Once a long time gentoo user returning after about 2 yrs and have
forgotten nearly everything I ever new about gentoo.
Currently, what is the wise move on a fresh install (gentoo as vbox
guest on a solaris host (Openindiana 151_a9)), as concerns installing
a boot-loader?
Neil Bothwick writes:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 10:34:34 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> Currently, what is the wise move on a fresh install (gentoo as vbox
>> guest on a solaris host (Openindiana 151_a9)), as concerns installing
>> a boot-loader?
>
> GRUB2 for a BIOS b
Harry Putnam writes:
> I'm trying the next lower version... that is still a beta version as I
> write.. Maybe better end result... will post
grub-(~)2.02_beta2-r6... ended in failure as posted.
grub-2.02_beta2-r ended in the same errors and failure
Now trying grub-2.00_p5107-r2
Stroller writes:
> On Sat, 13 December 2014, at 9:58 pm, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>
>> can't open file ./unifont.pcf, index 0: error 2: unknown file format
>
> Top hit when googling this message is the GRUB bugs database, which links to
> b.g.o.
>
> • http://sav
Harry Putnam writes:
> Now we'll see how it goes. ... more later...
Installing unifont was no help at all:
emerge -v grub:
[...]
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -o build-grub-mkfont
-I/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-2.02_beta2
Harry Putnam writes:
> Installing unifont was no help at all:
I am able to install the older grub
grub-0.97-r14 installed without issue.
I've gotten thru most of the install. Creating a gentoo guest in vbox
on solaris HOST.
Got what seems a working kernel config and am able to start the new os
from vbox.
However, I have no access from keyboard
I went back and looked thru the likely kernel suspects with `make
menuconfig' but saw
Jonathan Callen writes:
>> In case any one knows the likely problem and where to look in
>> config, I have posted the .config file at the URL below: (Installed
>> kernel is 3.18)
>>
>> zeus.jtan.com/~reader/vu1/disp.cgi
>>
>>
>>
>
> The most likely culprit that I can see is:
>
> # CONFIG_KEYBOARD
Even on a fairly bare new install slowly being brough up to desired
setup it seems like reqiring 116 new pkgs to install dev-vcs/git is
bit much.
But:
Total: 121 packages (3 upgrades, 116 new, 2 in new slots),
Size of downloads: 20,759 kB
Even with USE="-X" its still 104
Whereas bzr and me
Michael Orlitzky writes:
> On 12/14/2014 04:54 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Even on a fairly bare new install slowly being brough up to desired
>> setup it seems like reqiring 116 new pkgs to install dev-vcs/git is
>> bit much.
>
> USE=perl is responsible for some of the
"Andreas K. Huettel" writes:
> Am Sonntag, 14. Dezember 2014, 22:54:12 schrieb Harry Putnam:
>> --- --- ---=--- --- ---
>> emerge -vp dev-vcs/git
>> (To avoid clogging the group with all that text... its posted here:
>
Philip Webb writes:
> 141214 Harry Putnam ran 'emerge -vuDNp @world' :
>> ... the following packages are causing rebuilds:
>> (dev-lang/perl-5.20.1-r3:0/5.20::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>> causes rebuilds for:
>> (dev-perl/Text-WrapI18N-0.
After installing piles of X related pkgs including all the lxde pkgs:
[I] lxde-base/lxde-common
[I] lxde-base/lxde-icon-theme
[I] lxde-base/lxde-meta
When pressing the all important `run' item in the lxde main menu (at
left of bottom panel), it does nothing more than flash the bottom panel.
James writes:
> lxde is deprecated, imho. [1]
>
> lxqt is the future of that lineage [2]
Sounds like propaganda rather rather than any sort of answer to the question.
