Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vm still grinding away at compiling webkitgtk-2.14.2

2016-11-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Sunday, November 20, 2016 09:06:26 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > > "J. Roeleveld" writes: > >> Also, overcommitting CPUs has a bad influence on performance, > >> especially if the host wants to use all

Re: [gentoo-user] plain copy of root disk won't work - SOLVED

2016-11-20 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
Константин wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 04:30:28PM +0100, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: >> I want to move the main disk contents (hda, PATA) to another, larger >> disk (sda, SATA). >> >> hda contains 4 ext3 partitions (root, home, data, swap). >> I created 4 ext3 partitions on sda and copied the

[gentoo-user] Boot freeze/kthreadd stack trace - AMD_PMU_INIT

2016-11-20 Thread taii...@gmx.com
Specs: blob free coreboot on a kgpe-d16 (amd opteron) Happens with both the livecd/usb and a kernel I compiled on another machine (however with that one I simply get a black screen and a bootloop) Other distros kernels work fine, it is just gentoo. The livecd and compiled kernel work fine on

Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 49.0 & Youtube....Video: Yes - Audio: No...

2016-11-20 Thread Miroslav Rovis
Hi Daniel! I'll try all of your suggestions below after I read them over carefully, as I'm confident again there must be a way to fix audio in FF without pulse... On 161120-00:10-0800, Daniel Campbell wrote: > On 11/19/2016 01:59 AM, Miroslav Rovis wrote: > > On 161119-10:22+0100, Miroslav Rovis

[gentoo-user] Re: sans-dbus was: gnome intrusion?

2016-11-20 Thread Kai Krakow
Am Sat, 19 Nov 2016 17:15:27 -0500 schrieb Rich Freeman : > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Tom H wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Miroslav Rovis > > wrote: > >> > >> Ah, I almost forgot. Gentoo is as default

[gentoo-user] Weird video playback after Firefox Update...

2016-11-20 Thread Meino . Cramer
Hi, after update to Firefox 50.0 I got weird flashing video playback often. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7RosEP406Q Its like having a slow rotating ceiling fan right in front of the projector lens -- if this would be in a cinema. How can I fix this annoying behaviour? Cheers

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vm still grinding away at compiling webkitgtk-2.14.2

2016-11-20 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 10:32:25AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Rich Freeman writes: >> >> > Are you building in a tmpfs? That would perform better than an ssd >> > and would be much less

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean ... won't

2016-11-20 Thread Mick
On Sunday 20 Nov 2016 17:07:03 Константин wrote: > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 01:35:46PM +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday 20 Nov 2016 16:05:29 Константин wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 09:42:40AM -0300, Zhu Sha Zang wrote: > > > > Maybe you need to use 'eclean-dist -d'. But, for your

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vm still grinding away at compiling webkitgtk-2.14.2

2016-11-20 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 10:32:25AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Rich Freeman writes: > > > Are you building in a tmpfs? That would perform better than an ssd > > and would be much less wear on your flash besides. Of course, some > > packages do take a while to build. I don't

[gentoo-user] Re: vm still grinding away at compiling webkitgtk-2.14.2

2016-11-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Rich Freeman writes: > Are you building in a tmpfs? That would perform better than an ssd > and would be much less wear on your flash besides. Of course, some > packages do take a while to build. I don't notice as much now that I > do most of my building from cron, but it

[gentoo-user] Re: `sets' & sets.conf

2016-11-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Neil Bothwick writes: > On Sat, 19 Nov 2016 19:43:56 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> > % cat /etc/portage/sets.conf >> > [kernels] >> > class = portage.sets.dbapi.OwnerSet >> > world-candidate = False >> > files = /usr/src >> > >> > then emerge -n @kernels >> >> This one

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vm still grinding away at compiling webkitgtk-2.14.2

2016-11-20 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 9:48 AM, John Covici wrote: > On Sun, 20 Nov 2016 09:25:58 -0500, > Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> Rich Freeman writes: >> >> > IMO over-committing CPU isn't actually THAT bad. The CPU obviously >> > gets divided n ways, but that's as

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vm still grinding away at compiling webkitgtk-2.14.2

2016-11-20 Thread John Covici
On Sun, 20 Nov 2016 09:25:58 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Rich Freeman writes: > > > IMO over-committing CPU isn't actually THAT bad. The CPU obviously > > gets divided n ways, but that's as far as it goes. There isn't that > > much overhead switching between VMs (though

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: `sets' & sets.conf

2016-11-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 19 Nov 2016 19:43:56 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > > % cat /etc/portage/sets.conf > > [kernels] > > class = portage.sets.dbapi.OwnerSet > > world-candidate = False > > files = /usr/src > > > > then emerge -n @kernels > > This one kind of sails right over my head... not seeing what is >

[gentoo-user] Re: vm still grinding away at compiling webkitgtk-2.14.2

2016-11-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Rich Freeman writes: > IMO over-committing CPU isn't actually THAT bad. The CPU obviously > gets divided n ways, but that's as far as it goes. There isn't that > much overhead switching between VMs (though there certainly is some). [...] Thanks for the fuller picture and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vm still grinding away at compiling webkitgtk-2.14.2

