Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm
On Sunday, 30 December 2018 19:03:31 GMT Alarig Le Lay wrote: > Hi, > > I modified the boot options to have a debugging OS on my DHCP for LAN: > drscott ~ # grep netboot /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/default > APPEND rescue64 scandelay=1 > netboot=http://[2a01:cb08:898c:fc00::1]/sysrcd.dat docache setkmap=fr > console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 rootpass=root dhcp -- rescue32 > scandelay=1 netboot=http://[2a01:cb08:898c:fc00::1]/sysrcd.dat docache > setkmap=fr console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 rootpass=root dhcp LABEL > netboot > kernel netboot > > Hope this helps. Hmm. Not sure it does. I'd have to consider the work in changing the .iso. As I couldn't even mount it -oloop to write it to a USB drive, that looks like a big job. I suppose I'll just have to put up with NetworkManager. (Boo, hiss...) -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm
On 31/12/18 6:26 pm, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 30 December 2018 19:03:31 GMT Alarig Le Lay wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I modified the boot options to have a debugging OS on my DHCP for LAN: >> drscott ~ # grep netboot /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/default >> APPEND rescue64 scandelay=1 >> netboot=http://[2a01:cb08:898c:fc00::1]/sysrcd.dat docache setkmap=fr >> console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 rootpass=root dhcp -- rescue32 >> scandelay=1 netboot=http://[2a01:cb08:898c:fc00::1]/sysrcd.dat docache >> setkmap=fr console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 rootpass=root dhcp LABEL >> netboot >> kernel netboot >> >> Hope this helps. > Hmm. Not sure it does. I'd have to consider the work in changing the .iso. As > I couldn't even mount it -oloop to write it to a USB drive, that looks like a > big job. > > I suppose I'll just have to put up with NetworkManager. (Boo, hiss...) > Let it come up, then kill -9 it and get on with life ... BillK
Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm
On Monday, 31 December 2018 10:26:06 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 30 December 2018 19:03:31 GMT Alarig Le Lay wrote: > > kernel netboot > > > > Hope this helps. > > Hmm. Not sure it does. I'd have to consider the work in changing the .iso. > As I couldn't even mount it -oloop to write it to a USB drive, that looks > like a big job. Did you run: mount -o loop,exec /path/to/systemrescuecd-x86-x.y.z.iso /tmp/cdrom as the web page instructs? What error did you get? I also had a go modifying the iso to include firmware for my old laptop's Radeon card, which in the last couple of versions were excluded by the devs. Unfortunately, some of the command(s) provided in the sysrescuecd website failed to run - something about missing libs or files. I also don't recall if I tried both 32bit and 64bit kernels. I'll have another go when I get a spare moment. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm
On Monday, 31 December 2018 13:19:49 GMT Mick wrote: > On Monday, 31 December 2018 10:26:06 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday, 30 December 2018 19:03:31 GMT Alarig Le Lay wrote: > > > kernel netboot > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Hmm. Not sure it does. I'd have to consider the work in changing the .iso. > > As I couldn't even mount it -oloop to write it to a USB drive, that looks > > like a big job. > > Did you run: > > mount -o loop,exec /path/to/systemrescuecd-x86-x.y.z.iso /tmp/cdrom > > as the web page instructs? Of course. > What error did you get? Operation not permitted. I also got it after burning a CD and trying to mount that. > I also had a go modifying the iso to include firmware for my old laptop's > Radeon card, which in the last couple of versions were excluded by the devs. > > Unfortunately, some of the command(s) provided in the sysrescuecd website > failed to run - something about missing libs or files. I also don't recall > if I tried both 32bit and 64bit kernels. I'll have another go when I get a > spare moment. I wonder how active the maintenance of RescueCD is... -- Regards, Peter.
[gentoo-user] an issue with issue, an agetty bug?
After upgrading to sys-apps/util-linux-2.33-r1, I can no longer find a way to put literal backslash characters into /etc/issue properly. For many years, '\\' in the issue file would result in a single backslash being printed. I don't think this was ever documented; it's just the natural way to escape backslash as a special character. I guess the change is with agetty, but I don't know. Any ideas? p.s.: Downgrading to util-linux-2.32-r4 got me the old behavior back.
Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm
On Monday, 31 December 2018 15:40:48 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday, 31 December 2018 13:19:49 GMT Mick wrote: > > On Monday, 31 December 2018 10:26:06 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > On Sunday, 30 December 2018 19:03:31 GMT Alarig Le Lay wrote: > > > > kernel netboot > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > Hmm. Not sure it does. I'd have to consider the work in changing the > > > .iso. > > > As I couldn't even mount it -oloop to write it to a USB drive, that > > > looks > > > like a big job. > > > > Did you run: > > > > mount -o loop,exec /path/to/systemrescuecd-x86-x.y.z.iso /tmp/cdrom > > > > as the web page instructs? > > Of course. > > > What error did you get? > > Operation not permitted. As root? If yes, then this is rather odd. This is what I'm getting here: # mount -o loop,exec systemrescuecd-x86-5.3.2.iso /mnt/iso mount: /mnt/iso: WARNING: device write-protected, mounted read-only. # findmnt /mnt/iso TARGET SOURCE FSTYPE OPTIONS /mnt/iso /dev/loop0 iso9660 ro,relatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048 -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm
On Monday, 31 December 2018 16:00:34 GMT Mick wrote: > On Monday, 31 December 2018 15:40:48 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Monday, 31 December 2018 13:19:49 GMT Mick wrote: > > > On Monday, 31 December 2018 10:26:06 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > On Sunday, 30 December 2018 19:03:31 GMT Alarig Le Lay wrote: > > > > > kernel netboot > > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > Hmm. Not sure it does. I'd have to consider the work in changing the > > > > .iso. > > > > As I couldn't even mount it -oloop to write it to a USB drive, that > > > > looks > > > > like a big job. > > > > > > Did you run: > > > > > > mount -o loop,exec /path/to/systemrescuecd-x86-x.y.z.iso /tmp/cdrom > > > > > > as the web page instructs? > > > > Of course. > > > > > What error did you get? > > > > Operation not permitted. > > As root? If yes, then this is rather odd. Oh yes, I wouldn't expect to be able to do that as myself. > This is what I'm getting here: > > # mount -o loop,exec systemrescuecd-x86-5.3.2.iso /mnt/iso > mount: /mnt/iso: WARNING: device write-protected, mounted read-only. Just as I was expecting too. > # findmnt /mnt/iso > TARGET SOURCE FSTYPE OPTIONS > /mnt/iso /dev/loop0 iso9660 > ro,relatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048 -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm
On 2018.12.31 05:26, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday, 30 December 2018 19:03:31 GMT Alarig Le Lay wrote: > Hi, > > I modified the boot options to have a debugging OS on my DHCP for LAN: > drscott ~ # grep netboot /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/default > APPEND rescue64 scandelay=1 > netboot=http://[2a01:cb08:898c:fc00::1]/sysrcd.dat docache setkmap=fr > console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 rootpass=root dhcp -- rescue32 > scandelay=1 netboot=http://[2a01:cb08:898c:fc00::1]/sysrcd.dat docache > setkmap=fr console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 rootpass=root dhcp LABEL > netboot > kernel netboot > > Hope this helps. Hmm. Not sure it does. I'd have to consider the work in changing the .iso. As I couldn't even mount it -oloop to write it to a USB drive, that looks like a big job. Couldn't you just dd it to a USB drive (without needing to mount the iso first) and then mount the drive? I suppose I'll just have to put up with NetworkManager. (Boo, hiss...) -- Regards, Peter. Jack
Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm
On December 31, 2018 6:29:16 PM UTC, Peter Humphrey wrote: >On Monday, 31 December 2018 16:00:34 GMT Mick wrote: >> On Monday, 31 December 2018 15:40:48 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: >> > On Monday, 31 December 2018 13:19:49 GMT Mick wrote: >> > > On Monday, 31 December 2018 10:26:06 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: >> > > > On Sunday, 30 December 2018 19:03:31 GMT Alarig Le Lay wrote: >> > > > > kernel netboot >> > > > > >> > > > > Hope this helps. >> > > > >> > > > Hmm. Not sure it does. I'd have to consider the work in >changing the >> > > > .iso. >> > > > As I couldn't even mount it -oloop to write it to a USB drive, >that >> > > > looks >> > > > like a big job. >> > > >> > > Did you run: >> > > >> > > mount -o loop,exec /path/to/systemrescuecd-x86-x.y.z.iso >/tmp/cdrom >> > > >> > > as the web page instructs? >> > >> > Of course. >> > >> > > What error did you get? >> > >> > Operation not permitted. >> >> As root? If yes, then this is rather odd. > >Oh yes, I wouldn't expect to be able to do that as myself. Strange, are you running some kind of hardened environment where you restrict root as well? -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm
On Monday, 31 December 2018 22:21:20 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote: > Strange, are you running some kind of hardened environment where you > restrict root as well? Nope. Nothing non-standard at all. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm
On Monday, 31 December 2018 19:01:16 GMT Jack wrote: > Couldn't you just dd it to a USB drive (without needing to mount the > iso first) and then mount the drive? I did do that, then tried to boot the USB drive. It wouldn't boot. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] SystemRescueCD with nonm
On 2018.12.31 21:20, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Monday, 31 December 2018 19:01:16 GMT Jack wrote: > Couldn't you just dd it to a USB drive (without needing to mount the > iso first) and then mount the drive? I did do that, then tried to boot the USB drive. It wouldn't boot. Why didn't it boot? Sorry if you said, and I missed it. My thought is that after copying/dd'ing to the usb drive, mount the drive, and play with the grub config file, or whatever, to deal with whatever stops it from booting. You could blacklist modules, or add boot parameters, or . Of course, if you don't know what's actually causing the problem, it's harder to avoid. Maybe you'll figure it out in a New Year's miracle! Jack
[gentoo-user] Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.
