Re: [gentoo-user] microcode applied?

> How do you build the microcode into the kernel? The only > place I can see to do that in menuconfig is under Device Drivers; there's no > such field under Firmware. The Device Drivers section is exactly where the microcode is included. CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE is the relevant symbol.

Re: [gentoo-user] microcode applied?

> Since I dont know where look up firmware version numbers i'm in the dark. You can use MC Extractor to extract the metadata associated with the AMD microcode updates. The microcode_amd.bin which is part of sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20180103-r1 contains the following microcode updates: CPUID

Re: [gentoo-user] microcode applied?

> The contents of cpuinfo is the same as the messages in dmesg. What does that > imply? Your BIOS or EFI might already install the same version or a later version than what the microcode package provides. Although the second case is highly unlikely. The update might also just not get applied

Re: [gentoo-user] microcode applied?

> Does the absence of a "microcode updated" message in dmesg imply that the > microcode was not updated? Not necessarily. > Is there a way to turn on debugging? The easiest way to check whether the microcode update was applied correctly would be to check the microcode version in /proc/cpuinfo

Re: [gentoo-user] Q: pp requires --uesr option t hat doesn't exist?

$ pip install --user awscli or $ pip2.7 install --user awscli works. Merry Christmas. On 24 December 2017 at 21:54, Steven Lembark wrote: > > This should have been simple: Install AWS client command line tools. > Catch: Installing it with AWS' example tells me to use the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CoreOS vulnerability inherited from Gentoo?

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016, at 06:44, James wrote: > Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > > > > Does this mean we need to do anything to improve the security of our > > > systems? > > > The report seems to be saying that the problem is caused by using the > > Gentoo default config, which assumes

Re: [gentoo-user] CoreOS vulnerability inherited from Gentoo?

On Tue, May 31, 2016, at 11:07, Max R.D. Parmer wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2016, at 10:44, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 31 May 2016 16:30:27 James wrote: > > > Here is an interesting read:: > > > > > > Security brief: CoreOS Linux Alpha remote SSH issue >

Re: [gentoo-user] CoreOS vulnerability inherited from Gentoo?

On Tue, May 31, 2016, at 10:44, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 31 May 2016 16:30:27 James wrote: > > Here is an interesting read:: > > > > Security brief: CoreOS Linux Alpha remote SSH issue > > May 19, 2016 · By Matthew Garrett > > > > > > > > Gentoo defaults to ending the PAM configuration with

Re: [gentoo-user] Surviving perl-5.24.0

On Mon, May 23, 2016, at 10:50, Thanasis wrote: > On 05/23/2016 08:27 PM, Max R.D. Parmer wrote: > > > > > Then everything rolls along 'til dying with this: > >> installman: Can't open cpan/podlators/blib/script/pod2man: No such file or > >> directory >

Re: [gentoo-user] Surviving perl-5.24.0

On Fri, May 20, 2016, at 16:33, walt wrote: > I spent most of today updating from perl-5.22 to perl-5.24 because so > many packages failed to install. I ran perl-cleaner about a hundred > times and tried emerge -ac in between, which always failed because it > falsely accused me of not doing

Re: [gentoo-user] freeSwitch

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016, at 15:17, Stroller wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 April 2016, at 3:21 pm, Michael Mol wrote: > > ... > > I have a Freeswitch install on a (non-Gentoo) box at a client. That client > > has > > recently moved to a different PBX product. I will not willingly

Re: [gentoo-user] In search of an XMPP client with OTR

Hello Meino, perhaps this will help: https://github.com/maxrp/profanity-overlay Profanity is a great client IMO. There's another called Jackline (written in OCaml) that is pretty cool and supports OTR too. -- 0x7D964D3361142ACF On Sun, Apr 17, 2016, at 02:20, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Encrypted cell 2 gentoo

on your particular needs whether that extra step is needed. -- 0x7D964D3361142ACF On Mon, Mar 28, 2016, at 13:45, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > If you have your own mta and use imap-s won't that do it? > > Max R.D. Parmer <m...@trystero.is> wrote: > > > Ahh, OK. So secur

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Encrypted cell 2 gentoo

I think the paper on Intel issues Mick is referring to is the one I linked not too long ago: http://blog.invisiblethings.org/papers/2015/x86_harmful.pdf It seems like you're looking for something like the EFF's "surveillance self-defense"[1] site but with some stuff specific to Gentoo. [1]:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Encrypted cell 2 gentoo

(though support for ZRTP is across the board pretty rare). Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any single cohesive guide to tie it altogether. -- 0x7D964D3361142ACF On Mon, Mar 28, 2016, at 09:13, James wrote: > Max R.D. Parmer trystero.is> writes: > > > > > > D

Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted cell 2 gentoo

Do I understand correctly that you're looking to set up a Gentoo server as a "hub" from which you can retrieve your mail using any of your client systems? If I understood correctly, interoperability should be easy because mostly it comes down to IMAP/SMTP/POP3 and support for those protocols is

Re: [gentoo-user] The war continues.

