[gentoo-user] Backgammon (GNU) anybody
Hi, has anybody any luck in running games-board/gnubg ? The installation proceeded just fine, but when I start it, it hangs, i.e. it takes 100% CPU and has to be killed after half an hour. Has anybody more luck? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gcc-5.0 ?
On 04/23/2015 07:51:30 AM, james wrote:
Nikos Chantziaras realnc at gmail.com writes:
So is my best hope the toolchain repo ?
You can always compile and install locally in your $HOME directory.
5.1
was just released, so you can try that.
I hear you. It'd take me a long time to figure out the settings,
configs
and such. Beside I know that folks that do this sort of thing put
some time into learning the tricks.
I'll wait at least until there is an ebuild of some kind. Those folks
(toolchain) that put out the 5.0.x builds should have one for 5.1
soon.. I do agree with the subliminal suggestion that I should
find those gcc compile and install docs to read about the new options
and feature and where I needed them turned off or on, regardless of
how it is installed on my systems.
I've just renamed the gcc-6.0.0_alpha20150412.ebuild (the 6 must be typo) from
toolchain overlay
to gcc-5.1.0.ebuild which I have attached.
It worked just fine here.
Helmut
# Copyright 1999-2012 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: $
EAPI=5
GCC_FILESDIR=${PORTDIR}/sys-devel/gcc/files
inherit eutils toolchain
KEYWORDS=
IUSE=debug
RDEPEND=
DEPEND=${RDEPEND}
=${CATEGORY}/binutils-2.20
if [[ ${CATEGORY} != cross-* ]] ; then
PDEPEND=${PDEPEND} elibc_glibc? ( =sys-libs/glibc-2.12 )
fi
src_prepare() {
toolchain_src_prepare
use debug GCC_CHECKS_LIST=yes
}
[gentoo-user] [offtopic] GNU Root Gentoo on Android
Hi, I've installed GNU Root Gentoo on Android from Google Play on my Android-4.4.2 device. Does anybody know how to use it. Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?
On 03/16/2015 11:42:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 16/03/2015 12:07, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, since a few days when I configured /etc/repos.conf the setting of PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf seems to get ignored. I have some overlays here (installed by layman) but I don't wont all of these to be considered for updating when I say emerge -auv .. Previously, I could manage which overlays were considered by setting the PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf This doesn't work anymore. What did I miss? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Read the news item publish on 2 Feb 2015 called New portage plug-in sync system The variable you want is auto-sync= [yes|no] -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com Thanks Alan, I have auto-sync=no. Still, emerge -avu @world considers even those overlays which have auto-sync=no. Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?
On 03/16/2015 12:15:43 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:02:54 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Thanks Alan, I have auto-sync=no. Still, emerge -avu @world considers even those overlays which have auto-sync=no. I see now. When you said update I assumed you meant sync. update as in emerge world is different. Does the option priority, set per-repo, and documented here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Sync fit your needs? If the overlays are managed by layman, check out the --enable and --disable options for layman. Thanks Neil, that seems to be exactly what I was looking for. Currently I still have a problem. After layman -D ALL which proceeded without any error message. I tried, e.g., layman -E science which gives me Exception caught enabling repository science: Section 'science' already exists Helmut.
[gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?
Hi, since a few days when I configured /etc/repos.conf the setting of PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf seems to get ignored. I have some overlays here (installed by layman) but I don't wont all of these to be considered for updating when I say emerge -auv .. Previously, I could manage which overlays were considered by setting the PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf This doesn't work anymore. What did I miss? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?
On 03/16/2015 11:42:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 16/03/2015 12:07, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, since a few days when I configured /etc/repos.conf the setting of PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf seems to get ignored. I have some overlays here (installed by layman) but I don't wont all of these to be considered for updating when I say emerge -auv .. Previously, I could manage which overlays were considered by setting the PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf This doesn't work anymore. What did I miss? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Read the news item publish on 2 Feb 2015 called New portage plug-in sync system The variable you want is auto-sync= [yes|no] -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com Thanks Alan, I have auto-sync=no. Still, emerge -avu @world considers even those overlays which have auto-sync=no. Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] lisp variant for ARM (ARM926EJ-S rev 5) ?
On 03/14/2015 07:36:36 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I am looking for a LISP version for my embedded system. I tried CLISP and the compilation of the ffcall-package fails do to some (embedded?) assembler codes... Does anyone know of a Lisp variant (near CLISP), which successfully compiles on ARM architecture (ARM926EJ-S rev 5)? I don't know if it helps. There are ecl binaries on https://github.com/YasuakiHonda/ECL-Precompiled-Binaries I think there is also a link to the ECL on Android project. Helmut
[gentoo-user] How to find all packages which need Python2_7
Hi, I'd like to install all packages which need Python, only for Python3 except those which cannot be installed for Python3. How can I find out which of the packages installed on my machine have PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 (only). I could loop over `qlist -IC` do an emerge -vp each grepping for this string. But is there an easier way. Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] How to find all packages which need Python2_7
On 03/03/2015 10:47:46 AM, Andrew Savchenko wrote: Hello, On Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:21:19 +0100 Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I'd like to install all packages which need Python, only for Python3 except those which cannot be installed for Python3. How can I find out which of the packages installed on my machine have PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 (only). I could loop over `qlist -IC` do an emerge -vp each grepping for this string. But is there an easier way. You are almost there, just learn the power of mighty eix: EIX_LIMIT=0 eix -I --only-names -\( -U python_targets_python2_ -! -U python_targets_python3_ -\) This will return you all installed packages having python2_* in their python targets, but not having python3_*. Many thanks Andrew. I have some problems, though. Your command shows media-libs/mesa (among many others) but emerge -vp media-libs/mesa doesn't show any python targets. Thanks again, Helmut
[gentoo-user] wacom tablet does not work
Hi, after upgrading from an old version of xorg-server (due to an old Radeon card) to xorg-server-1.16.3-r1 my Wacom tablet seems dead. All x11-drivers have been reinstalled. Any messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log w.r.t. Wacom look OK xinput list reports (note the strange characters at the beginning of each line) â¡ Virtual core pointer id=2[master pointer (3)] â â³ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4[slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 stylus id=8[slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 Pad pad id=9[slave pointer (2)] â â³ Logitech USB Optical Mouse id=10 [slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 eraser id=12 [slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 cursor id=13 [slave pointer (2)] xinput --list-props Wacom Graphire4 4x5 stylus shows Device 'Wacom Graphire4 4x5 stylus': Device Enabled (140): 1 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (142): 1.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 1.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 1.00 Device Accel Profile (263): 0 Device Accel Constant Deceleration (264): 1.00 Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (265): 1.00 Device Accel Velocity Scaling (266):10.00 Device Node (260): /dev/input/event4 Wacom Tablet Area (273):0, 0, 10208, 7424 Wacom Rotation (274): 0 Wacom Pressurecurve (275): 0, 0, 100, 100 Wacom Serial IDs (276): 21, 0, 2, 0, 0 Wacom Serial ID binding (277): 0 Wacom Pressure Threshold (278): 27 Wacom Sample and Suppress (279):2, 4 Wacom Enable Touch (280): 0 Wacom Hover Click (281):1 Wacom Enable Touch Gesture (282): 0 Wacom Touch Gesture Parameters (283): 0, 0, 250 Wacom Tool Type (284): STYLUS (262) Wacom Button Actions (285): Wacom button action 0 (286), Wacom button action 1 (287), Wacom button action 2 (288), None (0), None (0), None (0), None (0), Wacom button action 3 Wacom button action 4 (290) Wacom button action 0 (286):1572865 Wacom button action 1 (287):1572866 Wacom button action 2 (288):1572867 Wacom button action 3 (289):1572872 Wacom button action 4 (290):1572873 Wacom Pressure Recalibration (291): 1 Device Product ID (259):1386, 21 BUT xinput --test Wacom Graphire4 4x5 stylus doesn't show anything when I use the stylus or any button on the tablet. Neither does xev. I'm very grateful for any ideas, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Radeon driver - blank console [SOLVED]
On 01/07/2015 08:07:26 AM, Mick wrote: On Tuesday 06 Jan 2015 10:09:25 Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 01/05/2015 02:49:04 PM, Florian Gamböck wrote: Am 05.01.2015 um 14:42 schrieb Helmut Jarausch: Which (framebuffer?) kernel parameters have to set? Try compiling CONFIG_DRM_RADEON as module and do not enable any frame buffers, especially not CONFIG_FB_RADEON, as absurd as it sounds. This should take care of your invisible virtual terminal. Unfortunately, this didn't suffice. Looking at the kernel configuration of Systemrescuecd I've added the following kernel configuration parameters (to my previous kernel configuration for fglrx) # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set CONFIG_DRM=m CONFIG_DRM_KMS_HELPER=m CONFIG_DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER=y CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE=y CONFIG_DRM_TTM=m CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y CONFIG_FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT=y CONFIG_FB_VESA=y CONFIG_FB_SIMPLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION=y I hope this might help others experiencing the same problems Helmut With CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL not set your set up would run the VESA framebuffer, rather than KMS. These are my corresponding choices on my system: CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY=y # CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION is not set CONFIG_X86_SYSFB=y # CONFIG_NET_SCH_SFB is not set # CONFIG_IFB is not set CONFIG_DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER=y CONFIG_FB=y # CONFIG_FB_DDC is not set # CONFIG_FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT is not set CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y # CONFIG_FB_CFB_REV_PIXELS_IN_BYTE is not set CONFIG_FB_SYS_FILLRECT=m CONFIG_FB_SYS_COPYAREA=m CONFIG_FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT=m # CONFIG_FB_FOREIGN_ENDIAN is not set # CONFIG_FB_SYS_FOPS is not set CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO=y # CONFIG_FB_SVGALIB is not set # CONFIG_FB_MACMODES is not set # CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT is not set CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y # CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING is not set # CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS is not set # CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set # CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set # CONFIG_FB_ARC is not set # CONFIG_FB_ASILIANT is not set # CONFIG_FB_IMSTT is not set # CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set # CONFIG_FB_UVESA is not set # CONFIG_FB_VESA is not set # CONFIG_FB_N411 is not set # CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set # CONFIG_FB_OPENCORES is not set # CONFIG_FB_S1D13XXX is not set # CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA is not set # CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set # CONFIG_FB_I740 is not set # CONFIG_FB_LE80578 is not set # CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set # CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set # CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set # CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set # CONFIG_FB_S3 is not set # CONFIG_FB_SAVAGE is not set # CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set # CONFIG_FB_VIA is not set # CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set # CONFIG_FB_KYRO is not set # CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set # CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set # CONFIG_FB_VT8623 is not set # CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set # CONFIG_FB_ARK is not set # CONFIG_FB_PM3 is not set # CONFIG_FB_CARMINE is not set # CONFIG_FB_SMSCUFX is not set # CONFIG_FB_UDL is not set # CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set # CONFIG_FB_METRONOME is not set # CONFIG_FB_MB862XX is not set # CONFIG_FB_BROADSHEET is not set # CONFIG_FB_AUO_K190X is not set # CONFIG_FB_SIMPLE is not set # CONFIG_FB_CON_DECOR is not set # CONFIG_FB_XGI is not set -- Thanks Mick, I'll try that when I generate my next kernel. Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Radeon driver - blank console [SOLVED]
On 01/05/2015 02:49:04 PM, Florian Gamböck wrote: Am 05.01.2015 um 14:42 schrieb Helmut Jarausch: Which (framebuffer?) kernel parameters have to set? Try compiling CONFIG_DRM_RADEON as module and do not enable any frame buffers, especially not CONFIG_FB_RADEON, as absurd as it sounds. This should take care of your invisible virtual terminal. Unfortunately, this didn't suffice. Looking at the kernel configuration of Systemrescuecd I've added the following kernel configuration parameters (to my previous kernel configuration for fglrx) # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set CONFIG_DRM=m CONFIG_DRM_KMS_HELPER=m CONFIG_DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER=y CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE=y CONFIG_DRM_TTM=m CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y CONFIG_FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT=y CONFIG_FB_VESA=y CONFIG_FB_SIMPLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION=y I hope this might help others experiencing the same problems Helmut
[gentoo-user] Radeon driver - blank console
Hi, the recent update of virtual/opengl forced me to switch from my ati [legacy] driver to the open source driver (radeon) While I got X11 running, my console gets blanked before I can log in on the command line. Which (framebuffer?) kernel parameters have to set? It looks like the kernel or init process (openrc) tries to switch to a higher resolution (on the text console) when the screen (console) gets blanked. (Loggin in blindly and invoking startx, I get a running X-server). Many thanks for some pointers, Helmut
[gentoo-user] world file - where has it gone?
