Re: [gentoo-user] some help with wayland
wayland in my opinion is still many years off from being stable. i don’t know why gnome and kde switched to it as default. i have lots of issues with it currently on arch install. my advice would be switch back to xorg. hopefully the freedesktop people can get their stuff together and fix this buggy and bloated software. On Fri, Jun 9, 2023, at 8:19 PM, Jack wrote: > I've been running xorg (KDE Plasma) for years, and have been perfectly > happy, but every now and then I have tried wayland, with less or even > less success. My recent attempts give me a plasma session in the upper > 1024 x 768 of a monitor that does 1920x1080. It also doesn't recognize > the second monitor at all. However, the mouse cursor moves freely > across all of both monitors. I've modified /etc/default/grub per the > Wayland wiki page with no change. My main question right now is where > to find any log of the wayland session. There is a KDE page which says > where to look if you launch wayland from sddm, but I'm launching from a > command line, using startx, with the last line in .winitrc (so I can > also keep my original .xinitrc) of either "exec dbus-run-session > startplasma-wayland" or "exec dbus-launch --sh-syntax > --exit-with-session startplasma-wayland". > > Thanks for any pointers. > > Jack > >
[gentoo-user] some help with wayland
I've been running xorg (KDE Plasma) for years, and have been perfectly happy, but every now and then I have tried wayland, with less or even less success. My recent attempts give me a plasma session in the upper 1024 x 768 of a monitor that does 1920x1080. It also doesn't recognize the second monitor at all. However, the mouse cursor moves freely across all of both monitors. I've modified /etc/default/grub per the Wayland wiki page with no change. My main question right now is where to find any log of the wayland session. There is a KDE page which says where to look if you launch wayland from sddm, but I'm launching from a command line, using startx, with the last line in .winitrc (so I can also keep my original .xinitrc) of either "exec dbus-run-session startplasma-wayland" or "exec dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session startplasma-wayland". Thanks for any pointers. Jack
Re: [gentoo-user] trying to get sd card reader to work
Modern kernels support damn near everything these days, the trick is finding the right things to enable in the kernel! Lee On Fri, Jun 9, 2023, 7:58 AM John Blinka wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 9:09 AM Michael wrote: > >> >> Have you also enabled CONFIG_MMC_REALTEK_USB in your kernel? > > > Not until you suggested it. Works perfectly now. Thanks! > > John > >>
[gentoo-user] Re: Can't upgrade portage or update/install ebuilds
On 2023-06-09, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > If it is only about gemato then temporary disable the rsync-verify flag > which pulls it in. > > # USE="-rsync-verify" emerge sys-apps/portage The problem I ran into is that you never know how many issues there are standing in the way of upgrading. The one time I decided to muscle my way through updating an "obsolete" Gentoo install, I spent a very long day fixing "one more problem" and trying again. It took many more hours than a scratch install would have taken, but at some point I decided to keep going just to see if I could make it all the way through the process. I did. Then I promised myself never to try that again. You do learn alot about how portage/emerge works... -- Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't upgrade portage or update/install ebuilds
Nikolay Pulev schrieb am 09.06.23 um 21:40: Hi community, This is my first reach out to you. I have not update my machine for a long time and have no reached a point where I can't install or upgrade packages. My first concern is to update portage, however I get the error below error. Does anybody have any suggestions how I could progress with my machine update? # emerge --oneshot sys-apps/portage * IMPORTANT: 15 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news read to view new items. Calculating dependencies... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=app-portage/gemato-14.5[python_targets_pypy3(-)?,python_targets_python3_10(-)?,python_targets_python3_11(-)?]" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-portage/gemato-::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) - app-portage/gemato-20.4::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) - app-portage/gemato-20.2::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) - app-portage/gemato-20.1::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) The current version of portage supports EAPI '7'. You must upgrade to a newer version of portage before EAPI masked packages can be installed. (dependency required by "sys-apps/portage-3.0.45.3-r2::gentoo" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "sys-apps/portage" [argument]) For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. If it is only about gemato then temporary disable the rsync-verify flag which pulls it in. # USE="-rsync-verify" emerge sys-apps/portage -- Regards Daniel
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't upgrade portage or update/install ebuilds
On Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:40:36 -0400, Nikolay Pulev wrote: > > [1 ] > Hi community, > > This is my first reach out to you. I have not update my machine for a long > time and have no reached a point where I can't install or upgrade packages. > My first concern is to update portage, however I get the error below error. > Does anybody have any suggestions how I could progress with my machine > update? > > # emerge --oneshot sys-apps/portage > > * IMPORTANT: 15 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. > * Use eselect news read to view new items. > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy > ">=app-portage/gemato-14.5[python_targets_pypy3(-)?,python_targets_python3_10(-)?,python_targets_python3_11(-)?]" > have been masked. > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your > request: > - app-portage/gemato-::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) > - app-portage/gemato-20.4::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) > - app-portage/gemato-20.2::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) > - app-portage/gemato-20.1::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) > > The current version of portage supports EAPI '7'. You must upgrade to a > newer version of portage before EAPI masked packages can be installed. > (dependency required by "sys-apps/portage-3.0.45.3-r2::gentoo" [ebuild]) > (dependency required by "sys-apps/portage" [argument]) > For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge > man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. If it were me, I would either reinstall from scratch, or change your repository to use git and check out old enough versions so you could get one two months after your current version, and update to that, then advance your git by a couple of months and try again and gradually get up to date. Its going to be a real PITA, I am sure, so consider a re install. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una cov...@ccs.covici.com
[gentoo-user] Re: Can't upgrade portage or update/install ebuilds
On 2023-06-09, Nikolay Pulev wrote: > This is my first reach out to you. I have not update my machine for > a long time How long? > and have no reached a point where I can't install or upgrade > packages. My experience is that if you haven't updated up for more than 6-9 months, the easiest/fastest thing to do (usually) is back up /etc, /home, /root and /usr/src/linux/.config and re-install from scratch. If you've got /home in a separate partition, that makes the reinstall particularly easy. -- Grant
[gentoo-user] Can't upgrade portage or update/install ebuilds
Hi community, This is my first reach out to you. I have not update my machine for a long time and have no reached a point where I can't install or upgrade packages. My first concern is to update portage, however I get the error below error. Does anybody have any suggestions how I could progress with my machine update? # emerge --oneshot sys-apps/portage * IMPORTANT: 15 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news read to view new items. Calculating dependencies... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=app-portage/gemato-14.5[python_targets_pypy3(-)?,python_targets_python3_10(-)?,python_targets_python3_11(-)?]" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-portage/gemato-::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) - app-portage/gemato-20.4::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) - app-portage/gemato-20.2::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) - app-portage/gemato-20.1::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8) The current version of portage supports EAPI '7'. You must upgrade to a newer version of portage before EAPI masked packages can be installed. (dependency required by "sys-apps/portage-3.0.45.3-r2::gentoo" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "sys-apps/portage" [argument]) For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
[gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ddclient?
On 2023-06-09, Grant Edwards wrote: > I agree that having the router/firewall do it is the right way to do it. > > I've currently got the app provided by Dynu working. Interestingly, what the Dynu-provided client does is equivalent to this: #!/bin/bash while true do curl http://api.dynu.com/nic/update?username=<...>?password=<...>?hostname=<...> sleep 120 done The "/nic/update" command assumes that if you don't provide an IP address, then it's supposed to use the source IP address of the incoming TCP connection. It returns a single status string that tells you if the "update" request resulted in a change, nochange, or failure of some sort. [IIRC, if the IP changes, it tells you the new IP address also.] So, the app doesn't faff around trying to determine if/when the outside IP address has changed or even what that IP address is. > I'll soon be switching to a TP-Link ER650 router/firewall when I > change ISPs. It only supports a few DDNS services, and Dynu isn't > supported (according to the manual). According to a recent post in the TP-Link forums, the latest ER605 firmware version has a "General" DDNS provider choice that can be configured to work with Dynu, so that'll be the long-term solution. https://community.tp-link.com/en/business/forum/topic/598958
[gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ddclient?
On 2023-06-09, Robin Atwood wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 03:11:57 - (UTC) > Grant Edwards wrote: > >> They have a nicely documented API, and the server does support HTTPS, >> so it may be time to write my own DDNS client daemon. > > Doesn't your router have a Dynamic DNS function? Yes (OpenWRT), but the last time I tried it, I couldn't get it to work. I've updated OpenWRT a few times since, but have never revisisted the DDNS client feature to see if it would work. > I stopped using ddclient years ago because my D-Link router does the > updates. It is in a much better position to know when it is > necessary! I agree that having the router/firewall do it is the right way to do it. I've currently got the app provided by Dynu working. I'll soon be switching to a TP-Link ER650 router/firewall when I change ISPs. It only supports a few DDNS services, and Dynu isn't supported (according to the manual). -- Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ddclient?
