[gentoo-user] Courier-Authlib and S.A.S.L.

2020-03-27 Thread Oliver Dixon
Hello, I've been attempting to create a Virtual Mail Server using Postfix, MySQL, and Courier, however I've hit a slight brick wall when dealing with the S.M.T.P.\ authentication. As advised at [1], is is generally preferable to use the unified Courier-Authlib interface when interacting with the d

[gentoo-user] Still questions concerning a reasonable setup of a new system: UEFI &&/|| MTBR

2020-03-27 Thread tuxic
Hi, Since there is A LOT of stuff to read about UEFI, MTBR and hybrid systems I want to sort out, what I need to read in advance. The setup will be: 512 SSD carrying the root fs with all directories with heavy write-loaded mounted with/in/at/on/beneath/beyond/under/by/for (or whatever preposit

Re: [gentoo-user] RYZEN 5: Hyperthreading or no hyperthreading...

2020-03-27 Thread tuxic
On 03/27 11:51, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 11:11 AM wrote: > > > > On 03/27 06:04, Andrea Conti wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > > Thread(s) per core: 1 < > > > > Does my CPU hyperthread? > > > > > > Definitely not. > > > > > > Your kernel config is fine, chances

[gentoo-user] laptop closure should not rfkill

2020-03-27 Thread n952162
I want my wireless to continue when I close my laptop lid.   Does anyone have a clue what I have to set to make that happen? I've followed it this far:     /etc/acpi/events/lm_lid.sh   /etc/acpi/actions/lm_lid.sh     /lib/udev/lmt-udev  (laptop mode tools?)   /usr/sbin/laptop

Re: [gentoo-user] RYZEN 5: Hyperthreading or no hyperthreading...

2020-03-27 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 11:11 AM wrote: > > On 03/27 06:04, Andrea Conti wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > Thread(s) per core: 1 < > > > Does my CPU hyperthread? > > > > Definitely not. > > > > Your kernel config is fine, chances are hyperthreading (aka "SMT mode") is > > disabled in yo

Re: [gentoo-user] RYZEN 5: Hyperthreading or no hyperthreading...

2020-03-27 Thread tuxic
On 03/27 06:04, Andrea Conti wrote: > Hello, > > > Thread(s) per core: 1 < > > Does my CPU hyperthread? > > Definitely not. > > Your kernel config is fine, chances are hyperthreading (aka "SMT mode") is > disabled in your BIOS settings. > > andrea > Hi Andrea, I checked that

Re: [gentoo-user] RYZEN 5: Hyperthreading or no hyperthreading...

2020-03-27 Thread Jack
On 2020.03.27 12:20, tu...@posteo.de wrote: Hi, still not 100% sure, whether I configured the kernel correctlu: Running an AMD RYZEN 5 3600... lscpu displays: Architecture:x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian

Re: [gentoo-user] RYZEN 5: Hyperthreading or no hyperthreading...

2020-03-27 Thread Andrea Conti
Hello, Thread(s) per core: 1 < Does my CPU hyperthread? Definitely not. Your kernel config is fine, chances are hyperthreading (aka "SMT mode") is disabled in your BIOS settings. andrea

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended filesystem for an SSD drive and what mount setting to be used?

2020-03-27 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 27 March 2020 10:08:12 GMT Michael wrote: > man fstrim: > [snip ...] > > "Running fstrim frequently, or even using mount -o discard, might > negatively affect the lifetime of poor-quality SSD devices. For most > desktop and server systems a sufficient trimming frequency is once a wee

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: zoom?

2020-03-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:21:29 +, Michael wrote: > > Or just edit /etc/hosts ;-) > > > > Although Pihole is my currently preferred approach. > > Interesting ... you use this on your PC, or your edge router/DNS > resolver? On a Raspberry Pi, that way my DNS isn't dependent on other stuff, an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: zoom?

2020-03-27 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 12:21:24 +0100, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > >> Someone up for an automated hex editor script to remove this shit? >> Alternatively I guess the time has come to simply hard-block >> facebook.com in DNS. This is easy to do with dnsmasq or dnsdist as local >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: zoom?