James writes:
> Harry Putnam newsguy.com> writes:
>
>
>> James tampabay.rr.com> writes:
>> > lxde is deprecated, imho. [1]
>> > lxqt is the future of that lineage [2]
>> Sounds like propaganda rather rather than any sort of answer to
>> the q
James writes:
> Harry Putnam newsguy.com> writes:
>
>
>> James tampabay.rr.com> writes:
>> > lxde is deprecated, imho. [1]
>> > lxqt is the future of that lineage [2]
>> Sounds like propaganda rather rather than any sort of answer to
>&
Raffaele BELARDI writes:
> Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Its only on gentoo that I ran into this problem with the `run' menu
>> item, so I know for certain it is not a general breakage as you seem
>> to imply.
>>
>> You mentioned that you are using lxde... I'
Harry Putnam writes:
> For your information: Attached is message from the lxde devel gmane
> group from Jonathan Thibault .
Whoops forgot to attach Jonathan's message:
>From nobody Wed Dec 17 12:33:39 2014
Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: Jonathan Thibau
Dale writes:
> What was supposed to be attached again? ;-)
>
> Dale
hehe... after noticing my `senior moment, I did repost to include the
attachement ... I don't see it on the group, perhaps no attachments
are allowed...
Here is it is inline:
--- --- ---=--- ---
Is there any advantage one way or the other emerging firefox.bin vs firefox?
Alan McKinnon writes:
> On 18/12/2014 04:45, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Is there any advantage one way or the other emerging firefox.bin vs firefox?
>
> Depends on your needs:
>
> firefox:
> - pro: you get all the USE flags
> - pro: you don't get bundled libs
Setup: very new install of gentoo
I want to install emacs-w3m without most of the dependencies:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild N ] app-admin/eselect-emacs-1.17 0 KiB
[ebuild N ] virtual/w3m-0 0 KiB
[ebuild N ] app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-1.4-r1 USE="X -games" 40 Ki
"Poison BL." writes:
> With the understanding that changes between the version it's asking
> for and what you've built on your end (which probably should be done
> with a custom ebuild when it impacts as many things as emacs tends to)
> might well break whatever's trying to use it, you can use
>
Alan McKinnon writes:
>
> --nodeps
Nope, even that doesn't work... it fails at some point with things
like:
* ERROR: app-emacs/emacs-w3m-1.4.528_pre20140213::gentoo failed (configure
phase):
* econf failed
*
* Call stack:
*ebuild.sh, line 93: Called src_configure
*
After reading a few google hits of gentoo documetation about virtual
pkgs. I still didn't get it.
In my case I'm trying to avoid problems with a self built emacs (25)
not done thru portage.
I'm not looking to discuss the pros and cons of doing in this thead,
but want to understand how it will ef
Matti Nykyri writes:
>> On Dec 19, 2014, at 2:06, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>
>> Can anyone say what that package actually does?
>
> virtual/emacs-24 installs a directory emacs-24 under /var/db/virtual/
> and it takes around 10sec. This dir is only used by portage to fi
Michael Orlitzky writes:
> On 12/18/2014 07:06 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> After reading a few google hits of gentoo documetation about virtual
>> pkgs. I still didn't get it.
>>
>> In my case I'm trying to avoid problems with a self built emacs (25)
>&
Hopefully some emacs/gnus adept will have some idea what's going here.
I've hit a snag after deciding to use the gentoo approach to acquiring
and tracking a fast moving emacs from bzr sources.
I've emerged emacs-vcs and a few required pkgs.
After adjusting my emacs init files to suit the new arr
This properly belongs on the ssh group, but posting there has not gotten
any responses... and the list is quite slow to boot.
I like using ssh -X to other lan remotes but with new versions of openssh
or perhaps the configs, it only works 1 way.
I can `ssh -X' to the gentoo host from a debian hos
Rich Freeman writes:
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:05 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>>
>> Try "ssh -Y ".
>> It's what I have been using for a long time now.
>
> Correct - ssh -X hasn't worked on Gentoo for ages. It has been a
> while since I looked up the details but I seem to recall it being an
> ups
setup: xfce with these pkgs installed:
Tue Dec 16 19:29:00 2014 >>> dev-util/xfce4-dev-tools-4.11.0
Tue Dec 16 19:32:47 2014 >>> xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.11.0
Tue Dec 16 19:35:38 2014 >>> xfce-base/libxfce4ui-4.11.1
Tue Dec 16 19:39:51 2014 >>> xfce-base/xfce4-panel-4.11.1
Tue Dec 16 19:40:16
Mark David Dumlao writes:
[...]
