Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone installed x11-drivers/ati-drivers recently? (Fails to download)
On Friday 22 November 2013, 17:20:36 walt wrote: > On 11/22/2013 10:56 AM, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I have no clue why downloading ati-drivers fails. I always get redirected > > to http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/incomplete > > no matter what version of ati-drivers I want to install. > > Problems like that are sometimes caused by gentoo mirror servers that > are having technical problems. > > Are you having similar trouble with any other packages? > No > You can specify your preferred mirrors by adding a line like this to > your make.conf file: > > GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"; > Thanks for the suggestion. I installed netselect, changed the mirrors and now it works :-) Alex
Re: [gentoo-user] rfcomm0 interface missing
On Monday 18 November 2013, Mick wrote: > After more than a year I tried to tether my mobile to my laptop to connect > to GPRS using kppp. I noticed that kppp hangs and I have to kill it, > while it hangs with "Modem Ready". I can query the modem successfully > using kppp, and it responds to ATI initialisation commands, so now I am > trying to understand what is wrong with it and why the connection does not > complete. > > ifconfig -a does not show rfcomm0, but this may be because it never > completes the connection to my mobile phone provider's network, so the ppp > link is not established. > > I can see that the rfcomm device is being created: > > # ls -la /dev/rfcomm* > crw-rw 1 root uucp 216, 0 Nov 17 15:51 /dev/rfcomm0 > > and it does try to connect until it freezes showing "Modem Ready", but I am > getting no more errors to know what to do next. > > I was thinking that this may be related to the udev NIC renaming change > that happened within the last year. However, I never had any udev rules > to manage rfcomm and from what I recall vaguely when the udev update came, > I had no problem connecting (but memory may be failing me after all this > time). It could of course be related to my mobile phone providers > settings - I haven't changed these for a long time and looking on the > Internet I can't find if they are any different now. > > How should I troubleshoot this further? > > Could someone please hold my hand to set up ppp so that I can avoid kppp > and its freezing behaviour? Have you started the rfcomm service? I remember having trouble until I did that. HTH Robin -- -- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling --
Re: [gentoo-user] rfcomm0 interface missing
On Saturday 23 Nov 2013 11:44:58 Robin Atwood wrote: > On Monday 18 November 2013, Mick wrote: > > After more than a year I tried to tether my mobile to my laptop to > > connect to GPRS using kppp. I noticed that kppp hangs and I have to > > kill it, while it hangs with "Modem Ready". I can query the modem > > successfully using kppp, and it responds to ATI initialisation commands, > > so now I am trying to understand what is wrong with it and why the > > connection does not complete. > > > > ifconfig -a does not show rfcomm0, but this may be because it never > > completes the connection to my mobile phone provider's network, so the > > ppp link is not established. > > > > I can see that the rfcomm device is being created: > > > > # ls -la /dev/rfcomm* > > crw-rw 1 root uucp 216, 0 Nov 17 15:51 /dev/rfcomm0 > > > > and it does try to connect until it freezes showing "Modem Ready", but I > > am getting no more errors to know what to do next. > > > > I was thinking that this may be related to the udev NIC renaming change > > that happened within the last year. However, I never had any udev rules > > to manage rfcomm and from what I recall vaguely when the udev update > > came, I had no problem connecting (but memory may be failing me after > > all this time). It could of course be related to my mobile phone > > providers settings - I haven't changed these for a long time and looking > > on the Internet I can't find if they are any different now. > > > > How should I troubleshoot this further? > > > > Could someone please hold my hand to set up ppp so that I can avoid kppp > > and its freezing behaviour? > > Have you started the rfcomm service? I remember having trouble until I did > that. Thanks Robin, yes I started bluetooth and rfcomm as I used to do. I wonder if this is an ISP problem, i.e. they are no longer offering GPRS on this mobile phone account, or if I need a different login. I'll try again later to see if this is a temporary fault when I get a minute. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Weird graphical glitches after world update
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:39:03 + Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:49:25 -0800, walt wrote: > > > One other possibility is that xorg updated something that broke some > > video drivers. Maybe "qlop -l xorg" would give you a hint about when > > your video problem first appeared? > > > I'm seeing similar, but not identical issues, most annoying in the > message list in Claws Mail, which seem to be caused by > x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.99.906. Downgrading to the previous > version gets rid of the problem. Same problem here, running ~amd64, hit the problem when I upgraded last Wednesday. Ditto for Urxvt, Emacs, and Claws. I tried downgrading from x86-video-intel-2.99.906 to 2.99.905-r1 which fixed the glitch, but then when I clicked on lists in Claws, X would randomly crash. Maybe time to try downgrading more than just the video drivers; I also upgraded other X packages at the time, including xorg-server. Cheers, Bryan
[gentoo-user] {OT} video monitoring
I've been using motion along with USB cameras for a while. I need to expand my monitoring capacity and I'm wondering if I should consider changing software or hardware. motion seems fairly dead but is stable. I'm reading conflicting info about the current status of zoneminder. Is anyone using IP cams? - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] chromium build issue
On 11/22/2013 07:31 PM, Alecks Gates wrote:
>
> What kernel are you running and/or what kernel did you build python2.7
> with? I would try remerging dev-lang/python:2.7
>
> Possibly relevant:
> http://bugs.python.org/issue8326
>
I ran python-updater like Walt suggested, no help.