Hi, I discovered that the file /var/lib/portage/world contains only a few lines where it contained hundreds of files before. Has the information previously kept in this file been moved to some other place (database?)? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Paraview 4.2 not building
On 12/30/2014 05:44:16 AM, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, Anyone out there using Paraview? A quick question before I put all of the supporting doco, build/error logs etc, together. I'm attempting to get the latest version in portage, V4.2, built but I'm running into problems at the 45% stage, Linking libvtkRenderingOpenGL. Has anyone else come across any problems in this area? Any thoughts on how to fix the problem. Hi, it's the same here. It looks like a template error. I'm using gcc 4.9.2 which is very strict w.r.t. the C++ standard. I suggest, you create a bug report. Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] media-video/gpac-0.5.0-r1 fails to compile
On 12/30/2014 10:57:31 AM, Dale wrote: Howdy, I been running into this issue for a while now. Anyone else run into this? Nothing on the forums and google ain't no help either. Last part of the build log below. I have 0.5.1_pre5456 installed here, I had problems with 0.5.0, as well. A Happy New Year to all of you, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Syslog-ng is writing binary
On 12/27/2014 10:52:04 AM, Mick wrote: On Friday 26 Dec 2014 23:33:33 Peter Humphrey wrote: Hello list, For some time now I've had syslog-ng writing /var/log/messages in a binary format: # file /var/log/messages /var/log/messages: data # grep syslog-ng /var/log/messages Binary file /var/log/messages matches Yet: # head /var/log/messages Dec 21 03:10:02 wstn run-crons[29014]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/man-db) [...] Can I use the following method to restore the original text format of /var/log/messages? 1. Boot rescue system and mount main system 2. # cd /mnt/main/var/log 3. # mv messages messages.bin 4. # strings messages.bin messages 5. # rm messages.bin 6. Reboot. I tried steps 1 - 4 and got a text file with very long lines, but I chickened out before rebooting. It would be nice to find a config setting that's changed, but the change log is silent and the admin guide gives me a headache :-( I don't know if this is a matter of changing some setting a in a config file - I haven't found any yet. It seems that upon boot up some binary data is written in the otherwise plain text logs: Dec 22 10:15:21 dell_xps syslog-ng[1526]: syslog-ng starting up; version='3.4.8' Dec 22 10:15:21 dell_xps syslog-ng[1526]: syslog-ng starting up; version='3.4.8' Dec 22 10:15:21 dell_xps syslog-ng[1526]: syslog-ng starting up; version='3.4.8' Dec 22 10:15:21 ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset Dec 22 10:15:21 ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset Dec 22 10:15:21 ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ [snip ...] I don't know if this is caused by some systemd infection of our systems! LOL! If you use 'less -L /var/log/messages' or cat, then you will be able to view the logs in text format. If you need to grep stuff then you can use: grep --binary-files=text -i firewall /var/log/messages [snip ...] Dec 27 09:24:03 dell_xps firewall: ** All firewall rules applied ** Dec 27 09:24:03 dell_xps firewall: ** All firewall rules applied ** Be careful that using grep like this might cause your terminal to execute some of the binary output as a command (check the man page). -- Regards, Mick I think this was a long standig bug. Version 3.6.2 seems to have fixed this. Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] question/feature request: First fetch, then compile...
On 12/17/2014 06:48:55 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Is it possible, to do ONE call to emerge, which asks (according to option -a, if set ) and given a yes first fetches ALL necessary files and data and compiles then everything? With some manual operations: Capture the output of emerge -vp Edit it to call ebuild full patch to package.ebuild fetch for each package. Then issue emerge without -p Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] google-chrome fails under kernel 3.18
On 12/11/2014 08:02:12 AM, Yuri K. Shatroff wrote: Hi gentoo-users, Yesterday I installed and compiled gentoo-sources-3.18.0, everything seems to be in order but google-chrome just doesn't display any page (even settings), showing a blue screen with Oops instead. In Firefox, everything works as before. I tried reinstalling chrome, removing its config directory and even installing chrome-beta, but all to no avail. Yet, simply rebooting back to 3.17.4 reverted it to order. Maybe there's some important kernel config parameter or smth I've missed? (I just used make oldconfig) Why do you use Google-Chrome? I'm using Chromium which works just fine with gentoo-sources-3.18.0. Helmut
[gentoo-user] Python Installation
Hi, I have python2.7 and python3.4 installed here. I'd like to emerge any packages which use python only for python3.4 unless this package can only be installed for python2.7. Currently, I have the following in /etc/portage/make.conf and with this configuration, packages which can be installed for python2.7 and python3.4 are install twice (for 2.7 and 3.4). What am I doing wrong? PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 python3_4 USE_PYTHON=2.7 3.4 PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET=python2_7 Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng-3.6.1 nearly no log anymore
On 11/13/2014 05:41:27 PM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, after upgrading from syslog-ng-3.5.6 to syslog-ng-3.6.1 my system has stopped logging, i.e. I only get the messages Nov 12 21:04:10 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng shutting down; version='3.6.1' Nov 13 14:52:20 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng starting up; version='3.6.1' Has anybody observed the same problem, and how to fix it? As noted earlier, I'm still using openrc but I have systemd installed, as well. Meanwhile, I have re-installed syslog-ng-3.6.1 WITHOUT the systemd use flag. Now, it works just fine. Should I make a bug report on this? Many thanks to all who have helped, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng-3.6.1 nearly no log anymore
On 11/13/2014 09:05:50 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 13/11/2014 18:41, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, after upgrading from syslog-ng-3.5.6 to syslog-ng-3.6.1 my system has stopped logging, i.e. I only get the messages Nov 12 21:04:10 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng shutting down; version='3.6.1' Nov 13 14:52:20 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng starting up; version='3.6.1' Has anybody observed the same problem, and how to fix it? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Run a syntax check on the config file, I don't have a man page to hand but it's quite obvious what the option is. syslog-ng has sometimes been picky about version numbers in the past and it's tagged in the config file. Read the syntax check output carefully to see if anything is amiss. Thanks, Alan. The only unusual message is Systemd is not detected as the running init system; which is true since I still use openrc (but with systemd installed, as well) Could this be the culprit? Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng-3.6.1 nearly no log anymore
On 11/14/2014 06:46:28 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 14/11/2014 18:18, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
On 11/13/2014 09:05:50 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 13/11/2014 18:41, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
Hi,
after upgrading from syslog-ng-3.5.6 to syslog-ng-3.6.1 my
system
has
stopped logging, i.e. I only get the messages
Nov 12 21:04:10 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng shutting down;
version='3.6.1'
Nov 13 14:52:20 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng starting up;
version='3.6.1'
Has anybody observed the same problem, and how to fix it?
Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut
Run a syntax check on the config file, I don't have a man page to
hand
but it's quite obvious what the option is.
syslog-ng has sometimes been picky about version numbers in the
past
and
it's tagged in the config file. Read the syntax check output
carefully
to see if anything is amiss.
Thanks, Alan.
The only unusual message is
Systemd is not detected as the running init system;
which is true since I still use openrc (but with systemd installed,
as
well)
Could this be the culprit?
I doubt it, I also use 3.6.1 without systemd.
Please post eix syslog-ng so we can see how your USE is set up, and
your
syslog-ng.conf
Thanks, Alan.
[U] app-admin/syslog-ng
Available versions: 3.4.7^t 3.4.8^t (~)3.5.6^t{tbz2}[1]
(~)3.6.1^t{tbz2} {amqp caps dbi geoip ipv6 json mongodb pacct +pcre
redis smtp spoof-source ssl systemd tcpd}
Installed versions: 3.5.6^t{tbz2}[1](05:21:52 PM 11/14/2014)(ipv6
json pcre ssl systemd tcpd -amqp -caps -dbi -geoip -mongodb -pacct -
smtp -spoof-source)
Homepage:http://www.balabit.com/network-security/
syslog-ng
Description: syslog replacement with advanced filtering
features
And here are the config files (I've left out the commented lines)
/etc/syslog-ng/scl.conf =
@define scl-root `syslog-ng-data`/include/scl
@define include-path `include-path`:`syslog-ng-data`/include
@include 'scl/system/plugin.conf'
@include 'scl/pacct/plugin.conf'
@include 'scl/syslogconf/plugin.conf'
/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf =
options {
threaded(yes);
chain_hostnames(no);
stats_freq(43200);
mark_freq(3600);
};
source src { system(); internal(); };
destination messages { file(/var/log/messages); };
destination console_all { file(/dev/tty12); };
log { source(src); destination(messages); };
log { source(src); destination(console_all); };
/etc/conf.d/syslog-ng =
SYSLOG_NG_OPTS=
[gentoo-user] syslog-ng-3.6.1 nearly no log anymore
Hi, after upgrading from syslog-ng-3.5.6 to syslog-ng-3.6.1 my system has stopped logging, i.e. I only get the messages Nov 12 21:04:10 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng shutting down; version='3.6.1' Nov 13 14:52:20 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng starting up; version='3.6.1' Has anybody observed the same problem, and how to fix it? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] OT Best way to compress files with digits
On 10/31/2014 04:59:17 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: If someone has suggestionsalways appreciated! :) It's best to ask on the news group comp.compression. There are top international specialists. Helmut
[gentoo-user] jedit-5.2pre1 ebuild anywhere
Hi, does anybody have an ebuild for jedit-5.2pre1. Many thanks for a hint, Helmut.