Wow, sounds like you've been having a rough time. I think if you chunk things up into tiny pieces of logs, and take the issues on one at a time, you will be able to solve your problems. That said, if you would like to send us the last month or so of your emerge.log, we might be able to help focus

Re: [gentoo-user] pvcreate on LUKS container -> 'Device not found'

ryptsetup luksOpen` operation. The files in /dev/mapper are symlinks to /dev/dm-* devices, this will resolve the symlink and then run stat on the real underlying dm-* device. Hope this helps, Max -- 0x7D964D3361142ACF

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Any thoughts on Intel Skylake SGX?

It seems like SGX is intertwined with the Intel Management Engine, Chapter 4 in Joanna Rutkowska's "Intel x86 considered harmful"[1] (pp. 35) goes in-depth on the potential issues with Intel ME. That same book has some light discussion on SGX (pp. 20) but it seems like, if you are concerned about

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc security issue

Yes, looks like it is: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 -- 0x7D964D3361142ACF On Wed, Feb 17, 2016, at 08:48, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > I found this > http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/glibc-Dramatische-Sicherheitsluecke-in-Linux-Netzwerkfunktionen-3107621.html > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Cheapest dedicated gentoo servers?

On Sat, 03 Sep 2011, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: On 09/03/2011 04:26 AM, Adam Carter wrote: I'm looking for dedicated server providers whose rates are low, support Gentoo and most importantly are reliable. Service should be stable. Location is not important, but preferable in EU.

[gentoo-user] Gnome File Browser - smaller Symbols

Hi, I think the main toolbar of the gnome filemanager uses up far to much space. So I'd like to make it smaller. Is there any way to do that? I would be happy with the text and no icons as well, or smaller icons and no text. cu Max -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] webcam

Hi, That doesn't sound too bad. How you test the cam? cu Max On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 11:43 +0100, Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi It's nearly there I get 'lsmod Module Size Used by uvcvideo 40580 0 compat_ioctl32 1536 1 uvcvideo videodev

Re: [gentoo-user] webcam

Hi, If you mean a logitech 5000, this page may helps you: http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ I don't know the cam, but had no problem with old quickcams or spca5xx chipset based ones on gentoo. Just make sure you have V4L enables in your kernel config. cu Max On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 16:03 +0100

[gentoo-user] Thrustmaster RCS

. A USB based X52 works fine for X-Plane, but i have no live signs from the pedals yet. I didn't find much about the pedals (Thrustmaster RCS) on Google or anywhere else yet. Any ideas how to make this old piece of equipment working? cu Max -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Streamtuner doesn't show Shoutcast genres

success. On google I found some reports about the problem, but no solution. None of them where gentoo related. Any ideas? cu Max -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] unixODBC econf failure

the job in your case. Good luck! cu Max -- On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 11:49 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Selon Max [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, After updating gnutls revdep-rebuild would like to update an awfull lot of packages, including unixODBC. So far no problem but unixODBC does

Re: [gentoo-user] unixODBC econf failure

Hello Alan, thanks for the reply. I tried to compile it external and it worked after i deactivated the gui (--disable-gui). So i removed the gnome USE flag and was able to install it. Disabling the sandbox feature didn't lead to success. Thanks a lot for your help! cu Max On Sun, 2008-03-23

[gentoo-user] libgnutls.so.13 missing [SOLVED]

. At a closer look i foult out that this is related to gnome-vfs. If you have the same problem, recompile the realted packages like gnome-vfs and you should not have any more trouble. cu Max -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] libgnutls.so.13 missing [SOLVED]

Hi Rumen, I ran just revdep-rebuild and had the problem as soon as the gnome keyring app was compiled. The number of packages here is about the same (44 on a gnome only system). I can't find the meaning of -p in the man page. What does it mean? cu Max Hi, Maybe it's better to run 'revdep

Re: [gentoo-user] Basic video editor in portage?