Then I rebuilt dev-lang/python:2.7 still didn't help.
python-2.7 was built against gentoo-sources-3.11.0 which is my current kernel.
If it helps, these are my python and chromium flags.
[ebuild R] dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r3:2.7 USE="gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline
sqlite ssl threads
(wide-unicode) xml -berkdb -build -doc -examples -hardened -tk -wininst" 0 kB
[ebuild U ~] www-client/chromium-32.0.1700.19 [31.0.1650.48] USE="bindist
-cups -custom-cflags
-gnome -gnome-keyring -kerberos (-neon) -pulseaudio (-selinux) (-system-sqlite)
(-tcmalloc) {-test}
(-gps%)" LINGUAS="am ar bg bn ca cs da de el en_GB es es_LA et fa fi fil fr gu
he hi hr hu id it ja
kn ko lt lv ml mr ms nb nl pl pt_BR pt_PT ro ru sk sl sr sv sw ta te th tr uk
vi zh_CN zh_TW" 0 kB
Anymore info i can give?
Further help would be greatly appreciated.
--
James
This is my signature. Please don't steal it.
[gentoo-user] Re: chromium build issue
On 11/23/2013 02:45 PM, james N. wrote: > On 11/22/2013 07:31 PM, Alecks Gates wrote: > >> > >> > What kernel are you running and/or what kernel did you build python2.7 >> > with? I would try remerging dev-lang/python:2.7 >> > >> > Possibly relevant: >> > http://bugs.python.org/issue8326 Interesting thread, thanks. My gut feeling was that the kernel would have no effect on python packages, but now I need to rethink that. > I ran python-updater like Walt suggested, no help. > Then I rebuilt dev-lang/python:2.7 still didn't help. > > python-2.7 was built against gentoo-sources-3.11.0 which is my current kernel. My kernel-tinkering experience may have nothing to do with your python bug, but I'll mention it anyway because I love the sound of my own key-clicks :) The "0" at the end of 3.11.0 means that kernel has had very little testing and may well contain many new bugs. If you don't want to spend your time bisecting and reporting kernel bugs you should probably wait at least until that "0" increments to around "3" before using it. Given the ubuntu bug report I'd suggest trying a kernel in the 3.10.* range as an experiment.