[gentoo-user] perl-5.20.1 - has anybody managed to upgrade Perl?
Hi, dev-lang/perl-5.20.1 is in the tree (unmasked), but trying to upgrade gives me lots of blocks requiring versions which are not in the tree, yet, like [blocks B ] perl-core/Socket-2.13.0 (perl-core/Socket-2.13.0 is blocking virtual/perl-Socket-2.13.0) Has anybody tried to upgrade to this version of Perl? Many thanks for some hints/comments, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] perl-5.20.1 - has anybody managed to upgrade Perl?
On 10/07/2014 10:50:53 AM, Tomas Mozes wrote: On 2014-10-07 10:13, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, dev-lang/perl-5.20.1 is in the tree (unmasked), but trying to upgrade gives me lots of blocks requiring versions which are not in the tree, yet, like [blocks B ] perl-core/Socket-2.13.0 (perl-core/Socket-2.13.0 is blocking virtual/perl-Socket-2.13.0) Has anybody tried to upgrade to this version of Perl? Many thanks for some hints/comments, Helmut emerge -av1 perl-cleaner emerge -av1O dev-lang/perl These two worked just fine, BUT perl-cleaner --all fails miserably showing many blocks mentioning versions which are not in the (unstable) tree like, e.g. perl-core/File-Spec-3.480.0 (and 28 more of those) Typically there is virtual/perl-File-Spec-3.480.0 which requires perl-core/File-Spec of the same version, but (here) there is only perl-core/File-Spec-3.400.0 I wonder how all of you could get around this? Many thanks for your help, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] perl-5.20.1 - has anybody managed to upgrade Perl?
On 10/07/2014 06:07:11 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: Am Dienstag, 7. Oktober 2014, 17:41:11 schrieb Helmut Jarausch: emerge -av1 perl-cleaner emerge -av1O dev-lang/perl These two worked just fine, BUT perl-cleaner --all fails miserably showing many blocks mentioning versions which are not in the (unstable) tree Please try ~arch perl-cleaner and tell us if it works better! I am on ~amd64 and did have these problems. Only Tomas hints saved me, i.e. emerge -av1O dev-lang/perl emerge -1 -j4 --keep-going `qlist -IC virtual/perl-` emerge -1 perl-cleaner Again, many thanks to Tomas, Helmut
[gentoo-user] Reverse Tethering - How to?
Hi, how do I need to configure my Gentoo box to allow for reverse tethering from my (rooted) Android phone? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Reverse Tethering - How to?
On 09/17/2014 11:43:28 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:24:36 AM Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, how do I need to configure my Gentoo box to allow for reverse tethering from my (rooted) Android phone? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut What do you mean with reverse tethering? That your mobile uses the network connection of your Gentoo box, or your Gentoo box the network connection of your mobile? My mobile should be able to use the (wired) network connection of my Gentoo box. Generally, the device sharing the connection needs to play WIFI Access Point. How to do that on Gentoo? Thanks, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Reverse Tethering - How to?
On 09/17/2014 11:50:58 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:46:12 AM Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 09/17/2014 11:43:28 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:24:36 AM Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, how do I need to configure my Gentoo box to allow for reverse tethering from my (rooted) Android phone? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut What do you mean with reverse tethering? That your mobile uses the network connection of your Gentoo box, or your Gentoo box the network connection of your mobile? My mobile should be able to use the (wired) network connection of my Gentoo box. Ok, I assumed that was the case, but wanted to be sure. Generally, the device sharing the connection needs to play WIFI Access Point. How to do that on Gentoo? If your Gentoo box has a wired connection and a wireless one. The wired is currently used and the wireless is not. Then you need to get your wireless card to function as an access point. (Google for Gentoo Linux Howto WIFI Access Point or similar) and you should find some information on how to do this. I should have made it more clear. My GenToo box doesn't have a wireless card. I'd like to connect my mobile to the USB port of my Gentoo box and get access to the (wired) network. Thanks, Helmut
[gentoo-user] Gentoo mirror list - where?
Hi, if an ebuild file has, e.g., mirror://github/... where do I find the list of mirrors Gentoo is using for that? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo mirror list - where?
On 08/12/2014 12:21:09 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:42:34 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: if an ebuild file has, e.g., mirror://github/... where do I find the list of mirrors Gentoo is using for that? From memory (see other thread) emerge -fp cat/pkg. Yes, thanks a lot, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Python and man problems
On 08/04/2014 08:00:55 PM, Stroller wrote: It transpires that sys-apps/most is in portage. Emerging this package should fix it, if you intend to continue using it as the PAGER. most is the best manpager I've found found - the default syntax highlighting is perfect for man pages. Hi, does anybody know how to tell 'most' to scroll when I use my mouse wheel? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Python and man problems
On 08/08/2014 11:52:30 AM, Philip Webb wrote: 140808 Helmut Jarausch wrote: does anybody know how to tell 'most' to scroll when I use my mouse wheel? IIRC it's KDE which does it for me : Most runs in a Konsole. I'm using icewm where my mouse wheel generates button4/5 events. Is there a general means to teach X11 to map mouse button events to key codes? Thanks, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Contradictionary behaviour of SMART on hds ?!?
On 07/27/2014 06:50:49 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
Hi Mick,
thanks for your reply on the topic.
I executed the mkswap/dd combo a several times today. Since I have
no logs I repeated again. Here are the results:
solfire:/home/usermkswap -L swap -f -c /dev/sda2
1 bad page
mkswap: /dev/sda2: warning: wiping old swap signature.
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 6291448 KiB
LABEL=swap, UUID=e742c0a6-862c-41e9-be4b-698b33c5a236
solfire:/home/userdd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda2 bs=512 conv=notrunc
dd: error writing ‘/dev/sda2’: Input/output error
1669369+0 records in
1669368+0 records out
854716416 bytes (855 MB) copied, 28.4799 s, 30.0 MB/s
[1]24047 exit 1 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda2 bs=512
conv=notrunc
solfire:/home/user
I am a little anxious about the hdparm command...
For me it is unclear what sector is meant:
smartclt says:
Num Test_DescriptionStatus Remaining
LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Selective offline Completed: read failure 90%
14500 4288352511
From a previous posting I learned that LBA in this case is the byte
counter.
The sector is therefore 4288352511/512=8375688
However as a result of the dd command above I found this in the dmesg
log:
[48588.471905] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1773816
Now...what sector count fits what sector count ... ?
I will not fire zeroes towards my hd this way before I know exactly
to what I am shooting at... ;)
Any light in all this shadow is heartly appreciated...
Best regards,
mcc
Here a few observations: First, smartctl starts counting at the very
first sector of the drive
while dd starts counting at the first sector of the partition. So, find
out where the partition starts
by using fdisk and add the partition offset to the number given by dd.
Second, if your file system is ext{2,3,4} try using fsdebug as
described in
file:///home/jarausch/GenToo/Hints/Smartmontools_badblockhowto.html
Third, as far as I understand, smartctl's '-t select' option lets you
test
specific ranges of the disk. You could try to start the test after the
defective sector.
Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Regular user can't mount/unmount mtpfs; root is OK
On 07/25/2014 12:52:15 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:23:47 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: I'm a total noobie at mtpfs/FUSE. My excellent adventure started yesterday when I got a clearout 7 tablet, and took a sample photo, and tried mounting the tablet... no /dev/sdb to be found anywhere. I went to Mr. Google for help, and found out that MTP is the new and improved way of doing things. Improved, maybe, necessary, definitely. The old way of using mass storage meant the storage had to be unmounted on the phone first, which could break running applications. So I installed mtpfs. It works great for root, but a regular user can't mount the tablet. The mtpfs command immediately returns to the command prompt, with no error message or any other info. I has problems with mtpfs and switched to jmtpfs, which works much better. Or you can install SSHd on the tablet and use scp/sshfs. I don't have good experience with jmtpfs. Here, it's dead slow and hangs sometimes (connected to my Galaxy S3 mini). But, I have switched to go-mtpfs. This is really fast and seems to be stable. Since I'm lazy I haven't tried to access without root priviledges. Helmut
[gentoo-user] triggered by backtracking - what does that mean?
Hi, would anybody please explain what the following means: emerge -vp net-libs/libpcap Calculating dependencies * waiting for lock on /var/db/.pkg.portage_lockfile ... [ ok ] ... done! [ebuild R] net-libs/libpcap-1.5.3 USE=bluetooth dbus ipv6 -canusb -netlink -static-libs 0 KiB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 KiB !!! The following update(s) have been skipped due to unsatisfied dependencies !!! triggered by backtracking: net-libs/libpcap:0 Many thanks, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.17 fails and warning: setlocale: LC_ALL error
On 07/16/2014 09:32:31 AM, Dale wrote: I tried this. I unpacked the stage3 tarball just like I would for a new install, in /mnt/gentoo of course. I set it up just enough to where I could try and emerge glibc and just see if it would complete or if it would fail. It failed. It seems to me that while it may be complaining about the kernel version, something else is really the issue. I'm using the latest kernel so it can't be that. I also installed linux-headers and tried again, still failed. What kernel version are you using? On one machine I have strange effects with kernel 3.15.x (including 3.15.5) Portage hangs. Attaching gdb to it one can see that hangs in the glibc call __epoll_wait_nocancel called from pyepoll_poll from PyRun_FileExFlags Just stepping back to 3.14.12 solves the problem. (I do have linux-headers-3.15 installed here) Helmut
[gentoo-user] mimeinfo - which one rules?
Hi,
which mimeinfo is used when I open an email attachment?
My local info in
$HOME/.local/share/applications/{mimeinfo.cache,mimeapps.list}
seem to get ignore.
Currently, I have to edit
/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache
after each emerge.
What am I missing?
Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%
On 07/01/2014 10:30:44 AM, Dale wrote: I been wanting to get me something external but hadn't got around to looking yet. I didn't know they have a SATA version. I plan to avoid USB if I can. From my understanding, eSATA can be hotplugged and I have a couple of those connections. I 'believe' that eSATA is dead - just look how few products are available. I have 3 USB-3 drives which are very fast (more than 100 MB/sec) and if your motherboard doesn't have an USB-3 adapter, yet, it's very cheap. Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%
On 07/01/2014 10:58:45 AM, Dale wrote: Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 07/01/2014 10:30:44 AM, Dale wrote: I been wanting to get me something external but hadn't got around to looking yet. I didn't know they have a SATA version. I plan to avoid USB if I can. From my understanding, eSATA can be hotplugged and I have a couple of those connections. I 'believe' that eSATA is dead - just look how few products are available. I have 3 USB-3 drives which are very fast (more than 100 MB/sec) and if your motherboard doesn't have an USB-3 adapter, yet, it's very cheap. Helmut I do have a few USB3 connectors. I just figured USB would be a good bit slower. Plus, can USB power a 3.5 hard drive nowadays? Probably not. All of my external USB3 disks have a separate power supply. root@fireball / # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads: 6604 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3303.39 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 542 MB in 3.01 seconds = 180.33 MB/sec root@fireball / # Try a real life example like dd. I have seen the above mentioned speed on disks with a file system on it which does limit the speed anyway. I did find a eSATA enclosure on Newegg and the price wasn't bad. It's one option I guess. Dale :-) :-)
[gentoo-user] Help! - I cannot emerge anything any more
Hi, I am in a very strange situation where I cannot emerge anything any more. Since it occurs on two different machines it won't be a hardware problem. When I try to emerge a package, say portage, it builds it just fine and starts to install it (for portage, the last file shown is etc/etc-update.conf) but then it hangs forever - no CPU / no IO. It looks as if it has locked itself out. This is even with a single package emerge. The only interesting things which are shown by lsof are emerge 1747 root mem REG 0,16 46678298 /usr/lib64/gconv/gconv-modules.cache (path dev=0,18) emerge 1747 root0u CHR 136,0 0t03 /dev/pts/0 emerge 1747 root1u CHR 136,0 0t03 /dev/pts/0 emerge 1747 root2u CHR 136,0 0t03 /dev/pts/0 emerge 1747 root3w REG 8,17 149138217 /var/log/slim.log emerge 1747 root4u a_inode0,90 21 [eventpoll] emerge 1747 root5r FIFO0,8 0t091938 pipe emerge 1747 root6uW REG 0,30097094 /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/.portage-.portage_lockfile emerge 1747 root7w FIFO0,8 0t091938 pipe emerge 1747 root8r FIFO 0,30 0t091946 /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/portage-/.ipc_in emerge 1747 root 10u CHR5,2 0t0 1127 /dev/ptmx emerge 1747 root 11u CHR 136,0 0t03 /dev/pts/0 emerge 1747 root 12w REG 0,30 28295491945 /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/portage-/temp/build.log Yes, I've tried to remove anything from /var/tmp/portage and the problem persists after reboot. Has anybody seen something similar and where to search for the problem? Many thanks, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%
On 06/25/2014 12:55:08 PM, thegeezer wrote: On 06/25/2014 11:05 AM, Dale wrote: I got a drive picked out at Newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844 slightly offtopic - i notice that the drive has a 2year limited warranty has anyone managed to get anything from hard drive warranties ? I always buy enterprise editions which have a warranty of 5 years. I had several drives which got replaced after 3-5 years. Furthermore, I have the feeling that enterprise editions have been tested more strictly. I know they are much more expensive but I even take these for my private machine. Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] sys-power/upower with systemd
On 06/24/2014 10:01:24 AM, Marc Joliet wrote: Am Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:39:13 -0400 schrieb gottl...@nyu.edu: I think I had first misinterpreted the news msg, but want to be sure I do understand it correctly now. The message ends with All non-systemd users are recommended to choose between: # emerge --oneshot --noreplace 'sys-power/upower-pm-utils' or # emerge --oneshot --noreplace '=sys-power/upower-0.99.0' However, all systemd users are recommended to stay with sys-power/upower. I first read stay with sys-power/upower to mean systemd users should NOT do any of the two options for non-systemd users and let portage do its thing. However, portage want to replace upower with upower-pm-utils, which I am pretty sure is not intended for systemd users. Is the proper reading of the news message, that the systemd users should use the second option available for non-systemd users? Specifically am I to execute # emerge --oneshot --noreplace '=sys-power/upower-0.99.0' ? Um, personally, I think the message is extremely clear: non-systemd users should choose between the first two options, and systemd users should just stick with plain upower, regardless of version (although there is only one ATM, the older one is masked now). Hi, please tell me - what is a systemd user? I have systemd AND openrc installed here and I still don't use systemd as my init system. Am I a systemd user? I ask because I cannot installed some packages, some require upower-0.99.0 others fail with it. Thanks, Helmut
[gentoo-user] dependency problem - how to decipher this one
Hi, trying to emerge x11-libs/gtk+:2 (2.24.23-r1) together with dev-libs/atk (2.12.0-r1) I get the following messages emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy =dev-libs/atk-1.29.2[introspection?,abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?, abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?]. (dependency required by x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.23-r1 [ebuild]) (dependency required by x11-libs/gtk+:2 [argument]) How can this be deciphered? How can I trace / debug the problem. Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
[gentoo-user] gstreamer or ffmeg - that's the question
Hi, the recent upgrade to Gnome 3.12.1 includes app-misc/tracker-1.0 which forces me to decide between gstreamer and ffmpeg. It says The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: at-most-one-of ( gstreamer ffmpeg ) But many packages installed here depend on one of these. What can I do about it and why can't I have both as previously. Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] gstreamer or ffmeg - that's the question
Many thanks, John, Helmut On 04/28/2014 10:55:40 AM, John Campbell wrote: On 04/28/2014 01:13 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, the recent upgrade to Gnome 3.12.1 includes app-misc/tracker-1.0 which forces me to decide between gstreamer and ffmpeg. It says The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: at-most-one-of ( gstreamer ffmpeg ) But many packages installed here depend on one of these. What can I do about it and why can't I have both as previously. It's only asking you to choose which to use for app-misc/tracker, not globally. Just change the USE for that individual package. echo app-misc/tracker gstreamer -ffmpeg /etc/portage/package.use/tracker or echo app-misc/tracker -gstreamer ffmpeg /etc/portage/package.use/tracker
Re: [gentoo-user] Script to tar.tgz /etc, works run manually, broken when run from cron
On 03/31/2014 01:01:48 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Hi all, Ok, this is really irritating me... I have a script that simply performs some backups. The commands are like this: # perform tar.tgz backup of /etc tar -czpvf $BKUP_DIR_etc/$BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc.tgz /etc When I run this script manually, it does what it is supposed to, and the resulting file is about 500K. When it runs from cron (roots crontab), it results in a 20 byte (empty) file. So what am I missing/doing wrong? This is what I do when debugging such things put echo $BKUP_DIR_etc/$BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc.tgz /tmp/cron.LOG into an executable script and run it with at now+1minute and check /tmp/cron.LOG perhaps one of $BKUP_DIR_etc or $BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc isn't know in that environment Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] How to get rid of Python2 (where possible)
On 03/28/2014 08:29:27 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:42:59 +0100 Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: sys-apps/portage:0 (sys-apps/portage-:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by sys-apps/portage (Argument) (sys-apps/portage-:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by sys-apps/portage[**SNIP**] required by (app-portage/gentoolkit-dev-0.2.8.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) sys-apps/portage[**SNIP**] required by (app-admin/webapp-config-1.53:0/0::gentoo, installed) sys-apps/portage[**SNIP**] required by (app-portage/flaggie-0.2.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) The thing with Python is that it wants 'packages that support Python' depend on 'Python packages that have the same versions supported'. Iotw, from the above example; let's say the reverse dependencies gentoolkit-dev, webapp-config, flaggie, ... were build with 2.x and with 3.x, they would want both 2.x and 3.x set on sys-apps/portage. If you drop 2.x you can't just rebuild Portage, you'll need to rebuild the reverse deps as well; such that they no longer want 2.x on Portage. So, when changing PYTHON_TARGET in make.conf; you will want to do something along the lines of `emerge -auvDN @world --backtrack=9001`, this to ensure that the reverse dependencies of Portage no longer depend on Portage having the previously set Python versions. Portage will then go ahead and rebuild both Portage and its reverse dependencies; that way, it doesn't create the conflict you saw. (Backtracking 9001 so it is sufficiently high to not cause conflicts) -- Unfortunately, this doesn't solve my problem. If I remove python2_7 from PYTHON_TARGET emerge -auvDN @world --backtrack=9001 fails for those packages which don't support Python3. But if I keep python2_7 in PYTHON_TARGET then all packages which support Python2_7 and Python3_3 are installed twice, once in /usr/lib64/python2.7 and then in /usr/lib64/python3.3 But I'm looking for a means to install packages which do support Python3.3 only for Python3.3 and which installs packages which don't support Python3.3 nevertheless under /usr/lib64/python2.7 Helmut
[gentoo-user] How to get rid of Python2 (where possible)
Hi,
would anybody please explain Portage's technique for selecting Python
versions for packages
from dev-python and similar.
I'd like to set up things such that Portage installs only the
Python-3.{3,4} version unless the
packages doesn't support Python-3.x
Currently I have
PYTHON_COMPAT=python2_7 python3_3 python3_4
PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 python3_3 python3_4
# PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET=python2_7
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET=python3_3
in my /etc/portage/make.conf and portage itself is Python3-based.
I have to toggle the two PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET lines depending
on some packages, e.g., dev-util/eric requires
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET=python3_3
which causes other packages not to install.
I have tried to remove python2_7 from PYTHON_TARGETS but then
I cannot re-install portage although it is based on Python3.
As you can see I am lost?
