[gentoo-user] remove fancy framebuffer on boot
Hello, I have a new laptop and when it boots after the initial start up the output goes from a larger text to something very small with the penguins displayed. My desktop doesn't do this and I am pretty sure that I shut if off there and I don't remember what I did and my searches haven't turned up anything useful at this point. If I don't want framebuffer with the images and small text, what do I need to do to get rid of it? Thanks, Tami
[gentoo-user] Re: remove fancy framebuffer on boot
On 27/10/12 19:22, Tami King wrote: I have a new laptop and when it boots after the initial start up the output goes from a larger text to something very small with the penguins displayed. My desktop doesn't do this and I am pretty sure that I shut if off there and I don't remember what I did and my searches haven't turned up anything useful at this point. If I don't want framebuffer with the images and small text, what do I need to do to get rid of it? You can brutally murder poor Tux with: logo.nologo in your kernel parameters. As for the font, you should select a bigger one in /etc/conf.d/consolefont. There's information in that file on where to find the available choices.
Re: [gentoo-user] remove fancy framebuffer on boot
Am Samstag, 27. Oktober 2012, 11:22:08 schrieb Tami King: Hello, I have a new laptop and when it boots after the initial start up the output goes from a larger text to something very small with the penguins displayed. My desktop doesn't do this and I am pretty sure that I shut if off there and I don't remember what I did and my searches haven't turned up anything useful at this point. If I don't want framebuffer with the images and small text, what do I need to do to get rid of it? Thanks, Tami no framebuffer? -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] Paranormal Gentoo?
Am Freitag, 26. Oktober 2012, 17:05:38 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: I have no clue how that can happens... probably kaffeine. Gets a notice that the device status changes and locks up until it is done. But why sudo? -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug
Am Donnerstag, 25. Oktober 2012, 22:04:12 schrieb Kerin Millar: Grant Edwards wrote: On 2012-10-25, Kerin Millarkerfra...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: The comment you linked to was fairly bereft of technical content, That comment was from _Ted_Ts'o_ for pete's sake. I don't care it was from the heavens upon high. The only remark that was meaningful in a technical sense was the thoroughly inconclusive Update, suggesting (but not establishing) that it might be related to certain combinations of mount options. The rest was just hand-waving about how it couldn't be a big deal because, if it was, lots of people would have been complaining, which is denying the antecedent. Let's separate two fundamental issues here. One issue is that of data corruption, which is a big deal. I'm sure most of us would agree on that point. That such an issue is going to generate news - and no small degree of discussion - is a given. People will want to know what the problem is and what they can do about it in order to be safe. What did Ted expect? The second issue is that of the scope of the bug. This is where I took issue with the comment. The overall meaning of his comment could be interpreted as Your collective concerns are overblown because the scope of this bug is minimal. Oh, and I think it may have something to do with these mount options which, being esoteric, nobody in their right mind would be using anyway so, hey, big deal. The fact of the matter is that the investigation, even as I write this, is ongoing and no patch has been produced. Consider that for a moment. It doesn't matter how brilliant Ted is, or that you have seen fit to sample his mucus. Telling us all that we should be unconcerned because the scope is minimal *before* he and his peers have completed their investigation and a line been drawn under the affair was simply premature. That the bug reporter has since demonstrated that the corruption can occur in kernel versions that don't include commit eeecef0af5 - kernels which we were previously told were not affected - only serves to demonstrate this point. and that ONLY two people who did some REALLY stupid stuff to stumble over that bug are hit by it, should tell you something. For fucks sake, if you had read the thread, even google uses ext4 and they did not hit it. So much about its likelyhood. Bugs happen. And this bug is so not a problem. -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: [snip] and that ONLY two people who did some REALLY stupid stuff to stumble over that bug are hit by it, should tell you something. Actually, it seems only *one* person can reliably reproduce this bug: https://plus.google.com/u/0/117091380454742934025/posts/f5a1eHxUzSh The problem is no one other than one person who is using non-standard mount options (which I should have disabled by default, because they are known to be problematic) has been able to reliably reproduce the problem. But there is a lot of news sites who'll never miss a chance to scream that the sky is falling. I don't think we'll see this last update from Ted neither on Slashdot nor in Phoronix. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug
Am Freitag, 26. Oktober 2012, 01:34:35 schrieb Neil Bothwick: On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:10:17 -0500, Dale wrote: Or just don't update the kernel until it is fixed. After all, if the kernel you are using works and is not a serious security problem, just use it for a while. They will fix it pretty soon I'm sure. Several versions are affected, it's not a new issue, just a newly discovered one. That in itself indicates the likelihood of being affected by it, considering how many boxes use ext4 with these kernel versions. since only two persons ever hit it, it is a pretty save bet that this bug is so uncommon that you should not waste any sleep over it. -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] remove fancy framebuffer on boot
On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:22:08 -0500, Tami King wrote: I have a new laptop and when it boots after the initial start up the output goes from a larger text to something very small with the penguins displayed. That sounds like kernel modesetting (KMS), disable it by adding nomodeset to the kernel parameters. -- Neil Bothwick Did you know that eskimos have 17 different words for linguist? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] no x-mouse or console mouse bud gpm started and mouse found.
Did you update xorg-server? - you need to rebuild the drivers (see ebuild messages) BillK On Sat, 2012-10-27 at 16:34 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: Hi group, after a world update including 3.5.7 sources and nvidia-drivers-304.60 I have no mouse. In the console or desktop. The kernel recognizes the mouse and it appears in lsusb. I carried over the kernel from last time w/make oldconfig. All the relevant services are started: gpm, udev, dbus. My xorg.conf(written by nvidia-xconfig) is here: http://bpaste.net/show/54023 Xorg.0.log: http://bpaste.net/show/54024 FWIW I uncommented this line in rc.conf rc_hotplug=!net.* Can't think of what else to add. Max.
[gentoo-user] adobe flash isnt working
I have noticed that adobe flash isnt working and googling says some versions have an sse2 bug. I have the latest from portage (www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.243 with sse2check enabled) Should it work, or should I look elsewhere. BillK
Re: [gentoo-user] no x-mouse or console mouse bud gpm started and mouse found.
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 4:56 PM, William Kenworthy bi...@iinet.net.auwrote: Did you update xorg-server? - you need to rebuild the drivers (see ebuild messages) BillK didn't help
