Re: [gentoo-user] Video card setting on XPS8940?

2020-12-20 Thread thelma
On 12/20/2020 11:51 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 12/20/2020 11:41 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: >> I'm working on setting up a new Dell XPS 8940. What do I set the >> video options to in the kernel and in "VIDEO_CARDS" in make.conf? >> Here's the output from "lspci -v". >> >> 00:02.0 VGA

Re: [gentoo-user] Video card setting on XPS8940?

2020-12-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 21 December 2020 07:41:08 CET, Walter Dnes wrote: > I'm working on setting up a new Dell XPS 8940. What do I set the >video options to in the kernel and in "VIDEO_CARDS" in make.conf? >Here's the output from "lspci -v". > >00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9bc8 (rev

Re: [gentoo-user] Video card setting on XPS8940?

2020-12-20 Thread thelma
On 12/20/2020 11:41 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > I'm working on setting up a new Dell XPS 8940. What do I set the > video options to in the kernel and in "VIDEO_CARDS" in make.conf? > Here's the output from "lspci -v". > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9bc8 (rev 03)

[gentoo-user] Video card setting on XPS8940?

2020-12-20 Thread Walter Dnes
I'm working on setting up a new Dell XPS 8940. What do I set the video options to in the kernel and in "VIDEO_CARDS" in make.conf? Here's the output from "lspci -v". 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9bc8 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) DeviceName:

Re: [gentoo-user] make broken on kernel 5.4.66-gentoo kernel

2020-12-20 Thread William Kenworthy
Did you cleanup first? run "make mrproper", the unpack your saved config then run "make oldconfig". BillK On 21/12/20 1:59 pm, Walter Dnes wrote: > I made a few tweaks to the kernel config and tried to rebuild... and > the build died. I restored the original .config from /proc/config.gz >

[gentoo-user] make broken on kernel 5.4.66-gentoo kernel

2020-12-20 Thread Walter Dnes
I made a few tweaks to the kernel config and tried to rebuild... and the build died. I restored the original .config from /proc/config.gz and tried again. Same failure. I'm in the "linux" subdirectory... [d531][root][/usr/src/linux] make CALLscripts/checksyscalls.sh CALL

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] How do I remove pam during/after an install.

2020-12-20 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 09:19:33PM -0500, John Covici wrote > OK, pardon my ignorance, what is wrong with pam? Aside from the fact > that when you change versions you have to reboot or restart just about > everything. It's obscure/different. That's important, because if you need to tweak a

Re: [gentoo-user] Rearranging hard drives and data.

2020-12-20 Thread William Kenworthy
On 21/12/20 8:20 am, Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > Somewhat related.  I googled and it appears I can hook a NAS to my > router and share it there.  The router is 1GB, it has yellow ports.  Is > it true that I can hook a NAS to the router?  I'd assume it can be > shared with anything connected to the

Re: [gentoo-user] Rearranging hard drives and data.

2020-12-20 Thread antlists
On 20/12/2020 13:20, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: There is a saying in German tech culture: "Entweder sie geht oder sie geht nicht." (either it works or it doesn't). The pun is on the pronunciation of "sie geht" (it works), which sounds exactly like Seagate. → "Either Seagate or Seagate... not."

Re: [gentoo-user] Rearranging hard drives and data.

2020-12-20 Thread Dale
Howdy, Somewhat related.  I googled and it appears I can hook a NAS to my router and share it there.  The router is 1GB, it has yellow ports.  Is it true that I can hook a NAS to the router?  I'd assume it can be shared with anything connected to the router, even my cell phone if needed.  Also,

Re: [gentoo-user] Rearranging hard drives and data.

2020-12-20 Thread Dale
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 09:01:21PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > > >> I just found a IBM ServeRaid M1015 card for like $40.00 shipping and >> all.  It claims this:  "Connects to up to 16 SAS or SATA drives".  Given >> the number of drives and the price, that's good bang for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-20 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday, 16 December 2020 15:41:11 GMT Dale wrote: > >> This is true. Where can be set in make.conf and >> /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf. > I thought that setting this in make.conf was frowned on these days, no? > >From my understanding, the setting for the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday, 16 December 2020 15:41:11 GMT Dale wrote: > This is true. Where can be set in make.conf and > /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf. I thought that setting this in make.conf was frowned on these days, no? -- Regards, Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] update fails, but I don't see why

2020-12-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday, 13 December 2020 10:07:42 GMT n952162 wrote: > If rust, llvm, firefox or thunderbird is in that list, I'll go crazy. You can avoid compiling rust by 'emerge -1 rust-bin && emerge -C rust'. I do that because it consumes huge amounts of resources and is only used in firefox building -

Re: [gentoo-user] Rearranging hard drives and data.

2020-12-20 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 09:01:21PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > > If you just want to use it as a file server, think of removing the video > > card. This will save considerable power. > > It would be a good idea but it's a built in mobo video system.  If it > was a card, I'd likely do just that for the

Re: [gentoo-user] override PYTHON_TARGETS to avoid a slot collision

2020-12-20 Thread Róbert Čerňanský
On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 11:20:26 +0100 n952162 wrote: > /Is there  a fundamental goals issue here, when there's so much > incompatibility between python3_{6,7,8,9}?  Do  packages really need > to care?  Are these versions so fundamentally different from each > other, and programmers rely on those

Re: [gentoo-user] Rearranging hard drives and data.

2020-12-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 6:21 AM Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > There is a saying in German tech culture: "Entweder sie geht oder sie geht > nicht." (either it works or it doesn't). The pun is on the pronunciation of > "sie geht" (it works), which sounds exactly like Seagate. → "Either Seagate > or

Re: [gentoo-user] Rearranging hard drives and data.

2020-12-20 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 10:03:14AM + schrieb antlists: > On 20/12/2020 01:06, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > Looking at 4 TB WD drives as an example, the cheapest > > SAS drive started at 145 €, but a WD RED NAS drive (intended for > > uninterrupted operation) at 93 €. > > BEWARE OF WD REDS

Re: [gentoo-user] Rearranging hard drives and data.

2020-12-20 Thread antlists
On 20/12/2020 01:06, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: Looking at 4 TB WD drives as an example, the cheapest SAS drive started at 145 €, but a WD RED NAS drive (intended for uninterrupted operation) at 93 €. BEWARE OF WD REDS !!! They *U*S*E*D* to have a good reputation. They are STILL marketed as

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] How do I remove pam during/after an install.

2020-12-20 Thread antlists
On 20/12/2020 02:19, John Covici wrote: OK, pardon my ignorance, what is wrong with pam? Aside from the fact that when you change versions you have to reboot or restart just about everything. There's a lot of people out there (like me) who've never had the (mis?)fortune to deal with it.