Hello Grant, I think Kino is what you want. I have cinellera here, but thats a bit of an overkill as well. A Gnome alternative is PiTiVi (http://pitivi.sourceforge.net/). cu Max On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 12:22 -0700, Grant wrote: I have some video clips I'd like to trim the beginning and end

Re: [gentoo-user] unixODBC econf failure

Hello Alan, sorry for the delay, I wanted to finish the revdep-rebuild. Even on my fast P4D this took a while. Anyway, you where right, the unixODBC problem disappeared after fixing the gnome-vfs package. It merged well with the gnome flag this time. Thank you for your help. cu Max On Sun

[gentoo-user] unixODBC econf failure

further information is needed to solve the problem i'll be glad to provide it. Thank you a lot in advance. cu Max -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the preferred gentoo way to list all packages w/ multiple versions installed?

On 9/19/06, David Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/18/06, Wolfgang Liebich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have an older gentoo systen which accumulated some cruft over the time - I have to clean it up :-) I want to list all installed SLOTTED packages where more than one version is

Re: [gentoo-user] XDM / GDM hangs when logging in.

Hi, On 8/18/06, Samuel Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip On the side, is it possible to customize the appearance of XDM (I know I can for GDM)? http://daimeria.com/linhowtos/xdm.php -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] -unicode USE flag

much. ;-) What is unicode and why might an end user want it or need it? This guide explains it pretty good: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/utf-8.xml Thanks, Mark HTH, Max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] mediawiki: Enabling uploads?

; see: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Configuring_file_uploads Alexander Skwar Max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot resolve a virtual package name to an ebuild.

) -- Is there someone way I can work around this? I don't seem to be able to emerge anything. Your portage is too old, see bug #114798. Try it without the -u, i.e.: # emerge -av portage and then sync again. David HTH, Max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Where has Aqua Datastudio gone?

. What happened? see bug 63257[1]. There's also e new ebuild which seems to be better, at least that's what the reporter said, bug 120719[2]. HTH, Max [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/63257 [2] http://bugs.gentoo.org/120719 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds

install something. Apparently, I did install it a very long time ago because emerge told me it didn't know it. :-( Well, then grab the ebuild from cvs: http://viewcvs.gentoo.org/ Uwe Max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] python: stack smashing attack in function sha_done()

-bash-3.0-r14 python: stack smashing attack in function sha_done() Aborted I think you need to update to the latest version of pycrypto, see Bug #120846. HTH, Max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.15 gentoo-sources emerge

could be seen by kernel developers https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113261 Max :) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] realtime-preemption patch

Hi, On 11/1/05, karlos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: could you point me to a list where all the patches are listed, as I really don't know what patches are applied to gentoo-sources.#? http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/ k Cheers, Max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Switch from devfs to udev?

Because no one mentioned it. There is also a Gentoo udev Guide: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to compile a 2.6 hardened-sources kernel (moving from a 2.4) -- getting gr_task_is_cabable undefined reference

Hi Chad, is your kernel hardened-sources-2.6.11-r12 by any chance? Judging from the error messages it is. You need to use 2.6.11-r13, r12 is buggy. See bug #93022 [1] hth, Max [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93022 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] removing gnome

On 5/17/05, Cheryl Homiak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't find any revdep-rebuild command. Hi Cheryl, revdep-rebuild is in the gentoolkit packgage, just emerge gentoolkit. hth, max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux-headers and Kernels? What goes with who?

Hi Michael, what Carian said, and this thread gives some good explanations: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.server/2139 hth, max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] fglrxconfig question

Greetings, not sure about the illegal instruction issue, but with a Radeon 9250 you can use the drivers provided by xorg, I think, for 3D goodness etc. and don't need to use fglrx. Have a look at this: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/dri-howto.xml HTH max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r8 failing compilation

looks like they need a version of gcc that you dont haveor can be found.. i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++: //usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.5/libstdc ++.so: No such file or directory Em Dom, 2005-05-01 às 16:51 +, Vittorio escreveu: The compilation of kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r8 dies with

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gnome looking for automake-1.7

did you try to use only emerge automake ?? Em Seg, 2005-05-02 às 01:15 +1000, Richard Watson escreveu: Hi - emerge gnome is now giving me the following error am-wrapper: /usr/bin/automake-1.7 is missing or not executable please try emerging the correct version I checked /usr/bin and

Re: [gentoo-user] Who vets the gentoo front page ads?

On 4/19/05, Ciaran McCreesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No no no no no. Bugzilla is for Gentoo things. Well, then how about vendors.gentoo.org? max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list