Many thanks for shedding some light onto these issues,
Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] How to get rid of Python2 (where possible)
On 03/28/2014 10:37:56 AM, Tom Wijsman wrote: On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:27:00 +0100 Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: I have tried to remove python2_7 from PYTHON_TARGETS but then I cannot re-install portage although it is based on Python3. Why is this? Can you share us the log or output of that? Thanks Tom! I get the following slot conflicts if I try to emerge portage when PYTHON_TARGETS doesn't contain python2_7 : [ebuild R *] sys-apps/portage- USE=doc (ipc) python3 -build -epydoc (-pypy2_0) -python2 (-selinux) -xattr LINGUAS=-ru PYTHON_TARGETS=python3_3 -pypy2_0 -python2_6 -python2_7* -python3_2 (-python3_4) 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: sys-apps/portage:0 (sys-apps/portage-:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by sys-apps/portage (Argument) (sys-apps/portage-:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by sys-apps/portage[python_targets_python2_6(-)?,python_targets_python2_7(-)?,python_targets_python3_2(-)?,python_targets_python3_3(-)?,-python_single_target_python2_6(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_2(-),-python_single_target_python3_3(-)] required by (app-portage/gentoolkit-dev-0.2.8.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) sys-apps/portage[python_targets_python2_6(-)?,python_targets_python2_7(-)?,python_targets_python3_2(-)?,python_targets_python3_3(-)?,python_targets_pypy2_0(-)?,-python_single_target_python2_6(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_2(-),-python_single_target_python3_3(-),-python_single_target_pypy2_0(-)] required by (app-admin/webapp-config-1.53:0/0::gentoo, installed) sys-apps/portage[python_targets_python2_6(-)?,python_targets_python2_7(-)?,python_targets_python3_2(-)?,python_targets_python3_3(-)?,python_targets_pypy2_0(-)?,-python_single_target_python2_6(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_2(-),-python_single_target_python3_3(-),-python_single_target_pypy2_0(-)] required by (app-portage/flaggie-0.2.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) sys-apps/portage[python_targets_python2_6(-)?,python_targets_python2_7(-)?,python_targets_pypy2_0(-)?,-python_single_target_python2_6(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_pypy2_0(-)] required by (app-portage/layman-2.0.0-r3:0/0::gentoo, installed) =sys-apps/portage-2.1.10.3[python_targets_python2_6(-)?,python_targets_python2_7(-)?,python_targets_python3_2(-)?,python_targets_python3_3(-)?,python_targets_pypy2_0(-)?,-python_single_target_python2_6(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_2(-),-python_single_target_python3_3(-),-python_single_target_pypy2_0(-)] required by (app-portage/gentoopm-0.2.9:0/0::gentoo, installed) =sys-apps/portage-2.1.11.52[python_targets_python2_7(-)?,python_targets_python3_2(-)?,python_targets_python3_3(-)?,-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_2(-),-python_single_target_python3_3(-)] required by (app-portage/portpeek-2.1.9:0/0::gentoo, installed) sys-apps/portage[python_targets_python2_6(-)?,python_targets_python2_7(-)?,python_targets_python3_2(-)?,python_targets_python3_3(-)?,python_targets_pypy2_0(-)?,-python_single_target_python2_6(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_2(-),-python_single_target_python3_3(-),-python_single_target_pypy2_0(-)] required by (app-portage/gentoolkit-0.3.0.9-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
Re: [gentoo-user] How to get rid of Python2 (where possible)
Hi Tom, that was really helpful. MANY THANKS, Helmut On 03/28/2014 08:29:27 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:42:59 +0100 Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: sys-apps/portage:0 (sys-apps/portage-:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by sys-apps/portage (Argument) (sys-apps/portage-:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by sys-apps/portage[**SNIP**] required by (app-portage/gentoolkit-dev-0.2.8.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) sys-apps/portage[**SNIP**] required by (app-admin/webapp-config-1.53:0/0::gentoo, installed) sys-apps/portage[**SNIP**] required by (app-portage/flaggie-0.2.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) The thing with Python is that it wants 'packages that support Python' depend on 'Python packages that have the same versions supported'. Iotw, from the above example; let's say the reverse dependencies gentoolkit-dev, webapp-config, flaggie, ... were build with 2.x and with 3.x, they would want both 2.x and 3.x set on sys-apps/portage. If you drop 2.x you can't just rebuild Portage, you'll need to rebuild the reverse deps as well; such that they no longer want 2.x on Portage. So, when changing PYTHON_TARGET in make.conf; you will want to do something along the lines of `emerge -auvDN @world --backtrack=9001`, this to ensure that the reverse dependencies of Portage no longer depend on Portage having the previously set Python versions. Portage will then go ahead and rebuild both Portage and its reverse dependencies; that way, it doesn't create the conflict you saw. (Backtracking 9001 so it is sufficiently high to not cause conflicts) -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
[gentoo-user] Overlays - a question of principle
Hi, several overlays have their own (additional) eclasses and important packages like eselect. What happens (and does it harm) if I use different combinations of overlays at different times? Many thanks for a mini-tutorial or reference to those, Helmut
[gentoo-user] *** STOP misuing this list for personal attacks ***
Please don't use this list for personal quarrels of any kind! If someone says something you don't like - just ignore it/him. If someone insults you, reply by personal mail only. If someone says something which is *technically* wrong, just correct the facts without getting personal. Thanks, Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Inspiron 640m
On 03/07/2014 12:18:41 AM, Silvio Siefke wrote: Hello, has someone this Notebook and can share the kernel config? I try and try but it will not work. I make naked make localyesconf and then activate the intel graphic card. But when start i can nothing see. The display is not blank but i can nothing see. Thank you for help Nice Day Silvio Sorry, I don't have such a machine. I would download the most recent version of SystemRescueCD (http://www.sysresccd.org/) and boot the machine with this rescue CD. Then - copy /proc/config.gz and study it, but it will most probably include 'everything' as module. Therefore - lspci -k will tell you which drivers are actually used on your machine From this info you should be able to build your own kernel. Helmut
[gentoo-user] emerge all packages which depend on P : how to
Hi, I have a very simple question. How to emerge (update) all packages which depend on some given package P. I've tried emerge -uv1 `equery -q d P` or emerge -uv1 `qdepends -q -Q P` but both commands (equery and qdepends) generate a list with the version attached like app-editors/kile-2.1.3 which emerge doesn't like (unless there is an '= in front of each name) Is there an easy way to do so without resorting to shell/python scripting? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage performance dropped considerably
On 01/26/2014 08:55:35 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: Again, I think I'm just lucky. I don't think it's luck. A portage system likes to be updated very often (best: each day). I have made the experience that updating a machine which hasn't been updated for a long time (say one year), is just pain. Normally, in those cases, I prefer to remove everything from / and /usr, copy an actively maintained machine to it and do the necessary customizations for that machine. Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] ttyS0 - ownership as root:dialout
On 01/20/2014 06:02:33 PM, Joseph wrote: On 01/20/14 18:45, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 01/20/14 18:30, Joseph wrote: After upgrade to systemd my /dev/ttyS0 shows up as: root:dialout ownership and permission 600 When I change as root manually to: chown uucp:dialout /dev/ttyS0 chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0 after restart it goes back to previous setting: root:dialout 600 How to change it? My VituralBox complain and will not start with owner: root:dialout /dev/ttyS0 It's a udev rule. Mine looks like this, tweak yours $ grep -r uucp /lib/udev/rules.d/ /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules:KERNEL==tty[A-Z]*[0-9]|pppox[0-9]*|ircomm[0-9]*|noz[0-9]*|rfcomm[0-9]*, GROUP=uucp You'd put your file in /etc/udev/rules.d/, not in /lib/ as above, that's the as-shipped location for defaults -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com Thanks for the hint Alan. Mine looks like this: grep -r dialout /lib/udev/rules.d/ /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules:KERNEL==tty[A-Z]*[0-9]|pppox[0-9]*|ircomm[0-9]*|noz[0-9]*|rfcomm[0-9]*, GROUP=dialout I think the group dialout is OK. What the Virtualbox doesn't like is the ownership, the first part root (root:dialout) How to influence the first part. The strange part is that I have upgraded two system and one is shoring ttyS0 as: uucp:dialout and the another one as: root:dialout. Hi, I have the same permissions and VirtualBox (4.3.6) runs just fine. VirtualBox is picky about the permission of the hard-disk image (VDI file) There it likes group vboxusers and group r/w permissions. Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE slow / console-kit-daemon POLKIT_IS_AUTHORITY failed
On 01/16/2014 11:36:45 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:37:39 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: The solution is to recompile pkgs like dev-libs/dbus-glib after dev-libs/glib upgrade (as noted by elog in the end of glib emerge) Propably 'emerge -e sys-apps/dbus dev-libs/dbus-glib' will do the trick if nothing else does I tried all that and it made no difference. Bear in mind this machine has been affected like this for more than two years, there is nothing that has not been re-emerged in that time yet the issue persists. For the hell of it, I ran 'emerge -e sys-apps/dbus dev-libs/dbus-glib' again. six hours and a reboot later and nothing has changed :( Many thanks, you did it for me - I was afraid of that outcome Helmut On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:21:37 +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote: The log contains many message like dbus[1366]: [system] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.login1' failed: Failed to execute program /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success console-kit-daemon[1387]: CRITICAL: polkit_authority_check_authorization: assertion 'POLKIT_IS_AUTHORITY (authority)' failed I have re-emerged sys-apps/dbus dev-libs/dbus-glib sys-auth/polkit-kde-agent as recommended elsewhere but it didn't help. On 01/15/2014 12:37:44 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: I get this on my desktop but not my laptop. I have tried for ages to find out why it only fails on the desktop and gave up. Now I just chmod +x /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper and it goes away, until the next update. On Jul 02, 2012, Samuel Suominen wrote Never do that, unless you want everyone on your system to be allowed to gain root. As in, that is same as intentionally inserting a vulnerability to your own machine. The solution is to recompile pkgs like dev-libs/dbus-glib after dev-libs/glib upgrade (as noted by elog in the end of glib emerge) Propably 'emerge -e sys-apps/dbus dev-libs/dbus-glib' will do the trick if nothing else does
[gentoo-user] KDE slow / console-kit-daemon POLKIT_IS_AUTHORITY failed
Hi, hopefully someone can help. I have a system where KDE 4.12.0 / 4.11.5 is very slow. The log contains many message like dbus[1366]: [system] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.login1' failed: Failed to execute program /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success console-kit-daemon[1387]: CRITICAL: polkit_authority_check_authorization: assertion 'POLKIT_IS_AUTHORITY (authority)' failed I have re-emerged sys-apps/dbus dev-libs/dbus-glib sys-auth/polkit-kde-agent as recommended elsewhere but it didn't help. Does anybody know how to fix this? Many thanks for hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE slow / console-kit-daemon POLKIT_IS_AUTHORITY failed
On 01/15/2014 12:37:44 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:21:37 +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote: The log contains many message like dbus[1366]: [system] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.login1' failed: Failed to execute program /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success I get this on my desktop but not my laptop. I have tried for ages to find out why it only fails on the desktop and gave up. Now I just chmod +x /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper and it goes away, until the next update. Many thanks Neil! On Jul 02, 2012, Samuel Suominen wrote Never do that, unless you want everyone on your system to be allowed to gain root. As in, that is same as intentionally inserting a vulnerability to your own machine. The solution is to recompile pkgs like dev-libs/dbus-glib after dev-libs/glib upgrade (as noted by elog in the end of glib emerge) Propably 'emerge -e sys-apps/dbus dev-libs/dbus-glib' will do the trick if nothing else does Only, this emerge likes to re-emerge several hundreds of packages. Any comments? Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: updating old box: segfaults with python
On 01/08/2014 11:39:21 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 08.01.2014 19:47, schrieb Grant Edwards: On 2014-01-08, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Looking forward to some clever suggestions ;-) Well, I'd start by running memtest86 overnight just to eliminate the possibility of marginal memory. But, if memory serves, this is a remote server at a customer site -- so that may not be a viable option. Sure. Good suggestion. I would do that if I had physical access to the server ... for now I don't. And I assume the box would behave much more problematic if the memory was faulty. You can use sys-apps/memtester without physical access to the machine. I had cases where memtester found errors which memtest86 didn't. One of these cases was a machine which probably had a cache coherence problem since the error showed up only when more than one process ran memtester. Replacing the CPU but not the memory fixed that problem. Did you try www.sysresccd.org/ version 3.8.1? I'm not sure if it is based on glibc-2.17, yet. Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: updating old box: segfaults with python
On 01/09/2014 10:59:45 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 09.01.2014 09:16, schrieb Helmut Jarausch: You can use sys-apps/memtester without physical access to the machine. I had cases where memtester found errors which memtest86 didn't. One of these cases was a machine which probably had a cache coherence problem since the error showed up only when more than one process ran memtester. Replacing the CPU but not the memory fixed that problem. Thanks for the pointer ... how to use it to test the whole RAM? Just give it a value bigger than the available RAM or ... ? I just try it with a slightly lower value for now and will re-read the manpage. You can't test all of memory, especially not low memory. But if you had a problem with some chip mapped to low memory I doubt Linux would even boot. Furthermore, memtester locks pages, i.e. it disables paging. So the machine might not be very responsive during the tests.