On Fri, 2023-06-09 at 22:38 +0700, Robin Atwood wrote: > > They have a nicely documented API, and the server does support > > HTTPS, > > so it may be time to write my own DDNS client daemon. > > Doesn't your router have a Dynamic DNS function? I stopped using > ddclient years ago because my D-Link router does the updates. It is > in > a much better position to know when it is necessary! Same. OpnSense handles my updates for me. It supports a good number of DNS providers right out of the box.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ddclient?
On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 03:11:57 - (UTC) Grant Edwards wrote: > They have a nicely documented API, and the server does support HTTPS, > so it may be time to write my own DDNS client daemon. Doesn't your router have a Dynamic DNS function? I stopped using ddclient years ago because my D-Link router does the updates. It is in a much better position to know when it is necessary! Robin --
Re: [gentoo-user] trying to get sd card reader to work
On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 9:09 AM Michael wrote: > > Have you also enabled CONFIG_MMC_REALTEK_USB in your kernel? Not until you suggested it. Works perfectly now. Thanks! John >
Re: [gentoo-user] trying to get sd card reader to work
On Friday, 9 June 2023 13:48:56 BST John Blinka wrote: > Hi, everyone, > > I'm trying to get an SD card reader to work in Gentoo, but no success > so far. Hoping that someone can point out what I'm doing wrong. > > The hardware is an old Dell Inspiron 5759 laptop featuring a RealTek > RTS5129 usb sd card reader. The kernel is gentoo-sources-6.1.31. The > sd card should contain a FAT file system with mp3 files, was written > by an older MacBook, and has been observed to supply sounds to an > Arduino/mp3 player setup. > > I have followed the setup directions in > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PCSC-Lite using the ccid driver. I've > enabled hotplug in openrc per the instructions on that page. > > I'm using a kernel with CONFIG_MISC_RTSX=m and CONFIG_MISC_RTSX_USB=m. > I have rc_hotplug="pcscd" in /etc/rc.conf and have confirmed that > module rtsx_usb is actually loaded. I've emerged pcsc-lite using the > default use flags of policykit, udev, and > python_single_target_python3_11. > > When I put the sd card into its slot (or take it out), dmesg doesn't > report anything, There isn't any device reported under /dev that > looks to my untrained eye like something that might belong to this > card reader. lsusb does report the presence of an RTS5129 card reader > controller. > > I'm over my head debugging this. Haven't found much via Google and > nothing very recent. If anyone has ideas about what to try or how to > debug, I'd be very happy to try any and all suggestions. > > Thanks! > > John Blinka Have you also enabled CONFIG_MMC_REALTEK_USB in your kernel? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] trying to get sd card reader to work
Hi, everyone, I'm trying to get an SD card reader to work in Gentoo, but no success so far. Hoping that someone can point out what I'm doing wrong. The hardware is an old Dell Inspiron 5759 laptop featuring a RealTek RTS5129 usb sd card reader. The kernel is gentoo-sources-6.1.31. The sd card should contain a FAT file system with mp3 files, was written by an older MacBook, and has been observed to supply sounds to an Arduino/mp3 player setup. I have followed the setup directions in https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PCSC-Lite using the ccid driver. I've enabled hotplug in openrc per the instructions on that page. I'm using a kernel with CONFIG_MISC_RTSX=m and CONFIG_MISC_RTSX_USB=m. I have rc_hotplug="pcscd" in /etc/rc.conf and have confirmed that module rtsx_usb is actually loaded. I've emerged pcsc-lite using the default use flags of policykit, udev, and python_single_target_python3_11. When I put the sd card into its slot (or take it out), dmesg doesn't report anything, There isn't any device reported under /dev that looks to my untrained eye like something that might belong to this card reader. lsusb does report the presence of an RTS5129 card reader controller. I'm over my head debugging this. Haven't found much via Google and nothing very recent. If anyone has ideas about what to try or how to debug, I'd be very happy to try any and all suggestions. Thanks! John Blinka