2016-11-20 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > "J. Roeleveld" writes: > >> Also, overcommitting CPUs has a bad influence on performance, >> especially if the host wants to use all cores as well. > > That is what I asked advice about. What do you

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean ... won't

2016-11-20 Thread Константин
On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 01:35:46PM +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday 20 Nov 2016 16:05:29 Константин wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 09:42:40AM -0300, Zhu Sha Zang wrote: > > > Maybe you need to use 'eclean-dist -d'. But, for your safe, use > > > 'eclean-dist -dp' first. > > > > BTW what

[gentoo-user] Re: vm still grinding away at compiling webkitgtk-2.14.2

2016-11-20 Thread Harry Putnam
"J. Roeleveld" writes: > On November 20, 2016 6:21:40 AM GMT+01:00, Alan McKinnon > wrote: >>On 20/11/2016 02:59, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> An emerge of webkitgtk-2.14.2 has been running for over 2hrs. I >>> wonder if I am starving my vbox vm of

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean ... won't

2016-11-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 20 Nov 2016 16:05:29 Константин wrote: > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 09:42:40AM -0300, Zhu Sha Zang wrote: > > Maybe you need to use 'eclean-dist -d'. But, for your safe, use > > 'eclean-dist -dp' first. > > BTW what troubles can I get from 'eclean-dist -d' ? As far as I > understand it,

[gentoo-user] Re: vm still grinding away at compiling webkitgtk-2.14.2

2016-11-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan McKinnon writes: > On 20/11/2016 02:59, Harry Putnam wrote: >> An emerge of webkitgtk-2.14.2 has been running for over 2hrs. I >> wonder if I am starving my vbox vm of gentoo with 3GB or ram. >> >> Top's cpu usage is fluxuating between 45% and 99% during this

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean ... won't

2016-11-20 Thread Zhu Sha Zang
Sometimes the guy use cuda (1Gb installpackage) and don't have a very fast internet connection. Who knows? Regards On 11/20/2016 10:05 AM, Константин wrote: On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 09:42:40AM -0300, Zhu Sha Zang wrote: Maybe you need to use 'eclean-dist -d'. But, for your safe, use

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean ... won't

2016-11-20 Thread Francesco Turco
On Sun, Nov 20, 2016, at 14:05, Константин wrote: > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 09:42:40AM -0300, Zhu Sha Zang wrote: > > > Maybe you need to use 'eclean-dist -d'. But, for your safe, use > > 'eclean-dist -dp' first. > > BTW what troubles can I get from 'eclean-dist -d' ? As far as I > understand

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean ... won't

2016-11-20 Thread Константин
On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 09:42:40AM -0300, Zhu Sha Zang wrote: > Maybe you need to use 'eclean-dist -d'. But, for your safe, use > 'eclean-dist -dp' first. BTW what troubles can I get from 'eclean-dist -d' ? As far as I understand it, re-download needed tar.gz will be the worst isn't it? #kstn

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean ... won't

2016-11-20 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > Following an update I just ran: > > # /usr/bin/eclean-dist > * Building file list for distfiles cleaning... > * Your distfiles directory was already clean. > > However, looking at source files of firefox as an example I see there are > obsolete sources to be gotten rid

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean ... won't

2016-11-20 Thread Zhu Sha Zang
man eclean Maybe you need to use 'eclean-dist -d'. But, for your safe, use 'eclean-dist -dp' first. Regards On 11/20/2016 08:55 AM, Mick wrote: Hi All, Following an update I just ran: # /usr/bin/eclean-dist * Building file list for distfiles cleaning... * Your distfiles directory

[gentoo-user] eclean ... won't

2016-11-20 Thread Mick
Hi All, Following an update I just ran: # /usr/bin/eclean-dist * Building file list for distfiles cleaning... * Your distfiles directory was already clean. However, looking at source files of firefox as an example I see there are obsolete sources to be gotten rid of: ls -la

[gentoo-user] Permanent job in Tokyo, Japan

2016-11-20 Thread James Tobin
Hello, I’m working with an employer that is looking to hire someone to fulfil a permanent DevOps-type position at their office in Tokyo. Japanese language is not required; only English. Consequently I had hoped that some members of this LUG may like to discuss further; off-list. I can be reached

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: elog default lifespan

2016-11-20 Thread Daniel Campbell
On 11/19/2016 04:21 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Mick writes: > >> On Saturday 19 Nov 2016 08:54:53 Harry Putnam wrote: >>> After looking thru the portage man pages, the make.conf.example in >>> /usr/share/portage/config, and the `Portage log wiki' it still is not >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 49.0 & Youtube....Video: Yes - Audio: No...

2016-11-20 Thread Daniel Campbell
On 11/19/2016 01:59 AM, Miroslav Rovis wrote: > On 161119-10:22+0100, Miroslav Rovis wrote: >> On 161119-00:33-0800, Daniel Campbell wrote: > ... And there is a question/query/my-asking-for-advice further below. > ... >> If jackd is to do with alsa, then it could be the following. >>