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation sought for external disk
On 01/01/2014 11:07:22 PM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: My home desktop has had a seagate external 750GB drive ST3750640cbrk for a number of years and the disk is starting to fail. The system gets only modest usage. It is powered on about 1/2 the time and the disk often goes significant periods without activity so it spins down. I was considering what seagate calls an expansion hard drive. They are USB 3, but I will be using only USB 2. If you have a free expansion slot I'd install a (very cheap) USB 3 adapter. There is a tremendous difference in speed compared to USB 2. Data transfer to my (quite recent) external USB 3 drives is about 130 MB/s (measured by iotop) which is faster than for my built in SATA 3 drives. Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] new printer : any thoughts ?
On 12/11/2013 03:01:29 AM, Philip Webb wrote: My ancient printer's ink cartridge has finally dried up the mobo in my regular computer accepts only USB. I don't do much printing, but occasionally need a few pages. The local store has an HP Deskjet 2510 on sale this week. Does anyone have thoughts or suggestions ? Have a look at Kyocera printers. Privately and at our institute we have only the best experiences with Kyocera printers. I have an FS 1028 MFP, it's a reasonably fast bw laser printer. It has a duplex unit for printing AND scanning and copying. It scans bw as well as color sheets. It can be connected via USB and LAN. I have a LAN at home and can print from my Android phone wirelessly. Kyocera has the cheapest cost per print. I would buy it again immediately if necessary. Helmut
[gentoo-user] certificates - hwo to accept these
Hi, I have a local package dev-python/grin with ESVN_REPO_URI=https://svn.enthought.com/svn/sandbox/grin/trunk/; Since some time I get Unpacking source... * subversion check out start -- * repository: https://svn.enthought.com/svn/sandbox/grin/trunk Error validating server certificate for 'https://svn.enthought.com:443': - The certificate has expired. Certificate information: - Hostname: *.enthought.com - Valid: from Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT until Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:00:00 GMT - Issuer: www.digicert.com, DigiCert Inc, US - Fingerprint: 35:00:9b:68:e8:22:67:d4:91:da:25:ee:c6:46:42:c1:86:29:d0:e4 (R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? And here portage fails since I couldn't enter anything in between. What can I do to accept the new certificates for svn.enthought.com ? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Avidemux does not display dialogue boxes
On 10/30/2013 04:44:02 PM, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, I've just installed the video tool avidemux but when I load a video, the video loads, but there is no sound. A Google search offered a remedy which required opening the preferences dialogue box. I attempted to do this, but low and behold, no dialogue box will open. Further investigation reveals that File-Open, File-Save, File-Information and more don't display their dialogue boxes. Hi Andrew, I'm using version 2.6.5-r1 avidemux3_qt4 on ~amd64 AFAIR the maintainer of avidemux has given up gtk support. It works just fine, Helmut.
[gentoo-user] kde-4.11.2 update-mime-database or is this a new portage comfort?
Hi, I might be wrong but I can't remember this has happened earlier. When emerging the new kde-base/kde-meta-4.11.2 (about 250 packages here) portage runs update-mime-database /usr/share/mime many many times. Is this a new nuisance? Thanks for a comment, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server update puzzle
On 10/09/2013 02:13:41 PM, Philip Webb wrote: 131008 Khumba wrote: 131008 Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote: A few days ago, I upgraded to xorg-server-1.14.3 with a lot of deps. Everything seems to be working normally since then, but a lot of pkgs became unneeded, according to 'emerge -cpv', ie 131005 x11-apps/bitmap-1.0.6 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] 131005 x11-apps/sessreg-1.0.7 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] 131005 x11-apps/xkbutils-1.0.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] 131005 x11-apps/xkill-1.0.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] 131005 x11-apps/xlsclients-1.1.2 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] 131005 x11-apps/xrandr-1.3.5 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] 131005 x11-apps/xrefresh-1.0.4 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] 131005 x11-apps/xvinfo-1.1.1 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] 131005 x11-libs/libXp-1.0.1 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] 131005 x11-libs/libXvMC-1.0.7 [for nvidia-drivers] 131005 x11-misc/makedepend-1.0.4 [for mesa : otiose] 131005 x11-proto/printproto-1.0.5 [for xorg-x11 LO : otiose] Presumably, these have all been absorbed into other Xorg pgms. x11-base/xorg-server-1.14.3-r1 here. I still have those packages; they're pulled in by x11-base/xorg-x11, which is the main Xorg meta-package that pulls in xorg-server. Yes : I install them individually don't use the meta. As for whether you need them, I think that's your call. I haven't tried xorg-server without xorg-x11 in a while, but lots of those utilities are useful : xkill, xrandr ... . What are they useful for ? -- I can't do 'man' as they're not installed 'eix' simply shows the same URL for each ; is there anywhere I can look ? What about googling for xkill linux. E.g. xkill sometimes is the only possiblity to kill a process which keeps a window open. Just enter xkill in an XTerm, it will ask you to click into the window which you want to close. Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple package instances within a single package slot
On 10/05/2013 08:30:36 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: Neil Bothwick writes: On Sat, 5 Oct 2013 17:59:52 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: No, there is something wrong here. When I updated portage, it also remerged libreoffice. Upgrading claws-mail updated dev-libs/libdbusmenu and dev-libs/libindicate, and wanted to remerge libreoffice, which I avoided. Next, I updated chromium, which also remerged libreoffice. Again. And whatever package I try to update, emerge wants to remerge libreoffice. Happens with all the packages I tried, which are adobe-flash, python, zsh, xterm. If portage believes LO needs to be rebuilt, it will try to do so whichever packages you are emerging, just let it happen. I already did that, twice, when updating portage and chromium. emerge still wants to remerge libreoffice whenever I upgrade a package. With a suitable --jobs setting, portage will emerge all the other packages before LO is done. No, at least with portage, the installation happened after libreoffice was installed. weird ~ # emerge -1uaj portage These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild r U ] app-office/libreoffice-4.1.2.2-r1 [4.1.2.2] [ebuild U ] sys-apps/portage-2.2.7 [2.2.0_alpha188] [...] Emerging (1 of 2) app-office/libreoffice-4.1.2.2-r1 Emerging (2 of 2) sys-apps/portage-2.2.7 Installing (1 of 2) app-office/libreoffice-4.1.2.2-r1 Installing (2 of 2) sys-apps/portage-2.2.7 Jobs: 2 of 2 completeLoad avg: 3.06, 2.76, 2.63 You are not alone, Alex, please see https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486438 Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers:legacy fail to build with kernel 3.12
On 10/03/2013 09:08:56 AM, Mick wrote: Curious, is there a reason you are not using the radeon driver instead of the ati proprietary drivers? -- I haven't checked recently but I remember that google-earth didn't work with the radeon drivers. Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers:legacy fail to build with kernel 3.12
On 10/01/2013 08:16:23 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Am 01.10.2013 10:00, schrieb Helmut Jarausch: Hi, in good tradition the new 3.12 Linux kernel breaks ati-drivers again (as always in the past). Does anybody know about a patch to make x11-drivers/ati-drivers:legacy compile with linux-3.12-rc3 ? Trying to emerge ati-drivers-13.1_pre897 (currently the only legacy driver) with 3.12-rc3 gives MODPOST 1 modules FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module fglrx.ko uses GPL-only symbol 'acpi_bus_get_device' Many thanks for a hint, Helmut so you are using a driver meant for stable (old) systems, with a pre release kernel - and you don't even know what do do with that message? I'm quite sure there are a lot of things which you don't known either. Does that do no seem a bit silly? hm? Thanks for this compliment! acpi_bus_get_device is gpl only. You can undo that. If you want. But seriously, what is wrong with using stable releases like 3.10.x? If you use ati-drivers, you don't need the amd driver improvements in 3.11 or 3.12. There are two points here: - first I consider it as my contribution to GenToo to help testing. The problem with the 3.12 prerelease will definitely continue with the main release coming in about 4 weeks. - This 3.12 prerelease has a lot of BTRFS pataches. Since I'm using BTRFS for most of my file systems, I like to have the most recent fixes. Thank you Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers:legacy fail to build with kernel 3.12
On 10/02/2013 09:06:42 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 02/10/2013 09:02, Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 10/01/2013 08:16:23 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Am 01.10.2013 10:00, schrieb Helmut Jarausch: Hi, in good tradition the new 3.12 Linux kernel breaks ati-drivers again (as always in the past). Does anybody know about a patch to make x11-drivers/ati-drivers:legacy compile with linux-3.12-rc3 ? Trying to emerge ati-drivers-13.1_pre897 (currently the only legacy driver) with 3.12-rc3 gives MODPOST 1 modules FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module fglrx.ko uses GPL-only symbol 'acpi_bus_get_device' Many thanks for a hint, Helmut so you are using a driver meant for stable (old) systems, with a pre release kernel - and you don't even know what do do with that message? I'm quite sure there are a lot of things which you don't known either. Does that do no seem a bit silly? hm? Thanks for this compliment! acpi_bus_get_device is gpl only. You can undo that. If you want. But seriously, what is wrong with using stable releases like 3.10.x? If you use ati-drivers, you don't need the amd driver improvements in 3.11 or 3.12. There are two points here: - first I consider it as my contribution to GenToo to help testing. The problem with the 3.12 prerelease will definitely continue with the main release coming in about 4 weeks. - This 3.12 prerelease has a lot of BTRFS pataches. Since I'm using BTRFS for most of my file systems, I like to have the most recent fixes. Calm down boys. Helmut, the problem is that you are trying to use ATI's proprietary code with GPL code in the kernel. The kernel devs do not want you to do that and that is their right. What you should have done in your mail is indicate that you read the error message and understand it, and why you want to continue regradless. Then you should have mentioned what Google told you about the problem, or something to show what you already did to help yourself. As it stands you post is really just asking someone else to do your homework for you and that you are too lazy to do it yourself. I'm sure that's not want you are really doing, it just looks that way. Hi Alan, the only fix I have found with Google is a patch to the kernel itself. This works but I don't like it. Up to now, all similar problems in the past have been fixed by patches to the ati-drivers. But I haven't found such a patch, perhaps it's impossible to fix it by only patching the ati-drivers, this time. Linus makes our life a bit harder. Helmut
[gentoo-user] ati-drivers:legacy fail to build with kernel 3.12
Hi, in good tradition the new 3.12 Linux kernel breaks ati-drivers again (as always in the past). Does anybody know about a patch to make x11-drivers/ati-drivers:legacy compile with linux-3.12-rc3 ? Trying to emerge ati-drivers-13.1_pre897 (currently the only legacy driver) with 3.12-rc3 gives MODPOST 1 modules FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module fglrx.ko uses GPL-only symbol 'acpi_bus_get_device' Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
[gentoo-user] poppler - how to update it elegantly?