[gentoo-user] grub2 upgrade not working
Hello, I have been searching the web for help on this but no luck. I have just upgraded from grub legacy to grub2. Followed the gentoo docs and grub2 will not boot. It hangs in the beginning with the messages: Loading Linux 3.10.17-gentoo ... Loading initial ramdisk ... Here is the section I try to run on my grub.conf root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 dolvm initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo I used genkernel to create the initramfs using the options: --lvm --disklabel --firmware --no-ramdisk-modules. The system booted using the old grub legacy. I would be also interested in information on how to completely wipe out grub2 from my system and go back to grub legacy. Thank you for your help. -- Valmor
Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 upgrade not working
On 24/11/13 10:06, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Hello, > I have been searching the web for help on this but no luck. > I have just upgraded from grub legacy to grub2. Followed the gentoo docs > and grub2 will not boot. It hangs in the beginning with the messages: > > Loading Linux 3.10.17-gentoo ... > Loading initial ramdisk ... > > Here is the section I try to run on my grub.conf > > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 dolvm > initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo > > I used genkernel to create the initramfs using the options: --lvm > --disklabel --firmware --no-ramdisk-modules. The system booted using the > old grub legacy. > > I would be also interested in information on how to completely wipe out > grub2 from my system and go back to grub legacy. > > Thank you for your help. > > -- > Valmor > sadly most of my systems didnt work first time either though I am slowly working through the issues. Did you add the dolvm stuff to /etc/default/grub? Mine is (one liner): GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX='memmap=1M\$157M dolvm i915.modeset=1 enable_mtrr_cleanup=1 zcache resume=/dev/sdb1' Did you get any errors with either of: grub2-install /dev/sda grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg I would also really wish that there was a simple grub and complex grub2 for the masochists rather than just torturing everyone :) BillK
Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 upgrade not working
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:05 PM, William Kenworthy wrote: > On 24/11/13 10:06, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > > Hello, > > I have been searching the web for help on this but no luck. > > I have just upgraded from grub legacy to grub2. Followed the gentoo docs > > and grub2 will not boot. It hangs in the beginning with the messages: > > > > Loading Linux 3.10.17-gentoo ... > > Loading initial ramdisk ... > > > > Here is the section I try to run on my grub.conf > > > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 dolvm > > initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo > > > > I used genkernel to create the initramfs using the options: --lvm > > --disklabel --firmware --no-ramdisk-modules. The system booted using the > > old grub legacy. > > > > I would be also interested in information on how to completely wipe out > > grub2 from my system and go back to grub legacy. > > > > Thank you for your help. > > > > -- > > Valmor > > > > sadly most of my systems didnt work first time either though I am slowly > working through the issues. > > Did you add the dolvm stuff to /etc/default/grub? > No I have not touched any of the grub files. On my kernel boot line above I do use dolvm. Will check on that though. > > Mine is (one liner): > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX='memmap=1M\$157M dolvm i915.modeset=1 > enable_mtrr_cleanup=1 zcache resume=/dev/sdb1' > Thanks. -- Valmor > > Did you get any errors with either of: > > grub2-install /dev/sda > grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg > Nope. No errors. All clean. > > I would also really wish that there was a simple grub and complex grub2 > for the masochists rather than just torturing everyone :) > > BillK > > > >
Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 upgrade not working
On Sunday 24 November 2013 02:19:05 Valmor de Almeida wrote: > No I have not touched any of the grub files. On my kernel boot line above I > do use dolvm. Will check on that though. Of course it won't boot then. GRUB 2 does not use grub.conf anymore. It reads /boot/grub/grub.cfg. This file is formed automatically by grub2- mkconfig command, you have to edit the parameters in /etc/default/grub.
[gentoo-user] [OT] XNest and embedded system: Kaboom! (sometimes)
Hi, I want to display the X-display of my embedded Linux system (a Beaglebone black) on my PC. For that I started XNest on display 1 on my PC (option: -ac) and set DISPLAY on the embedded system (running an XServer also) accordingly. I could run openbox, urxvt, gnumeric, tgif (for example) via this setup nicely. But when I started hatari (an AtariST-Emulator) on the embedded system, XNest on the PC stops running/crashes. Running hatari on the XServer of the embedded system runs nicely though. On the X-point-of-view hatari should be nothing else but "just another X application"...or? The output of XNest after such "sudden stop" is: homepc:/home/user>Xnest -ac :1 _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/homepc:1 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension Initializing built-in extension SHAPE Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension Initializing built-in extension XTEST Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS Initializing built-in extension SYNC Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA Initializing built-in extension XFIXES Initializing built-in extension RENDER Initializing built-in extension RANDR Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER Initializing built-in extension RECORD Initializing built-in extension X-Resource Initializing built-in extension XVideo Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation ## (above the output until I started hatari) ## (below the output after I started hatari) X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 1 (X_CreateWindow) Serial number of failed request: 3486 Current serial number in output stream: 3491 What went wrong here? How can I fix it? Thank you very much in advance for any help! Best regards, mcc