> I believe you're looking for the "xhost" command and its archaic
> permissions setup settings.
>
> The idea is that the machine hosting the X server has an additional
> permissions setting that controls which
> hosts are allowed to use the X displays.
>
> Since
I'm sshfs mounting an solaris zfs file system in the interactive
fashion.
sshfs $USR@HOST:/file/system MOUNTPOINT
passwd?
enter passwd
Once mounted I run an rsnapshot backup onto the mounted FS.
Any ideas on how to go about doing this mount automatically (scripted)
will be greatly appreciate
Is there something I need to do when I see emerge -vUNDp @world like
this?
emerge -vuNDp @world (wrapped for mail)
[snipped some 43 other pkgs]
[The following line beginning with `[ebuild ...' (wrapped) is just to
allow any reader to understand they are at the end of pkgs ouput]
,
|
Anyone know if there is source for recent gentoo based vm appliances?
A url or keywords for google would be well appreciated.
Can anyone post a known source of recent gentoo based vm appliances?
One that will work with VirtualBox would be especially handy.
thegeezer writes:
> On 03/22/2014 09:44 PM, thegeezer wrote:
>> On 03/22/2014 08:58 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>> Can anyone post a known source of recent gentoo based vm appliances?
>>>
>>> One that will work with VirtualBox would be especially handy.
>&
emerge output:
The following pkgs are causing rebuilds:
[list of pkgs]
I suspect this ground has been covered in depth but finding a good
discussion of what it means is a different story. So, is this bad news?
Or something that needs my attention...?
Maybe someone can point me at some docume
Running Gentoo (32 bit) as guest on a solaris machine.
My install initially had `aurora' as browser. I removed it and
installed firefox.bin, thinking the cpu usage would drop.
It has dropped but only minimally.
The host machine (Openindian) has 32 GB RAM.
My vbox setup allows 3016 MB for guest
I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the
newest version at each upgrade.
As I recall, and a quick look at `man portage', a file named
`package.provided' is meant for such things.
The syntax is not described in detail... I tried these:
/etc/portage/package.provided
>
First off, thanks to all posters for the excellent input
> Nikos Chantziaras writes:
> On 25/02/16 05:55, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the
>> newest version at each upgrade.
>
> I'd instead recommend
Nikos Chantziaras writes:
> On 26/02/16 18:47, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> First off, thanks to all posters for the excellent input
>>
>>> Nikos Chantziaras writes:
>>
>>> On 25/02/16 05:55, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>>> I'd like to stay on k
Setup:
Running gentoo thru vbox as guest on a Solaris host (openindiana)
While executing `emerge -vuD world', when the `screen' package rolled
around I get this `tail' of the compile process:
CPP="i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -DMAXWIN=100 -DNONETHACK
-DETCSCREENRC='"/etc/screenrc"'
-DSCREENENCO
I've been running ksh93 on this newish install of gentoo for a couple
of months and have done several full emerge -vuD world successfully.
But 2 days ago, attempting a full update (emerge -vuD world) I find
ksh93 package fails... My unsophisticated look at the output which is
posted in full here (
Mike Gilbert writes:
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Hopefully someone here will recognize what is happening and some idea
>> what I should do about it.
>
> Sorry, but I'm not going to troubleshoot a 5 year old version. Please
> post build
I have a newish install I've been running for a while.
Today I added a setting to the kernel and rebuilt.
The final move I made on the kernel move was
"make install all"
No looking at the /boot/grub/grub.conf all I find is the example file
that comes with install.
If there was old version be
David W Noon writes:
>> Mike Gilbert writes:
> [snip]
>>> Please attach full build logs of current version. Linking to remote
>>> sites means several of us won't even bother to look.
>>>
>>
>> Ok, mistakenly thought I was doing the right thing by NOT posting the
>> massive ouput on the group.