Hi, my most hated package is poppler. Each time in the past and now again it's hard to upgrade. portage (2.2.7) cannot handle it, so I have to (manually) unmerge all packages depending on it and emerge them after the poppler upgrade again. Has anybody found a more elegant procedure? Many thanks, Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] poppler - how to update it elegantly?
On 09/30/2013 02:24:40 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 30/09/2013 13:55, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
Hi, my most hated package is poppler. Each time in the past and now
again it's hard to upgrade.
portage (2.2.7) cannot handle it, so I have to (manually) unmerge
all
packages depending on it and emerge them after
the poppler upgrade again.
Has anybody found a more elegant procedure?
Many thanks,
Helmut.
poppler packaging is a pita, but it's never broke anything for me (but
does cause lots and lots and lots of stuff to be rebuilt...)
Yesterday's update worked just fine:
$ genlop -t poppler
* app-text/poppler
Wed Sep 18 08:46:05 2013 app-text/poppler-0.24.1
merge time: 33 seconds.
Sun Sep 29 12:31:08 2013 app-text/poppler-0.24.2
merge time: 35 seconds.
What errors are you getting?
Any customizations to poppler on your system?
(i.e grep -r poppler /etc/portage)
First, are you using portage-2.2.7?
I haven't changed poppler nor its ebuild in any way.
Here is my problem:
emerge -vp app-text/poppler
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies * waiting for lock on
/var/db/.pkg.portage_lockfile ... [ ok ]
... done!
[ebuild r U ] app-text/poppler-0.24.2:0/43 [0.22.5:0/37] USE=cairo
cjk cxx introspection jpeg lcms png qt4 tiff utils -curl -debug -doc
-jpeg2k 1,470 kB
[ebuild rR] net-print/cups-filters-1.0.36-r2 USE=jpeg png tiff
-perl -static-libs -zeroconf 0 kB
[ebuild rR] dev-tex/luatex-0.76.0 USE=-doc 0 kB
[ebuild rR] app-text/evince-3.8.3:0/evd3.4-evv3.3
USE=introspection postscript tiff -debug -djvu -dvi -gnome-keyring
-nautilus -t1lib -xps 0 kB
[ebuild rR] dev-python/python-poppler-0.12.1-r4 USE=-examples
PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 -python2_6 0 kB
[ebuild rR] app-office/calligra-2.7.3:4 USE=crypt eigen exif
fftw fontconfig gif glew glib gsf gsl handbook jpeg jpeg2k kdcraw
kdepim lcms marble mysql okular opengl pdf ssl threads tiff truetype
xbase xml xslt (-aqua) -attica -freetds -openexr -opengtl (-postgres)
-spacenav (-sybase) {-test} -vc -word-perfect
CALLIGRA_FEATURES=author braindump flow karbon kexi krita plan sheets
stage words 0 kB
[ebuild r U ] app-office/libreoffice-4.1.2.2-r1 [4.1.2.2]
USE=bluetooth branding cups dbus gnome gtk java kde opengl vba webdav
(-aqua) -debug -eds -gstreamer -gtk3 -jemalloc -mysql -odk -postgres
-telepathy {-test} LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS=presenter-minimizer
-nlpsolver -scripting-beanshell -scripting-javascript -wiki-publisher
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET=python2_7 -python3_3 PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7
python3_3 0 kB
[ebuild rR] app-text/texlive-core-2013-r1 USE=X doc tk xetex
-cjk -source 0 kB
[ebuild rR] app-office/texmaker-4.0.4 0 kB
Total: 9 packages (2 upgrades, 7 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 1,470
kB
and on a different machine portage couldn't resolve blocking itself.
I'll try this (big) re-emerge later on.
Thanks,
Helmut
[gentoo-user] Q on portage's rational to re-emerge packages
Hi, would anybody please be so kind to explain to me the rational used by portage to re-emerge some packages. I've installed portage 2.2.7 and when I try to emerge, say, app-shells/zsh-completions it re-emerges (emerge -vp shows 'rR') several packages including, i.e., app-office/libreoffice I can't imaging libreoffice depends in any way on zsh-completions. So, what's going on? (and rebuilding libreoffice isn't just fun) Many thanks, Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] Q on portage's rational to re-emerge packages
On 09/27/2013 11:09:11 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 27/09/2013 10:24, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
Hi,
would anybody please be so kind to explain to me the rational used
by
portage to re-emerge
some packages.
I've installed portage 2.2.7 and when I try to emerge, say,
app-shells/zsh-completions
it re-emerges (emerge -vp shows 'rR') several packages including,
i.e.,
app-office/libreoffice
I can't imaging libreoffice depends in any way on zsh-completions.
So, what's going on?
(and rebuilding libreoffice isn't just fun)
Many thanks,
Helmut.
You didn't supply any output or any details about your system, so your
question can't be properly answered. I can make a guess, so from the
man
page:
r reinstall (forced for some reason, possibly due to
slot or sub-slot)
R replacing (remerging same version)
I'd guess libreoffice needs to be rebuilt and is triggered by a
sub-slot
(in the old days you would have had to run revdep-rebuild or emerge
@preserved-rebuild to find this)
I imagine this is in no way related to zsh-completions, that just
happens to be on the command line. It's related to running emerge.
If you require a better answer, please provide proper emerge output.
Rage questions don't usually lead to correct explanations
--
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Here is a full example:
emerge -auv1 app-shells/zsh-completions
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies - * Digest verification failed:
* /LOCAL/local/portage/dev-python/wxpython/wxpython-.ebuild
* Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size
* Got: 4166
* Expected: 4167
... done!
[ebuild rR] dev-python/setuptools-1.1.6 PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7
python3_3 -pypy2_0 -python2_6 -python3_2 0 kB
[ebuild rR] dev-python/sip-4.15.2:0/10 USE=-debug -doc
PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 python3_3 -python2_6 -python3_2 0 kB
[ebuild rR] dev-python/pyopenssl-0.13.1 USE=-doc
PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 python3_3 -pypy2_0 -python2_6 -python3_2 0 kB
[ebuild rR] dev-python/pmw-2.0.0-r2:py3 USE=-doc -examples
{-test} PYTHON_TARGETS=python3_3 -python3_2 0 kB
[ebuild rR] app-portage/gentoolkit-0.3.0.8-r1
PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 python3_3 -pypy2_0 -python2_6 -python3_2 0 kB
[ebuild rR] dev-python/pytz-2013d PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7
python3_3 -pypy2_0 -python2_6 -python3_2 0 kB
[ebuild rR] dev-python/paramiko-1.11.0 USE=-doc -examples
PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 -python2_6 0 kB
[ebuild rR] dev-python/numpydoc-0.4-r1 USE={-test}
PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 -python2_6 0 kB
[ebuild rR] dev-python/PyQt4-4.10.3 USE=X dbus declarative help
kde opengl script sql svg webkit -debug -doc -examples -multimedia
-phonon -scripttools -xmlpatterns PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 python3_3
-python2_6 -python3_2 0 kB
[ebuild U ] app-shells/zsh-completions-0.10.0::sunrise
[0.8.0::sunrise] 145 kB
[ebuild rR] app-office/libreoffice-4.1.2.2 USE=bluetooth
branding cups dbus gnome gtk java kde opengl vba webdav (-aqua) -debug
-eds -gstreamer -gtk3 -jemalloc -mysql -odk -postgres -telepathy
{-test} LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS=presenter-minimizer -nlpsolver
-scripting-beanshell -scripting-javascript -wiki-publisher
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET=python2_7 -python3_3 PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7
python3_3 0 kB
Total: 11 packages (1 upgrade, 10 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 145 kB
Does portage keep a todo list anywhere?
Thanks,
Helmut.
