Dale wrote: > > Yes, exactly the same. The way I do this, I basically do it as a stage > 4 except I don't tar it up. I found a script online somewhere that > copies over everything needed to do this, even boot the thing if > needed. It copies /etc, /var, /usr and everything else except for > things like /proc, /home etc. It just does the OS part itself. So, > everything is identical before I start. It's also on the same machine, > just a spare 750GB hard drive is all. I started doing this due to the > longer compile times. > > I got to thinking, maybe it was a bug so I synced the tree and am doing > regular updates. I didn't see anything directly related to video > players but I think the problem is deeper than the players themselves. > One reason, several video players are having the same problem and on the > same videos. If one video works, it works on all players. If it fails, > it fails on all players. Thing is, the same videos used to work a week > or so ago. I suspect they depend on a codec package that has either got > a bug or the players can't load certain codecs due to a broken link or > something. I was hoping a re-emerge would fix it, from binary builds of > course. > > It's rare now but I used to do emerge -e world every few months when > there is a huge number of packages being updated. It fixes things like > broken links and such really good. Weird little bugs were gone > afterwards. Thing is, emerge is so darn good, I don't do it often > anymore. That preserved rebuild thing usually catches them. > > I don't recall emerge ever refusing to use binaries like this before, > not even for these packages. Usually, memtest is the only one that > fails. I don't mount /boot in the chroot. > > Open to ideas. Running updates in chroot as I type. Maybe that will > fix something. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Update. I finished my regular updates in my chroot. I did the updates on my main install and videos still not working right. There is one change tho. I wanted to see if I could get emerge -ek world to show only binary packages, this time it did. I have no idea why it didn't work before but it works now. I'm not sure what changed tho. Total: *1837* packages (1837 reinstalls, *1837 binaries*), Size of downloads: 0 KiB Thanks to those who have been pondering this. No idea the original cause tho. Dale :-) :-)