2020-03-27 Thread Michael
On Friday, 27 March 2020 16:18:54 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 12:21:24 +0100, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > > Someone up for an automated hex editor script to remove this shit? > > Alternatively I guess the time has come to simply hard-block > > facebook.com in DNS. This is easy to

[gentoo-user] RYZEN 5: Hyperthreading or no hyperthreading...

2020-03-27 Thread tuxic
Hi, still not 100% sure, whether I configured the kernel correctlu: Running an AMD RYZEN 5 3600... lscpu displays: Architecture:x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian Address sizes: 43 bits physi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: zoom?

2020-03-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 12:21:24 +0100, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > Someone up for an automated hex editor script to remove this shit? > Alternatively I guess the time has come to simply hard-block > facebook.com in DNS. This is easy to do with dnsmasq or dnsdist as local > proxy/cache/multiplexer. Or

[gentoo-user] laptop closure should not rfkill

2020-03-27 Thread n952162
I want my wireless to continue when I close my laptop lid.   Does anyone have a clue what I have to set to make that happen? I've followed it this far:     /etc/acpi/events/lm_lid.sh   /etc/acpi/actions/lm_lid.sh     /lib/udev/lmt-udev  (laptop mode tools?)   /usr/sbin/laptop

[gentoo-user] Re: zoom?

2020-03-27 Thread Holger Hoffstätte
On 3/27/20 12:36 AM, Michael wrote: More info on the participation Zoom users /enjoy/, whether they like it and have agreed to it, or not: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e599/zoom-ios-app-sends-data-to-facebook-even-if-you-dont-have-a-facebook-account No need to rely on vague reports fr

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended filesystem for an SSD drive and what mount setting to be used?

2020-03-27 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 27 March 2020 06:34:58 CET, tu...@posteo.de wrote: >Hi, > >hopefully in the next daus my first SSD drive will arrive >(corona makes everything more difficult...). > >To prevent an "installed and works"-experience which ends >a month later in a damaged or over-weared SSD with a drastically >short

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended filesystem for an SSD drive and what mount setting to be used?

2020-03-27 Thread tuxic
On 03/27 10:08, Michael wrote: > On Friday, 27 March 2020 09:48:05 GMT tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > very good infos :) Thanks a lot! > > > > Fstrim cares for performance and not for lifetime of the SSD, doesn't > > it? > > > > Cheers > > Meino > > man fstrim: > [snip ...] > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended filesystem for an SSD drive and what mount setting to be used?

2020-03-27 Thread Michael
On Friday, 27 March 2020 09:48:05 GMT tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Hi all, > > very good infos :) Thanks a lot! > > Fstrim cares for performance and not for lifetime of the SSD, doesn't > it? > > Cheers > Meino man fstrim: [snip ...] "Running fstrim frequently, or even using mount -o discard, mi

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended filesystem for an SSD drive and what mount setting to be used?

2020-03-27 Thread tuxic
On 03/27 09:23, Michael wrote: > On Friday, 27 March 2020 08:46:33 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Friday, 27 March 2020 05:34:58 GMT tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > hopefully in the next daus my first SSD drive will arrive > > > (corona makes everything more difficult...). > > > > > > To prevent an

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended filesystem for an SSD drive and what mount setting to be used?

2020-03-27 Thread Michael
On Friday, 27 March 2020 08:46:33 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday, 27 March 2020 05:34:58 GMT tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > hopefully in the next daus my first SSD drive will arrive > > (corona makes everything more difficult...). > > > > To prevent an "installed and works"-experience which end

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended filesystem for an SSD drive and what mount setting to be used?

2020-03-27 Thread Samuraiii
On 27. 03. 20 9:46, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Nothing special, just 'defaults,relatime' in my case, but put something like > this in root's crontab: > > 15 1,13 * * * /sbin/fstrim -a > > (I'm sure someone will correct me if that's no longer necessary.) > There is timer "fstrim.timer", if you

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended filesystem for an SSD drive and what mount setting to be used?

2020-03-27 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 27 March 2020 05:34:58 GMT tu...@posteo.de wrote: > hopefully in the next daus my first SSD drive will arrive > (corona makes everything more difficult...). > > To prevent an "installed and works"-experience which ends > a month later in a damaged or over-weared SSD with a drastically