>
James writes:
> Harry Putnam newsguy.com> writes:
>
>
>> Running gentoo thru vbox as guest on a Solaris host (openindiana)
>
>>
>> XSParagraph.c: loadable library and perl binaries are mismatched
>> (got ha
Alan McKinnon writes:
> That config looks fine. However, you only have one kernel stanza. To be
> really safe, copy the old one to a second entry and clearly label it as
> the old one. Then you can select it if the new one does fail to boot.
>
> It's easier that way than trying to edit it in grub
I installed gentoo in a vbox vm as guest.
It boots successfully but is mounted write protected.
I didn't see anything in dmesg that I recognized as pointing to the
problem.
Thought it might be a timing issue during boot processes and so tried
to remount rw with `mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda3 /'
Harry Putnam writes:
> I installed gentoo in a vbox vm as guest.
>
> It boots successfully but is mounted write protected.
>
> I didn't see anything in dmesg that I recognized as pointing to the
> problem.
>
> Thought it might be a timing issue during boot processes
On gentoo `Portage log wiki' pages one is told:
"In order to create per-category elog files, enable the split-elog
Portage feature."
(If you want to create `category-based' subdir.)
It never gets around to explaining how split-elog is enabled.
There is no example in /usr/share/portage/config/
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
clear to me how long elogs are kept if you use the `save' flag in
make.conf or not.
I did see something about '7 days' but it was not clear if that is the
defaul
Can anyone post, in laymans, terms how to use sets.conf. Or thru
FEATURES if thats how its done, I've read the posrtage manpage that
covers it and this URL:
https://dev.gentoo.org/~zmedico/portage/doc/ch02s02.html#config-set-syntax-single
Finally reinstalled portage with USE="doc" to get the htm
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
>> clear to me how long elogs are kept if you use the `sav
[...]
Neil Bothwick writes:
> You can create a set containing a list of packages. I do this for
> dependencies of packages that are not from portage, so they don't get
> depcleaned and don't end up in @world. Something like
[...]
Thanks for the nifty examples... ... missing entirely in the pil
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 compile
Portage pulling 99% by itself at times.
I thought 3GB was a bit high for a vm compared to what I've
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% du
"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 gentoo w
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 putting in the time t
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
>> >
>&g
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 can be painful when y
Daniel Campbell writes:
> 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/co
After setting up the files for sendmail on my first attempt at
sending a msg I get this error as reported in the smtp conversation:
Temporary system failure
That is a new one to me, and doesn't give much to start on.
It appears not to even get past the submit agent.
(Running a little script
"J. Roeleveld" writes:
[...]
> I stopped using sendmail when easier to configure alternatives came along.
> Currently using Postfix.
>
> As such, I can't help in checking your config. But I do remember you
> had to compile the config files into a format sendmail actually can
> read. Did you do
Volker Armin Hemmann writes:
> Am 04.12.2016 um 20:09 schrieb Harry Putnam:
>
> is there a good reason you chose sendmail over postfix? Do you hate
> yourself? You are a masochist?
>
> I found sendmail the worst piece of software I ever had to deal with.
> Windows XP user&a
John Covici writes:
> On Sun, 04 Dec 2016 21:23:34 -0500,
> Harry Putnam wrote:
>>
>> Volker Armin Hemmann writes:
>>
>> > Am 04.12.2016 um 20:09 schrieb Harry Putnam:
>> >
>> > is there a good reason you chose sendmail over postfix? Do you h
John Covici writes:
> Well, you have several issues, looks like procmail executable does not
> have correct permissions, should be
> -rwsr-s--x 1 root root
> or at least this is the way I have it.
The issue with procmail was that it was not even installed... Suprised
me at first but this is a ra
Setup:
gentoo 32bit vbox guest on win 10 64bit host
Installed xorg-server, lxde Meta pkgs and deps
(along with many other pkgs ... to many to list
here but included at the end)
uname -a:
Linux g0 4.8.8-gentoo #2 Fri Nov 18 20:16:14 EST 2016 i686 Intel(R)
Xeon(R) CPU X5450 @ 3.00GH
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