoft credentials. I think (iirc) that if you go "next" to the actual account creation page there is a "skip this" option. I know I had this exact situation, but it was mentioned in some mag or whatever that gave a - not particularly intuitive - option to skip that step. You can try searching online for it ... The really annoying thing is that it becomes very easy for anybody to log on to your computer using their MS account, and we had a very confusing situation where my grandson's online account somehow got attached to my wife's local account :-( Cheers, Wol
Re: [gentoo-user] Guidance on using Gentoo to clone a Win 10 system drive
On Friday, 10 January 2020 18:07:29 GMT Mark Knecht wrote: > Just to close out my part of this what-turned-out-to be-non-Gentoo thread... > > 1) I went down the Clonezilla path never having used it before. It was easy > to use, cloned the hard drive, Win 10 Home (what was actually installed) > booted but wasn't reliable and kept crashing. I may not have done this the > best way, going directly from the old drive to the SSD. Possibly should > have created an image instead but I didn't know that at the time. Hmm ... I wonder if this is something to do with TRIM settings and SSD drivers, which the original installation probably would not have activated? I don't really know what drivers MSWindows kernel loads or what firmware it fetches. I would think most of this would be automated and a Windows Update would sort out any such issues. > 2) I then went down the path of figuring out how to get human support at > Microsoft. It turns out that Win 10 has a built in method for moving to a > new hard drive on the same machine based on creating a system image much > like I imagine Clonezilla would have done had I chosen that option. I > created the image, put the SSD into the machine, rebooted from a Win 10 USB > install flash drive and chose to do the recovery method instead of the > install. A little while later the machine booted from the SSD and has been > stable for the last day or two. > > I've dedicated an older WD Green 1TB drive to keeping the system images and > will image this machine once every few months or so in case I need to do > this again in the future. > > I'll be back to talk about using Gentoo again soon. Sorry for the noise and > as always this is one of the very best, most helpful places for good Linux > info so thanks, thanks, thanks. > > Cheers, > Mark Let me add two more, slightly unrelated to Gentoo, pieces of info. 1. Microsoft Windows Product Key As Wol mentioned in a previous post, using a Microsoft Product Key from the back of a laptop which has *never* been used before to install a MSWindows OS, works as advertised for the same type of MSWindows edition. I checked the Product Key on a 'Windows 7 Home' OEM installation using a VBS script. This was the OEM Product Key and I noticed it was different to the Product Key which was on a sticker at the back of the laptop case. Then I tried using the key on the sticker to activate a 'Windows 10 Pro' installation. It didn't take. I tried the same 'Windows 7 Home' sticker key to activate a 'Windows 10 Home' installation. It worked! :-) 2. Obligatory Microsoft Account registration. Every time I touch a MSWindows OS I get more annoyed than the last time. I went through the installation process. During the finishing touches of the installation the OS configured the keyboard, network and then the user account. Unlike previous Windows 10 installations which offered the option of configuring a local user account, this time I was only given the choice of using or creating a (online) Microsoft Account, by entering (linking to it) my personal email, phone or Skype account. No option for a local account. To by-pass this forced Microsoft Account creation/registration I shut down the OS and rebooted without an Internet connection. This time I was offered the option to create a local account. I mention this in case you also want to install a recent build ISO of Windows 10 without registering any online Microsoft credentials. After I booted into the account I was able to switch off a load of privacy invading functionality that comes preconfigured with this OS, inc. geolocation, access to my contacts, photos, calls, etc. I know a Gentoo installation takes longer, but at the same time I find it *much* less annoying in every respect. ;-) -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Frontier Netgear modem available, IPv6 ready.
Howdy, Some will recall me buying a Netgear modem thinking it would work with AT&T. Well, it is made for Frontier service so it no longer has any value to me. If anyone on this list that is in the USA needs or would like a backup Frontier modem that is IPv6 capable, let me know. I got it dirt cheap so not really worried about the cost of the thing. If one would like to send something, after making sure it works, to help cover shipping etc, that's fine. If they are unable, no big deal. I just hate to throw away a modem that is fairly modern and seems to work. It is a bare modem. No power supply, no cables at all. Just the modem itself. It requires a 12VDC power supply. Ebay has them by the ton. Most likely a 1 amp would suffice but a 2 amp may leave extra wiggle room. I happen to have 3 amp versions myself. If you reply off list, please leave the [gentoo-user] in the subject line. Otherwise my spam filter may route you to /dev/null. Maybe this will help someone in need. :-D Dale :-) :-)