[gentoo-user] kernel with DRM = blank screen
Hi, I have an old HP 625 laptop with an ATI RS880 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4200 Series] chip on board. The xf86-video-ati driver needs DRM (direct rendering support) in the kernel. Unfortunately, if (and only if) I enable DRM (built in or as module) in a recent kernel like gentoo-sources-3.10.9, the kernel freezes with a blank screen during boot, i.e. long before xorg-server is started (only by hand in my case). So, what can I try to fix this (some IOAPIC switches on the boot command line)? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] systemd and initramfs
On 08/19/2013 04:55:29 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:58 AM, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: Hi, what binaries and libraries have to be put into an initramfs for a system booting with init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd ? (I am building the initramsfs myself) You need to get your root filesystem and /usr mounted. Just keep that goal in mind and start adding files to support it. There doesn't need to be anything systemd-specific. I am not sure about timing. Initially the kernel has only the mini /usr partition contained within the initramfs. Then it switches to real root and only then it tries to mount the real /usr partition. Does this all happen before the kernel hands control over to the init process (i.e. systemd) ? Many thanks, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] systemd and initramfs
On 08/20/2013 08:54:26 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: On 08/19/2013 04:55:29 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:58 AM, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: Hi, what binaries and libraries have to be put into an initramfs for a system booting with init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd ? (I am building the initramsfs myself) You need to get your root filesystem and /usr mounted. Just keep that goal in mind and start adding files to support it. There doesn't need to be anything systemd-specific. I am not sure about timing. Initially the kernel has only the mini /usr partition contained within the initramfs. Then it switches to real root and only then it tries to mount the real /usr partition. Does this all happen before the kernel hands control over to the init process (i.e. systemd) ? No, the kernel has a mini filesystem (doesn't matter which directory structure has inside), and it executes the init script (or binary program) in the root of the initramfs. This init program/script is the responsible for mounting the real root and other partitions, and handling control over to systemd (or OpenRC, or whatever). Dracut is able to create an initramfs (with the systemd Dracut module) that executes systemd inside the initramfs, which mounts /usr, switches to the real root, and gives control to the real systemd instance. At shutdown, the reverse happens: the real systemd surrenders control to the initramfs systemd, it umounts everything, and finish the shutdow process. If you generate an initramfs with Dracut using the systemd module, the init inside the initramfs is a link to /usr/lib/systemd/systemd. Unless you want to learn the ins and outs of using an initramfs (and having a lot of fun and failed boots in the process), I highly recommend using Dracut. It does everything for you. Yes, I'd like to generate the initramfs myself and let the kernel store it within its binary on /boot. This has been working just fine with openrc. Now I only need to now the additional requirements when using systemd as init process. I'll have a look at what Dracut is doing. Thanks to you and Alan, Helmut
[gentoo-user] systemd and initramfs
Hi, what binaries and libraries have to be put into an initramfs for a system booting with init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd ? (I am building the initramsfs myself) Thanks for some hints, Helmut
[gentoo-user] What (free) remote desktop do you use
Hi, some recent updates of X11, gtk++ or glib has broken the possibility to use some gnome3 applications (like a recent balsa) via nxclient. Since NX3's internal X-server has some known deficiencies and Nomachine has stopped the development of NX3 and has closed sources of NX4, I am in need for some replacement since 'ssh -Y' is dead slow even on an 15 megabit/sec connection. What remote desktop do you use? Many thanks for your hints, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] How to determine 'Least Common Denominator' between Xen(Server) Hosts
On 08/14/2013 07:18:41 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: Hello list! My company has 2 HP DL585 G5 servers and 5 Dell R... something servers. All using AMD processors. They currently are acting as XenServer hosts. How do I determine the 'least common denominator' for Gentoo VMs (running as XenServer guests), especially for gcc flags? I know that the (theoretical) best performance is to use -march=native , but since the processors of the HP servers are not exactly the same as the Dell's, I'm concerned that compiling with -march=native will render the VMs unable to migrate between the different hosts. Note: Yes I know the HP servers are much older than the Dell ones, but if I go -march=native then perform an emerge when the guest is on the Dell host, the guest VM might not be able to migrate to the older HPs. Rgds, -- Why not compute it yourself? Do cat /proc/cpuinfo on all machines and compute the intersection of all flags Then enter something like the following into /etc/portage/make.conf CFLAGS=-O3 -pipe -msse -msse2 -msse3 -msse4a -m3dnow Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] euse after portage upgrade
On 08/01/2013 09:42:35 AM, András Csányi wrote: Hi All, Yesterday there was an portage upgrade and after that I got it if I would like to use euse: sayusi-desktop sayusi # euse -E gtk3 ERROR: $PORTDIR couldn't be determined What is it and why that variable not determined? I did not do anything and my machine was estarted since portage upgrade. According to the logs I use sys-apps/portage-2.1.13.2 - 07/30/2013 and gentoolkit package was re-emerged. Should I file a bug on bugs.gentoo.org? Thanks for any help! András I think this bug is known. A work-around is to add the line PORTDIR=/usr/portage (or something different if your portage tree is not in /usr/portage) to your /etc/portage/make.conf file Helmut
[gentoo-user] which VM do you recommend?
Hi, I've been running a Windows 7 (professional)guest with Virtualbox on my GenToo system for some years. But recently I have a broken network either due to Virtualbox or due to some (automatic) Windows updates. The situation is more than strange. Sometime using a backed up Virtualbox image the network seems to work but only for a very short time (some minutes?) Windows error analyzing tools don't see any network problems but it does not work. Trying ping -n 100 IP only a few packets come back but with a large delay (40-50 times larger delay compared to ping on the GenToo host) I've tried the most recent Virtualbox 4.2.16 as well the oldest one (in the tree) which is 4.1.26 So probably it looks best to me to change to a different (free) VM. What do you recommend? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] which VM do you recommend?
On 07/30/2013 10:11:54 AM, Randolph Maaßen wrote: Hi, I'm using qemu-kvm for hoisting a Windows 7, but always typing the long commandline is anoying, so I wrote a little script to start the VM. I recently switched to libvirt and virt-manager, which do the commandline work for me, and creatting new VMs or starting them is quiet easy. This system also supports running the VM in background, if this is important to you. It needs a couple of kernel modules to work, but emerge will promt to you what it needs. I'm not on my gentoo machine at the moment, so I can't provide you details on USE-flags, but I can say I have the QUEM_TAGET varables set to i386, x86_64 Is it possible to convert the VirtualBox VDI file to one used by qemu-kvm? Thanks, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] which VM do you recommend?
On 07/30/2013 10:20:22 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 30/07/2013 08:45, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I've been running a Windows 7 (professional)guest with Virtualbox on my GenToo system for some years. But recently I have a broken network either due to Virtualbox or due to some (automatic) Windows updates. The situation is more than strange. Sometime using a backed up Virtualbox image the network seems to work but only for a very short time (some minutes?) Windows error analyzing tools don't see any network problems but it does not work. Trying ping -n 100 IP only a few packets come back but with a large delay (40-50 times larger delay compared to ping on the GenToo host) I've tried the most recent Virtualbox 4.2.16 as well the oldest one (in the tree) which is 4.1.26 So probably it looks best to me to change to a different (free) VM. What do you recommend? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Your post is a bit vague, what outcome are you looking for? Do you want to fix the VirtualBox setup and carry on as always? Keeping VirtualBox *** if *** I could fix it, is an option but I cannot fix it. I've tried several NICs with no luck. This was with 3.9.x as well as with 3.10.x I'm at the end of my wits! Just looking for a change from VBox and this latest is a good excuse? Probably. I had too many problems with VBox in the past, it's a complicated beast and the documentation didn't help. I have Win7 pro running on virtualbox 4.2.16, no issues here. Host kernel is 3.9.11-gentoo-r1, and the NIC presented to Windows is a nat'ted Intel PRO/1000 So, probably, you are lucky If you could share your luck! Thanks, Helmut
[gentoo-user] /etc/profile is gone - how to chroot
Hi, previously and still documented nearly everywhere one has to do env-update source /etc/profile after chroot but in recent systems, the file /etc/profile is gone. How to adapt the environment in a new system? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/profile is gone - how to chroot
On 07/24/13 16:34:46, Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: Hi, previously and still documented nearly everywhere one has to do env-update source /etc/profile after chroot but in recent systems, the file /etc/profile is gone. How to adapt the environment in a new system? Hi, Do you have baselayout installed? /etc/profile should be included in baselayout. Thanks, I had to reinstall baselayout (2.2). I wonder which package (systemd?) has removed /etc/profile since I didn't do it myself. Helmut.
[gentoo-user] systemd - are we forced to switch?
Hi, gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-3.8.4 requires systemd sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.6cannot coexist with systemd but many packages depend on sys-auth/consolekit : emerge -vpc sys-auth/consolekit gives sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.5_p20120320-r2 pulled in by: gnome-base/gnome-session-3.8.2.1-r1 requires sys-auth/consolekit gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.8.3-r1 requires sys-auth/consolekit kde-base/kdm-4.10.5 requires sys-auth/consolekit net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.8.2-r2 requires sys-auth/consolekit net-wireless/bluez-4.101-r5 requires sys-auth/consolekit sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.34 requires sys-auth/consolekit sys-auth/pambase-20120417-r2 requires =sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.5_p2012[pam] sys-auth/polkit-0.111 requires sys-auth/consolekit[policykit] x11-apps/xdm-1.1.11-r3 requires sys-auth/consolekit x11-misc/slim-1.3.5-r2 requires sys-auth/consolekit So, what to do? Obviously, I don't want an unbootable system. How did you resolve this conflict? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration
On 07/19/2013 11:33:33 AM, Randolph Maaßen wrote: 2013/7/19 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com Neil Bothwick wrote: SSDs are not like USB flash drives, and it's been years since I managed to wear one of those out (mainly due to a kernel bug). They have lifetimes similar to spinny disks these days. Perhaps this recent thread makes it clearer : http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/02/19/1326239/taking-a-hard-look-at-ssd-write-endurance Helmut
[gentoo-user] dbus problems - am I the only one who has these?
Hi, (too) often I get dbus errors, especial when running an application as root e.g. Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success What might be the reason for these errors? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] dbus problems - am I the only one who has these?
On 07/11/2013 10:31:04 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:36:29 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success I get this on my desktop but not my laptop, yet I have been unable to find the difference that accounts for it. In the end I gave up and made /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper world-executable :( Thanks, that fixed it. It looks as if a process switches its UID to a non-root UID. Perhaps the ebuild should be fixed to install sys-apps/dbus with these permissions. Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] dbus problems - am I the only one who has these?
On 07/11/2013 11:39:21 AM, Samuli Suominen wrote: Making it world executable is same as giving root to every user on your system -- as it makes it possible to escalate to user 'root' or at least group 'messagebus' So... Instead, the problem is often solved by simple re-emerge: # emerge -1 glib dbus dbus-glib Often caused by glib's upgrade (or downgrade) or dbus's upgrade (or downgrade) where dbus-glib hasn't been rebuilt with it Many thanks, Samuli, that fixed the problem, as well, and doesn't imply a security risk. Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem recommendation for external media storage
On 06/27/2013 10:13:55 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: exfat does what you want - it was designed to just work on the very large removeable media we have nowadays (think 7G movie files) and bypass all the nonsense like does the user that created this file even exist on the machine that is reading it? It also works pretty well Hi, my comment might be completely off topic, but it might, as well, be a serious warning. I have a Garmin GPS device which has an internal storage of 4GB and an additional SD card with a capacity of 32 GB. The device can be attached to a USB port. Now, when looking from (a virtual) Windows 7 OS, the file systems on both of these are reported as FAT 32. In addition running CHKDSK doesn't reveal any problems. Looking from my native GenToo (on the very same hardware, without Windows running), the smaller 4GB file system looks just nice (files and meta data being identical to what Windows has reported) The larger file system (declared as vfat in /etc/fstab) gets mounted without any problems. But an 'ls' commands shows question marks all over the place except for few single characters. In addition, in the beginning, when there were less than 4GB data on that SD card, the file system looked just fine under Linux, as well. Only afterwards, like now, when it holds more than 20GB data, I cannot use it any more from my Gentoo system. Does anybody have an idea what's going on or where to report this bug? Many thanks, Helmut. P.S. I have tried to mount that file system as exFAT under GenToo but that was rejected.
Re: [gentoo-user] IPython with Python3 - what magic am I missing?
On 06/20/2013 04:53:00 PM, Dustin C. Hatch wrote: If you built dev-python/ipython with PYTHON_TARGETS=python3_2, then there will be a /usr/bin/ipython-python3.2 script that will launch IPython with the Python 3.2 interpreter, even if the default Python implementation is 2.7. Yes, thanks, that works! Helmut