Howdy, With the newer Firefox versions, I've noticed something weird about downloading files. Usually these are videos using a download helper for videos and sometimes it is a normal file download, depends on the site. Either way, I get something odd at times. So far, I've yet to see any rhyme or reason to it. I can't figure out what triggers it. This is what it does. I start a download, either using a video helper add on or downloading as a file. I give it a name and location and it shows in the download window that it is downloading. However, if I go to the directory where it should be, sometimes nothing shows up. It will complete the download and then show that it failed after finishing the download. However, if I notice that it is not in the directory where it should be and I go back to the download window, hit pause and then resume, it starts over from the beginning and then shows up in the directory where it should be. Most of the time, it shows up that it is downloading and it is where it should be without be doing anything further but sometimes, it doesn't. One other thing that it does on rare occasions. It will show it is downloading for a good while, sometimes more than half way, then disappear in the directory as if it is deleted but still show that it is downloading in the download window. I've only seen it do that a few times but it is annoying to look and make sure it is downloading a file that takes a hour or more only to have it disappear part way through. This started with the new multi-process versions or whatever it is called of Firefox. It acts like a permissions problem or something to me. It either thinks it doesn't have write permissions at the start or thinks it loses them part way through or something. If it only did this when using the add on, I'd think it is that but it also does it when I'm downloading as a file with no add on being used. Either way, I'm not sure what to look into really. I'm not even sure what to google for to see if anyone else is noticing this. What does one call this problem??? Some info to follow. [ebuild R ~] www-client/firefox-64.0::gentoo USE="dbus gmp-autoupdate screenshot startup-notification system-harfbuzz system-jpeg system-libevent system-libvpx system-sqlite -bindist -clang -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -debug -eme-free -geckodriver -hardened -hwaccel -jack -lto (-neon) -pulseaudio (-selinux) -system-icu -test -wifi" L10N="-ach -af -an -ar -as -ast -az -bg -bn-BD -bn-IN -br -bs -ca -cak -cs -cy -da -de -dsb -el -en-GB -en-ZA -eo -es-AR -es-CL -es-ES -es-MX -et -eu -fa -ff -fi -fr -fy -ga -gd -gl -gn -gu -he -hi -hr -hsb -hu -hy -id -is -it -ja -ka -kab -kk -km -kn -ko -lij -lt -lv -mai -mk -ml -mr -ms -nb -nl -nn -or -pa -pl -pt-BR -pt-PT -rm -ro -ru -si -sk -sl -son -sq -sr -sv -ta -te -th -tr -uk -uz -vi -xh -zh-CN -zh-TW" Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/Home2-Home2 8.1T 3.9T 4.2T 49% /home As one can see, not a space problem, thanks to all the help on this list and LVM for that. ;-) Anyone else seeing this? Anyone have any idea what could cause this? Bug? Some nifty new feature that breaks things?? Some USE flag that needs to be changed? Any other ideas? Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
[gentoo-user] Re: Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.
On 01/01/2019 06:45, Dale wrote: [...] [ebuild R ~] www-client/firefox-64.0::gentoo For what it's worth, I never had that problem with the official Mozilla build of Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin). Might be worth trying that instead. Don't forget to "quickpkg firefox" and back up your ~/.mozilla directory first.
